The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-01-29


lust, we published auysdit ial -.
Gle Of considerable lcuuth ssvic~ise
the origin, progress, anA prGDsn, Poi,
ton of the ditiosltisS At JsGerGbs,
In that article We SGT forth, briefly,
and without any exhibition of pas.
sios, a PLATA, straightforward sasrs-
ton Of the facts connected with the
death Of the notori Gus Geo. ". Smith,
and exposed the desperate state Of
sMsiss cxistisg u Jsasssca Of which,
this tnnssstisa Ntrss The pretext,
presenting as veil Is our fssb's sbil-
iss vosld permit, the tserible and
revealing ordeal through vAish . -.
sssd, hospisabls people srs pessias
under military radical rsls /; . fsla
that recognise 40 Law, b hassa upsa
naics, saA ssssap>si - b. jssss6s1
by lAlssAssA.
Every candid ms viii sAnit, that
IL the ssstsossts ssas BY - ass tsss,
thas IL presents - . vAs3s, oss d
The blscksst and noss strocious q.
hibitious Of military dsspstisn o.
record, and which, 10 this ago asd Ia
. country like oun, ought and ~
believe will, ahix the BRAID Of insas
BILE shame aud disgraes upon all who
are con psctcd With Il.
The facts msy be briefly grouped
together. Is~sdiatsiy after IL
death Of Smith, 6sssral hey so!ds ~.
okeially issernsd q ~ Ne fssts
con usstsa with thas aaAir; . trsssse.
ton dsplorsbis In il character, mol
20 murh on account of the desth ol
the deceased, bst tAs evils hat vsrs
likely 10 Aow from Il, aad - b. visit.
cd upon the community 10 which II
trsnspirsd. The testimony Of LEAD
ing mssbsrs Of :As radical party W,
voluntarily oSsssd - to he dsspssas,
sod ssscrupsleus sAssastsr Of Smith
fully establishing oil that ~ hav.
said in regard to him, which proov,
il themselves soaslusivsly that wha
was done 10 Jefferson, however wrop,
intrinsically it might b, would hav,
occurred in the most quiet, peaceAblc
law abiding village, neighborhood, o
city in the United States. But, Il
addition TO this, the citizens Of JEFF
ierson, knowing the unscrupulou
character aud the deep seated malig
nifty Of leading men connected Will
the radical party, fearing the inhu
snce they would bring to bear upo,
the commander Of tho 9Th Militia,
District, (den. Reynolds,) who Va
understood to be in open afIiliatio,
with them, and npprcheuding tn
desperate aud deplorable state of al
iairs that has since occurred, onward
cd b him, 1t once, = writesn state
msat, in which they sst forth thei
determination to maintain the civi
law, sad to put do~a, il psruit.ed ;
do 80, every thisg N ths shape Z
disorder and violence. II was svi
IDENTIFY unjust to prsudgs cpd punisl
a whole people for . tras.asdon lii
this. .s...
But what rss Ne rssslsf A issy
military force was ordered TO JsSs,
son, . military Mayor foistsd o. 4
people; he place was svsssus BY !,
tsetivss ssd spiss, thoroughly ~
scrupulcss and dspssvsd, and vii
acting 10 conjunction with the ne
Mayor, have resortsa to all the 10
arts Of duplioity and cuusisg, Of IL
ti.idaion asd bribery, If gsthsris
up the most worthless, aban done,
aud prohisste negroes, Including II
lowest prostisatss, 70 fsrslsh prstsx'
70 vsuast arrests. Undse ssseiwou
thus procured, several Of iAe leadin
citizens, we're ssrsstsd. without VA,
rant, not even bsiag Informed 81 u
cause Of thsir arrest, ths character /,
The witnesses, the tsstinony 70
brought against them, or the erin
with which they wore charged, ~,
under testimony thus villaiso~al
procured, shut out from tbs socist
Of family aud friends, and vhils a,
ssvsrating most selsnaly their iant
csneeo Of any eonneetioa or eouplieit
with crime Of any kind, are refuse
bail, and denied The privileges Of II
writ Of habsas corpus, which voul
bring them, face to face with the
accusers.
The terror produced by these rt
poated arrests, sapcrinducsd by sue
. System of military espionage an
villainy, backed by military poxs
may bc we'll imagined. The mo,
worthy and exemplary citiscn do.
not know that before succeedin
sun he will be cast into prison, upo
tho testimony of nome abandone
negro or depravcd white man whol
he n.Ay have offended, or whose To,
tinony may have besa suborust
there 10 remain at the pleasure Of hi
captors, to tho total ruin Of his bus