New-York tribune., 1868-11-04
THE NEW REBELLION.
A MONTH OF AssAssMATIONs.

loeue of political assassinations committed ny
the Democratic party within month
In NORTH CAROLINA, on Sept. n, at Ashpoie'
Robeson Co, at the house of RoderlcK hii' d
Republican, and Clerk of the County court
while his daughter was in the act oi ce'n
married TO young man, also kepuDlican
the bride was shot and severely wounded ana
the bridegroom shot to death instantly, oy the
followers of Seymour and Blair. The sole Of
lenses of the victims of this hOrrd double mur-
ier were respectabihty and Republcanlsm.
In SourH CAROLINA, in the seacoast dis
ricts where the negroes are three OF 1Our
times as numerous as the blacks, all IS peace
ful and orderly. There, Democratic orators
black and white, hob-nOb together at the same
barbecues, Democratic politicians address the
negroes, and colored Democratic orators dis-
pense instruction OH the financial questions Oh
the hour 10 applauding Caucasans of the Sey-
mour persnasion. There where they are weak
Democratic Central Committees issue addresses
deprecating the assassinations ana hiu.u0S :.
committed by members of their own Ie I,nnay .bn ha
the chill couutryn of the State, wiieIe IIo
blacks are fewer. and the Democrats more
yirulent Ii is the old story OIL
Mhen the devil was s G ns ase dsV HST was Se
The Hon. james Martin. moderate and
rory nuiet Republican member of the. Leglsla-
ture for the Abbeylle district, was assasslnateGi
ON Oct by four Democrats. The agent OF
the Freedmen's Bureau reports IL murders IN
thIs district, and resigns because it is too hot
for him. On the 10th the Hon. b. +. Randolph,
a colOred State Senator of South carolina,
while engaged in "stumpngp his district Tor
Grant and COlfax, was murdered by three
Seymourites in front of the depot at C0kes-
burg, Abbeville County. On the 18th the Hon
Lee Nance a member of the State COnstltu-
ti0nal Convention, was murdered AT NSWpelIy
Court House. About the same time, the non
q. w, Dill, prominent hepuonWeani dnd de1eS
freedman travelling with him, and two freed
men named Tabby Simpson and johnson
Gloscoe, were murdered for advocating the
Grant and ColfaX ticket.
In GEORGIA. Col. A. T. Akerman. one of
the ablest lawyers of the State an old resi-
dent, now eleetOr on the Grant ticket, was
refused permission to stop at any public house
In LincOlntOn, Willie court was sitting there,
because the landlords feared the destruction OF
their premises and q riot. His only 0fense was
supporting Grant and COlfax In Ware County,
a citizen of the North had invested his
entire capital III building a sawmill whIch
would have greatly benefited that region. No
sooner had lie completed it than the Seymour
men of the cUunty, Disgusting themselves as
negroes, mobbed him, gave him 76 lashes with
. rawhide, drove him pennlless out OF tno tno
county, and took possession of his null.
w. S. Walker, u Republican speaker of Early
County, Ga, and Charles Taylor, black man
who accompanied him, were murdered for
holding meetings for Grant and ColfaX. In
another county, two Republican speakers were
waited upon it their lodgings at night by the
Ku-Klux, under pretense that the latter were
contributing, and wanted to relight Their
torches. No sooner were the doors opened
than q vOlley was fired into the house, killing
the innocent hosts, who had not even COM
mitted the Otieuse of working TO elect Grant
and Colfax. We say nothing of the Camilla
massacre, and other outrages which disgraced
the State of Georgia during September, and
which cost the lives of about 100 persons.
In ALABAMA, either from the extraordinary
tranquility 0f the State or the inadequate
means of Obtaining information, the months
record of crime is confined to the murder of
the President of Loyal League.
in LOUISIANA, we hear of the mObblng and
clubbing of Mr.. Bentley, editor of The 81.
Landry Progress, at Opelousas, the destruction
Of his newspaper and office, the lynching and
murder of his cO-editor Mr. Durand, and a
Democratic reign of riot, blood, and terror, IN
which about 100 negroes are killed and 90
wounded. while four whites are wounded and
none killed. As the rot was accompanied by
disparity of loss between the two parties may
doubtless he accounted for upon the theory
that the blacks were first disarmed and sangh-
tered afterward. AT Shreveport Louisiana,
6fteen Republicans and three SeymOurltes were
Killed in u melee. On October rs, q Seymour
mob destroys the Office of The Rdpides Tribune
at Alexandria, Louisiana: Near the same time
the Sheriff of lberville (Rep) is murdered IN
his bed and Judge Valentine Chase anu ten;
III. II. Pope, the Sheriff of Franklin County and
formerly Colonel of the Iwenty-seoo Limos
Regiment, and Justice OF the Peace IN Cadda
Parish, are all murdered. About the 24th ana
25th the Seymour Knights OF the Parish OF 81;
Barnard, adjoining New Orleans kill several
negroes. In the melee a baker and his son kill
q eolored member of the new metropolitan po-
lice. The blacks retallate by killing the mrI
derers and burning their bakery. The Rebel
abatement that women and children were killed
In the affair proves to be untrue. Forthwith
the Democratic Seymour Clubs OF New-Orleans
are in a blaze They parade the streets night
and day, demand and obtain the expulsion OF
900 colOred members from the police force,
to appear in the streets. Meanwhile, the
control Of the police is rendered to
"TOmmy Adams" who was Its chief when
New-0rleans was under the COnfedeIacy and
the Rebel element was rampant and Jupllant
The Committee OF the Louisiana Legislature
appointed 10 investigate recent violence in that
State report 2O4 persons killed, 81 wounded
and 143 assailed.
In TEXAS, on October 8, Adjutant Geo
Washington Smith, who had entered the
Union armies as private, served with g1llan-
try through the war, and settled in Texas
in 1885, died lighting singly about 300 armed
ruffians of the Ku- Kiux Klan. He was mem
ber Of the Constitutional Convention, a sup
porter of Grant and Colfax, temperate, talented,
of remarkable personal virtues, brave, yet
cool-One of Just that class of men that Texas
needs for its redemption. On the 81 he
had addressed Republican meeting i'll
meeting dispersed he was attacked by s1 or
eight friends of the Constitution" whom he
drove of after exchanging several shots.
Placing himself under the protection of Major
Curtis, who had only twenty United States
troops in his command, il was thought that
No of afrotn Pol. off.