Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-29
FROM MOBILE.
Returning BaFbaTtsnl-LaS
ness Among NsgrOes.
From the Mobile Sunday Times. J

Prom the Mobile Sunday Times.
The following letter OF Coroner Del
I champs, which was yesterday forwarded
to GOV. Smith, now 10 this city, gives
truthful account of the lawIessness of tbs
negroes on the outskirts Of the city. Life
snd property on the outskirts sre inse-
cure, aud unless active and speedy means
are taken by the proper authorities t.
check the evil, trouble will undoubtedly
enfue. There is time when patience
and forbesTaUce cease to be viz tues, aud
hat time has at leu 9Th nearly arrived
DepredstiOus upon the property OF
whites, murders, Fapes, and every con-
esi7s,bie 3peciss Of crime on the part Of
the negroes, cannot be longer tolerated.
Let the Governor look TO il, and look
/ well If be wishes to preserve peace in
this community, who, though law
abiding and ardently desiring peace, are
arm determined not to be oveTrun by
Osrhsro2s negroes, urged on by carpet
bsggeTs, scalaEEgs and renegades:
MOBILE. O,5obsr %, 1862.
To His Excelleney. E Il. smith, GoveInor Of
AlBbama:
1 herewith forward to your Excel
lency q copy OF the testimony sddgced
at the INQUEST held yesterday afternoon
on the body OF Archie Mclaughlin.
Other testimony vas offered, but being
merely cUmulstiYe, was not reduced to
writing.
In bringing This murder most foul TO
your Official knowledge, cannot refrain
from representing to your Excsliency the
terrible state Of insecurity, both as to
person and property, existing at present
ia this county, but more particularly in
aud near the subpIbs of this city. A few
facts plainly stated will enable your EX
celiency TO appreciate, to soBle extent,
the CoTdiiOn 0! our people.
Crowds of negroes, armed with guns
or pistols, Of all sizes, classes and char
scJer, pour out daily from tie city and
spread themselves over the SUBURBAN
districts, game being their avowed OBJ
jrct. / respectfully represent TO your
Exeellency that the only game which Is
to be found Ia the open fields and thiekly
settled districts huRted over by these
game ,staikers, consists solely OF cattle,
pigs and poultry, and even these have
now become scarce.
The, farms and gardens OF our market |
men and others are daily Tavsged, and
II is almost impossible for them to carry
on their business. A few days ago s ne
gro trundled wheelbarToW TO the viciu- |
Ity Of the city cemetery, Killed COW,
skinned and cut off hind quarter, and
with this load, tTundled back to town,
leaving the balance as prey for vul- /
lures. So much for property.
On The 2tst inst, poor widow retrfo- |
ing home with u small quantity Of meal |
and bSeOn, purchased with money 90 |
tanned from the sale of shingles she had |
made, 10 open daylight, yea, at midday, |
on the highway aud in close proximity |
TO nouses iDhabitea by negroes, was
robbed ard brutslly rsvshed by a gang |
Of several c0lOred nso, IN the presence |
Of her little son, whom one held. This |
most shameful outrage took place just |
Ou side the city limits, spd about mile |
east Of Eslava's bridge, the scene OF the |
murder OI young Mclaughlin on the next |
dsy.
These and frequent similar outrsges |
have excited the people residing in the |
vicinity OF the place where they were |
committed to an intense degree. And as |
q CREST part Of the people living in the |
-oUthern and southwestern portions Of |
Mobile county are compelled to pass by |
or near Eslaya's bridge on their way to |
and from Mobile, the dread which these |
deeds have caused is widespread.
IL is true that the greater number OF
the cOiOFed people in this county are or
dsFly and well disposed. That there re-
main hundreds, II not thousands, who |
r fusing to Hoik, depend for q living |
solely on what they can beg, md or stesl. |
or these, il is patent that's large mum Der |
are banded together, and seize every Op- |
pOrtuDity 20 perform the most desperate |
aud lswless acts. Nor are there aoy |
means by which the citizens o. Mobile /
county can throw the shield Of safety |
sround their persons and property. Any |
att -mpt to do 50, would be held as 81 |
ouJrsSe against the manhood rights Of !
the blacks and be proof positive OF the |
Decentralization OF the white race, Yet |
may be permitted respect uily TO repre- |
sent, that so anomalous and unnatural |
state of things cannot exjst. The nor-
% Il condition Of man, and the only one |
long endursble by hun, is one OF peace |
,"d security. War and piilage is the ex.
eeption not the rule, and can be endured |
o anger than the passions can be kept |
arOuseU. A state of passive submission |
opposed by one and the larger class, TO |
ac i've and outrageous aggression from |
another and an inferior class, is an |
anomaly that can result only from a con- |
dition of utter despair that can be but |
temporary, and sooner or later must give |
place to sudden and terrible bursts Of vio- |
l-pee, the natural result Of long cOncen- |
trated and unnaturally repressed pas
s.ons.
In conclusion, permit me TO appeal