Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-05-11
Pictures OF Southern Hate.

We hear by every mail, and read In
almost every newsprint Of Ku-Klux out
RACES which indicate the murderous spirit
prevailing in some sections of the South,
but the real situation of the people at
the South is best indicated by itsl leading
newspapers. Let us take the Star printed
at ATLANTA, Georgia. The following ex-
tract indicates the spirit:
That was not SO bad joke on the North
Carolina Legislature. One of the MEM
bers died, and it was resolved to convey
the remains home at the expense of the
State, and, when they inquired into the
matter, it found that he resided in Yer.
mont. But the State did not complain.
The people would b. glad to pay the
funeral expenses of more oarpet-baggers,
and would send them to Alaska, if neces.
sary.
Let us take another instance from
Mississippi. The Clarion published at
Jackson, the State capital and edited by
E. u Fl. Barksdale, represents undoubted-
ly the great body of ex- Confederates Of
that State. Looking upon the frat COL
umn of the editorial page the following
paragraph strikes the eye:
In view of the advantage taken of the
lenienoy extended to them by Sturges
and Higgins, as evidenced by their SLAM
derous publications, and the harm that is
likely to result in poisoning the Northern
mind, we would advise cur people who
are provoked to meet outrage with
violence not to send any more such char
acters out Of the State. Better let 'em
stay.
This suggests nothing else but assassin
alton. Another article in the same COL
umn charges Senator of the United
States with having paid $25, 900 for votes.
In another place the bill to carry into eff
feet provision of the State Constitution
permitting change of venue in certain
cases is called an ubiquitous scheme" of
the Legislature, and the members of the
Legislature are called, in another column,
'carpet-bag and African vandals." In
the very next column Gen. Ames is called
"surreptitous Senator, occupying posi-
tion which he obtained in derogation of
the right of free choice by the people of
the State" etc, forgetting that there is a
Republican majority in Mississippi of at
least thirty thousand. Again, Zine bogus
Senator has uttered falsely" is in the
same article, and a foul epithet is also
coupled with the name of Gen. Butler
Under the head of Noteworthy Facts"
it is said that "Governor Holden and his
troops, in North Carolina, were busy in
killing Ku-Klux for years." On the
same page is copied approvingly the fol-
lowing:
The Memphis Appeal, referring to the
TRADE OF Ames in the Senate, wonders "if
there is any hell hot enough to hold such
a treacherous scoundrel.
The whole paper is filled with apologies
for the assassination of Union men,
slang extracts from the most degraded
Northern Democratic papers, engaged in
doing the dirty work for the Southern
Ku-Klux, and sounding the praises of
such men as Jefferson Davis. This paper
IA not an exception from the general rule,
and Is fair specimen of nearly all the
so-called Democratic papers in the South
rrn States. Is it to be wondered at that /
" Union mans life is not worth fig in t
such cases ? Is not the duty vi the Pres. {
ident under the Ku-klux DILL plain?