M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-23


in the township of Anderdon, a few
miles from Windsor, where an elderly
female was violated and several males,
who went to her assistance, were cru.
ely beaten and left for dead on the
floor ofthe house. Subsequently the
perpetrators of the outrage were taken
into custody, and, while being con.
Quoted to Jail, were rescued bv band
of their fellows. The exposure of this
deed Of violence in this paper brought
down upon us the imprecations ofthe
entire negro.wcrshiping press, not on
lly of this city and country, but of Ca.
NADIA, who justified the outrage by in
s:sting that the female was "nothing
but a squaw." 1t is true that the wo.
man whose boine was assaulted, and
upon whom the outrage was commit
ted was OF mixed blood-French and
lndiau-but it is yet to be proved that
the virtue even of an Indian woman
is not as much to be respected rs that
OF q white.
1t seems that this woman, though
thus sneeringly spoken Of by the ne
gro sympathizers, is not without her
friends, and her appeals for justice
have not passed unheeded. The con
sequence Of the outrage which the
negro community sought to palliate,
and the punishment due to the perpe.
traitors whom their companions refuse
to surrender to justice, are to be visit
ed upon the entire negro population
Of the township. Their homes are to
be sacrificed and they are to be ban,
ished from the township.
It seems that the greater part ofthe
township Of Anderdon is held under
the Canadian laws as o reserve by the
Wyandotte Indians, who, by their To-
cal authorities, have entire control of
their affairs. The authority is vested
in Council composed exclusively of
the Indians. IN consequence OF this
affair, the injuries resulting from
which have 6etallen the Indians alone,
a Council has recently been held, when
the case was taken into consideration,
and, after a full and dispassionate dis.
cussion, an order was issued expelling
all negro settlers from the lands EN-.
biaced in the reserve, Immediately; at
the same time a provision was made
for the benefit Of those having crops
in the ground, giving them until the
first of ofSeptember next in which to
remove. There are in this township
between two and three hundred ne
groes, nearly all fwhOm are fugitives
from American slavery. A few months
since the entire body OF them were
presented by the Grand Jury of Essex
county as "lazy, thriltless, thieving
set" and the government was impor-
tuned to interfere to prevent the in.
crease Of the nuisance. This was
looked upon as an acc of oppression
and wrong toward an unfortunate and
down.trodden race. 1t has never been
urged that the acts committed by these
fugitives toward their white Indian
nelghbors, such as sheep.stealing,
house burning, robbery, violence to
females, and even murder, were wor-
thy Of censure. These were to be con.
sidered as the pastimes of this much
abused class. The Grand Jury of the
county thought differently, as do the
Council ofthe Wyandotte Indians
Detroit Free Press. 18th.
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UThe New York Eccning Post,
a leading Republican paper, is down
on the suggestions made by many Re-
publican politicians, in favor ola tar.
iii plank in the platform, with the
protective principle introduced into it.
That paper, in referring to the subject,
says: THE generation which is now
rising up in this country is for the
most part imbued with free trade
ideas, and acs fully beIiere that in
t,centy years the number of those
aoho hold to the protective principle
eoiU not be much larger than the
number of those 'ohO maintain that
the sun goes round the earth" The
Post is great admirer Of Gov.
Chase and understands his private
opinions about protection, and the ed.
itor must have smiled when he read
the Governors eleCtioneering letter to
Senator Stanley on the subject
With such views as are here expressed
by the Post, a paper representing
the controlling sentiment in the Re-
publican party, how foolish it is Cor
any person to be getting up protec-
tive plank to put in the Republican
platform, simply to cheat themselves
thereby.
A Dangerous Counterfeit.