The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-04
"A hru.o, outlaw vas mt IN command Of

and brutal outlaw was put in command OF
the State forces, with power and protec-
ton against the courts, and he at once be-
gan a series of depredations. including
arrest of innocent and peaceful citizens,
and all the elements Of terrorism, when
have not been equaled since the armed
control of popular suffrage" under the
provisional State governments, which
Radical ingenuity conceived for the recon-
struction of the South within the bound
aries Of the Radical party.
But the scheme of forcing the South 10
return Radical Congressman is not to be
confined to North Carolina. 1t is already
extending to other States with the rapid
ity which shows preconception and de.
termination. The State of Texas, like the
State of North Carolina, has already been
seized. If the course of the proceeding
is little different here, the purpose is
the same, and the means scarcely less
| efficacious. Here, it has not been thought
worth while to even make an excuse Tor
placing the State under military power,
absolutely directed by Radical Governor.
| A standing army of about 10000 men has
been organized. 1t is provided that IL,
| 0C0 of these shall be called State guard,
and shall be composed of volunteers.
|
men, who are simply informed that they
must hold Themselves in readiness to be
conscripted at any time that the Radical
government NAV regard it desirable.
Then there is to be a detective corps of
800 men, who are to be employed actively
in espionage, and who are to be paid 5000
| each per Gnn1tn', and in gold.
This programme was arranged in a
characteristic way, we are told. The Con-
servatives of the State Senate, having no
hope of overcoming the Radical majority,
absented themselves IN sufficient number
to prevent a quorum. The Governor
promptly arrested them and forced them
to their seats the Governors wife lob
bied with the aid of champagne, and the
Radical majority quickly gave the scheme
the color OF authority. When the decree
was promulgated and found to be inevita
bic, the peaceful citizens sought prOtec'
ton by volunteering for the State guard
But the Radical Governor had discern
} ment enough to see that this would de
: feat his plan, and it was declared thai
none should be permitted to enter the
, corps who should not receive his approx
al,swhile al other citizens would be re
. quired to pay S15 year for its msinte
) nance Thus the Radical government o
. Texas will have under its immediate con
troll an army of pliable negroes and pro
, fessional desperadoes, with fund o
nearly half million dollars, levied upol
the people, for its expenses.
In Georgia, the programme is to be
little different again, but with the sam
purpose in view, and probably with tn
! same results Though Congress, at tn
last moment, consented to admit the State
5 Radical authOritics-and who can disput
them-have declared that, as there ha
not yet been an election, the first electio
that IF Congressman, in the fall-mus
be held under the provisional governmen
7 that is, under the army commanded b
General Terry and held at the directio
: of the Radical Administration. This col
troll cannot be any less absolute and Gel
tain than that Of North Carolina an
5 Texas, and so we have, at this early day
u three Southern States under the despotisi
of armies organized for the express pu
y pose OF enforcing Radical n.ajorities. TIL
. public will anxiously await the ne1
{, movement.
Il But in the meantime, it is well for til
people Of the Northern and Wester
), States to consider whether they viii co,
- sent to make themselves party to III
armed despOtism whether they will COZ
sent that a free government, in time
q peace, shall resort TO measures that al
. only adopted in despotic governments
= time Of great emel gency-and all for tt
desperate success OF a sectional and col
scienceless set of men, who have not on
= outraged the whole country, but hay
=, snubbed ard diegraccd their own cons.i
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