The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-24
THE CAMILLA MASSACRE.

TIE CAMILLA MASSACRE.
As TIE truth comes to light it appears more
srl more evident that what the lying agent
Il :Lc Associated Press calls "RaLical riot"
g camilla, Ga, was a bloody rebel UutphvFy.
= 40 u tie same character as the New Orleans
70 .sss,.c. inspired by the same diabol!cNl
',..gs' AID .JGsImmatcG with the same GCplur.
... - results. ui course all the Copperhead
.'.-ar.- H. 'Ac North have seized upon it, and
..r My too happy in chNrsctcrizing it rs the
w,3E e Tie negroes. Ia July, lsor, LITTLE
ana ct New orleans I uiunists, who had
s'eDt 'raI for the Government during the dark
,rlr@ # the rcbcihoa, met pClcerbly IN the
CI,-.,rl ,r'y, ~ they hal n right to meet.
they were sc' upon by hsud Uf mIrdeIOu-
t,".a1-, and two hundred Of their number killed
al.I wru'lct Just about two years from
taat time few GAInHists, consisting ni col
uIci ana white. CssLycl to hold a pcaccablc
l.grtilr In the village OF Camilla, Ga, when
they were set upon in a shnihr manner by o
crew %! Gcmuuiac gCOUnlfels, and driven out
Turr4cL and murdered in cold blood. These
Clsrurd amt Ieiercclcss fusltiycs, who ned
from The iEuh, were pursued I'VE miles, and
some scyruty.hvc OF tn en- killed and wounded.
L. now appears simply that = few Unionists
la southwestern Georgia had resolved upon
holding Republican meeting in Camilla; that
WAS ALI. No attempt was made hy them TO
interfere with any Of the citizens. Two gen.
tlrmeH-CUloue! Pierce, = Congressional can
G.lste, and another man by the name Of Muir.
Ihy, PIes!Gcn'itl elcctor-werC engaged TO
address the meeting.
l. g known that Governor Bullock Issued a
.rocl.M.tIVa on the lith instant, advising all
the people WHO -Gogld meet in political gather.
IL ..tz
IeDple hnl acted in exact conformity TO this
request. "A tucy Nppro !chci the town ; rebel
met thea AMI warned them not to enter. lie
49,! that '0r Vcop.e would not permit Rad.
zeal TO spcal; in that town. Some time after
thIs, they were addressed By the sheriff Of the
r1uuty, who gave them substantially the samC
,ITIcc, saying that the people would not toiu
rate a Radical talk in that place. Now let TO
ns American citi2cns, contemplate what oc
CURED. An exchange, that has reliable lnfOs.
nation upon this subject, says;
AN armed mob, composed Of men who
fought under the stars and bars, starved our
Northern boys at AndrtsonNilie and Millen,
ar supplied the rebel Junta with the sincws 81
war, set upon the GUlcuCcless tniUuis,s and
raLrsvUr"d To murder them m uosH". Colonel
Grse n ,6.Iy %GunSe4 nc S4@ CrPn
and the infant IN her Arms were shot tU dcath
The outnumb cred defencclcss uiOnists sought
safety tor their lives ia nlEht, when thcy were
pursued for nve miles, and shot down BY tho
IUadsilee,'
such undoubtedly are the facts. Now lei
us see how this ngcut Of the Associated Press
rtatcs the case. lie calls this peaceahle n.
rcmhly mob, and says:
The mob was vigorously attacked and
driven back, and plnic.siricken took to
p i,'y.Rrr kHisd and many wounded. Their
ipt~l loss, 50 lar ~ nscertalncd, uds from sfu'
.e'y-fre 10 an, huHfrcd u. LHI'd GHd lrouaid,d
irving TO the panic among tho mob Onig IRE
'fG r'l' S'rcrHy i"ru"G'i''
such statement must he seen to be lie
/, needs no further evidence TO satisfy any
candid man that the negroes who were pun
.4cI I'VE miles, were unArmcd, and that then
lutchers were armed to the teeth.
