Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-05-23
The War Of Races.

leo days or more ago news was generally
teiegraphed over the coun Try that there Was
negro FLOR IN Memphis, Tennessee, " hich had
power aDc energies vi the citizens, ana whlch
. esuILed ia she death OF many OF The rioters,
..d the destruction OF the part of the city
inhabited by them. Democratic papers, before
.uli particulars CT the commencement Of The
difficulty were known, made haste to denounce
Inc blacks having commenced a rIotous
onsirat,0n IN that city winch it was nee
eesary 10 suppress by an armed force, justly
visiting heavy punishment upon the offend
els. Gradually, however, the truth has been
made puDiic- a Memphis paper, the Post,
says this:
:. That the .4raianchc las, during It's exist
vnce, uone an ilnlnen,e anu almost ifrel ara-
0ie INJURY 10 our city, by sGlIrIDK up bitter,
yindIctlve Gatred against the freedmen, anu
egalnsG al Union people who reside here, no
oue VIII dare deny. That IL stimulated, ana
elmosl III Iact brought into beng here, the
msilgnans itching Which cuimInated In the
UarDarous ma>sd cre OF last week, no one viii
joutt Who has read It's Columns during the
past three mouths"
correspondent OF the same paper, who
ceI,' makes ibis statement.
- L. too, testify tina there WIS no pre-
mediate ed outbreak among the coiUred people
Oh this cay. Inc ieud, sid ed, Was entire
" bet~e the poiIce, Irish and d few negro
oidIers- q ,uDuou btediy, by the thurman
anu Dr ti ti~almens ot The police upOn ne
1 my sell have seen gang OF police arrest q
,egIo Tor SOME Trivial Ufcnse, and ms cad OF
quietly marching hIm of 10 the station house,
ulsl iaIi upJn hIm with their CLUBS ana teat
nim senselees. and then throw him upon d
dray and haul hun IF. The iacs caDnos be
denIeu that The poii"e led the mob, aid they
were backed Dy the drunken Irish. Nest vi
tne negroes Killed wer- quietly disposed
iney weie hfe0 upon III JaI0e, and even houses
VI citizens were catered AMI negroes drag ge0
ous AMI snuG down wniie tegglng for their
ives. l cow al lIIshDan kick lne body OF a
wounded, dying negro, ana then shoot EIm In
tue b.e4ss asalD. Brave man Was he Such
men, durIDg he late War, made gold guerliias
-noe brave enough to go TO the front, but
skuiked IN the bush to sn Dot friend or foe,
then rob the corpse. L caBnJt use Ian
suage strong enough 10 denounce such brutal
ity aid thinA 1t Is high time tor every good
ctIzen 10 speak cut, no matter what his poll
Lies OF sentiments may be-
| Gen. Schenck has received the foliowir g
letter from an entirely reliable source:
Memphis, Tenn, May 4, 1866.
MY DEAK GANEKAL Il have intended
Wrlting you ever since came 10 Tennessee
but L have been expecting from day to day
that the worst wculo come, and l could tell
you all In one letter. trust the worst ho,
come. This city has been, during the last
few days, the scene OF most inhuman ano
deviiish outrages A difficulty occurred be-
| tween Jew coioTed soldiers anu the police vi
The city. Ii has grown into a most horrible
riot. Every coiOGed church and school no US,
has been burned. Thousands oil dollars wortt
OF property has been destroyed, more thar
forty coiored people have been shot in colo
blood, women have been burr ed in ,heil
houses, wo aen have been shot down walking
the q rect.
The most fiendish outrases have been com
mitted.