The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-12-02

Northern Texas Matters.
The New Orleans Republican Of the 2Ist, contains
whit We conceive to be, seandaous attack upon thu
people OF Northern Texas The editor states that thu
facts embodied in the article from which make ou
extracts we're made up in the language Of dseren
writer's We should think So aud will 60 further ane
state, different liars.
The first liar mixes some truth in the following:
Whenever public opinion prohibits free discussion
murder and riot will surely ensue. Jefferson Texas
gives US example. They have several Democratic
papers there bur no Republican organ. So of course
the fasehoods OF the press cannot be reuted, and are
regarded by many honest people as unquestionaole
facts Besides Republicans are too few and obnoxious
resent deny the SANDERS Of their opponents One
of the Jefferson papers is called the Ultra Ku kux
It states It's mission to be TO abuse the carpetbag
gers and scalawags up to the hub for the money So
il heads its articles vilfyng noted Unionists, thus
T " Oar Dirty Column" Fortunate indeed, is that man
who live unmolested by mobs after being thus ex
/ hibited to an excited people.
| Among these unfortunate victims were lion. T. W.
Smith, Of the Texas convection, aud Captain Kirkhan,,
Bureau Agent At Boston, Texas. After repeated at
/ ttmpts both these gentlemen We're murdered. Many
others after being thus slandered very narrowly es-
capped assassination. Among these were Hon. Aaron
Grgshy, Judge Caldwell, Judge Campbell end others,
of jefferson together with Capt Rad, Bureau agent
Hart Of Greenyie, aud divers other persons OF less
prominence.
A specia, article was devoted to each ono Of the
above named gentlemen except Mr.. Grgsby, and some
times the onslaught was repeated until the people
seemed almost transported with rage against the help
less objects of their malice. II the latter had not fed
from their homes to distant localities their destruction
would have been inevitable. The narratives of some
of these fugitives are fearfy thrilling and romantic,
but withheld from the public for prudentiareason
Liar No. in the following throws in some few lines
Of truth to make it pali:abc. The animus of the ar
tclc is plain:
But the most invetcrate foe to Republcanism among
Northeastern Texas newspapers the Jefferson Times
For several months the Republicans at Jefferson
in constant alarm lest the rawlings Of that organ should
cause their massacre. For months they hardly dared
TO walk the streets at night. For months the doomed
Smith seldom ventured to sleep two successive nights
in the same house. During several weeks the County
Judge obliged to sleep at the soldiers quarters,
and for some time he was afraid to go home even in
the dry time. Armed bands Of marauders prowled
about nightly robbirg freedmen Of their arms, and in
many instances committing murder and other atroci
ties. 4 terrible increase and aggravation of such
crimes always feared Immediately after the publ
cation of an ncentliary article in the Jefferson Times.
That papers shameless apologies for crime and perse
sention can commend it to nobody but Comanches or
New Zealand cannibas. ~ .=ss
The Times in apoogising for the murder Of Smith,
charges him with heading several negro mohs. As
everybody in Jefferson knows there was but
negro mob III that city, and that mob" assembled to
extnguish the great fire which consumed the main
business portion Of the town about the first Of March
The white people aided this mob, and no one worked
harder during that fearful night to the property
of the citizens Of Jefferson than George w. Smith
The Times also charges that Saith made many terri
bic threats and Esolent boasts The can not be
found who ever heard the accused utter such threats
as have been charsedo him. None of his murdercrs
dared to lool; him in the face and make such
charges.
Cur contemporary, the jimplecutc, comes in for the
following. Writer No. 3 is responsible for it:
The jefferson Jimpecute, il late issue, fit to
deny welknown facts rather diseredtable to the
mob element at Jefferson. AS the circulation of the
Jmpiecue is less extensive than the know ledge of
those outrages, deem unnecessary to reassertthe
facts III question, although we could easily prove them
by incontrovertbe evidence. AS to Smith 5 unhappy
difficulty with Judge Caldwell it did not prevent the
latter from denoutcing the foul murder of the former
in the most manly aud emphatic manner. Like every
other clira!rons and conscientious gentleman, he
speaks III the highest terms and in the most feeling
manner of the undanpted courage aud enthusiastic
self devotion of the victim. s.s-s
Another writern speaking of the killing ofsanford
by Rose enleavors to make Radical capital out of it.
He says:
Rose has been several times under arrest for assault
with intent to kill but most of his victims were
freedmen, he has thus far escaped punishment Last
spring Hon. Geo W. Smith, lately murdered at JEFF
fcrson reused perfect storm of indignation against
himself for causilg tile arrest of Rose for cutting
negros throat The Jefersonites will have reason to
suspect that their pet "ngger killers nre sometimes
dangerous to white people.
The animus Of the above extracts are too plain to
need any explanation, and Jefferson cotempora-
IL r.l,o,
matter with them. 80