The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-10-08


To Me Editor of the Tribune:
SIR: have just read with surprise
and omazement the explanation given
by the Hon. .. H, Hill Of The
Camilla Riot, In your paper of the 25th
inst. shall not reply to a series OF
Misrepresentation which he has made
and based thereon charge against the
republican party generally. Negro as
am, standardization as he calls me, 1
have too much respect for his relatives
ana for his own reputation as crimi-
nal lawyer, to let the country see that a
half savage can expose his ignorance
OF notorious facts, or prove the worth
lessneSs of his veracity. / shall beg
leave only to notice one of long list
OF misrepresentation.
Mr. Hill essays to make current the
idea that we Blacks are a riotous, in
hammable dangerous race. He would
make the country believe that we are
more than half barbarians. If such a
statement were true, it would speak
badly Tor our Southern teachers, who
have been educating US for over 200
years, and still worse for our White
ancestors, who boast of their intelli-
Rence and gloat over their superiority
of race; for. while at least a third of us
have as White fathers as Mr.. Hill,
more than hall of us, in some way or
other, have white blood (like his) in
our veins. But letus leave this feature
OF the case, as it is impossible TO think
without feeling of shame, that the
land consecrated to God by the Pill
grims, and reconsecrated by the blood
of revolutionary patriots TO human lib
erty and impartial Justice, should be so
desecrated, so defiled, so cursed, and so
perverted from its original purpose, by
their Iebellious and wicked children.
The point set out 10 make is this:
All statements, from what ever source
they come, representing The Colored
people of the South as rioIous, dis
orderly, or lawless race, ure basely
false, and willful calumnies. 1 chnl.
lenge every White man in Georgia TO
show an instance in which a negro ever
attacked his person, or first commenced
any sort or kind OF quarrel with hun.
Sir, the instance is not on record.
And let me, once for all, tell this coun.
try, andytel the world, that in every
case where strife and collisions take
place between white and colored per.
sons, il is Invariably inaugurated by
the whites, and they know 1t. Mr.. Hill
knows'it, and the deUiL klOtCS ii. When
the whites have public meetings, their
speakers stand before tho9sands OF ne
groes If they are present, as have seen
and heard Mr.. Hill do, and abuse us for
everything he could think of. For eN-
ample, "dirty niESeTs," "lOnsy mig.
gers" lazy uiggers;" and then be would
abuse Congress, and he whole Repub
lican party, and advise the people &c
| ignore, prescribe and not TO speak to
any man who in6orscd Congress, until
he had grown frantic, wild and seemed
10 have lost ali s"use Ut decency and
propriety. And we have stood and
| looked, listened and laughed, and new.
er uttered one word in reply. And, il
the whites would do the same with us
the sun would grow dark and go out
before collision would take place be-
tween us.
Now, ns 10 the charge that we are in
cited to riot by bad White men III ouI
leauges, will say, for the Information
of the country, that the object OF these
organizations (what few there Rre) is
merely to bring our people together in
some formal manner for the purpose o!
reading to them the speeches of leading
statesmen. Thousands who are quite
intelligent are not able TO read; and
yet they are always begging some one
to read the papers 10 them, and, in or
der to facilitate the matter, we read tC
them in these organizations, not only
on Politics. but on Industry, Economy
Honesty, Virtue, History, Science, anC
race that MIR. Hill would be better EN-
pIoyed than he is, II he was at home
now, teaching them in some respecta
BILE school house.
There is one thing would be glad &c
know: How is it that only loyal Of
Republican White men are bad? Ac
cording TO Mr.. Hips version, everI
white man in the country who endorses
Congress or Reconstruction is bRC
man. 1 have heard him denOunct
Congress rs being a cOnclHve OF thieves
usurpers, constitution violatoTs, ty
rants, &C., and call them names too
| hard to mention. He SO misrepresents
Gov. Bullock, Gov. Brown, Mayor
| BlodgeI, and every one else who sup
ports Congress. It is strange to mi
that all these are bad men, or, in othe
words, that man becomes bad as sooI
as he resolves to obey the laws of hi
country. l am personally acquainted
with the Hon. John Murphy, also will
Capt. VIM. p. Pierce. believe tn
latter to be gentleman of the first or
| der. AS to the former MIR. Murphy
know he is gentleman, and good
Intelligent citizen, and more con
servative Republican is not in tn
country. He is the last man in Geor
gIa who would ever think of melting
riot, or disobeying the laws of the land
Hence burl back Mr.. Hill's charge
i and brand it as an infamous mtsrepre
i sentation. / have written much NOR
than 1 intended, but you must excus
me as am a semi 6dTbdTidn, and, c
course, have no sense.
Very respectfully,
a. NJ. TURNER.
Macon, Ca, Sept. 80, 1868.