Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-01-11

We are informed that IN certain local
tiles aloug the border of Kentucky and
this state, % gang of men who have no
interest IN the general welfare are maxi
in themselves obnoxious to the com
munity by attempting TO dictate a labor
system for that region It is stated that
printed and written notices are being
secretly posted at the crossing Of roads
and other public places, notifying against
the employment of negroes, and threat
ening that in the event owners rent
houses 90 them. or contract to farm on
shares or hire them, they viii suffer at
the hands Of thi. band Of regulators
Within the past week two houses have
been burned by these desperadoes. These
occurrences took place in Robertson
county.
In behalf Of the communities infested
by these men. we are authorized to state
that they are regarded as public enemies,
and that their conduct is condemned IN
the strongest terms, 50 far as they are
personally known, they are without char
acter or standing, either before or since
the war-mcn who never owned negroes
or property Of any kind-and whose
thriftless and lawlcss habits render them
ripe for any mischief that may suggea;
itself They have enough Of ignorance
and prejudice mingled with theirpropen-
sitv to.create confusion and disorder 70
seem to direct their efforts against the
black population. They are really no
thing but vandalsand freebooters. andoniy
assume to be opposed to negroes the bet
ter to conceal their own purposes. They
are rowing yagabond oilers who have
never worked for a living themselves and
do not intend to do it They are display
ing a lowminded envy and hostility to the
negro. which places them below him in
the scale Of citizenship They are dis.
graciug the Southern people in the fact
that they afford ground to charge them
with sympathy with such conduct They
are pests to the community who should
be exposed and punished 1t Is crafty
ing to learn that two Of them who are i'm
plicated in the last outrage, have been ar
rested and are now in Jail 1t is to be
hoped that they will be held to strict ac-
count We regard it to be the duty Of
the people along the border Of the two
States to use all means to repress this
contemplate and cowardly lawlessness,
and to bring to justice every one who
perpetrates crime in its interest We
feel assured that this is the sentiment Of
the community, end i is only by their ac-
tiyity and vigilance that this state Of
vigilance can be corrected
Our information states that there IL no
citizen of reputable standing who has
sympathy with this proceeding Through
out the whole tract of country in which
such notices ms we have referred to have
been circulated, there is a general voice
Of condemnation and the fools and
knaves who are engaged in it are notified
that there is an intention 90 put a stop to
it The people who have an interest in
the common good do not intend to have
their sentiments misrepresented, or to be
longer abused in any way by this class Of
individuals Employers and employees,
renters and tenants, white and black, will
appeal to the law for protection, and
weed out, by every means in their power,
this vicious element, which is alike res
eardless of social duty and fatally bent
ON mischief