The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-28

a %, the purpose of plunder or re
/ sERAT MANY INSTANCES OF RAyx
- oninzss ofsthas kind. which, IN
esany visIted with instant uuu;sh
lnent, and OF the most violent characte,
apart from these thingr. re.uIting
rom TINS condition OF affairs tbe,r !:
very little al violence in the Sou,b-no
uole thau you czn find anywhese en-.
~ any other part of the coantry Ia,
oe II ARISES toa very great extent =
cause those who are in wrer s,rseI5
sne.r patrons. they being Of the am,
politles; and again it srises fipu, M.
,ac- tnat Imprisonment of these nexrues
ior petty larceny and other crimes !, M
punishment At all. They consider il a
very comfortable abode 1t iss gres,
deal better than their own cabins ana
they have TODD and shelter and II i M
tlsgrace 20 hem when tbey corns ON,
Therefore, it Is no punishmenl and 4
steal. -
e. Where did thecommittee 20 aits,
leaving Huntsville
/ zen. B. We vent from Hup,sv;iIa
oy Chattanooga, TO Montgomery. Ala,
Where We took evidence The tesiimo,
nv taken there was not IN regard to
ANYTHING that occurred in Montgomer7
or IN the neighborhood. but We had
witnesses from distant COMMITTEES On the
eastern border OF the State. There was
very little disturbance shown there.
anu none arising from auv political
cause. We went from there TO Demopo-
IL. Marengo county, Ala. This Is one
OF the nch counties of the State. where
the negroes are three 10 one OF the
white population, out there was no
disturbance Of any kind there. or very
little. There was. however. the same
condition OF affairs in reference 10 the
! predatory habits OF negroes We next
Went 20 livingston, Sumter county, Ala.
This e 4 large negro county, the
negroes beng three or four 20 one white
In this county II was found that a large
number OF them
VOTED THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
4 .arge number OF the negroes voted
The Democratic ticket in Green anu
Hale counties, giving heavy Demo
cratic mayor;ties. Tie carpet bagrers
nave dispersed themselves and zone
ont OF that region. Il vas alleged, and
triei 20 DC proved, that this result was
brought about bv violence and mimi
iatiOn. but they aiiei utterly 10 sustain
that allegation. The negroes we're
shown 10 be verv Independent. and voted
because 'hev v--e iisgus;ei with me
promises maze 10 them oy the Radicals
They com blamed very much that they
lid not se! he
MULE AND FORTY ACRES
that lad been promised ;nen, ana they
believed that I vas their interest 20
maintain god ceiling with the white
people NJ The country, There vas some
acts Of Violence SHOWN % have occurred
n >GmIe- county. N which negroes
were l.I!et, out / vas generally the
case :ual The negroes hsd killed white
men. ana we're 'vnchei by the friends
o. them. AT one precinct, where i vas
ciaimei that the negroes had been
inundated, as the committee passed
along they mai lulIe .arge negro
gathering. Ii was 3 very enthusiastic
Democratic meeting; negroes made
speeches and proclaimed their sympa-
TIMES 20 Oe vIIn The white men VINO
we're their old masters, anu with whom
they aad lived all their lives This
manifestation vas intended 20 solve the
iouols Of he Radical members OF the
committee or that point.
N MISSISSIPPI.
We vent INTO Mississippi. stopping at
Macon, n NoxuDee county, winch Is n
me black belt. as i s called. The
negroes predominant largely. There
were grest many instances OF the
same kind oI violence. growing Out Of
the inSoieut and overDearng conduct OF
the negroes. and 10 -ep-ess heir dispo-
s,tion to Diuuder the people and punish
their crimes. sucn az APE and insults 10
white women, which are !reluent all
over the South.
&. Were there any unusually ia
grant instances?
Gen. B. There were a great many
OF that class OF outrages committed on
the persons Of white women. and they
are punished there, as they are gener-
ailv punished everywhere throughout
me country. bv lvnch Jaw There we're
cases of tina, kind IN almost every one
Of the counties We visited. Apprenen-
sion -elt ov the Southern people IN re
yard 10 outrages OF thai character -
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL REASONS
Of the association OF men together N
bands 20 protect their women rom this
description of outrage. whic" - invaria-
hiy uunishei with death. IN NoxuDee.
Lowudes and Winston counties, ana All
The northeastern counties OF MISSISSIPPI.
there we're some disturbances, NANNY
violations Of Jaw arising from the gen.
.raI causes winch nave already been
snoken oi-;he disposition Of The ne
yroes 70 plunder, the disposition 10 use
whence toward the whites. 10 which
,her are encouraged by their preponder-
ating numbers. and by the policy OF the
Radical government OF the State IN the
hands Of Governor Acorn, aided and
,RrrrEp BIZ THE PRESENCE OF UNITED
STATES TROOPS,
ana a very vindictive prosecution against
the white people. instituted under the
recent act OF Congress IN regard TO the
Ku-K!ux. Indictments have been
tound against three hundred persons IN
the United States Courts upon very
FI.INST PEETKLTs
n the grest majority Of instances.
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