The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-08-17

hy feasa q AS anllafm Gei afms theF
ir. started iaf ias sosno = aea1a
vA.eh 80 roschs.d INSIDE oitwtaty miH
uies Nhen wc reached the police
AoaslqaaTisrs We found thst the mob
haa .aeceaIed IL breaking up lbe Pre-
osss3sn ana lyag inside tie station
wore tv0 calored men Who had been
shot dead, enc in 5 dying condition.
and several voaudol policemen. Is al
Is tie aunbey q thirteen. Only tao o.
thTao & vbam wero uA.lo.
1he demonstration vas entirely bro
Ken up BY toe seton 81 tie whites
tho r.osous patty The msn who fred
the frs, sic. IS known to the Mayer
and tbs authorities, but has NJ, as yet,
and VII hot, probably Be arrested, 50
partisan are tacy il Their proehrtles
Since iheuol one ofthe leading mem
bers Of Tie coiored Republicans has
been obliged 70 sleep away from home,
and is upable 70 attend 10 his business
that d barber from threats that
have been made against bis life. He
has twice TO my knowledge appealed
10 the military FOR protection, which
was as iar as could be consistently with
duty afforded him
AZ this writing there is SO far as any
demonstration other THAI words, quiet,
but such Is the public feeling, that only
a spark is necessary TO explode the
u agazne- aud either party stand in
reA illness 10 furnish the spark.
N5w, as ! stated, ] am no partisan,
and being entirely disgusted with the
business Of politics as to uncleau forau
honest man 10 dabble in, | can with JUS.
tiee advance my opinion, which viii, ]
think, be supported BY the facts above
related Whether or not it was adyis-
able to grant the colorod man the right
to vote, and The privilege Of citizenship,
it does not belong to me or your read
ors 10 say wiser heads than ours hay
ing decided the matter; but inasmuch
as it bas been done, the recent affairs
in this city, in Nashville twice within
two years and once in Memphis, Tenn,
that have come under my observation,
have carried conviction to my soul that
SO far as the majority OF the white men
in this Southern country are concerned
they are as little, il not less reconstruct
ed to-day, than on the memorable day
at Appomattox, when in appearance
they surrendered to our triumphant
army, Now, however, under the name
Of fire companies, and that of other or
CARNATIONS, clubs, &c, they seem de-
termlned to wage a war almost 20 ex-
termination against all Radicals,
Carpet Baggers," "Scalawags" and
"Niggers, as they express it and at al
events "to get the start of the ID
nigger in one way or another" as ]
have heard it repeatedly expressed.
Now / wish to be distinctly under
stood that am DESTROYS OF nothing Sc
much as that my letter shall not be
called political, or as having been writ
ten for political purposes; but knowing
as ! do many Of your readers, and
knowing equally well that they have nc
idea Of the condition Of things at tho
South. | have been hold, nnnRoh te
write you this letter, that through your
columns the people may know the stu
alton Of affairs here.
will only add that practically, as
1 yet, the South is unreconstructed, and
certainly in this section the rule Of the
military would, in my judgment, be
better far for al concerned, than the
Ipueulo city and civil form OF govern
meut that now exist here, and are now
administered ="
will give you another letter in few
days detailing some experience in tie
country above here what is called the
Pine Top Whiskey Region"
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