The south-western., 1869-05-05

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TEzg EEFoz~Eo '' E4Fl lEssggss OF TEXAS l. LIE
[toss znv sensible 1z1 beIEeTe iii the truth Of the
re9rts spread broadcast the land Of the a~less
nes= and crime 10 Tex4zz Fl be does would ioyzte
him the perazal oE the speeches made in the late
Texas Convention hT Rzd1caGs and particularly that
Of Judge L. q. EvaaE, noted and par eressEeTtcs En
ion aa. who shows clearly Ina. nearly aiI the dsor-
ders in our State be attributed to incompetent.
aaa corrupt officials who all Radical military ap
po5nsees and the tyranny and yilsaHF OF army esceFs
&F4ErlsaGG WHICH
they have grossly abused
TIE KILLING OF THE CARPET BAGGEE G. IF. EatrH THE
EXCISE FOB MILITARY TTg4sET.
The military GeSp0ii5En IL Jefferson as y0ur readers
arg advised originated from the killing Of notorious
desperate By the name ot g. ". Smith.
SMITHS RECORD.
Smith went 10 Jefferson Immediately after the close
Of the war and for three years kepttae place In con-
slant state Of alarm. he had unlimited control orer
the negroes WHICH he obtained By heading the 0TaI
s@~eae- HeeE after week be assembled the bIaeE9
together, embracing ali tie ignorant negroes from tfe
plantations and i3atned them with sa
FaDEges against the aiites- All thc so4d4 leading
tie League House p;ceted, and was considered
dangerous to travel them. Men were arrested bY
these picets brought before the Negroes iHsuted
abused and several threatened with death Others
were pursued To their residences which were broken
into by bodies Of armed negroes Smith lived With
negroes, and couserscd with them in umbtIIIed Hcen-
tioaaaess. Il is in proof that he said the negroes
they would not BIZ able to govern the town till they
burned it. 4 short time aftera4rd the town vas |
burned, destroying property 10 the amount Of mil
lion 0f dollars. He publicly stated at Austin that the
people Of Jefferson did not dare 10 interrupt him. that
the ladies Of Jefferson his protectors. THE per
son TO whom he WAS talking member of the
verti0a, aud Rad3caI Ie resided in Jefferson and |
knew that there was not white family in the place
that would hare permitted Smith hare entered their
dwelling. He therefore asked him what he meant
qaenceE cs 0f races and would permit their
husbands, male relatives friends to hurt him The
significance Of this remark IL better understood ahen
the reader is informed that in Marion COUNTY, Of which
JeeFson il tie county seat the negroes oatEuE1ber
the whites two 10 ohe and in Harrison county ad-
JONI &, the negro population il nearly three to one
The circumstances which lead tg Ssaiths death orgi-
mated from the loss ot BIS carpet-sack. He headed
negro mob To invade the residence Of pirate citizen
to search The premises I'm the way he encountered
oodg OF c.sjzsGs WIG had organised patrol, upon
whom he muFdegoGs3g fired wongdtHg tEo Of them
seriously Ar s arrest he bo4sta1 openly Of bis nen-
ton TO burn tie to~n saying that is carpctsac nas
not worth 5000, but he would make it cos. Jefferson
Ere hundred thousand dollars.
No"s ask ATTY intelligent man if such a wretch
would have been permitted TO live anysheras Take
he most qHict sewn in New England and let any das-
3erado 60 there and act Smith did in Jefferson with
wen no wild. semi b2rbaFous negroes deal Ritb and
'o~ long would he be- permitted to set all decencF nj
.e1anec and terTifq the aud children Of the
lace, and threaten them with the torch of the acea.
Harry. E@c0se that this f8an Was an iaterioDer. be
lad no interest in the place and VET lie aspired To con-
E9 II TO - destruction And for this all the errors
Il I41ica! Aatc, corruption, Ti4inF and outrage are
upon refined, hoEpitabEe, delenseless
eop'e AL they caa DO il TO appeal 10 the rfrtaous
astBcts Of the Of .te country in those States
there they make preEeaous to having free govern
lent, and whose populations aspire be controlled by
'stinets Of moderation and justice. Are We living
HaeF aespGtasn Or Fepu5aie2 Shall ne look te the
onstatntlga and to the record Of freedom of three
4arters Of century, are those who control The
Dhappy South 10 consult the usages OF Austria and
1ssll for l1e models for its government?
MORE TEa&HE1-
tlTc more arrests made Jefferson last .ecs
hen the military commission will convene to r. The
+=oBerz il not keo@n bit 1t is supposed very soon
roops are concentrating at that point, and every ta@-
oas iike elimination Of this scheme Of VENGEANCE
ne ssfl7Es and the Dry ToEtgzas loom up in tie pros
ctsTe. AMERICAS.
+ColeIan another riie wretch negro school
2cer; member of the late Texas Con@eusson whose
rncious influence over The negroes Tas overwheIm-
r and ezerted for evil and who is under charge OF .