The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-01-08
oAeiai Report Of On. ]. J. lsy.elAa


~ o@cial letter from Gen. J. J.
Reynolds, to the Adjatant General
Of the United States, at Washington,
which, rs VIC conceive, demands no,
only review from US, and from
every press in the State, but formal
and protest from the
citizens Of all the counties which i,
30 unjustly and wicksdly maligns.
1t would be di&cul, to conceive Of .
character moro dspraved than an Of
hcer Of the Government, whose duty
It is to promote the ends Of justice
End peace, conspirisg with il real
enemies and the enemies Of organized
society, in fomenting discord, VIC.
lence, and anarchy, with no othsr
-N~ than to CRAFTY his insane malice
against a people who have never
offended him, and who, in the mids.
of all the injustice and tyranny tina.
has been hsaped. upon them, have
done nothing but appeal 70 his sense
Of justice and to his supposed mag
nanimity. That such men As Cald.
we'll, Pcase, Morgan Hamilton,
Whitmors, and men Of like ilk,
should deal in falsehood, SANDER,
sud defamation, We have learned to
expect, but that = Major General Of
the United Statss, bearing its honor.
cd uniform, shosld be guilty Of such
conduct is ~ extraordinary ~ il is
lsmsntable. That . msn who wears
. sword, and who pridss himself upon
his honor, should thus oonproniss
his integrity, asd so far violate prin.
ciPle, has no parallel, even in cosn.
tries that make no prstsntiops to
freedom and recognize pons Of the
common instincts Of justice.
1t may be said, in extcuus.ion,
that Gen. Reynolds has relied upon,
and consequently has been inisled,
BY the reports Of drusken, inefficient,
and fanatical officers, Of which this
section of tho State has had q super.
abundant share. But wc know that
he has had other reports both from
officers and citizens, more entitled to
credit, which he hiss utterly disrc.
garded, and, consulting his own blind
passions, and the dictation Of bad
men, Of whom he has been the will.
ing tool, has sought but to increase
his tyranny, and to justify it by
iaischood.
This entire report, from beginning
TO end, has not truthful feature.
That disorders have occurred, and
that outragcs have been committed,
no one denies. Such a state Of
things exist at particular times in
almost all communities.
They are spssmodic in their chs;
actor, erratic in their ovements, an 4
confined to . worry limited number
of individuals. But where there il
bad government, inefficient officers,
and dcspotic and unjust acts of this
character lsly occurrence, they
are more likely to take place. Such
has been tho case here. We have
been cursed with inomciercy, tyran.
ny, and corruption. Tho people
have not been permitted to live in
peace, They have been harrssscd in
every conceivable shape, treated with
every manner of injustice, to all Of
which they have submitted almost
without a murmur. This We have
always condemned. We thought
they ought to have complained more
that their own safety demanded 90
exhibition Of . moro determined
spirit, manifssdng itself in written
appeals, sigasd BY the entire popula-
ton, aud BY resolutions adopted il
mass mestisgs. BY no other means
cas- We hops for redress. Il is u.
ssntislly falss and calsmnious 70
say that the great body Of
the people, m asy considerable
number Of them have bsen ooecssn.
ed or synpashissd With tho disorders
that have occurred 10 this section.
Gen. Reynolds either knew or ought
to have known that the charge wa
false whom he penned il. A an sv.
idence Of il, il, ~ no asserts, the civil
law is almost dead letter East Of Tie
Trinity, and II, ~ no further asserts,
the civil officers in some counties are
all, or portion x them members Of
the ku.Klux-Klan, and encourage
and foment the violence which he
says exists, who is to blame for it ?
Were they not all his own appoint.
men,s Could he not with a simple
stroke Of his pen, or il that werc two
tardy, invoke the tightening, and by
a telegram, remove them, and place
others in their places, at the same
time ordering the arrest and punish
ment Of tho offenders A Pacha,
with nine tails, has not half tho pow
or that he has assumed 10 this Dis
trict and wc should be panied 10
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