, 1874-10-26


e. 70 tho eye not blinded by prejudice and
| tho Judgment rtwarpel by aolf.intoreat, tlloy
| have atood tho teat well indeed
| Il. A. GLENN.
4 CIRCULAR FROM NORTHERN MEN RESIDENT IN
NAn1soN COUNTY.
| 1fuSTAvlLLx, Ala., 0ot. u, 1874.
| To Tho Editor Of The Chicago Tribune:
S1n. tako tho liberty Of iucloang to yon a
circular. md trust you will do uB the favor to
| publish 1t In yonr papcr. Tt III signed, al you
will perceive, by mon wiio omigratotl from tho
| North stuco tho War, most Of whom know, and
know that many Of thom vote tho Republican
Ticket Tho Offices loro are filled mostly by car-
| pot-haggerH, and mon who do not acr7lpie to rob
ttair conatituentn; for example: my taxes nro
ilso times MS high aB when purchased my plan-
tation. They not only raiso tho ta1cs but
burden the State with indebtedness That boars
droadt1lly hnrd Oh n proHtrated paopa. Their
oppression Of tho people has become 10 intolor-
alto TINT tiiey hayo hccomo alnlont u unit Tho
Shtto population) to defoat tho carpet-bageers
ut tue coming elections; aud the otera roaort to
al mannor Of tricks 30 that thoy may 10 able to
to riot, md, If resistance ia 1natlo they magnify
1t with the hopo Of obtaining Federal influence
to Aid thom at the elections. I hope you will
MD a rroatrased aud Iaw-abltling people by COM
PsJAAk hAtA AH3 lCtlilShts ~ AOkIHERH A1AN.
" : st's. s"a e e. ,a~ y T. 1ossystta, Iys;;s g Tie
Sadson County. Ataa Of A.abaina,-bcluncinK, sumo
Of y, to the lopnican, and somo 10 Tho Democratic
Mstlea,-earhcay Protest against tho trthfunnas OF
rhHmsn 1cd A,,:s hIsrsal ios thc Northern Dis
t.oy ,ao so,cIy for political pnrposes, aud 10
tnl,re tile community a,road. Wo ivo III various
llhftR " tc county, aud this KtnlgnAnt contan tho
lllMtflttAl Hn0MlGIuO III eAEh Of kuo4y ttuf
r., rhomss could hsvc trsnsprs without H.. TACT t.
ing knoWn to Sonic Of na. We stalls
iAat ~ such, disturbances arc within sas o,.r
s"Ss's ss ssre ana o.cSr. ws aF' v. aE' xs ,st Si
Republican meetings, hot!t night aud day, ayo been
l,el'a all over this county dnEg he pcaalug political
ancos has occurred ut any Of thou, ws ara prop
ssty,olor: aud ioel teepy Interested in tho woltaIo
po mt wo fee ~ saa In doing in s'ssG so ath IL er ~
porson and psoerY. AZ II we lived in Massachusetts
or Now York wu bayo no objections to th. presence
wel-beh.ved uni, orderly Md awaya 6rns hosey set H.
to 1 60 H. thG sought to he
n protect Rephllcans from. insult or danger in liz
exr"salo, 81 their ooions Of tho oxercias Ut their
Tsas s'n e 1s SNn'y apyt an . m !;
proof. or e should be removed from oco unworthy
j. D. vandeventcr, Delphi, Ind. 1oha vanvnlksnbura
l rha'eus oakca, Michigan; John Iicrlzcr,S
oy SG: t. IT, saoss Da"ry y'niSsssps
Rs;s;s IseSs,s 5dx; ffss iSrs 5ela
Ia; orrin Morrison, 0hautauqaa County, Now York:
!: t:,., " rs;! skinner, Albany County New YorE;
io1 it. osop ind n IT, Crawford, ittslirs '1s, ra
D. Ii. Nelson, El'urs n: y; a. Il. Crawford pitss..
TX" M are g. Vial Fe'ia Wsoa ss j \ Ali. VI oseSs xeS
Jaqung, kinssr!o, Us. !. Bailey, rhila,!ellhia pa
H1IRf ,Inunr GrItrt Tp,,11
ON: =. Irwin, classte: County, r:uusylyau!u.
