The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-02-12

.ahu-lug aoWn-tfodden people. Tn,
I following letter written OF SULPHUR
Springs, Texas, January 9I. l'sGo
and puhlishcdin the Cincinnati Com
moTcial of the 23d, Is a ease in hasa
/ The letter bears malice In every line
aud is d tissue Of sslaehooda and
base iusInuations from beginning to
end. : he communication is signed
Ban, aud did We feel disposed we
could answer his charge Of whole.
salo murder, robbery, and rapine ia
Texas by stating that the polise re-,
ports Of Tie very city whore the lot.
ter was published, Tor twenty.four
hours, far exceeds the whole State of
Ioxas for the same time. Here il
tie letter South IGal5u.
A most terrible state Of affair. OK
ists in Texas, especially 10 the north
crn and eastern pmiiaus 60. the ate
Armed bands Of haul. thieves
cut Threats and assn U. ulost lhe
country They Prov anlhou.c.
they call men oulspi siopt aa bang
them, they attack travellers upuu ,he
roads, they seem almost everywhere
prescutand ever intentupon mischief
You cannot pick up paper viii out
reading Of murders, demonstrations.
aud robbery in is locality; and while
the editors Of tho conservative Dem.
ocraue papers dououncc the report
Of the Conn ittee GA Law Icssncss and
Crime, made to the State Convention.
their own columns give the lie Ga their
own denials And yolu Che fourth
part Of the truth is told: not one
act of violence in ten Is reported
Go where you will, you will hear OF
fresh murders aud deeds of violence
which, in atroci'y, the devil himself
could not surpass The organized
bands Of ku Klux desperaducs and
cut rhroats thieves aud Wl.aas of
the deepest dye are daily a.lin.
freedmen aud inionists, and vet
there seems to be little, very lit L. I
almost noihing-done for our relief .
Thank God the days o, that arch .
traitor 10 his party and to bis couu. /
try, Andrew johnson, will soon 10 /
be numbered, and his name viii be
come kissing by~word aud reprosch. Z
He is responsible, aud at the bar Of .
God will be held so, for The murder
'f Thousands Of good aud true men
in Toxas, ana Of tens Of thousands
IN tho Souihc.a States.
When your brave Ohioaus, Shori.
IAN and Griffin, were in position in
his department matters were begin
ling to shape themselves 10 tho salts.
action - he lcyai men Of Tcxas
Andrew johnson determined 10 af
q hi ill' s we llain esa'Piad ls eqGl
laced Hancock 10 command over
Is, ani he let no opportunity pass
If inticiing injury upon loyal cIti- |
ems. Major General Reynoldi was
subsequently, placed in command and
when, by his prudent, sagacious aud |
.ta,esmanlike course, he was giving
is again ground for hope that the
hour Of oar redemption from rebel
bondage was drawing nigh, he was
'cmoycd from his place, and General .
'auhy appointed 10 rule over us, the
,forcsnid Andrew johnson having
determined in bis expiring death
hroes to give as his last kick, and
thereby suecor, and nourlsh and en-
courage his rebel ffiends-the enc
mics Of tho Union men and Of tho
country.
Major Geaeral Reynolds deserves Z
great praise for bis administration Of
affairs in this vast empire State, He /
was ",he right mau IN the right /
right place, aud ought not TO have /
been superseded Every change that I
\ made ia the department o'hcers Of
this Kind operates to the injury 90
the loyal citizens, and dlls with eS /
ulta,ion tie hearts Of the rebels aud /
theirsy mpaibiaipg friends We hope |
that waen General Grant is inausu /
rated, adequate protection will be at. /
fordad to Southern Union men
Surely deaf ear viii not be turned
to ns by him mud by the party who
have triumphed at the recent election
BY such u vast majority. The popu
lar heart of the great North wc be
lioye to be right
Are wc doomed to ho Disappointed
II 70, then Uaion men must at once
prepare to leave aud must IN hurry
set from Texas. Weare led tothsse
remarks by the constant expressions
drorpod in our hearing by rebels
and Nv die statements Of the editors
of rehel sheets, who style themselves
Democrats" II there j. 10 be no
freedom or liberation TO Union men
in this oountry-if they are to be
ostraoiscd socially, aud prescribed
politically, and ruined pecnniaIily IS
thew have been since the "break up
then has the battle been fought IA
vain
The truth il, there is no place in
this State where you or any other
northern man could express himself
publicly with the freedom you do IN
0hio-,here is scarcely road thai
yoe could travel without being robbed
and murdered. Aud the houses that
YOU can enter without being lnsullcd
aud abused are "few and far between.
/ These Texans claim that they have
never been sutiueated, and i would
/ iako but short mp IN the Interior
to satisfy yeu that the purity that
must crouch and sue for favor, add
must ever be on It's good behavior,
submissiycly to the stronger power,
Tia the Union, or Republican or 50
called radical party, The Ola re-.
cession party has been revived and
arrosatcs 10 itsclf the right 70 con.
troll IN this country By the cold
blooded aud hearlless murder o.
freedmen they have oyerayea and