Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-07
Hon. R. II. HILL.
AnGther Gard about fhe Canil-
la Riot.
An Able Champion for the south.
The Tribune Charge OF Blood
hound" Exploded.


my Communication, allow me space to
add some further facts touching the Ca
milla riot. have read all that has ap-
peared in the Tribune, and have waited
for additional information myself from
the State, that / might be sure Of cor
rectness IN what write.
/. The chief information upon which
Maj. Hswsrd's first letter was based,
and upon which Bullock based his mes
sage to the legislature, and upon which
your correspondent from Albany seems
10 rely, was derived from the statements
Of nOtoriously bad negro, who had
served term in the peniteHtiary, and
| whom five hundred witnesses, black sBd
] white, would diseredit on oath IN . court
OF justice.
2. have been planting several years
in that region. I sm there hsbitually.
It is one of my homes 10 the State. ]
have never seen, or known of, or, before
l Fesd it in your paper, heard of a blood
hOaald in that country, I am assured,
and do believe, that there is not one in
that whole region and do not believe
there is dog there Of any kind trained
to track either black or white man.
3. l knew, personally, Judge VssOn
sud the gentleman who acted with him
in investigating this matter, and whose
/ IEDBEE kukONG Oh A1tc DidLlE VI AEiCc
and Murphy. know also some Of the
witnesses who gave their evidence under
oath. We have 40 more reliable citizens
ia our State. Judge Vason is an old
Wing and Union man was long Judge
Of our Superior Courts; is a Christian
| gentleman of fine education and most
I exemplary character and elevated mind,
land whom any Northern jury would be-
lieve without doubt or hesitation.
4. The letters OF your correspondent,
st least the statements they make, are
originated by some persons, for the e.
press purpose OF iDfiamiBg the Northern
mind and influencing the elections pend
ing.
5. You think it strange that so many
negroes were killed, aud so few whites
/ injured. TO me this is not strange. The
negroes 1Cere slaughtered, 0s they lUiH a.
! rays be, under such circtalStances Their
white leaders escaped, as they intended
! before hand to escape. If the people Of
/ The North will not be moved by the
wrongs sQd dangers to the whites of the
tSOUtb, beg them TO rescue the poor ne
groes from sure destruction, by repudis-
! ting these reconstruction measures. and
! thereby remove the inducements offered
! to carpet -baggeTs and TCHegadeS to breed
! strife and hate, that they may get Office.
6. Is it not singular that so many
! Northern people will persist in believing
with implicit confidence the Wild state
ments Of frightened convict negroes, and
Of bad white men who SbandOn white
society to use the negro for selfish ends,
! and Of anonymous writers, and summs-
/ Fily set sside the most solemn statements
under oath Of our best white people, and
| the ASSURANCES OF the whole white race
! Of the South, a5 mere attempts TO
h" Ehitewss Rebel outrRges?" Strangers
! sud renegRdes, Of the most OTiGffldl seces-
/ sion stdnlp, are melting negroes to acts
which lead to their slaughter, in order to
make dUpeS Of educated refined North
ern whites, that these Northern whites
may, in turn, aud for vengeance, make
Uictims of the Southern whites, sll TO the
end that these strangers, sBd worst
! seoessionists, Insy get the offices for their
! loyalty! These are the only fruits which
| the reconstruction measures have pro-
/ dUced, or can produce st the South.
[ Ought such measures TO be maintained
| and perpetuStsdn
The attempt to weaken the facts state
/ Of so intended) by little personal Eidi-
cUie of myself is, in view Of the issue,
scarcely paTdonable, but is psrdoned.
Your kindness in permitting me to be
! heard through your columns in behalf Of
our people viii, with me and them, ex-
cuse any criticism your sense Of propFiety
may permit. But do even me Justice.
| On this subject,
l. The version OF the Atlanta speech
| from which you quote Inever saw be-
| fore; but allowing its substantial cor
ractuess, does ID. properly understood,
show ViOlence2 It only proposed social
ostrscism for the Southern men who
would vote to destroy the equality Of
their States, and to fix the degradation
OF their own and our families. had in
view just such consequences IS this Ca
miila riot. Is it violence to say that 3
man who will through negroes as his
tools, endanger my property, my life,
and my family, shsn not sat at nay ta-
bic or sleep under my r0of2 Even Ora
tor Puff wss never so Illogical.
,. The Forsyth speech, from which
you quote in your issue OF yesterday,
never saw ss printed. 1 never in my
life, on any occasion, either felt or used /
the language you quote toward or OF
"UniOn men" L doubtless may have
used such language toward inciters 10
riot and bloodshed in the South, but to (
wsrd no other. You quote me in par (
GIlel columns with the colored nsn Tur- I
neF ALLOW me 70 thank yeu for allow ]
ing me to be the equal with the nsgFo in /
the Tribune. 1t is privilege which is /
denied me bg the reconciliation meas /
ures. The Tribune is more liberal than /
the policy it seeks to msintain and /
peTpetuste.h
1t Is impossible for the Northern peo. (
pie to conceive how sdroitly aud yet how
efTectually our utteraDees In the South /
are distorted here, and how completely /
our meaning is often reversed, and the
- ~. A. -,
] find wide-sprss3 idea at tie North /
that the election Of Gan. Grant will in
sure peace and quiet at the South. This
result the South will desire, but IL is not
possible If Gen. Grant, as President,
shall " mGintsiB and peEpetuatep the
Reconstruction measures. The fault does
not lie In the temper OF the Southern
whites, IS is represented at the North,
but il lies Ia the character Of the recon-
struction policy and in It's logical work
iDgs. These measures breed q dirty
class of offiee-seekeTs st the hands OF
negroes, who in turn breed Camilla riots
Our best white people sre now doing all
in their power to prevent these results,
in hope Of early relief in the Presidential
election. We do not regard the govern
ments forced under these Feo0nstTuotion
measures as yet legally established. In
election, are TO express their viii on that
question. III Gen. Grant shall be elected
the carpet bRggers and negro instigstOrs
viii feel sustained and encouraged. Oar
white people viii feel sbsDdoned by the
North, and, fear, viii become hopeless
and desperate. turn frona the picture
OF results. When you blame men for
not keeping quiet and cool ia q Ore, then
blame the Southern whites for results IN
that case. People Of the y 0rth, saVs ga
noto! On the other hand, the election Of
Seymour will be accepted as a decision
by the American people that these g0U-
eTTlD3ents are not established; the few
whites who now support them from
policy viii abandon them al induce
ment to organize negroes ss voters will
be at an end the people will be eneOur-
aged, hopeful; good governments for Sll
colors viii return, and peace will be as
sured, and universal and instantaneous.
do know that all our industrial arrange
ments are affected by this contingency. /
III Mr. Seymour Is elected, plantations
now idle are to be worked, factories
built and capital invested, and at fair.
good prices. III Gen. Grant shall be
elected, bargains are 20 be rescinded, and
none will venture eXceDt anon as are