Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-21
The Negroes in Both States Un-
mOlested, with None TO Make
Them Afraid-NO Out
RACES.
Facts Resting on UnquestiOned
Answers 10 Sena-
tors COnkling and Nor
tOn-Ete.


ascertain the Truth as to the charges o
Democratic outrsges made by interested
Republican officials and carpetbaggeri
Of that State, it had sent out a CORE
spondent, a thorough Republican, in
whose intelligence il placed the utmost
confidence, and upon whose statements
it could rely. This correspondent ha:
written two letters dated at Livingston
October 9th and 10th instant, the frs
being devoted to q searching examinR
ton into the murder Of Mr.. Billings
near Livingston, and that OF Tom Ivey.
the mail agent on the Alsbama anC
Chattanooga railroad between Meridian
Mississippi, and Jones's Bluff. Aftel
sitting all the testimony in both cases
thst of the Radical negroes and whites
as well as the Democrats, the CORE
sp0ndent sums up as follows:
have now reported all that can be 8scer
taiued here about the only two murders tina
have occurred IN the entire western part o.
the state which there Is the least ground fOl
supposing were committed for political pur
poses. The important questions that nov
Arise are. are the democratic party OF tul
county and Of The state IN any measure re
spOnsl ble for these terrible Outragese Have
the local and state authorities taB en- tht
proper steIs 10 discover the guilty persons
and bring tnem 10 punlshment9 And wa
the state OF affairs IN this county such as q
warrant the PRESIDENT in taking the admins
tration Of justice cut Of the hancs OF the local
authorities.
II the Democratic party, either OF the coun-
" OF the state, or influential members OF it.
hoping 70 profit by toe murder OF these two
men, advised violence or failed TO use theiT
IND ience against Iawlessness OF every kind,
then Il Is in q measure tp blame for wnat has
happ ned. But there was absolutely nothing
TO be gained by II Are We such set OF
foolss" said one Of the most prominent Dem
Ocrats OF this county 10 me 10 day. "-uppose
for a moment thai we care nothing for law
and order ON prlnci ple-Which IS not true, Tor
the great mass OF our people are law-abiding
citizens policy alone would teach Us 10 pre-
vent, II possible, all such occurrences. Have
we forgotten the experiences Of three and four
year. agl9 No, sir; We knew, when this cam
palgn opened, that nothing could be so dtsas-
trOus 70 our cause as that murder OF this
kind should happen 10 give the hadlcals an
excuse 70 raise the cry OF skukiuX, out
rage," Intimidation" and Tor this reason
our committees and our newspapers have
more than ever before counseIed patience
and forOsarance. This Is true. The Demo
cratic party OF sumter county is mol IN sy M
paLhy with The men who ~ their laWle 5
deeds, are destroying II and l speak OF
what know when 1 say that the men who
own property IN this cOuuty-tle rr-ps- table
citizens who are rearing ami ie~ ,.-d who
have the Interests OF the county at h-ut-do
not cOuntenanoe such detus neft rt.ves Hes
ter and 4 each, have no Goui l2uaG some
men " ho, when under the lun 1eLrr ui tOelr
apple bra talked very ioCIishN hu1 no
community ought to be judged by The words
or deeds of the lew de- perate, laWless fellows
who may live among them, and whom they
would most gladly De nd OF.
And this brings me TO the second question
Have the local ana state authorities taken the
proper steps 10 discover the guilty persons and
bring them 10 punishment Ahe Aolcllor q
the county Is d Etpuhllcan, and lives at
GsfnesyiIie Cspta4n Mills, soon after his ar
rival here win lis company, wrote 10 TINS
Gentleman, and a,Alet hiGn what steps had
been taken 10 discover lhe mufdefers OF BI-
lfngs and Ivey, and to Gay showed me AIS re-
ply. de says that, so Jar as ne EnOWs, the
peece-officers ofthe county have done nothing
Ia the premises, and mat he believes IL would
be useless % attempt 20 do anything while
The prese 10 STATE or public opinion cOnun-
uts" In other WOrds, the solicitor cunIesses
that he has neglected 70 do MS duty because
he is afraid public opinion may nol sustain
him. The officer corresponding 10 Lhe county
Judge in other states, having JurisulcuOn OF
riminal cases, is Lhe Judge 81 pToOaJs, Mr.
