The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1868-10-17

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We have alleged that Albert ddf
I'm, fhe pretended and loud.mouthei
friend of The negro, had evidence In
bis possession TO create The belief In
HE mind that some Of he carpct-bag |
eoadjuion had inyeigled on beard
ship and sold into Cuban slavery a
lot of colored freedmen that Griffin |
had known this for two years, and
during all that time had kept Il dark,
and had failed In the obvious duty Of
his pretended friendship 10 the negro
race to push the matter to a thorough
investigation, and do all in his power
to bring the perpetrators Of the act
Of piracy TO just punishment. III
there were any of our readers who
supposed that we were merely jesting
and romancing on a subject SO serious
as this, that idea will be dispelled af-
ter reading Griflin's answer, or rath-
er confession" tc the articles we
published on the subject. There is
in his answer complete evidence that
he knew all about the mattcrw were
trying to ventilate, and that his in
formation was derived from the very
same documents whence we derived
ours. In fact, as we have stated,
these documents were procured by
himself, and contained developments
which were made by an agent sent
by himself to New Orleans to obtain
proof to fx the crime upon some
Mobile carpet-baggers who were his
rivals for the control of the negro
} party in Mobile. When he obtained
this evidence he stopped short in the
: investigation, and fled it away, as he
thought, in safe place, and there let
the matter drop. The conclusion is
irresistible that he sought this proof
: and carried it to certain point, not
for the benefit Of the negro race, and
, not in the interests of humanity, but
ito accomplish some personal end.
That end is believed to be to silence
|, and control to his own purpose bis
carpet-bag rivals.
Now we wish the colored men Of
Mobile and Alabama, "loilp leaguers
and all others, to remark that what
their great apostle, Griffin, failed tc
do, the Democratic party Of Mobile
has done-to-wit: taken up the in
:. auiry into this crime and despatched
y a messenger to the North to enlist thu
National Democratic Committee anc
u the Government of the United State
: in It's prosecution. We are this morn
v ing able to say that the whole matte
u has been laid before the President o
'e the United States, and that an ofiicia
!" inquiry through the American Con
:, sui at Havana will be immediatel.
y instituted and vigorously pursued
= :. Il will make no difference that thi
!" cannot be done in time to affect th
. Presidential election, but Il will be il
!" time to reach the guilty and brinI
them to trial and punishment 70
m kidnapping and piracy, and also re
D. suit, we hope, in the restoration I
J. liberty Of the poor freedmen VIII
d were so infamously betrayed by the
a. pretended carpet-bag friends.
he Facts developed since we FIR
pit broached this matter, lead to the b.
in lief that the NJ. NJ. Brown schoon'
e- was not the only vessel engaged
T. this enterprise, and that the negro
were not shipped in the same vess
n that carried 20 Cuba the Desperate
nd who conceived, executed and gain
he the golden fruits oft. We have 4
names of the passengers on the Brow