The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1867-08-14
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TROUBLE m MADISON COUNTY, MOB OF
ARMED REBEIs SEIZE THE POLLS, AND
DRIVE AWAY UNION CITIZENS. iii7ie
NASHVILLE, Aug. Con election day
about 1000 armed men came into Jackson
Madison County, ordered the Company of
militia to leave town, took the State certifi-
Gates from the negroes, overawed the Judges
of Election, drove the Commissioner and
other Union citizens from the town, and
took possession of the polls Horrible out
RACES upon colored men are reported. Lead-s
ing Union men have fled for safety. A suf-
ficient military force is organizing to restore
law and order. The Commissioners for Hen
ry County was compelled to resign the day
before election, In parts of Weakly sCoun-
ty the lives of Union men are threatened.
REPUBLICAN VOTERS INTIMDATED IN SUM
NER COUNTY.
The Nashville Press and Times of Satur-
day says:
"The req;stered vote of Summer County is
1903, while the vote actually polled is only
Ills, showing that there were more than
one-fourth of the voters who did not dare to
go to the polls The violent threats of the
Rebels, and the patroling of the country dis
tricts bvarmed ruf1ians infamed with liquor,
the Republican ticket with death, were not
without effect. Nearly 400 colored citizens,
who had the certificates, were disfran-
chised by the pistol and bowie knife, and by
threats of being driven from their homes by
proscriptive landlords. In every voting pre-
cinct of the county, except Gallatin (where
there was a company Of Regulars the judges
and clerks of election sent in their resigna-
lions several days previous, assigning, as the
reason, that they dared not to risk their
lives by receiving the votes Of negroes. This
took place in Summer County, the Democrat
ic stronghold of Middle Tennessee before
the rebellion, where the regular ticket used
to get 1900 majority. During the rebellion
it got a digraceful notoriety by being the
rendezvous Of one of the vilest troops of GU
erillas and cut-throats in the State.
PRESCRIPTION OF coLoRED MEN. &.
NJ. Virgins, Of Virgins & Francisco,
yesterday morning, we are informed, called
up their porter who has been at work tor
them the past ten months, and demanded
that he should go to the polls with him and
vote for Etheridge The porter informed
Vote e ash as he chose w G Mr. Wieg;ns
ns;d him mn and orilercsl hin, r. iiaaSSse
EEeo ,, Po,ie- who hasl been1 a. work two
re s a. tbe Memnb;s life and Genara, In :
surance Comnany was called mn hv Major
MoIIn tb;s n,r-n;no and osked Is he had 70
4aJ yost .. Gsorns rsnl;ed tbat he had
and voted for Brownlow. Major Berkeley
hoot NJ renl i ba had not;t , was ' at
home when tbe major told I'D him to Get "' it
ther would nav him nm !. thew had no use
r.n "G1a1, no.a ~ e.. Rra,nlow -
sn. a ns.t'oJ 80 So = : ~ s
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THE TENNESSEE CONSERVATIVES" STILL
DIscHAReINa coLoRED RADICALS.
NAsHvuJE Auo 5-Tbe Wholesale dis
CHARGE of NEGROES throughout the State for
voting tba Radical ticket has demanded
from the Freedmen,s Bureau prompt mea-
snres for their sunnort General Carl;n il
MOVING in the matter INIT finds II imnos-
s;hle to Obtain emnlovnant for the Inn
dreds who are being DISCHARGED is'F ~
He,has inst anno;nted Iudge I,.wrence to