Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-30

zens. The wounded were stabbed while ly. ing on the ground and their heads beaten with brickbats. In the yard of the building whither some of the colored men had escaped and had partially secreted themselves, they were fired upou and killed or wounded by DO
 licemen. Some men were killed several sq uares from the scene. Members of the convention were wounded by the policemen while in their hands as prisoners-some of them mortally.- The immediate cause of this terrible affair was the assembling of this convention. The re- mote cause, the bitter and -antaeonistie feeling which has been growing in this community since the advent oi the present Mayor, who in the organization of his police force selected many desperate men and some of them known murderers. People of clear views were over- awed by want of confidence in the Mayor and fear of Thugs. many of whom he had secured for his police force.= l have frequently been applied to by prominent ctizens on this snb- ject and have heard them express fear and want of confidence in Mayor Munroe ever since the intimation of this last convention. must condemn the course of several city papers for supporting by thelr articles the bit
 ter feelings of bad men. As to the mae,ciless manner in vhich the conuention aoas broken up teel obliged to confess strong repugnace. It $ useless to attempt to dssg,tise the hostility that erists oa hte part of great a'aauy here toacards Northern men. and Mis apfortunate gtair has 30 precipitated matters tsat Mere is 'soao test of aclat shall De the status of Norh e,,n men; achether tsey cap lice here soithout being in constant dread or not, sczether they con bs protected in life and a,ropesty, and haus justice in Me courts. # his matter is permitted to pass over aoitsout Q thorough and determined prosecution ef Mose engaged in it. ace may look out tor freq.snt scenes ef the same kind, not only here but n atIter plpces. No steps have as yet been taken by the civil au- thorities to arrest citizens who were engaged in this massacre, or policemen who perpetra- ted such cruelties. The members of the con- vention have been indicted by grand jury, and many of them arrested and held to bail As to aohether he cisI authorities can naete oat ample justice to tae guilty parties on boA sides, mast sag tt as nay opinion as'aequiyocally that they ca'snot Jaldge Abel, a01sse course have closely aoa1ched for nearly e year, aseao con- slider one of the most dangerous men tbat aOs hsve here to the peace asd quiet of tue city,
 The leading men of the convention, King, Cutler, Hahn, and others, have political agitators, and are bad men. regret to say that the course of Gov. Wells has been vacii- lating, and that during the late, trOnbles he
 
 lSiguedl P. H. SHERIDAN. $ Major General Commanding. F What appears most remarkable in the trans action is, that none of the telegrams above ax- tracted, were made public till last Saturday ; and that pretended copy of dispatch. from Sheridan appeared some weeks ago in the N
 Y. Times, from which the following important { sentence had been omitted. .,s. .t, sySr,~,
 "In the meantime, official duty called me to Texas, and the Mayor of the city duri nr Iny absence, suppressed the convention bysuse oi their police force, and in SO doing attacked the members of the convehtion and party of two hundred negroes and with fire arms, cldbs and knives, in manner 80 unnecessary and atfo- cious as to compel me to say that it was mur: der.' "@t@ .iSet 2a! 't ''' RtiA sh 1,.''" '--- '--
 We call special attention to the President'e telegram of Aug. 4 Instead of simply ask. irg for the facts, of the case, he assumes throug hont the guilt of the. iConventionists
 and evidently expects that they. will meet fur. ther punishment through such courts as Jndge Abels. This telegram was written; it will be seen, two days after Sheridan dispatch telling him the whole truth and shows how complete ly the President was the dupe and tool of rebel murderers throughout the whole affair." It is the lamentable. but we fear, tho legitimate re. suit of his reconstruction policy. =gv ,~I aas ------>l> l> ~--.--------4 | .a-t -'-s D9- We extract the following from very severe article in the Atlantic Monthly, entitled "The Johnson Party" attributed to Mr. E. c.