The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-07-19

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Radical sympa,bisers who seemed to be F
aware thai Tire "mlita were goiag to 90
something b'g at Franklin" or, as others
said. ''wcre going to make De rebels bab
libeIy time Of It,"
Ab9u+dys o'clock Sumner assembled his
company ia the lot Immediately ia the rear
Of the drinking saloon on Cherry street,
Just below E5iseau's Billiard room, and |
harraugusd the meu IN a strain calculated /
to asouse the worst passions of the human
breast Mounting upon dry goods box, /
lie pointed to a flag which he held in his
hand and asked Don't you see that flag |
Are you all willing to die by ii % This
was answered by tremendous yelIs of
Eyes Yes - by the men, most Of whom
were drunk and evidently prepared to do
anything they were ordered to do.
Sumner continued for fifteen minutes to
address The excited crowd, reminding them
lha. they had an had the lash over their
backs but dat it should never be laid on
again lie had whipped the rebels once
and could do it again. They were going
to Franklin to protect Union men and TO
teach the rebels how to behave themselves.
/ If the rebels didn't mind what they did
after lie got to Franklin, he would order
4 his company to shoot them down like dogs
These aud similar atrocious sentiments
were loudly cheered by the negroes
! Threats about Fort Pillow aud ''last Satur-
! day night were banded about from mouth
70 mouth, until the feelings of all were
/ wrought to a degree Of lorocity which ar
guod but lily for the unfortunate people
who are to be cursed with their presence.
The order to march was then given. and the
company proceeded TO the Nashville and
Decatur Railroad depot and stacked arms.
Before the cars left, Jos. z. Williams in
yited three OF four of his friends, who
were members Of the company. to go to
Menefee's and take a drink To this they
consented. While the J arty were absent
a report reached sumner that a fight had
taken Ilace at Menefee's, and that some
Of the company were in danger of being
killed. Sumner instantly ordered a squad
of twelve men down to the place, with
fixed bayonets. They doubled quicked
to Menefee's, but fortunately the report Of
there having been disturbance proved to
be untrue, and ;he large crowd of negroes
which had gathered as soon as the squad
reached the place quietly returned to the
depot
~s,., D., ,y,.1 f.,g cor. y,.,v l-ov,t
yelling as only drunken men can do when
bent on blood and destruction. Sumner
himself was intoxicated, and neither could
control nor desired to control lis men
To the people of Franklin remains but
one res ort, that Of selfdefese. Sumner s
gang of rufiiaus, picked out with most
6endish skill from the very dregs of our
coored population, has been sent among
, them to pluuder, to murder and destroy
The preteuse that Union men are Gin dan
ger'-that the Loyal League needs protec-
ton" Is hideous lie. and no one knows
i. better than the so-called eommander-in-
chief who is fomenting their disturbances
for his Brigadier Generals pay. No one
knows it better than Brownlow, who is
determined to retain his grasp on the
State Government 7if it takes blood to dc
it,
We regret very much TO hear from an
authoritative source that the United States
: troops new stationed at Franklin are to be
Withdrawn to-day. I. is to be hoped thai
there has been some Misrepresentation as tc
the matter and that Gen. Duncan Will not
deliver over the people to the tender mer.
cies Of BrownloB's militia.
Gen. Duncan, Gen. CarIin and Lieu
Groesbeck, A. A. A. G., all returned from
, Franklin yesterday. We could learn little
as to their Impression of this affair of las
Saturday Capt Walsh, Of the Freedmen'i
Bureau is engaged in making an investiga
ton, and the testimony SO far taken is saId
to be very conflicting.
Lieut.. Groesbeck viii return to-day to
assis, Capt. Walsh.
, TIE animus Of the militia towards all
who are opposed to Brownlow may be in
ferred from remark of Capt, Harris, who
is now in town, to our reporter yesterday.
He said-'I made speech to my men a
Paris to day aad told them 10 keep quiet
when they went into the town, but if any.
body disturbed them not to stop until they
had burned the town and killed every reb |
in It," And rhis is one of the rufians
who has been imported from the noun
tains Of East Tennessee 70 enforce the laws
among our people -Ba4ner.
The Declaration of Independence wal
read to the negroes Of Memphis On tn,