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

teopte-Erne Condition OF ths
SeuIhern Stases.
From he St Louis Republican. Nov. u
senator Frank P. Blair. having -e
,urued from the South, where he has
oeen engaged Tor considerable time IN
ms duties As member OF he Congrss
Slona! hI-hlux committee. was yesser.
dsy interviewed by q repore, OF the
Republican, and gave the results OF hi:
observations ana Investigations. The
general committee consists OF twenty.
( one members. with Senator Scott. OF
Pennsylvania, As chairman, anu is
intensely Radical. During the sumne,
a suO committee Of seven remained n
1 Washington % take evidence there
anu TWO other subcommittee we're
appointed 20 visit the localities where
me testimony ,aken al Washington ap
OeartI 10 snow the greatest disturb.
ances 70 exist One OF these committees
was composed u i've members, Bayard
and voorhees, being Inc only Democrats
upon II, and rs iRry vas 20 vlsaI Geor.
gla- Florida and the Caroiinas. The
oIhe. subcommittee was appointed 70
. visit Ais bama, Tennessee and Msssssip-
pi. and consisted of Pratt. of Indiana
/ Rice. OI Arkansas: Buckley, OF A.a-
Jana Senator Blair, oi Missouri, anu
James G. Robinson, Of Illinois. The
:vo latter were the oniv Democrats on
the committee. and Senator Blair vas
lett singiehandei on II, Mr. Robinson
being detained At home
~ INTERVIEW
Reporter. Your committee had 20
visit Tennessee. A.aozma anu M.ssis-
-ipp!
General Blair. Yes, We triei 10 ,e!
a subcommittee appointed 20 20 70
Arkansas. Louisiana ana Texas. bat the
Radical majority refused /. : presume
,hat they were AFRAID the disclosures
here would De damaging 70 them. ~
course 10 not know what vas done
1y The subcommittee appointed 20 visit
lTeargia and Florida.
& What did your committee 10
+ Gen. B. We visited Tennessee. Ala,
oama and Mississippi, and LOOK tas
testimony OF Two hundred witnesses
The Radical witnesses We're chiefly ne-
yrues.
R. What places lid vou VISIT
N ALABAMA.
. tIen. 3. We first went to Huntsville
A.a There the country 81 present
-eems 10 be very orderly, and the peo'
pie very much depressed by the conui'
ton of affairs
z. Are there Ru-Glux there
Sen. B. There are some iisiur-
Dances put not on any moment-nOl
more than YOU Will ind IN any pa-t ol
The country. The people are surprls-
.ugiv Iuiet and we'll conducted consid
--,ng everything they have gone
through, the Impoverished condition.
the uredatorv habiis OF the negroes and
he Numbering they nave suffered nom
me Radical Legislators
z. What 10 ron attribute the:r de
spondency 70?
! Gen. B. Their dependency arises
rom the act that they are 30
UTTERLY BROKEN DOWN.
Nv the var ana the nai-sdministrauon
Of their State and county governments
and submerged as they are under the
most tremendous debts that those lei
gows nave piled upon them by the AID
Of their negro constituencies. Ii looks
Amos, hopeless, and whilst the carpe'
7sgrers and scslawags put N
office are piunderng The people
nv means OF taxation, the negroes
stealing everything they can LAY tneii
hands on-stealing cotton. corn ana I'VE
stock rom the arms The people md
il almost Impossible 20 raise any s'ocA
On their arms.
r. Is their no protection afforded oy
me civll authorities
Gen. B. The negroes are, many o.
hem. convicted in the courts ior theii
Numbering. but they DO not czre aDoul
being sent 20 jail. II gives them 100
and shelter, and they don ! -ose any
character amongst their own people oy
i, They come out and are made ne
roes of % that they DO not care 1he1
will steal. come right ont. sieai AGAIN
and De sent back. They consider II
much better wav OF getting along inan
70 nave 70 20 TO work When ines'
poiiricai campaigns take them aHay
nom their work of piunderIng the'
capnot be controlled IN any way, anu
tbus 7 speak OF the dependency OIL lh'
peopie arising from the conui''oh -
affairs They do not zee now 'neE IA "a.
remedy these things. Every HIN
county has got IL ss
or -,pprr sASsERs AND scAiAWAis
VINO live with the negroes anu Sulu'
their politics. snd these fellows
The Offices and pinnder the people
while the negroes steal al aSt'r', ),
-baI rbry are pIundering on ali nanoS
D What did the evidence snow.
Go, a II showed this condition o
things There Is system Oh
uuo, sALE LAUNDERING.
xb;rt ,oes ON through the government
and ,he individual efforts OF inc net :.
- con.roue,cs OF that they were u
n.nv instances driven TO take the Ias
;n,o fbeir own hands, and protecs lne..
urnr-r,y by infiicting punisnnsh' =
Yb,ch The negroes stood n. some di-
hut all these things have chleny ollsin
strd rom this kind of misconduct .,
the part Of the negroes. Ii wa was h ~
shoxn in auy Instance thai they aa'
anr,b;,, IN 40 with politics; II - ssi
NV an effort of the people TO pree5;
What little properly 10 left tnsm. an es,-
/. n ....utiai 10 the support OF thell Ian
mouths Arrest many other lnssan[
~ 1,ois,c. oocssionst by DIS crimes
VI 'ioie' ..ftin1 fin 20 the