Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-13

hODeSOn 10 make the statement ne Old!
Does he speak for any body but him
self?
THE OUTRAGE BUSINESS OVER
DONE
Republicans throughout the South
have for weeks been urged to send up
to Chattanooga to-day Tuesday, every
thing in the shape of outrage that viii
add to the stock in trade of the Repub-
licaD party. That party is in a des-
perate strait, and desperate means
must be resorted to to bolster it up.
1t is felt and tacitly admitted that the
existence of the party depends upon
firing the Northern heart on the eve of
the important elections to occur within
the next three weeks. This has been
attempted by representing the South
as being in a state of anarchy, in which
the negroes and white Republicans are
at the mercy of a mob. The widest
stories Of outrages have been circu-
lated all over the North, many
| of which have not even the faint
est semblance OF truth; others are
so grossly exaggerated as to bear no
resemblance to the originals, while
the truth about the condition of the
Sou5h is carefully suppressed. Ennis
saries appear to Lave been deputed to
work up the outrage business in the
various States and districts in the
South, and they appear to have been
chosen for their peculiar fitness for the
work assigned them, for they do not
scruple to represent Outrages of the
worst character as occurring IN lOcali-
ties where everything is as serene as a
May morning. The purpose for which
this work is being prosecuted is shown
in the following circular to the editors
of the Administration newspapers in
Indiana, said to have been dictated by
Senator Morton:
"ROOMS OF TIE REPUBLICAN STATE
! CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Indianapolis, Sept.
| 3, lS74.-EditOr OF Union, Rensselaer,, Ind.
Dear Sir: 1 desire to call your attention to
! the horrible scenes Of violence and blood
| shed transporting throughout the South, and
suggest that You give them as great promi-
hence as possible in your paper from this
time until after the election.
THOMAS J. BRADY,
chairman"
Here wehave the secret of the outrage
business. What is done in Indiana is
done IN other Northern and Western
States. In the hope that the RepubG-
cans viii carry these States in which
elections occur II a few days, the peo-
pie are to be fed with lies and made
drunk with ISLANDERS, until after the
election" Among the chosen instru-
ments for this diabolical work is one
Charles Hays, who, for some inscruti-
bic purpose, is permitted to represent
the fourth dittrict Of Alabama in Con-
gress. This fellow addressed a long
letter to Congressman Hawley, of Con-
necticut, which was printed IN a Hart
ford paper, in which long list Of muir
ders and outrages in Alabama were cir
cumstantially detailed. The atrocious
murder of Mr.. VIM. a. Lipscomb was
reported by Hays, who gave not onlythe
name andresidenceOf the murderedman,
but the very spot where the murder was
perpetrated. Besides this fragrant lie,
as It now turns out to be, other lies,
such as the reported killing Of ten ne
groes IN a single county by white men,
when all were killed by other negroes,
except two, who were shot while in the
act OF stealing, and the wounding and
whipping Of many others, were told by
this fellow Hays. L voice from the
tomb now brands him as an unscrupu-
lous and mischievous liar. The follow
ing letter from the murdered Lipscomb
himself Is dated some three weeks after
his murder, as alleged by Hays:
NAUAFALLA, MAEENGO COUNTY, ALA,
| Sept. -. ISI4-"Deqr Sir: Ny attention
| having been called by YOU to the report ex-
tonsiycly circulated through the press about
! the lst of this month that | had been muir
| dered near Choctaw Corner, l desire to say
that there was not the slightest foundation
! for such report. Ibave not even been as
saulted or ad any Unkind word spoken to
! me.
AT the time Of my reported murder l
/ was sick al my residence, twelve miles
from TIE place where it was located.
Yours respectfully,
"WM. \. LIPsCOSIB.
..R. Il. Clarke, Solicitor, Marengo county"
Another impudent falsifier appears to
betha United States Marshal for North
Alabama, who has shown himself to be as
plant a tool ard inscriptions a de-
famer Of the people among whom he
Iivesa Hays. His statements have been
fatty contradicted by Northern men,
whose opportunities for learning the
acts and sentiments Of the people are
equally as good as those of their de-
famer. Here Is what they say:
To the Hon. George II. Williams, Attorney
General Of the United States:
We. the undersigned, Northern men,
now citizens Of Madison county, State OF
Alabama belonging some Of rs TO the
Republican and some to the Democratic
parties-earnestly protest against etruth-
fulness Of the reports recently forwarded
to Won by 4. L. Thomas, United States
Marshal for the Northern district Of Ala
bama. We are constrained to believe that
they were made solely for political pur-
poses and to iniure this community abroad.
We live in various parts Of the county, and
this statement contains the individual
knowledge If each Of us. We know that
no disturbances of the kind mentioned by
Mr.. Thomas, could have transpired without
that fac. being known to some one OF us.
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