New-York tribune., 1868-08-07

vv have fhu; grand total Of O35 homcides IN three
wears or 8i5 per year; and estimating our population
sirce MS al s0o6OO we have person killed ont OF
every 2O1j Of the whole population per year ~ .oU. ~
@ CHRISTIAN or civilized state IN the world IN time of
Ucacc IL has been stated in the papers tat the nOlI
- i wv, Ynr, duriug the wear 1861. numbered a. IL
cues III ct tleTe was one pcr>0n killed OF every
So OO of her population. and then ~ thatyer htle were
G1y ZINES a5 MANY holcidcs Texas as in New-fork
rcrug 10 the population OF each. The eighth census
of the United states FOR the year ln REPORTS Lor tat
wear 37 homicdcs and murders in NcwNork, making one
KILLED out Of every iOOJof her whole populaiol
so that TcXashas averaged per year since ihe "a yWy
frs Icy more homicides than NcwNoIk dd IN lsGO We
note also that murders IN New-l ork mere We're
three executions in 1900 while for the Vo III leAas since
n should be remembered that in NewYort and other
States in North, every murder accurately reporeu
while the figures here presented cohc Ial sTol VI
spuug the actual number OF murders III Texas during
the time specified. We have Kept Scrupulousy Nil WITHIN
the number presented 10 us, OF Wnch Iaol anJ ,
man can satisfy himself by patiently examining an 'ne nc
Data We assert too, that The reports usnhy ise % o
do not present all tle hohlcluta t ~
tion dc scribed by them For example from the ordinary
% sources 0wHahngt"n County since the st Of December
1861: when fuu report is oDtaihed rotn at 1puny
II oivcs 1G i'm that time. Through the usual channels only
two murders reported ia Iatraht county WnsIeAs
complete account gives 10 anu 20 ~ ~ ~ W." o'.I III
reports from about 80 OF the l37 oranzed coun, oi me
state becomes VI xxx MURDERS s emmed Il is proper
10 state further that the reports which We car iul 90 o
ryofss To give full accounts the murders IN the coun
lies rcpfcseuted by them. Many OF them positively state
that they do report all, aud witnesses t u OI h,eh
dunc5r1ug tuvsteuousy and 81 dead bodies being Ind
away IN ravines or floating down streams .oi WAich
! eases no history Is given.
We have never said that all Of these murders were com
mittcd bv Rebels for political ends. In our previous re-
por we distinctly stated that many of them were com
nied for the purposes 0f pundcl aud foDety anu Ihh
many Of them resulted from private quarrels But what
we insist b that many Of the persons murdered were
loya and that they murdered Tor their loyalty 10
sUbstautate this statement We now present SOME cases
Of recent occurrence not embraced ~ our i4rer report
| In the counties OF Collins ana Hunt, nNe men, Wen
! known as sterling loyalists were grutally murdered
within the last two weeks ny some HSDC uS M @
/ The Hon a. o. Cooley, worthy cluzeh OF Hl.eslls
| County, and prominent Republican, was shot ana
Wounded on the 10th inst az home by an assassin from
distant county We also learn mat W H. CptOh Union
! man. was hung by mob on the 80 INST. IN BfaLora
County Here then. are six vel known InonSts mur'
dered and the lie OF aholher al ~ te pe rs
ent month Some time ago. the Rev Joshua Johnson an
excellent citizen of Titus County, ana against Mhom
nothing be said by anybody unless u Do mat ne mas
always been true to ms country, was diI'IR from us
matter Of general noorety tat oyai men IN various
! parts Of the State arc receiving notices TO
%Trping of their homes n they do not fly. 1t
! Is equally notorious that great alarm prevails
among the Union men m many & ocf5, an tSer hu ns many W.
them are abandoning thGlr hOnes ior ttT Hnes. We
also that II is fact that many honorable enDers
OF this body receipt Of letters from those that love
them, from wives aud children, informing them OF
threats take their lives and imporng them not to re-
least two delegates this floor have been forced away
from their homes by Rebel prescription since the meet
| Ing Of this Convention.
Now these are all uudenable facts and they certainly
justify the affirmation that many Of the persons Killed In
Texas killed for their loyalty u IL an easy natter
when a Union man is murdered, TO start the cry Of
thief" Indians and to get credulOus people TO be-
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guilt to the minds OF rejecting men, and cannot change
! the fact that Loyal men are murdered by Rebels.
ncant Of good that while Union men falling AT the
hands paoed prisoners Of war; there are those who do
only deny the fact but accuse those as slandecrs
who attempt 10 reveal and arrest this alarming march Of
crime Certainly the first step toward providing rem
edy is to ascertain the extent and the nature OF the evil
and cannot understand how any friend OF mankind or
OF Texas oppose an examination into the ab0undng
violence in the State attempt TO conceal the same from
public view 1t is, doubtless, true that ventilation OF
the social disorder In Texas Will deter many good people
| 9th
is already the Capital and emigration turn away
from our state as land OF violence while good and loyal
citizens fOrsakng in large numbers We have eyi
dence that between 500 and 900 families within territory
| of 95 or 20 counties are now leaving the StaIe
On On Sccount Of the persecutions they have suf-
fered from lawess men. Texas is to-day undergoing
process OF a. least 40 70 e e es a and og
lawed in other States fOcking within our limits;
Some Of the leaders the unlawful organizations alluded
previous report fugtVes from other states
These desperadOes 10 understand that Texas pre-
sents promising field for their operations and that they
| will here meet with sympathy and apoogsts In high
places And In proof OF this statement we appeal 70 ie
following facts First This alarming amount OF crime Is
persstently denied In certain quarters second IL IS
unequvOcay avOwed In the same circles hat ths sheu
| ding OF blood must continue TIL the Republican party
surrender the reHs Of government and the advocacy OF
cOOred suffrage is abandoned In other words the dsal
| feeied in our state design 10 create and keep mp
! reign OF terror till the loyal element III Texas
Is suppressed. The recent debates on inc moor
| on tins points and Third Some OF the Conservative
papers Of Texas openly counsel assassination not 70 men,
them We refer now to the incendiary article In The Daily
Houston Telegraph OF the 14th nst wherein reference Is
made TO lynch law and TO the Hon. NJ C. Hamilton ana
| the Hon c. Caldwell, and which concludes thus; 1--WE
II sOlemnly, such men Ought 10 die We have SAID
nothing yet In tins report OF the numbering Oh freed
men, We cannot present any adequate account Oh the
atrocities perpetrated against them from day 10 day We
can only say that the bloody work goes on short time
ago In Waco white man, stranger there, acGosted
freedmen and asked him II he did not fear the
Klan, and, on being answered said Take that ana
at the same time ripped open the bowels OF tue eedha
with a knife. The unOffending victim fingered
| II days, and died. The assassin was balled
! by his comrades, and then left. Two worthy IN
dusrious freedmen brutally murdered In Fails
County the 10th OF this month"; by white men. Who
stated at the time that they intended 20 k in Ike
manner every negro that belonged the Loyal League
Numerous Instances OF similar Outrages are reported IN
various parts OF the State by almost every mail On the
4h OF July the freed people OF Jefferson attempted TO
celebrate the day bnt were fired upon and dispersed Oy
mob OF armed white men; and evidence OF organ
zaOn among the dlsloya whites OF that secton We men
ton that IN half hour after the first shot was 1fed