The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-10-21
Another Card from Hon. B. Il. Hill.
To tho Editor Of The New York k7 Tr fibLnD Z

s1n-Thanking you for your liberality in
Iopening your columns heretofore to my
communication; allowing me space to add
some further facts touching the Camilla
riot. 1 have read all that has appeared in
the Tribune, and have waited for additional
information myself from the State, that
| might be sure of correctness in what |
write. 80 y
! 1. The chef information upon which
Major Towards first letter was based, and
upon which Bullock based his message to
THE Legislature, aud upon which your, cor
Respondent from Albany seems to rely, was
derived from the statements ofa notori-
ous'y bad negro, who had served term in
The penitentiary and whom FIVE hundred
witnesses, black and white, would discredit
on oath in a court Of Justice. 'sl'i3 % q
r. 2: ] have been planting several years ia
that region. Tt is one Of my homes II, the
State I have never seen or known or or,
before I read It in your paper, heard Of a
bloodhound in that country" Tam assured
and do believe, there is not in that whole
region; and Edo not believe there is dog
there ofany kind trained to track either a
black or white man. ssat3goG Ei5es1;Ft
8. T know, personally; Judge Vason and
the gentlemen who acted with him in irives-
tigating this matter, and whose report
throws all the blame on Pierce and Muir
ply. / Know also some Of the witnesses
who gave their evidence under oath. We
have no more reliable citizens in our State.
Judge vason sisSan old Wing and Union
ihian;' was long Judge of our Superior
Courts; is a Christian gentlemen Of fine ed
ucation and most exemplary character ard
elevated mind and whom any Northern
jury would believe without doubt orlliesi
lation. .s9tiigoiMG T3ilU5Is as9iI1 n0W
" 4. The letters of your correspondent; at
least the statements they make, arc oriei-
mated by some persons, for tile express pur-
pose Of 'infaming the Northern mind and
influencing the elections pending! 'idf
|f0. You think strange that so many ne
sroes. werekilled. and soifew whites injured.
joihe thissisinot strange. The negroes
Mere slaugh tered las they will always be-
under such. circul stances. Their white
Leaders escaped, as they intended, before
hand TO escape If the people. of the North
Yil! not be moved, bytLe wrongs and dan
gers to the whites Of the South, i beg them
to rescue the, poor negroes from sure des-
tnction, iby rrepudiating these rrecopstluc-
ton measures and thereby remove the in
dueementsi offered to .carpet-baggers aud
renegades to breed strife and hate that they
may get Office. iaa OF sau tfoislw yiEa
ss 8. ls,it notsingular that so many North
ern people will persist in believing with i'm
plicit confidence the wild statements of
frightened convict negroes,, and dofbad
white men who abandon white society to
use; the negro for selfish ends, and Of anon
-ymops writers, aud summarily set aside the
most solemn statements under oath Of our
! best white people, and uthej assurances of
The yhole whitetrace ofthe South, rs mere
attempts to Ii''whiterrash rebel outrages ~
Strangers and renegades, ofitbe lost origi-
nal secession stamp. are inciting negroesito
acts which lead to their slaughterin order
to make dupess of educated, refined North
.ern whitesmay, i'm tnrn and fortvengeance;
make victims 4of the Southern whites, all
to the end that these strangers, land worst
secessionists, may get the offices for their
loyalty. These are the only fruits which
the reconstruction measures have produced
or can produce at the South. Ought such
measures to be maintained aud perpetua
ted" lssd aslf eae % ii 81 yet 3iaf q
Mr.. Hill then goes on TO argue that If
Gen. GRANTS elected be will find it impos-
sible to preserve the peace at heRSouth,
and ut the same time carry oat the recon-
struction laws, which he deneunces in
strong terms. He then says: ohw Eflss o,fl
! Sir, d. charge me, as did the secession
lists, ith desire to alarm Or in intent to
But cannot see the Coustitu-
tion-the grandest production of human
effort-for the security ofhuman freedom
topped to its foundations 10y
maniac storm Of passion and hate, and ut
tes,no protest or, warning against the ruth
less act. tell you these reconstruction
measures of Congress cannot be maintains.
ed aud perFetuateda misunderstanding the
Constitution. The CONSTITUTION cannot be
destroyed in peace Wake your people
from this fatal deiusion before it is too late
! cannot. tell when, or how,4 or between
whom war will come. But it will come.
The nations blood will flow when the ma
items Constitution is stabbed. Freedom |
will die when this freedoms life.is Destroy
ed.ia. And as the shadow is, greater than
the substance, SO will the war which will
follow the attempt to destroy the Consti-
tuition be fierer than that which followed
the attemptto dissolvethe Union. ,*a
Do not, I beseech you, drive the South
srn people 10 utter desperation. Remem-
beryour promise before all filth is hopeless.