Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-08-01
ANOTHER RIOT IN TENNESSEE.


Two Men Killed and several wounded--
Personal Encounter betwc en- Ethcridge
and Horace bIsy Vote of
| the state.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette
NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 25.
There was d serious riot at Rogersville,
Hawkins County, Tenn, on the 3d.
Etherdge was fiercely denouncing the
Radicals when one of them cried out,
"That's lie ~
Etheridge turned to the man who had
spoken, and said, "You are a Cd id
lying son of n b--hW
Instantly shot was fired, which was
quick followed by numerous shots from
the Radicals and Conservatives.
One man was killed and ter or twelve
wounded, two mortally.
Etheridge left the stand when the firing
commenced, and drew his revolver, but
did not fire.
The gentleman who brings the par
ticulars says that when the train on which
he come left, the affair did not seem to
be over, as he heard frequent discharges of
arms in the town.
Another version of the affair is, that
Maynard proposed a division of time,
which Etheridge refused, ,-and that after
Maynard had spoken, and the crowd
J
idpe men waited for them and fired
upon them from the rear.
The Radicals returned the fire. One
colored Radical was killed, and q white
rcnel named Ray. There have been no
State troops in Hawkins County.
The vote of this State, under the pres
ent franchise law, will, it is now estima-
ted, reach one hundred and ten thousand,
and possibly one hundred and thirty
4. a g..
only one hundred and forty-five thou.
sand.
The Mayor of Nashville has ordered
all saloons closed on election day, and
will slroll three hundred special police.
Etneridge and Maynard had sharp
fight Mt Greenville. AS IGtheridge en-
tered the hotel, Maynard spoke to him.
Etheridge stopped and asked, ibid you
speak to me ?p
Maynard replied that he did, when
Etheridge said, ~ don't speak to id
, rascal"
~ do" retorted Maynard.
Etheridge then struck him with an
umbrella, when Maynard fell on him and
, would have thrashed him severely, had
, not Ethcridgc's friends come to his relief.
Troubles of the sOuth--How to Got Rid
of Them.
, |
The situation in which the Southern
people are placed is by no means pleas
ant, and it is not reasonable for them to
! expect to escape from it by pleasant
means. The practical questions for them
+ to consider and determine are: Can they
: escape from it at all, and how? A con
| quered people cannot expect to dictate
terms, nor are they in situation to re-
!, ject terms. Liberty or death is the cry
= with which almost every revolution is
commenced. In ninety-nine cases, per
+ haps, out of every hundred the result OF
: such revolution is failure, and the chas-
y tened temper of the conquered people re-
: allies that there is an alternative Other
, than death. They did all that men could
{ do to secure liberty, but failed. They
: now feel that death is Il needless and 4
p sinful sacrifice.
| The exaggerated cries with which eX-
cited men begin great struggles are more
+ dramatic than truthful, but this they dc
: not choose to admit until sobered by de-
= feat. If this cry of liberty or death
= means that il they fail of achieving sue
cess they will not surrender, but fight
3, until they are killed, / tis II barbarous i
, heroic resolution which is not fulfilled IN
q one instance out of ten thousand, and
a that ten thousandth instance is caused
= nftener by the merciless brutality of the
: conqueror than the unchanged purpose
, of the conquered. Defeat develops the
: conservatism inherent in human nature
= and causes mon, when foiled i'm theil
, undertakings, to think how to make the
: best of bad condition, rather than how
, to make that condition worse.
Such is the situation in which the peo-
pie of the South are placed. AS we have
= said, it is by no means IA pleasant condi-
ton. But it will grow more intolerablC
| If we do not choose to escape from it,
/ How can we effect our escape? There il
but one mode, and that Is prescribed by
: the dominant party. If we refuse tC
{ pursue that, We will have to remain as
: we are, with the superaddition Of new
= restrictions and burdens. But say some
+ of our people, that mode Is repugnant tC
| our tastes and opinions; it is oppressive
[ and humilinting. We answer, ii is the
= medicine of misfortune and necessity
, and Is distastcful to all alike, but with
. out il there can be no cure. But will il
r prove cure? ask they VIII it restore
I ls to our former condition? Will ii give
e us back exclusive white suffrage, cance
= test oaths, enable us to pay the Conted
@ crate debt, restore our slaves. and take
= away the stings and modification OF de
= feat? We answer, Never again, while
;. time lasts, will we he restored to our ante
: bGi2um condition. Our defeat in war Is d
: fact which will forever stand i'm history
g and the results of the triumph of new
\ over old ideas and systems will, in the
4 same manner, stand. 1t will be rs i'm
q possible for us to 80 back to pure white
r suffrage, to recover our slaves to pay of
!, the Confederate debt, and to ellhce the
@ notifications of defeat as ii is to pros
? per iOifhoW reconstruction. Yet Ii viii
r he cure. Our disease does not consist
+ in the infliction of some of these things
) and in our deprivation of others, but in
y the want ofan established political status
o under which the people Of the State will
| control It's internal economy and direc
Y its destinies, under which industry viii
. flourish; agriculture, commerce and The
+ mechanic arts will prosper; the develop
4 mcnt of our varied resources will bC
: stimulated, and capital and Immigration
4 will be attracted. We will not have tn,
@ old forms and systems, and the old kline
of prosperity, but we will not be the les,
prosperous. We will have what hither-
to we voluntarily deprived ourselves o
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