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with no power in th,. State tribunals to bring them
Ming ana deriving all the appliances OF the law and
bringng them 20 each other's aid, with inc con. on.
scale Of po cal tsy pewep In favor Of The party WIN
when ,Dey act SO long as their violence an9 IN,
ncssss against Hs those Ss st ays sneS
credulop nature who believes that any temporary
g 10 .he activity oi such an agency al once 81
those who must become either VICTIMS 81 their crime
or su amisslve suppliants 10 their power 49,.
COZ mites Of the State. but not ali. The time inter,
We ning ber-ren appointment OF the committee and
: examine ell the witnesses we have summoned ana
who wer tp attendance The pendency o. tue s.a
bic 10 bring from there the Chef Justice ana 9snes
witnesses whom we deemed ~ imp0rtan ~ 20 me io
dsclal oficers Of the State we have taken can can
ecave no donbt that asaganst tne vloeacs en- nc e sas @
cannal secure to It's citizens re liberty and the pur'
The resolutions do not charge the committee with
the duty OF examining tntoTh power OF Congress 70
orc remedy for 50 great & 81 unGer ner
Inc government of State. They have discharged
their duty in reporting the facts SO Tar ss tneir m
light Of these facts, whether any and what remedy
! can applied must be left to the dellberauon ol
to she sS inrestieation thus iaT made into the
| outrages IN North Caroline, 1t is proper to
say that sse ~ LATITUDE was aoweq iSsy wore
not confined in their statements by any technical
loss OF evidence that nc objection was made to any
member OF the committee examining upon any ques-
tion that he considered had any relation to the sub
ject OF inquiry, aud that consequently much OF the
testimony elicted may seem TO be foreign TO the
question whether outrages were committed and
whether persons and property are secure IN the
State OF this class particularly Is that relating TO
the management OF railroads and the dlspo-
sition u the state securities by railroad presi-
dents Where public men OF either party
have been reflected upon by the testimony
IN this Incidental way it was the design or the
committee 10 call them that they might have the
beRet OF tneir own statements IN answer, put want
OF time and other reasons already stated have pre-
vented our doing so.
While engaged prosecuting our inquiry as to
North Carolina many communications have been
received calling for examination into the 0utrages
OF similar character to those complained oil In thai
State, which have been committed before and since
the committee was organized by bands OF men IL
disguise IN other States. Complaint is made tina
within the last two weeks the capltal OF Kentucky
was entered In the night 10y q body OF men armed
and masked, who proceeded to The Jail, took pos
session OF IT, set at liberty man charged with mur
der and then rode away unmolested. Shortly
before that the jail at Union, South Carolina, wa.
entered and ten prisoners taken out and killed
Like complaints OF murder, scourging and vio
lence, without redress, and demands for investiga.
tion and the protecting arm OF the government
against these lawess marauders have been for.
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, louisiana, Virginia,
Kentucky, Texas and Tennessee. Into none Of
these could the committee examine, considering 1t
better 10 pursue our inquiry to completion, II posi-
BILE, IN one state rather than take partial and dis
Jointed statements as TO all, and leaving TO the
Senate the determination Of whether the public
| interests require this investigation TO be pursued
| 1ertler
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN SCOTT.
/ 2. CHAN DLER.
BENJAMiN f. RITE.
/ JAMES W. NlE