Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-17
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rannv ihn' rre exercised hy suhor-
dina'a ir~li. upnu sw"N 'nmupni-
ii,- 4. Suu'h,-u r,i.g,ns Nr Tee Sole
sinuiuiil-'imcut a. tho luni ufiheir
tiHh Ng.u commanders UflisiriVls,
who ~ re- 'ma"y visit Washington
a. ir'.il s,l", Uusrcselunll o0n-
miiiers. agr Ignorant ogihc uUiirg,s
which captains 1Hi i.oulcuauis Prr-
rcluic vim ig,yurc.'es Southern
.'rs IN sn'rr u' ,hU remote 'vglun- oi
ILe Sn,hrn States, They dis
c,,sr.s, ihvir dui'cs with tho prccl'
ninn Wu' Uymaliiy incident la mill
tary r"ai.pr, mad mover inquire
nhuui t.g, lu i..rn tho condition
q ..f III" rc"'lc whom d,spoiiu law
h,s I,'Ircl Uu3or lhoir government
AMI W'am .hoy regard nnl treat uS
,,nrn,.,s g., s'uy,a, Ia assuming
their Cu,amaHiS thoy find them
.,lv"s ~ possession 81 ruuromo
power 10 hq CNvnyi over 20.
huci, intelligent aul husri,a5'c,
I,st defeated people, who are lmpoy-
crisl,cd, but npi suryilc, PROSTATE,
hut MT degraded; anal forgetting
thsi tho iincr instincts aud icclingN
NJ Tho ,angu',hod have survived
their political overthrow, they ap
portion amuns ,hwn armed bands oi
,ncrcrnurirs, with all the brutal pas
sions which distinguish tho hirc!ing
aul,Iicry OF tbs unitud States, and
Wild, ton often characterize tho
company officers, who ara without
icu)in,, education ar refinement !
aud who, IN consideration ordccds Of
brute courage, have been promoted
.irum The ranks,
We can hardly wonder therefore,
with such u body OF men exercising
u system Of terrorism in the
Southern States, that lowed and
drunken carpet bag adventures
COMM, cXccsRos and indcccncics on
tho dcionsclcss Southern people nm
der tho assured protection Of the
military aud that they rise TO po-
litical power under its patronage, or
commit crimes with its assistance.
Thpro are few indeed of those crca-
lures who have gained emincncc in
tho Southern States, whose progress
has not been marked by tho grosscst
misdcmcanors or the most unrrovok-
sd murders; and could the annals Of
many Of tho ncighborhoods in tho
South be truly written, they would
depict n series OF brutal cnormitics,
,cu'h,ipating in the elevation to Office
of Northern carpct.baggcrs. In the
: town OF Jefferson, in Texas, ono Of
tho most signal examples ofmilitary
tyranny has recently been exhibited.
In tlat town there have been sta
toned Dor some time nine compa-
mics Of ia Eantly and four ofcavalry,
Wpon &kose arrival several OF the
most respectable and prominent cit
liens we're arrested and. placed in
confinement, where they have since
remained. Some Of them were sciz-
e'I in their bed rooms at night by
armed soldiers, who dragged them
off. to prison without warrant or
charge Of any kind having been pre-
fcrrcd,a%ainst them; and where they
have since boon detained and treated
as maclactors, in total Ignorance,
except from rumor, of tho cause OF
their arrest, and without any oppor,
tunity offered them for vindication.
Hhc pretended cause Of these arrests
is said TO be the killing ola carpet
Dagger named George w. Smith, a
man of infamous character, whose
career in Jefferson had been ono Of
violence and unbridlcd liccntious-
ness; who lived and cohabitcd with
negroes who,lnld frequently been
known 10 walk tho principal streets
nlnostIin n state Of nudity, in order
TO exhibit his utter contempt for tho
resident population; and who was
SO VIGOROUSLY gross and immoral
that there was not cvcna white rad
zeal family in tho place who would
associate with him or permit him to
entcr,lllcir house. lie was the lead
or of tho loyal League of Jefferson,
and his .imc was spent in indecent
association with the negroes, and in
melting them to turbulence and
bIoodshcd, organizing negro mobs
to commit violence on pcaccablc cit
liens, and oven threatening to burn
down their town. In one of his Or
gies he was Killed, and his murdur
was .discountcnaRccd and disap-
proved by even those who havo Pecn
arrested by the military on prctext
that they had been concerned in its
commission. His death resulted in
Captain Malloy, of tho army, max
ing bimsolf mayor of Jefferson, and
in the murdpr, by United States SOL
dicrs, under command Ola United
States detective, bearing the real or
assumed name of Bostwick, Of a ro-
spectacle citizcn named Perry, who,
it was apprchchendcd, might super
scdc MalIoy in the civic magistracy |
of jefferson. Perry's murder was
coldbIooded, and without the slight
est PROPAGATION; yet Bostwick, who
contested IL was done under his Or
dcrs, has not been tried, nor have
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