Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-09
RADICAL MILITARY RULE IN THE
SAITH.

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RADICAL MILITARY RULE In THE
SOUTH. ..
The people Of the North can form no
conception of q the tyranny, oppression
and downright rascality ptacticed in the
Southern States BY the shoulder-strap
upstairs who unfortunately are placed
over that people These fellows, says the
Indianapolis Sentinel have, certainly
played well their roles as the tools and
eaiissaries Of RaaiealisIa. There is
nothing too mean or too low IN the pro,
grahme of their masters for chem To-
execute in the interests Of that party.
They have winked at or participated In
the grossest frauds themselves upon the
elective franchise, in the appointment Of
the most ultra and base of the Radical
population as registers--in sustaining
these registers in refusing the ballot to
white men duly qualified to vote-in
registering as voters negroes who had not
been long enough in that particular State
to entitle them to sufrage-in importing
negroes from other States to vote down
the resident qualified population and
then after practieing these and other
systems Of fraud, these fellows are the
first to cry out fraud and corruption.
against their opponents
Our readers will recOllect that in
Georgia, Arkansas and other States, the
Democratic Central Committees made
positive and detailed charges of fraud
against the Radical authorities in large
number of counties, and called upon the
military satraps co commanding to allow in
vestigations to be made, Offering to prove
in the most positive manner, every one
Of their allegations AS a general thing
deaf ear was turned to all such re-
quests But it seems that General Meade
acceded to the request of the Central
Committee of Georgia, aud ordered
military commission to inquire into these
frauds The military knew well that
every charge made by the Democratic
Central Committee would be fully subs
stantiated In this emergency, what
think you did these impartial judges and
plant tools or Radicalism, do They
have attempted to add subornatiOn Of
perjury, black, damning perjury, to their
other crimes against the rights of the
people. The evidence is complete, crush
ing and conclusive, and establishes bes
yond cavil and beyond excuse, palliation
or defense, the infamous character of
these shoulder-strap pimps and tools,
and the damnable acts they commit them
selves and persuade others to commit, in
order to serve the dark and Villainous de-
sigas Of Radiealism, "Mnr.ler win out, p
One Of the letters of Colonel Rulbert,
the principal Of this atroeious work, and
the President of the Central Grant Club,
of Georgia, was fortunately written and
addressed to a citizen Of Columbus, who,
though a Republican, was also gentle-
man aF honor He felt indignant and
insulted, that he should be called on to
engage in such disreputable and dirty
work, and incensed at the Infamous
proposition made to him in that letter,
gave It to the press. This letter is a gem
of its sort A few extracts will show the
scoundrelism of this Colonel Hubert,
President Of the Central Grant Club Of
Georgia. He opens thus r..
Cant you get up afidavits from the
counties of Chattahoochie and Marion
Try Get DR.. Gilbert and other friends to
work at once, and send me their sfiidavils.
Can't You send me the afidRvits of your
self and Chapman Of frauds committed in
| Columbus or at least That, force and intimi-
dation were used by the Rebels against the
| freedmen" .
Isn't that a sweet morsel After tramp.
ling upon the rights Of the white people
of Georgia, and practicing all manner of
frauds upon the ballot-bOx, this villain,
for villain he is, would add insult to in
jury by proving, through the blacklist
perjury, that the oppressed and helpless
whites were the wrong, doors and the
perpetrators of the raudspracticed Can
scoundrelism descend to lower depth
| But take another extract from this de-
lectable epistle
eve want afIidavits proving force, fraud,
intimidation, in violation of general Or
ders. We mast haze hepa, and plenty o.
them. Go TO work and get them up al
once. The names Of the parties making
the alidaviis will not be known TO any per-
sen except yourself and the board. They
need have no fears on that score. You can
swear them before Capt. Hill. Please &c
to work, sharp and quick The election in
Your county will be contested. Defend
Yourself by attacking the enemy"
Words fail to characterize in iitting
terms such bare-facsd villainy Every
honest heart in the land will throb witt
indignation at the wicked and crimina
and atrocious proposition contained there
in. And this is the way in which Radi
cal aihdavits are manufactured down
| South--this is the way in which fraud
and murders and assassinations arr
Ilproped upon the poor whites of that IN
fortunate country-this is the way II
which Ku-Klux outrages and assassina
tons are established This letter tell
the whole story. 1t is fortunate for tn
people of the South that it saw the high
of day, for twill have most happy Of
fleet in opening the eyes of the Mortimer
people to the manner in which Radica
Testimony is manufactured to order in th
Southern States
THE annual report Of the "Mancheste