Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-03-19
come" Did they only know it, they are


come" Did they only know it, they are
as unwelcome here as on the other side.
1t is fear of general exodus of them into
Canada, that makes secession so popular
here. The people of Canada feel that an
influx of negroes into the country will be
qnite a detriment and expense to it. They
are such miserable, degraded set, and
so mskilled in the great doctrines of the
decalogue, particularly those parts rea-
ting to their feminine and neuter genders
of naeus and lures that wherever many of
them go. the jails have forthwith to be
enlarged. If any one holding peculiar
doctrine disbelieves this, / would invite
him to come and look into our jails, and
over the records of crime in the various
municipalities, and then think if it be
untrue. l fancy l hear some one say
"educate them" A good idea my friend,
but it is far easier said than DONE Time
and again it has been tried in this very
place. Benevolent Americans have tried
it, and benevolent Canadians have tried
it, but failed in every case because they
are too shiftless to send their children to
school. A good school was opened for
them here a year ago, supported by the
municipality. 1t is now in few days to
be closed, simply because the children do
not attend. But I have depressed.
The day after the carnage | crossed
over to Detroit, and proceeded to look
about me. visited the various parts
where the work of destruction had been
going on. The part where the negro
meeting house had been is completely
" cleaned out" A large space is left
empty. Furniture of all kinds could there
be seen strewn about in various states of
demolition. There were pieces Of banjos,
violins, base.viols, accordeons, and all
sorts of musical instruments, which the
mob in its fury had piled up in the mid
die of the street and made a bonfire of.
In some places the cutters were full of
feathers from beds which they took from
the houses, and cut open throwing their
contents into the cutters. While there
heard very few indeed express any SYM
pathy for the prosecuted race. AS the
people, many of them seemingly respect
able persons, came to look at the ruins in
the different places. I could hear such
expressions as the following: Well, they
have cleaned these out in good shape. 1
wish every one Of them were burnt out.
hope shan't see another niger as long
as I live"
Though there were soldiers and police
men in every part of the city, if negro
was seen going along the street, before he
was aware of it, from some unseen place
would come shower of eggs, rotten APP
Piles, or brick-bats, compelling him to beat
) hasty retreat. believe, from the ex-
cited manner of the various groups could
I see collected in different places, and the
fierce expressions could hear from time
to time, that fear of the soldiers alone
prevented still more fearful tragedy that
night than had been enacted the previous
night. IT'S said, however, that the mob
is watching the Jail in hopes to get hold
of this criminal when they are taking him
to States prison.
Some pretend to give this riot politi-
cal Interpretation. For instance, l heard
! a colored woman say TO another " Missus,
I'll tell you one thing 10 you know it ?
1t is neither the white man or the black
man, but Democracy is at the bottom Of
all this" This isshowever, a negro
: opinion and must be taken for what it is
g worth. l fcrbear to make any comments.
q Any one who reads the Detroit Free (O
: Press, need not be long in the dark as to
l whose principles the mob carried out
d RUsTIoUs.
Sandwich, G. W., March 9th, 1868.
Y HYDE PARK SABBATH SCHOOL.