New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-18

VIOLENCE md CRIME At THE SOUTH.
The N. Y. Times cannot be more anxious than
we are for an early and complete restoration
of amity and fraternity between the North and
the South We have made sacrifices to pro-
mote this restoration, and arc still ready to
promote it at any sacrifice save of Right and
Truth But We feel that the fundamental
cause of the murders TO which we object is
precisely the same as is that of the late Rebel
lion and its echo, the Riots Of 1868 III this City
an assumption that Blacks have no rights
that Whites were bound to respect. The Times
fails to note the fact that the persons whose
recent murders we instanced were all Republi-
can members of Constitutional Conventions,
and were hunted TO death, and exposed TO OBJ
loquy after death, on that ground. Such was
the case of Holmes the cOlOred man recently
shot in Virginia by scion Of the house of
Marshall, which was reported to the Associated
Press as follows:
RICHMOND Va. May Joseph Holmes. colorcd. mem.
Der Of the late Constitutional Convention, was killed at
Charlotte Court House yesterday personal difficulty
occurred between nm ana John Marsh9 son OF JuuEe
De1ced which was parfcipated n by Marshas friends
After being shot, Holmes walked into the CourtHouso,
and fell dead.
Does Tile Times doubt that this was po-
litical murder7 Does it imagine that Marshall
is in the least danger of being punished there
for by those whom it calls the South ~
Consider now the case Of Geo. w. Ashbun,
whose murdereTs were traced out and arrested
by Gen. Meade, and would have been pun
ished, but that the State was meantime held
to be reconstructed; whereupOn the Military
jurisdiction was superseded and the culprits
set at liberty-and thus they still remain. No
Conservative" Court or jury would any more
think of Furnishing them for killing a low,
vulgar Radical like Ashburn than for killing a
snake.
Take the more recent case of Adkins, also a
member of the Constitutional Convention of
Georgia, and a White. The man is murdered
there is no doubt about that-and no reason
able ground of doubt as to the inducement.
Why did the reporter for the Associated Press
Ga Rebel Editor. of course,) see fit TO telegraph,
with regard to this exemplary Christian of
some 10 years, the utterly baseless lie that his
death was supposed to be connected with a
Grim. con. case = Read again the Associated
Press dispatch-the only one that has appeared
in The Times:
AUGUSTA, Ca, May l1-Jos Adkins a Radical Senator
rom warren County shot in the abdomen yesterday
private difficulty growing out OF crlm con- case. II
Deheyed Adkins's wound will prove mortal
is 1t our habit up this way to libel muir
dered men so shamelessly as thisf
Ihe Times would have us proceed in this way
with the entire list Of political murders in the
SOUTH but our space would fail. 1t has seen
zen Keynolds's murder report from Texas,
which ought to suffice it, If that does not pro.
duce conviction, our best efforts would be fu.
| tile.
Happily there is one proof of the violence
and terrorism whereby the white Mans Gov.
eminent" at the South seeks 70 sustain ;tself
which cannot well be befOgged by lying dis
patches or editorial sophistry We refer to the
official record OF votes cast at different elections