The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-03
THE SOUTH.
A Republication thnt VIII Not Go Under.

n heDnDnCanlhnl tnnL VIII MOI so Indcf.
Those men who imagine that the Republican
party in the South will succumb before a reign
of violence and terror will find themselves mis-
taken. The dark deeds of crime and bloodshed
by which the Democracy of Louisiana stifed
and gagged the fair expression of the people at
the ballot-boX last November have reacted on
their perpetrators most terrifcally. The whole
North will read now in an authoritative shape
the record of murders and outrages by which
the Louisiana Democracy have stained their
hands, disgraced the State, and sought
to usurp power That Democracy stands
convicted of the highest crimes against the
liberties of the people, against their
State governments, and against the National
Government. 1t is convicted of the crime OF
cndeavoring, by lawess violence and the darkest
crimes, to thwart the determined and lawfully
expressed will of the nation with regard to re
construction. Their elections, thus conducted
by the bOwie-knife and the pistol will be
treated as null. The elections in those parishes
which held them pcaceably and lawfully will be
excepted. Congress will provide by law for the
protection of the ballot boxes against such
crimes in the future. All that the Republican
party ask is q fair trial before the people, and
the same liberty of speech, of public meetings,
and of political organization that other parties
have. Those parishes where desperadoes and
ruflians may still have the upper hand sufli-
ciently to prevent such freedom of action will
merely deprive themselves of the privilege of
voting.-Neto Orleans Adoocdie.
Political Intolerance In Virginia.
The facts set forth below can be substantiated
by the aflidavits of the parties concerned, says
the Richmond State Journal. and we publish
them in order to show how thoroughly some
people are reconstructed, and how tolerant they
are of the political sentiments of their neigh
bOrs:-
young man belonging to the police force, of
good moral character, and of undoubted integrity,
rented q small house ON jackson street a few days
since, and entered into written contract with the
but was still in possession of the latter. This morn
ing the lessee put his furniture into several carts aud
conveyed it to the door of the house he supposed he
had rented. At the door he confronted by the
owner OF the property, who said:-
'The neighbors inform me, sir, that you voted for
Wells for Governor"
'Weil, sir, so did. What of that?" returned the
policeman.
body who voted for Wells in this neghborhood, and
no man who is radical shall ever live in house of
mine"
"But, sir, have signed contract, and shall
hold you to the bargain"
"TRat for the contract" he said and tearing it up
he threw it INTO the street and slammed the door in
the face OF his would-be tenant-that couldn't be.
Let us have peace
Heavy Robbery of Diamonds
From the " O. Times Of Sunday last.
On the 23d of July last Mr.. II. Prouhats, No.
10 N. Fourth street, St. Louis had stolen from
his store, in the daytime, u lot of diamonds
valued at $4,000. The robbery was committed
by two men and n woman who were playing the
sO-called confidence game on the unsuspecting
proprietor. No clue could be cotton for long
time to the whereabouts of the robbers. The
particulars of this affair were received in due
time at police headquarters in New Orleans, and
the matter put into the hands of Special Officer
Cunningham. Certain photographs received,
and other circumstances, started this officer on
the track, and he at last succeeded in arresting
John Lyons, Harry Bounier, and Mrs. John
Lyons. alias Lille Tillman, who, there can be
little doubt, are the identical parties who COM
mtted the robbery.
The stolen diamonds are supposed to have
been sold by these PARTIES in Memphis, though
they had in their possession other diamonds and
jewelry. The men are young, and of genteel
and prepossessing appearance, and the women
eminently so. They appear to have been dri-
wing profitable trade in Havana Boston Phila-
delphia, San Francisco, and other cities, and
were evidently preparing to spread their nets for
big haul in New Orleans, when brought to a
sudden halt in their career by the sagacity of
Detective Cunningham. This is really one of
the most important arrests that has occurred for
some time past, and the officer deserves credit
for ridding the community OF such dangerous