Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-02

from ore to four miles ct thab 'ina HISG
together one sunny day in q gf'cely, anu
drank; one Of them, at least, 20" l1uo IN
thing unusual for him. In he 1IUuui Gu
state Of mind he allowed himself ~ S0U M M
a discussion with colored lawyer. nc
result was blows, knife, and, by mere az
cident, death. The cut would not one
in a hundred times have killed. The whole
colored people of the neighbOrhoOd were
told that this coloTed man was killed by
KT-KluN; three determined men had DELHI
er2tely planned his murder; one struck the
blow, another handed him the knife, and
q third stood at the door to prevent rescue.
They We're told they must revenge his
death, and they gathered by hundreds, ready
TO DO The bidding Of their master, and fear
fully they did &c. The three white men
had been taken to jail. But the Jail was no
barrier. The keys were found, the three
men marched ont in daylight-nO attempt
to conceal the murder. These deludad Ne
GrOes were only o5eymg orders, and they
drove the poor men before them Ike hogs
into the woods, shot them, riddled them,
beat out their brains and left them little
semblance Of human beings, and then went
OF 20 the grocery, ana stfeWed its contents
in the Ioal-5hen went bowling ana shoot
ing through the town TO intimidate the
white people-then went to the houses Of
the murdered men to pillage and rob"
He LAYS the whole blame Of the negro out
RACES on Senator Clayton. The uueducated,
unthinkt ing negroes only obeyed instructions
received from the mulatto acting as County
Judge. wi received carte blanche from the
GoYerner to runthe business Of the county.
L is well known that the present Cover
nor Of Ark nsas is the mere creature of
Clayton, and ATr. Moore very properly says:
''To Powell Clayton, Senator of Arkansas in
Washington. I believe, is traced the origin
Of this great crime. To him, to his satel-
Itas, to his thievirg, worthless, wicked crew
Of bandits, holding all the offices in the
State by his appointment, by his chicanery,
10y his fraud and imposition upon the poor
unleltered darkies." Mr.. Moore proceeds
to narrato Clayton's career, Ga record of
iufarny not wholly unknowntoo our readers,)
and the manner in which Radicals are ap-
pointed to office in the Southern prov
inccs. 1t seems strange that such
an expyauatiOn IS necessary. One would
think the history If Radical oppression in
the Southern States ought by this time to
be familiar to every intelligent newspaper
reader in the ReF5blic. Such ought to be
the case, aud if the Radical organs in the
North were possessed Of common honesty
there would be no necessity for correspon-
dents to remind them OF cur wrongs. Mr..
Moore describes the ofice-hoLders as fol-
lows:
"Chfcot county has for all its county Off
GERS a set of men who-well, 1 shall net
describe them-yoU have seen something
OF the ward politicians in Chic ago, pick out
the worst set in the worst war and multi
ply their meauness by hundred thousand,
and you get the proportions. Not man
of these own any property in the county,or
would be elected By the people"
These, Mr.. Moore goes on to say, are the
fellows who issue the bonds and pile up
State and county debts. They see their
masters accommodating fortunes by wholesale
robberies, and they do likewise. He thinks
that the President and &C ngressmen do not
understand the real condition Of affairs.
There is just where Mr.. Moore is mistaken.
Honest himself, he thinks the leaders Of the
party to which he belongs are equally sim
care. He cannot conceive the fact that they
not only understand and couutenance the
work Of spoliation in tho South, but that
they are the prime movers in it. Does
be require proof CT the fact?
Let him remember the numerous
instances in which the President and his
satellites have defeated the Will Of the South
ern people by giving VIGOROUSLY corrupt
carpet-bagger8 seats in Congress after they
had been defeated at the polls. Let him
remember how, fromyea 10 year, the South
has been pinned 10 the ground by Federal
bayonets, while Northern vultures, the
creatures of the President, have preyed
upon her vitals. Let him think for one
moment how often The Federal Government
has intelfered in the local elections Of the
Southern States to foist INSCRIPTIONS ad-
venturers upon the people as their rulers
and Representatives. If he can then believe
that the president and Congressman DO
not understand it, +" he must be hopelessly
blind to the crimes Of his party. Mr.. Moore
concludes his letter as follows:
"What is 10 he done? Shall we roll back
the wheels of progress, and take away the
n Of In, n, ON DIT OF
CreSs and the executive see to it that these
frauds practired by the State officials are
punished. The constitution guarantees to
each State republican form Of govern
ment. Let the government extend its fos-
tering care to these States which have.
three-fOurths Of all these votes from these
ignorant people, so easily led astray by cum
ming, thieying rascals. Let all these Gov
Q, n0Ts and Senators who have robbed and
mu, "ered there people be treated rs our
Chicas . sCaawag aldermen have been. 1
cannot believe that President Grant, or the
Republican leaders, win wink at these out
RACES for the Sc Ike Of Republican elections.
I cannot believe they viii permit such ras-
Gals to hold Offices to Plunder the people !
undar the wing Of the Republican party, !
when they have the power TO prevent it.
ssThis official plunder, this greed Of Office |
and power without principle or honesty, is,
in my Judgment, the great calamity of the |
South now. The colOred people-naturally |
indoIent-would work much better than !
chew do if they were not cOntrolledso much |
by worthless Ofiice-hOldeTs who have cursed !
tLe South more than all others. May the |
time soon come when honest Northern !
men of capital and enterprise viii come in |
to this fair land, and help to restore it to its
go. cnnEitinn Of Mealth gnd nrosneritv.n !