Ii, NJItarru CUppcrhch jJuTT lis have
rlradvL thIs po.I DloUdcL asIsmc,, IS the work
VI the cpIpIrd people AMI the Radicals rs
orlI charge the massacre Of St. Bartholomew
To the nag ..,,s. They know better, and they
know that they state falsely when they 50
charge
Wrca.rs.. this bloody work on the Demo
,.t'... very. We hold that Frank Blair AM
.,rymuur .uA the CuppcThcAl politicians are
the ,urcrt promoters Oi these n'lATioul deeds
uI.l what ia moe they know 1t themselves.
Thc Now York 'uaumr, IH spcrks the tlu'I
.n The following, which We quote cntiIc.
EI.ir, 10 has BrOadhcnl manifesto and let
lrrui acceptance, uouuselcd the overthrow vi
f,,u Gtrprt-hhg governments and the dispersion
VI tUugIr-s vain the bayUnct, hnd dChOUnccG
,hr liberated bDndsmcn as "sdIc vsgaJonds,'
.u "4IIcu rice Of Ecmi-haT bArOus men, and n
..lus ul ignorant negroes supported IL idle.
1888 WIth the public money, and combined to-
=, fArr to strip the white race Of their hIiA.
inslt" cobb and IuOmhs took up the refrain.
and tie former sad, in his Atlanta speech:
lur IcuOnstTuutlOn acts ARE nun aud yUId,
!l aI,,lI uut stand. Inc ginning skrlu'uus
.,h.rh have been set up il our mih-t as legis'
.,rri. shan be- oustcJ by Frank Blair, whom
,atr ig'l} has expressly appointed Tor that
irui, or,.. Come one and all, and let us snatch
80. ,ul banner tom the dust, give It again 10
'.rN.ra.5r. tHl, II needs be-, 10 the God Of bat.
'..-, .,.I -fIKv one more honest blow for Goa.
-'I,'t"ul uh'Iiy. pom them ~ nl""ists,
nl.'r .tuA hltrk,i there should be no mercy.
lu,y .t,v .'IshnHurcd thCmseNrs, AMI sought
'pA.anUl.r M, AnHthcmatil" them. DIINc
'h'n, l,"H ihc yale OF social and political So
,WuicfuAn their memories THIS day and
tI days sul Tor all tame to come, tkr feeling
taI rTIf Ul H"holIcnre wIih WHICH you re-
irl HuI estimate thcsu men. q. IIeaFra' lpI
-. go. l!r'rIlug words, thLi navy write lLll.
.ly ..pon Ihu forehead OF these mem that they
u,Hy ,rtyrl through the earth drsplsed oi All
.,riI uNl rejected Of Heaven, scufned by the
.rNi ADa,I!. They may seek their maj con.
.rI ~ Q, mug plne" under the mulsilIs Of mat
tue.'ui Iur'IiuivU ~
Iu,l.hs followed IN u similar strain, and
said lnlts hearers, among other things
'I.r' n.h.tC no more Of these ircachcrous
b,UIl.ugs about the rights Of the cOnQucrrr.
This grand declaration OF
tar Democracy dlspeis all such dclusioIs. Let
D.. he cuunrmed by the people Of the United
So ,irr. and All these miserable mUckrIIus
.l.rl reconstructed states, erected ly fraud
ant force against the consent OF the leoplc,
u] 49, drG mcc Of the C"nst'ut'oh' "lII pass
pW,y.
In tno n.,ur Of the people Of Georgia call
upuuy thisdhy to drive from your presence
'lrsy h..A men, who ask you 10 forfeit the
only clam GU can ever have to public respect
ami ."ahlrncc ny the appointment Of such
lIru Iu ti. .v, VI trust and honor"
The livs,sIh Legislature has now driven
irUm 'h'u ipo-rnce,' In open defiance OF the
state Constitution, the Legislators having any
ar,,n h.uui cour-Ing their veins, and their
,nnslltarnls are now following ~ the good
MuIh' h} hrIrl' mug the negroes outright.
AN. ouch AIC the tctchlnrs OF the BrmocFa-
g., q, to-day Thrsv ne the men whom tho
los Il pruIi,.rt a. I1ud 40, ,skrI 10 ICatoIr
10 IuN,l Is ylrvltuA So muni hna lui