New-York tribune., 1868-01-29
SHOCKING HEGRO OGTRAGES.

The World informs its readers that
The residents Of Marshall Texas. considerably ex
ON by n number OF Radicals, who arc most devish In
their ncendiay eachnss Riots and lights are OF daily
occurrence"
The Nen- Orleans Republican has the follow
ing letter from an eyewitness of these out
RACES:
MARSHALL, Texas, Jan. g. 1863.
This place the Of one OF those disgracefnl
OF such frequent in this State that t
doubtful II information of them ever reaches head
quarters. .
According TO previous notice Judge Caldwell reached
here the 3Oth umO 10 address the people In behalf or
the Congressional plan of reconstruction. The day
very bosterous, terrible snowstorm prevailing and not
more than some 800 or 400 persons attended. 80
Tho Rebel sheriff refused TO allow them the Of the
and ordered the sheriff to open the door which he re-
fused to do The County Judge Was proceeding to maks
ing post for tho requisite force TO compel compliance
with his order BY this time it was growing late, and
Judge Caldwell seeing the menacng attitude OF the Rebel
element and fearing that speech would not be tolerated
any quested the County Judge to desst from any
further effort TO open the door OF the courtroom and
spoke five minutes In the basement ases to those
present He made no speech. but simply reminded them
the 10th to the th Of February The negroes then began
community ~ broke loose, chefof Police Richardson
Sheriff Adams and some dozen others rushing into the
fired at or IN the direction OF Judge Caldwell when the
rioters used their reyoyers and clubs ana quickly DIS
s IaS S1 not the S
est resistance there would have been more cruel
massacre than that OF N6wOrleans.
Judge Caldwell surrounded by Sherin Adams,
Policeman Richardson and others with revovers cooked
aS S a1d ,osy SS % e" MaS Sat G
malgnity OF the rioters seemed to have been aroused 10
cred that Judge Caldwell refused to obey orders and
leave the city. He was sitting In the office with Lieut.
Maloy with Gen Boughton, late OF the army and now
collector OF this district when the sheriff and his deputy
came in They abused and nsulted Judge Caldwell most
Hsloy Then. IN connection with Policeman Richardson
and others they stationed themselves In the vicinity OF
ahf of fn
Judge Caldwell. This unknown 70 the gentleman
until q young man named Coleman, lately from the
North heard OF these threats and with doubebarrel
gun IN hand ran up stairs and gave the information
Lieut. Mslloyithen dispatched messenger TO camp
withdrew PostCommsnder Lieut.. Hawley then arrested
the sheriff his deputy, and Policeman Richardson, and
was sued out before williamson. District Judge. and
these facts drawn out on the examination The
one for the other two. holding them to answer
before jury Of their In vliany These state
papt Of the rioters is usted by the citizens Of s place
II those who depore the outrage land there
slaves II is boldly announced by leading TIA. no
Radical shall speak in ns place; dt Mt po.rer of s
and mat he pho attempts u waf tal to MS cost
These facts will never he seen by the read
ers of The World. Yet they are just such as
are occurring all over the South. Nobody has
ever heard Of q Conservative meeting broken
up or assaed by Blacks, though the avowed
and leading object of the Conservative party
is the perpetual disfranchisement of those
Blacks nobody ever heard of White school
house mObbed or burned by Blacks, though the
superior education Of the White is made al
excuse for Black disfranchisement. and many
Black schools have been burned out or other
wise broken up by White Rebel violence.
Time and again has the country been star
tied by announcements of Black conspira-
cies just ready to hurst into insurrec-
ton and general murder of Whites; but
none has burst. because there was none
to burst. The Black Unionists of the South
are ready for Universal Amnesty with Impartial
Suffrage; il is the White Rebels who resist
and refuse any settlement on that basis, and
demand restoration Of their ancient power
to accord to Blacks just such rights as they
see fit. The country must Judge between
these conflicting pretensions. Plainly. settle
ment that would leave the loyal majority in
several States under the feet of the late Rebel
and still disafected minority would secure no
zeal And Lasting peace. 1t would uesd yecqp-