HuNTsy1LLE, Ala., Oct. s. 1874.
THE TRUTH ABOUT .'r1E REIGN ov TERROR"
H""''ery its H. % $1ct 19 Go:s<.ponaes III e'
When Mr. Congressman Hayu and others
specifically ana In detail announced that "a
roiGn Of terror" Ind boon established in Ala |
ba1ma. tlero were many persons Of Rl1 political
parties who wore forced into believing tile stato-
mont. Since than tho unscrnpulous partisan
l'ross OF tho country hNs taken tho matter |
i'll hand, anil just now tho people Of this State
are being denounced rs q set Of blood thirsty |
w}sosc chief delight is to shoot !
white Republicans. aud rho have loss regard |
for negroes than most mon Aaya for stray |
dogs, No ono who will como to Aiabama and
travel among tho people can fnl to discover that
these statements are untrue III eyery respoct. |
have boon in all tho largo cities OF tic State
i'aYo ridden for mitcs along unfreauentetl roads
into tho country, md hayo not only failed to
discover any trace Of "a reign of terror" but
haye ~. found the negroes quietly At work upon
their labors. Tlore IL absolutely
no excitement and no fcar. White mon and
nogrooa ara just aa safo hero az tlloy arc in any
Of tho Southern StatoB, aud oven hr. IIaya IL
allowed to 50 peaccably about the country rnak-
lug questionable apoccilaa to ignorant aud ex-
cltable black mon. Yesterday, iu conversation |
With wcil-known planter of this county, who
IL a German and not attached to any political
All Tfxr In nfnfn hts
blu, opinion thero was no armed organ-
sation OF white n,en in Alabama.
aud no desire on tho part Of tho people to nal.
!roas tho negroes or uthora OIL account OF tho
Tot ho doubted that tl,oro wero bad, wild mon in
he State. and that murders Ind heor committed.
,ut tho toa TINT tho planters and other roapoct-
lbse natives wero party to such murders or |
rlghten tho negroes. vas simply ridiculous.
lust now the people OF tho Hiato syare III Tie |
nidat Of their harvest Tho sxatence OF thelu-
olve9 mud their families depended upon the COT
'icking. Vas il likely that they moul,i tl bo SO SO
md ns to sacrifice thoir own best interest hy
irving away or killing tue MOT, upon whose |
abor they reliea for support? This waH qnes-
%oua ion which oa sonvlD's psop3p o. the North
tatomsuta similar to the aboyo are
ado by oyery respectable white man With whom
have spoken, Not only tho whito people but
,o negroes also speak il tue sanlo stra.l,. Many
I tho more Ignorant tled-hands do not eyen :
now OF tho roporta wiiuh have boon circulated
4 relation to TIM so-cacd "reign of terror.''
nd when asked II it ia true that " outrases'"
ave bean oontnittod upon tho.o, seem yory
l''ch surprised at tho question. Que old fol- :
", after thinking oyor tho mattor for Il lons
mo, aeerncd Huddonly to hayo boon struck wItE
bright idea, aud looking up from tho ground.
n which llo was WORKING, said: II don't I
NOW nofTGu bout 'r1ucY. am r ai1,t ennIl ,,c |
u-Ku1ca; the pork aint noways 10 at w il
sed to ho; that's lilo o1,Iy trouble wld Ills 'oro
iSger." at thls tho boys III tho Hold exclaimed,
Nat'a 30; dat'A wAat'A tho matter" aud wpnt
i with their work apparently ~ happy IA peo-
10 could he. q
MuADERa COMMITTED By .EGRoEs, i
Al alscndy stated, tlioro ara MANY iaulosy.
eHporato mon iii AlAbama. 1t IL n>jstnllo to
lppaso, howoyar, that all those mon have
htto hkln, or that tho CAMouBun Inns nothing to
'ar from Tho negro. Many poyaoua ali oyor the
,untry ontorsain the holiof that tho hlaoks OF
10 South aro tnoffone!yo, simE,le-niudoa craa-