Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-11-13


/ OF the least these, my brethren, 70 have
/ done it unto me-"
Education, which sHould haze pre-
/ ceded tie ballot, eCOuId neUer haze been
| conceded tDtGt0ttt it, and not nom sane
| through the Republican party. Their
| speedy education should command the
attention OF Government and the best
minds in the land. It iB the great, pres
sing duty Of both. Their education win
spur up the education Of the whites,
| VINO are sadly deficient. The control
na8 minds are opposed to any system
OF education for the whites worth the
name and to the education of the
blacks for any other purpose than for
SGT NahSss'' peasants" and f'hire-
lihgs.H Your speech was against hue
manity and truth, as it was unworthy
of a Senator.
If there is a war of races. il will not
be the fault Of Republicans, black OF
white. The conduct of the freedmen
for their orderly, respectfully behavior,
their ambition to learn, their good
sense, and their eager desire to under
stand their duties as citizens, iB, be-
yond expression, commendable, COM
pairing more than faVorablV with
the whites in all respects. They ought
to excite sympathy, as they deserve adj
mlration. Il IS not true that Republic
cans have given bad advice to freed-
men on the contrary, they have invar-
iably given them the aoundest advice
relative TO their obligations as citizens
and individuals, In this respect Re-
puDlicans and loyal leagues have been
a great benefit 70 freedmen. wherever
their influence fsfelt, there are peace and
quiet, and orderly, Industrious, honest
freedmen. If the freedmen are demor-
allied, corrupted, debased, &c viii be
through Democratic teachings. If
frauds are committed on the bgllCt-boE,
or freedmen are defrauded of their
WI fnu mil Nar
here, as in the North, the party Of
shams, false pretenses, violence and
frauds. Six murders Of freedmen have
been committed in Kinds County, in
this State, in which is Jackson, the cape
ital, and a military post, since the list
Of july and IN the State there have
been, probably, one hundred and dftY
murders of freedmen and Union men,
for no other cause than their political
opinions, in the same time-nBariy, if
not all the cases having been passed
over In silence by the authorities The
number Of deaths bv violence, since
the surrender, if they could be gathered
up, would startle the most slzeptical-
especially of freedmen bushwhaeked.
One of the most wicked features Of
the war was the use of bloodhounds to
hunt white co8scripts for the army
and vigilance committees, who tried
political O1fsnses. It is the boast of a
prominent citizen that he shot seven
teen stragglers from the Union army
during Sherman's raid from VicksburE
to Meridian, and back, some Of them
while on their knees begging for their
lives. Yet this man kept dogs TO hunt
cOnscripts, and was on a Vigilance
Committee to rorc9 white men into the
army, thus Eeeping himself out Of
harms way, while he "dOupedU others
to the trent. He is, of course. for sew
mouE and Blair, and every vote for
them is in favor of restoring such men
to power and influence.
About the time of the surrender q
white man was arrested by a self-cou-
vigilance committee. on charge
of desertion from the Confederate army,
by whom he was tried, convicted, and
sentenced to instant death. On the
committee were two preachers-one a
Baptist, the other a Methodist. The
Baptist refused a prayer for the dying
man, who asked It. but the Methodist
granted this last REQUEST. PRAYER CON
cluded the poor man was sent before
his Maker by the aid Of these two
preachers, who are at this time accept
able minister's in the vicinity Of this
tragedy, This case, with others like &c,
has been presented TO several grand
jurfes, only to be kicked out. Every
vote for Seymour and Blair is a vote to
perpetuate such injustice.
Social equality, miscegenaHon, free
love, and the mixing Of the races gem
1A al ~ as klAdCAAGI4 uA0EL LllB 0h4
gin1e, will cease TO exist under the Re
publican policy Of equality before the
law, and OF education, except I'm rare
and exceptional instances I; because the
cOlOred woman viii have the same
rights as a white woman to appeal to
the law for redress, and white men viii
be very reluctant to be arranged for
such conduct. Thus a great wrong Of
slavery will be obliterated.
Seriously, Senator, to one who fol-
lowed the Gag through nearly 1--WE
years of bloody war, it seems inconsist-
ent to restore to power those who sought
TO destroy the Government, without
some security against repetition Of the
Hence our only security Is, to recon
struct these States on a loyal basis, by
loyal men, and to adopt any measures o.
to this end. The bowling OF
the South about oppression and tyran-
ny and persecution, ''hath this extent,
no MORE" that ti is q howl for power,
and the "hesh pots of Egypt, " with an
opportunity to rebel seceds, or COM
NIT with impdnity whatever violence
thew desire.
Your ob't servant,
j. TARBELu.