, 1864-09-06
REIGN OF TERROR In UHloy COUNTY,
Persecution and Assassination OF Ua-
9on MISREPRESENTATION RAmpRA
Ofafal1E Into Civil war.

Persecution and AeaAos1Hatloa Of Uo-
1oE ~ men-Ooppefhead1sm RzmPRMt-
0fat'f1E Into civil war.
Correspondence Of the Chicago Trlbunc]
JoAstDoro. Ill, Sept. ., 1854.
II you want to study thu real entmus Of
the democracy you can find no better
place than Southern Illinois at this TINA
Here you have the article genuine and uus-
oolfe1ated It does not cover up Its true
features With the mask of peacs. It does
not hide It's long ears unaer any 1lonskia Of
pretense 1t does not shelter its treasou
under any mantle Of excuses. Boldly and
WHOM shame It justifes the REBELLION and
deaounces all; efforts fol Its suppression.
Such are the public and private expressions
Of it's lenders. Such the conversations Of it's
rauk and file nteVery whisky chop and Dam
cratic club where they congregate. ls is-to
accordance with their professions. Accord
tpg'y we Ind Treason organizing itsolt tnt'
afnso nanos, :murdeEng the officers Of tha
Law, dtssrmtng and thrtateuing Union men,
and preparing to resist tue draft.
ln this dtst:tct Of which J. K. Phillips Is
ftovrss Marshal fourteen Of the man In hts'
employ ss deputies or aesistants, have besa
killed du'i6g the past fifteen months. while
~ II, the discharge Of their duty. Marshal
Philips has been shot at four times, aud bis
ci0thes pierced with bullet holes. a brave.
efficient and most faithful officer, he is the
object Of malignant hatred among the trail
tors Of this regton. He Is not to be driven
that be Will be adequately sustained by the
sition.
The loes OF life among his men Is fourteen
per cant, asnouoting to 40 men In regt-
Dent OF 00o men. regiment in the deid.
which loses that proportion, sses hard seev-
doing Provost MsfsSaI @ Iat duty . aere s
staIds at least an equal chance
Of hting shot ss In the most exposed
poeitlons In the Held. For all practical pnr-
posts this region Is iu state of rebellion.
Democratic oratoIs boldly call upon the peo
lie to rteiet the draft with blood :" " to
die BY their own doors rather thin to be
Under their lead Egypt Is drifting swiftly aud
surely into open war: It. WAS By precisely
similar apptals that tho reckless classes Of
tbs South were tncited to tha frat overt acts
Of violence And here we have the same
tpg advantage Of lie absence OF q la.ge poE-
tion Of the LOYAL men in the army, they are
already driving cut, or ,subdatng BY
Taeue terror Of violence, the loyal men in
/ have Just conytrsed With Mrs. Phillips,
mother OF Hon. D. z. Phillips, United
States Marshal. an old lady Of 10 years. Sue,
With her daughter, Mira spe1ry, Wlfe Of Cap
tam sperry, OF the cavalry, have been driven
loyal families. Tne statement Of these ladies'
ia entitled to full crcdence, aud stira tbs
blood with uuuttcrable Indignation. j. =
Th. ir house has been attacked three times,
once when Capt. 8. was At home On that
Occasion 1t Was; fired into and Mrs. sperry
received wound In the face and shoulder,
aloiy WretcheB then ran and escaped.
Twice III the q bsence Of Capt. Sperry arm.
ed babds cane to the house, and putting
their pistols to the ladies' heads required
them 10 telI where the arms we're conceated.
One msn representing himself to be q rebel
Cc1ontI, stated that "the Union men we're
cot 10 be permitted to have arms in these
times" The ladies refused 10 givs up the
arms or tell where theY were concealed, and
the maraudets went away foiled In their par-
poee. Nearly hundred Union families
were visited, dissrmed ri d Threatened by the
same band, led by one Ciingman, q desperate
Of that region. utterly despafrng Of pro.
lection from these continued outrages. Mrs.
SperIy aud her daughter lett their nome aud
gees from rebel persecution as any wno have
come here from further soutn. Here is q
noble old woman Whe came into the country
nifty years sgo aud lived among the Indians
without ftar, who Ia driven with her daugh-
Ter TO seek Shelter iron the .ourages Of
White NTH. Her only crime is that she Is
loyal to the flag and her husband aud sou In.
law In the service Of the country.
And ibis, too, In the North, fur within our
lines, and in region said to be quiet. 4
few troops baye been sent to this disturbed
district, but they flod all the people good
Union nep, Of course, ready to welcome
them with LAVISH hospitality, like the bush.
whsckere further South. In Gods name,
when are these things to stop. Are VIC to
submit to the murder Of my more innocent
men, the outrage Of defenscless women, and
the Inauguration Of reign OF terror which
elall d1tye out or snbdue tO slle1ce our whole
loyal population before atd IL gigeu. Let the
these things In tlmo- It fs due to faithful
officers that they should receive early and
adequate support, and not be laft dctcnselsss
to be murdered before aid is giveus When
ever there Is reasonable ground to expect re.
sistance the Government should appear in
force, sufficient to make resistance hopeless.
Thus precious lives will be saved, and the
dignity Of the State preserved
The draft viii ee7tainly Be 7tsisted In many
loeal.s4ts IL this District i II Is cn1ortsI. 1'Aa
Is Democratic teaching tztsvnlers hers. Resist
nnce htre'1s organized aud will be form1da-
Dis unieas crushed early. IL mas arms ana
ammunition gathered under the 1euient i'd
minis1ration Of Mr. Lincoln, which 1t propo-
ses to use to resist his 'styranDy.n' Let the
Democratic leaders here be held Responsible
FOR what may be done or attempted IN this
way. Let Tue people know every where that
their teaching hss murdered the faithful
officers Of the Government seeking to ill up
the armies and bling peace to the country 81
crushing the rebellion; that th6y aru still
teaching tic sGnie doctrines only with great
er boloLess; that wherever they dare do 1t,
as here, they are leading their blIld follow
ers into the vortex OF cIvil war lie. whom
1t mag copccru look to 1t that tue loyal men
Of Egypt are not killed and drlyfn out as the
lo5a Men Of Tennessee aud Missouri have
htel before them by the friends of the same
6eye1lsh miecteants whose murders hare red
6ened the toll Just scross the river. Every
Democrat here would be q rebel on the other
side Of the line. They are all peace Demo.
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