A brahams, who is now IN tDe north, aud who
reporfs ia Washington that he was afraid 70
stay here. He was not molested during the
zukluX reign Of terror IN 1905, 1904 ana
STO, and nobody here knew that he was now
M any danger until II was telegraphed from
W Nashington. The circuit judge Is = kepubli-
san, aud The grand jury wien II meets next
Nn.M
,om mplexiOn. The state officials have done no
more tnan the local authorities. Governor
Lewis, after long delav, offered the slefeo-
Iyped reward for the detection OF The muir
ieners but 50 far as j can learn, he has been
70 busy making speeches against the clvA
rights bill 10 the northern counties ihat he
has had no time, either TO comply WIN the
reQue-t of the Republican stale convention
and Institute an Investigation in the disturb
"a counties, OF 20 communicates Win the so
licitOr Of this county In regard 20 these n1t-
n nfnfH nj = a
or Federal interference involves an eNamin-
alton O the social condition OF This county
aud that 4 must reserve for another letter.
The same correspondent, writing more
particularly with reference to the " out
rage reports Of thieving carpetbag-
gels and hired detectives like Hester
the same Hester whom the
telegraph Of yesterday informed US was
arresting Innocent citizens aud sending
them TO Mobile for trial when there were
commissioners in Livingston ready
TO try them-this trusted correspond
ent and hearty Republican says:
IrvINGsroS, SUMTER COUNTY, ALA, oc-
1ber lJ.-J have just seem coplet INTO an
journal Published IN thls
STATE special Washington disp tehes 70 a
New YORK paper giving "omelal inIoflha
iion Ia regard 10 the condition OF aualts q
fhts county. o these dispatches nud an tp-
sfract OF "A report said 30 have been Tnade by
Captain Mills, commanding the teuSf ~ sol-
iters stationed here, 70 the war De partilehl-
as Il represented as say ing thst a. lneu n,S9 me-
that the inevitable conse9u 9uence y the Neis
general intimidation Of the cOlored race ans
insecurity Of life and property ne a1oss
10 the dispatch says, 'that y q disgrace 70
he government and 70 CIVILIZATION LaaL s1en
a condition OF things eXis $, ana SUCCESS th4'
Iurther orders viii be neces aIy II ne - e.
pected TO restore peace Ia lhat seeuon-
EFrom other sources IL IS learned here To-
Iay that 1he white ltaguers IA that county
nave already Threatened the llie Ot e@pt1lh
III -lls and fhe destruction o. his entire com
lnand, which uumUoR only thirty meh; Al ls
reliably ascert slned that since lns date OF
ne lat kukluN report there have been slNty
political murders in Sumter county, lne
white league organization, well armed,
equipped and drilled, numbers Al least Que
thousand men in that county. Ihey can De
gath cred in twenty rloi,r houTs notice: Wllhln
a few weeks there were i've hundred OF i1em
fn a body az Gainesville, " here lhEF seiSen
sixteen negroes on the pletense OF resisting
Tne next day, October 7th, the same CORE
spoudeul telegraphed that ne learns lfOn
Attorney-GeueTai Williams that the white
league Is organized tGH9QghOUt this country,
aud they are ueterninBd that the negroes
shall not vote unless they vote vita the
League" etc
THE BANDS or RIDERS BLACK As WELL
A. WHITE
] am greatly suTpl ised that Captain Mills
should have sent any such report As that
above Indicated 10 Wash tngiOu. Captain
Mills If be wrote any such Dispatch, knew A.
The tigae that there had not been a political
murder, q . lipping, OF aby Other Outrage,
either upon 3 nAslQ 0r white Republican,
|since be arrived ia this cOknty with nis COM
mand. about The twentieth OF sep sn Der.
|O-lv esteFday, IN cOnyerssiiOn with C4pt~tl
Milis'I j tod him that only desired 20 learn
die truth. and asked him 20 tell zoe oi some
case Lhat llsG occurred EiuCehiz arrival, IN
order thad mig az IL Vesii gate It. lie did not
nsnle one. he says thal srl4Es9 men sre con-
elantlv riding about the country iltiIltGgti z
the blacks aud making lie aud property in-
secure. Non, Il l. true thai during The sum
mer and fall armed s4en have, on several
tie county, but Captain Mills knows tlal
fbe-t armed men have been black a
oaen a. tiey have been white, aud that
In nearly every s}se where there has
fe-n a large collection Of ths Aat-sr, they haYt
taau Summuned by the sherin 70 disperss
mo8s % armed negroes captain Mills tolp
me fhat these naea. when they went out viii
the sherid, were noisy that they drank Z &c
lv aud cured tha negroes WhoAa thes' saw a
.-orE Ia the cottOn-helds, sometimes point
fnr fleir guns nt them. and firing into tni
~ This Is probably Iuei J. nave met tn'
sheriff Of Lhis county, 8Gd don't beneV'
MN 70 be the best man 10 lutrust With thi
i.rluortant duties Of his Ofnce, but Captain
Nils viii not say that the sheTifi7s posse ha
ever shot a negro, and be would probably b