Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-03-30
THE WAY oUTRAGEs ARE NANUFAC.
TURED FOR TIE SOUTH,

THE WAY OUTRAGEs ARE NIANUFAC-
TURED FOR THE SOUTH.
Last Thursday, says the Vicksburg
| Herald, the Jackson Pilot, under the
startling heading, "COlOred child
RiIledgn published the following de-
/ lectable specimen OF Radical false
hood:
RAYMOND. Miss, March q, 1871.
Editor PgL0t-Our litIIe village has been
in state of excitement for the past three
hours, on account of disturbance occ8-
stoned by a dispute Be w68u the white
and cOlored school children, the two
schools being in close proximity. The
difficulty arose from the mere throwing
of an india rubber bali bv the coiOrsd
children ard resulting in the stri king of q
little boy, who happened 20 be passing by
at the time Of their bah amusement. The
news was spread far and near, that a
white boy had been seriously lDlu red by
cJlOred school boy. No sooner hsd this
| been repeated a few times thsn a band of
enrsR8d men made their appearance.
They commenced their work by firing OF
their pistols a. random. resulting in the
! killing of one Of the c1lOred children,
| whose name 1 have not yet heard.
In a few hours, the Pilot containing
/ this atrOCiOUs and cOwardly calUmny
reached Raymond. As the falsehCOd
was manufactured from whole cloth
-as it bad no shadow Of a truth for a
| fOundatiOn-the citizens OF Raymond
Immediately
ASSEMBLED IN TOWN MEETING
and denounced the letter as false. The
Mayor of the town presided, and the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted:
Res0lUed, That The letter published in
the Pilot Of the 2S3 inst, is utterly un-
founded and destitute OF truth iu every
particular, and Ss such communications
In the public prints are calculated not
only TO reflect up0a this community but
70 iniurs The character OF the : { iB8 abroad,
10 Is the duty of the citizens. in town
meeting here assembled, TO declare its
falsity and ground l8ssuess in every par
ticQlar
In addition, a committee was APP
pointed 70 communicate with the
editors of the Pilot, and
OBTAIN THE " REAL NAME OF THE
CORRESPONDENT
or, If that could not be obtained, to
try and procure the " original cOmmu-
niCatiOu."
The committee performed its duty,
called for the name of the slauderer,
and could not get It'll because the edi-
tors did not know who their cores
pOndent Was!l
Here is the paragraph from the Pilot
making the disgraCeiul admission that
they published a foul calumny,
A STORY CALCULATED AND INTENDED
To INJUBE
a whole community, upon the author
ity Of an anonymous writer:
We publish in another place the pro-
nC5edings Of q meeting lately held in Ray
mOnd, In connection with Jhs correspond
enc8 Of Anon " printed I'm these columns
a few days since. The letter was sent to
as through the mail, and being apparently
genuine, was msdo public. As an sgHintes-
hOuGl injustice had been d1ua the people
OF Raymond, through gross fraud perps-
trated upon ourselves bY some party TO Us
an Hkl0iCH, we felt constrained 20 aid the
people ali in our power 90 detect the per
pstratOr, and yesterday, contrary to our
usual custom in such cases, surrender ed
the ihOr's original manuscript % "A cili-
zen of Raymond, and we trust be may
succeed In f5rreung out and discovering
its guilty author. Such uumanly stabs
at the reputation Of community deserve
the strongest apprehension and most con-
dign punishment the law can command.