The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-12-11

10 inc ncighboT1bR CITY OF "euSEson
and remained over until MONDAY
evening. There was no little stir and
excitement when We reached there
The military that morning bad ar
rested, with flourish of ,rumpci.,
four prominent, citizens Col. l.. r
Afford, Richard Figures, NJ T
Slaughter, and Mr.. Joplin. The,
also intended to arrcs, Col W. =
Ssaaey, but tina. gentleman, not
knowing, We presume, that his pres
cnce was demanded in Jefferson, had
gone abroad, the day previous, on
business. The officer in command
Of the.:.qusd broke opsn, with a bill
lot Of wood, the door Of Col. Culber-
sons Law ONCE, which Col. SauAey
has been using as = bed room.
Col. Afford, learning the military
wsre afsr him, voluntarily surren-
dered himself, and We presume the
other parties arrested would have
done the same thing II an opporsu
nifty had been offered them. These
gentlemen we're arrested without war.
rant, upon a mere military order, and
without any assignable cause. Such
= high handed proceeding was we'll
calculated to create excitemea. /, alarm
and gloom. We hoped, in common
with all good citizens, that the days
Of such acts Of tyranny had passed,
and that AFTER four years Of peace,
the majesty, and power, and eihcisn-
ey Of the civil law would be recog-
nised ADD maintained. II is . mat.
ter of regret and modification ths.
these anticipations hsvc..no besn re-
Alircd. The good and orderly citi-
Gems Of Jefferson, and among them
the very men now uadsr arrest took
tho carliest measures to prevent such
a deplorablc calamity. Shortly arc,
the death OF G.. W. Smith, . man oil
VIGOROUSLY bad character, who Wal
killed there, and whose assassination
is believed to be the causc:of these
arrests, they drew up paper, deplor
ing the event, and assuring Gen
Reynolds that they would do all ia
their power to maintain law and or
der, and to put down every species
Of violence. In addition TO this
lesding radicals, Of the more modsr
ate type, joined in the assurance ths
no additional troops were required n
Jefferson. It WAS hardly to be ex
pected, under these circumstances
that large force would be sent 4
the place, that military Mayo
would be appointed, and the civil la'
overthrow. There nre now fou
companies at that point; two of in
fantry and two of cavalry, with
regiment on the way to be quarterc
there. The town is ovcrrun, it j
believed, with detectives and spis,
and there is evidence, clear and ..un
ni,takable, OF attempts to manufae
ture testimony BY da''mi'fafio" an
bribery. We k~o.C whereof we speak
At the proper. tims,ths whole of thss
iuiquitous proceedings will be es
posed. II is to be hoped We sre nc
to have . repetition of the Ashbur
case, which covered With merited d.
grace al the parties engaged in i
The cases, in some respects, prescr
rimi,ar features. Both were bad mel
with low groveling instincts, licentior
associations, and dangerous member
Of society. Smith, II can be proves
had more than escs instigated Ii
negroes to mob violence, and mol
than once threatened to burn II
place. lie consortsd with negroc
cat and slept with them, in unbridle
| licenticusnsss. He had been arrss
cd for wsntonly firing upon = bod
Of citizens and wounding two Of then
and be had threa.sncd vengeance
against the place, declaring that b
carpet bag wss not. worth over g.
hundred dollars, but hs would NAL
il cost Jederson 6vs hundred thou
aud | He boosted openly Of h
power over thu negroes, and sue
Wa the dread which his inAusn'
inspired, that II constituted his pr
lection. Last winter, more thu
once, the citizens hsd to stand guar
At night over their families a.
property. II can also be prove
tina. before tho destructive Ere Ia
wistsr, he.ssid to the negroes, "v
will have to burn the place before '
can control Il ?"
Il With oil these circumstances, il
csrtsinly 70 be dcplored thsth be "
killed And In tho manner that
was. But II tho same timc, II mi
we'll 10 asked what other communi
, would have tolerated the presence
. such . man y losg as those Of JIG
fcr,on7 Ssrsly, Il will not be pr
tended that his death, even by vi
. lsncc, warrants the abrogation Of Il
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