Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-11

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and the civil law can be enforced agains
whites, and always could have been, be
fore and since martial law was pro-
claimed, without difficulty. In Philip
county alone has civil law been resisted
and that was done by negroes, wht
killed the sheriff or deputy sheriff
and wounded others attempting t
put the civil law in force. Never was Y
resisted there by any white citizen. And
vet this county, the only one in which il
has been resisted, is not placed under
martial law, while those in which resist
ance has never taken place are so. Aud
the instruments used to enforce it are
negroes, when they alone are the parties
against whom any necessity can posi-
bly exist to enforce it. The Governor
miuions are now heldipg in custody the
most wealthy and influential, and at the
same time peaceable men they can select,
for the purpose of black-mailing them.
John felix's. a man of large wealth
and influence, was arrested and
held in custody till his liberty was
bought at price as high as he was sup
nosed able conveniently to pay. Aud
how many others have been held in the
same name. and released for the same
reason we are unable to say. But we
doubt not the number will turn out to be
considerable. Any man can escape if
he has only money enough, and it is
believed many are held for no other
reason but to extors 1t from
them. This is one of the damn
ing incidents of Clsyton's rule,
which with murders, rapes, arson, and
promiscuous plumber ofprivate property,
deprivation Of rights aud destruction of
the peace, industry and prosperity of the
State, go to swell the catalogue OF infs
mics of the Internal monster who bears
sway in that afflicted State. How long
will the authorities of the United States
permit enc of the States of the Union,
whose star sparkles on its banner with
the false pretense Of equality, to be down.
trodden under the heel of such
demon II the State has no rights,
has the Government at Washington
no single sentiment of justice or hu-
mainly. Is it so unwise as to attempt
republic aud at the same time permit or
encourage all the causes of alienation,
and all the means to hatred, disrepect
and resistance whenever the time shall
arrive in which resistance is possible
In this connection we subjoin the fell
lowing comments of the Louisville
Courier Journal:
Things are quite as bad in Arkansas as
in Georgia, if not q great deal worse.
Every wind coming from Arkansas comes
freighted and burdeued with the details
OF negro murders, burnings and maraud-
ings. The spirit of negro depredations
fills the whole State like an atmosphere.
The authentic descriptions Of negro |
doings in that quarter are startling and |
shocking. We find no parallel to them
in all the history of atrocity, law
lessness, and oppression. The ne
groes, among their other acts, re-
Gently marched, full-armed into an IN
armed town of several hundred inhabi-
tants, compelled its surrender, insulted
and in many other ways maltreaied the
people, male aud female, menaced MUIR
der and conhagration, whooped aud
yelled like devils, took their victims out
Of town as if to hang or shoot them, fred
off their guns and pistols 10 all directions,
stole whatever they could carry of, and
finally left with warning that they would
soon be back unless the whites should
behave themselves. And these negroes
are q part of Governor Clsyton'a regu-
larry organized militia.
When the notorious and Infamous Col. |
Turchin and his troops captured beau
tilul little Tennessee town, Ia which
there was female seminary containing
one or two hundred school girls, some of
his officers and soldiers applied to him
for permission to enjoy themselves in
their own way. II will shut my eyes,"
said the exceedingly accommodating Tur-
chin, u for one hour" Governor
Clayton lets bis negro liiihG enjoy
themselves to their own liking, not only
for one hour, but all the time He can't
think, however, Of shutting his eyes. he
is too fond of beholding and contem-
plating tbs snenes pictured upon his re-
tina he only wishes hs had, lise Argus,
a hundred eyes, that be might gaze and
alost Nth them all
il is a fact exceedingly disgraceful to
the Radical organs that not one Of them,
however high tic pretensions to respect
ability, candor, honesty ard truth, ever
condemn negroes or hold them reEpon:
sble for any outrage whatever that they
commit, Their eonWop practice is to
attribute all outragsg, Filhopt proof or
shadow or color OF proof, ana without
one particle even Of circumstantial eYi-
dence, 10 the Ru-Klux Klsns or 10 the
They aequit the negroes
without any evideucs, and accuse the
Democracy aud the Klans without evil
dence. And if there happens 10 be a case
10 which negro crime is 80 clearly and
manifest that even the Rsdi-
cal organs, with all the desperate propen-
sities to Misrepresentation, cannot pos
sibly deny il. sgen ths organs never
blame the negroes. They treat their
acts as sxcusabIe, il not just6able.
They say that the negro is what years Of
have made him. They syn
paihize with him all the more deeply for
bis guilt. They 6ereely denounce the De-
mocrscy, and the Democracy alone, for
every criminal act that he perpe,rates.
The negroes might murder every Demo
rrst 10 the so1,bs.s States, burn his