The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-02
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..oment in Louisiana, there appeareo
naragraph commenting upon the con-
-. ,f certain Radical leaders In that
S,te In the report now at GRANTS
r,oaonar,ers this paragraph does not
,.ar Whether il was erased by
nn,,ssp,u himself or by some one else
:. not known. Here it IS:
.Of This sripe were some members oil
Pennblican Campaign Committee
IN consultation at my headquarters, III
mhiCh DR.. Southworth, a contreliing
mamber of that committee, tcok part, z.
noS;rb consultation / myself was nos
a.ent w., hut one of my staff officers was.
uoS couteuded by some Of the kepuo.
i;,oHs nreseut that the negroes shouia
ts .," advised not to go to the polls, the
;S." being that If they did 60 they
,ro"ld f. slaughtered. Southworte re-
I'D that his committee would advise
~ negroes TO vote, adding let them
~ sIanybtered, the more there are
ILL IN. better il will be for our par
~, This spirit, | am sorry to say, con-
.!o1s the conduct and action OF many
who assume to sit In the nauo anu iOi
tbe interest of the Government OF the
United States, and who use the CLOAK
of LOYALTY as cover for their Wisoeeos'
have found that men OF thls descrip-,
tion. though willing to see the OloOd oi
otbers shed at a distance, conceal them-
sa,ves with marve Ous alacrlty ana Skill
at the approach of any real or fancled
danger Southworth, who wanted the
nsgToes slaughtered at the polls, is
shining example of this kind, and was
actually hiding nc my head quarters al
the time he made the remark nave
quoted"
1t matters very little that this por-
ton of the report was omitted from
the document forwarded to headq uar-
ters. 1t has been given to the pushc
-,nnder circumstances that leave no
y,loabt of its aeuuinensss as the express
sian of General RoUssEAU's opinion of
stSe Radical leaders of Louisiana. As
such the public will receive 1t. Let
them be slaughtered" is the advice OF
"a controlling member Of the RepuOh-
}cSh Campairn COMMITTEE" as to the
proper steps to protect the negroes
This cold boOded expression sets forth
with terrible conciseness the sentl-
ments OF many "who use the
cloak of loyalty for their misdeeds," to-
ward the unfortunate blacks Their
lives are of No consequence where
"loval" triumph can be secured by their
slaughter" Equal rights" 1.-The
cause of humanity" impartial justice"
and all llsimilar favorite Radical phrases,
are indeed but 30 many canting catch
words. used by Southern scalawags, to
delude the miserable negroes into voting
for men who would sacrifice their lives
ior q partisan success, or to win the
favor of pack of crazy fanatics at the
North who are almost as readily caught
as the negroes by the glib mouthing of
"loyalty's' pet notices.
The people Of the North have been
slow to believe that the tales of trouble
sent 10 them from the South owe their
origin to an infamous desire to control
public sentiment by means OF put up"
outrages They have not readily ac-
Cepted the view that the Radical lead
ers at tie South were eager to invent or
to exaggerate the disturbances of that
section, for the purpose of intiaming
against the Intelligent portion OF its
people the minds of those living in the
Loyal States; much less have they
imagined that those leaders were actu-
SLY and deliberately compelling the
shedding of innocent blood in order to
beable successfully to invoke Northern
Indignation and passion. Bat the
words of SOUTHwORTH are, "Let them
be slaughtered; the more there are
killed, the better it will be for our
party The blood sf the darkies will
be the seed of The Radical church" say
these holy apostles of murder, aud even
while utterng the words they skslk
like cowardly ours, away from the
scenes of blood and danger they insist
upon producing.
Men of this class are now the chief
exponents and counsellors of Radical
ism at the South, and what is worse,
they are accepted by the North as reli-
able commentators upon the temper
and disposition of the masses among
whom they are working cut their mis-
sion of infamy. The North says to
tAem in effect, 1--WE receive you as hon
est representatives of loyalty at the
South; We ask you to interpret for us
the purposes and character of the rebels
among whom you dwell. Stir up strife,
If You desire; we will hold the white
traitors accountable. Arm yourselves
aud your black allies; we will believe
that you are compelled to that steR by
the lawlessness of your reL.I- rTe>Sh-
hors. Vilify and trsSpce the RESPECT
able people OF your sNSs; Ne will
receive yo6r>iHvestives as xrth,
and if your wild words prAake
disorder, we will Insist that trea,
son has -denNdsyou freedom ofspcsefi
Spare no eff6<t TO betray Southern
whites Unto angry -.at and speech, and
If their ~{lf-SntrSk. will not be oy&
come e1cept-I~ violence, presNtae
negro mobs upoS~>&hem'Ss and we viii
avenge as mWdet, the death of every
black demon whsR YOU force the white.
tO'slaughter' in selrssfeuce.' The dis
ciples of scalswagarie have accepted
their trust and discharged it. What.
ever excess of wrong, lawlessness, strife
among neighbors, bloodshed and
slaughter may have prevailed in tn,
South for the past two year
Is due, directly or indirectly, t
the work of these men to whom bin,
public sentiment at the North has givel
license and encouragement. Profitini