Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-06-07
VOL. XVII.--NO. 40.
Bradley 7. Johnson on the Situation.

The Frederick Enjon publishes the following
letter from Cen Bradley 7. Johnson on the
situation As Gen. johnson is well known in
this county, bis views no doubt will be read
with interest
''I went TO Cincinnati rs n Democrat, to
meet other Democrats for cons il'ation ana 10
examine into the condition Of affairs, so ne 10
be able 10 form an opinion OF the strength OF
| the elements Of the opposition, win whom we
we're probably TO be allied The material OF
the Convention did not impress me, as repre-
sentng any great popular sentiment, ana !
! f lied to receive the assurance TINT IT dld,
from any source whatever. was SATISFIED
that the meeting was rather the gathering OF
personal or local discontents. Therefore the
action of The Convention does not s1tisfy me
rs hay ing the elements OF strength from the
Convention itself Whatever force the nom-
nations acquire must be from the men named,
aud not from the men who named them.
The South will accept Greeley and Will
| tolerate any separate Democratic NOMINATIONS
that is we are united on Greeley and VIII
he hopelessly divided on scphrate ioniiatioh
nj Baltimore We hive suffered six yenrs OF
peace. more devastating than Eve years of war,
and tce must hare change Of Gorernment.--
| We cannot stand four years more Social or
der will dsiniegratc, ms property has already
been DESTROYED by the plundering ana thiev-
| ing of Fedetal agents. The FEDERAL laws arc
| framed Tor our oppression and suhJugahon,
until our lives are held ut the VIII oil an NJ
structed Judge aud q packed Jury, under the
| Ku-Klux laws our liberties in the hands OF
Federal subordinates by the suspension Of tho
| hdJcas corpus and our property utterly he-
! stroyed by taxes. In ninny counties OF South
Carolina not plough has run furrow TINS
| Spring. The white (male) adultspopulalion
are in prison or are ftgiivcs from the raids OF
4 a. a.. - n ptf1
inlormers Tho taxes property are greater
| than the annual value, and the HOUSEHOLDER
paws more taxes to the State than your people
| do rent to their landlords. have known in-
stances of men hauled hundreds of miles to
answer charges Of ku-Kux, and their families
and friends Obliged 10 travel 10 the place OF
trial. on foot to defend them by their testi~
mony, and then he discharged because there
| was no evidence on which TO found an indict-
| ment Under the Acts OF Congress, passed TO
protect the rights Of The aegro alone, the Courts
may appoint Commissioners nj every voting
place in the South, the Marshals may appoint
| DEPUTY Marshals to every Commissioner, and,
on election day, each Commissioner may issue
his warrant TO each Deputy Marshal, conf
handing him TO arrest every judge OF election
nj once and bring him forthwith to trial for
some alleged injury to Negroes vote have
seen a Judge arrested by This process on elec-
lion day and taken off for trial. You have no
such law in Frederick county, for you cannot
find men there base enough so 10 prostitute it,
but in the South loyalty has long been the
SYNONYM of larceny, and either tendency is
considered sufficient and sole qualifications for
Office We cannot stand this state OF things
any longer, and we mean TO get rid OF them in
some way. Greeley will do for us. First
his election will break mp the Radical party.
S5econd--he is kindly disposed, and while full
Of erratic notions has always been clear IN
his appreciation Of the high statemanship Of
treating a brave and spirited people like men
of honor "Ihope 10 see ne daY, = said he in
speech in Mississippi more than year ago,
",psen all citizens Of The Union, North az WeH
South, teW feel an eqUof rrtde N ne mihfary
, geaius and reao,eR OF Robert ~ lee and Stone
,gaI ,JachsoI," This sentiment is the very
: touchstone Of the onlt possible reconciliation.
. Each side acknowledging and, If you ehaosc,
admiring the gehus and gallantry OF tlleir AIDE
yersaries as well ms their comrades, we viii
leave to history TO pronounce her award Pr,
Greelcy's other views may differ from ours
J bat when one is being choked to death BY
| robbers he does not inquire II the reseunR po-
, liceinan is for Free Trade aud Protection, Or
whether he was Bank man or a Hard Cur
rency one. We want the robbers og--Aftep
we get our breath, we will somewhat talk or
principles The South at present has no poii-
tics We are way beyond that. We have got
back TO tho principles OF Wa9na Charfa. We
demand personal liberty and security Of life
} and property. Oar concern ia with the Pfdc-
ore Of the Government. We haze changed our
minds "a 10 slavery md the war convinced
many If ma that il was a source OF national
woaG noea not of strength We are rapidly
: ,or,in,, 10 tbe concluaiou tIlat ite abolition
go 5,o,taoo,,e In ,be white race while we
,ro or ,hc came oni,ion ms to The lack Of patri-
o,;sm ,hiIantbrdny and wisdom in the manner
n; ieit on,,,nriration wns carried ont aud
-, ;,a,,,enon ,aidritv ~ Southern neople
patinaa would absolutely refuse 10 see il re-
,,aLt;sho4 4, onv manner We fni.hd IN
,.,o,, ~ ,,a,,rn ha.a,,se Ia ID weat..F and
la1,.iase "a yiroi,ia nny Centralized bv her
ii,i.67 has dn,,e more Far lid edn-
,; ~ H., ,l,s Iii ,be negro Garnet
-, 1904 states mn, tooe,her In few
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s',,a ,ley gin refnse 10 oiyeit mn
1922 = L 4, aaroe 81 Nautical n5ver Ia
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~" ga H. sa,ti oil ;neist on nre-
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my 's s ~, raccand ,e si,alI do this
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~ az ,ii1at;on and n,, Ten ceni,,re,
% iitert~ and bv two hundred years of gelf.
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