, 1874-09-22
"5oUTHERN OUTRAqE8,n
Correspondence Of Ths CHICAGO Tribune.

LITTLE 1toudt AIR. sept. IL, 1874,
Has tt not suggested itself to the Nortberr
mind that 1t is extremely peculiar that all thit
howl about Southern outragos comes Immediate
ly before the election OF Oongress1nen from tht
| various districts? Is It not peculiar that eve,
since the War, eyory two years tho Northern
| pross has been treated with doee of tho eamc
physic, and the Northern mind laslled to fury on
tho subject Of Southern characterization, South.
ern ruthRniRn, and Southern intolarance7 Ia It
| not strange that theso tumuits arc always occa-
stoned by tho samo SGT of political cormorants
and their SUCCESS in misleading tho Northern
mind always cycntuates In returning thom to
their Officers, and in
KEEP1N0 4 REPUBLICAN, MAJORITY IN coNapEss ?
It is apparent to our pooplo that 1t is for this
ts at this time flooded with tho most unbuahinp
fabricadona. Let tho Northern pross aud thS
Northern mind refuse to accept theso ox-parto
atatenlaats OF unprtuctpled advonturers, aud
they will find, upon examination, that each and
every statement Is eithor a lio manufactured out
tortion Of tho facts.
TAKE THE Apsr1N AFFAIR,
which tho Now York Herald eaw tit to mauufao.
t1re into civil war, making 1t the OCCASION Of q
lecture to the white people Of arkansas on the
subjeot Of thoir intolerance. In the first place
A1ztIp aza p ts Is JIM IL hstssRR A1kansas ad no
affair had transpired in China. In tho second
place. tho facts show that tho whites wore cleariv
IN tho right. 4 white man was arrested for tho
involuntary killing Of q nsgrogir Upon hs
Leased on bail. The nogroos wero incensed at
this !; and, arning, organized; and, coming into
Town. lnauguIated Iolgn Of terror by threaten-
Ing violence unless the accused was placed in
force by The whites was only that necessary to
dispeEse this law1ess mob. Not one dro1 of
blood was shed.
THE AFHA1R At soMEBy11rE
was similar. Oscar Burton was attached by tho
AlveH brothers., He defended himaolf. and de-
fondo1 himself well. The political friends Of
1ny9a lnGited The negroes to an iusubordlnato
sla sllrt; :, Threats woro t1ooly mado An armed
der their lAwlesA white lenders, actually organ
izod and marolsd upon the town. Whatoyor
tAo cistzens did was iu self~defenso. No blood
was spilled. An Armed force was exhibited SUIT
1o'ent to ovoraxo the ]awIoss mud, as soon as
daager MAS past, they returned to their homas
peacefully and without riot. &''~''
:, 1t VIII DO Heon that, in both OF thoso casos.
tue ctizons wo1e clearly 10 the tight. Thoy Ok.
fonso; and exhibited no disposition to brlnr an a
war Of racos. ~
With regard to
II ,,u hal, TUE GIBSON cousTr-ArrA1n,
art'ed and disguised mon, md that thn
number OF their victims was sixteen, In point
VI faot, thoro woto but throo murdered, Thoro
were W. oight or ton engaged In tho tlast ardly
proceeding and they ato now in confinement
,n ,1a nko!y to meet With condign punishment.
ihe good people Of tho South arc aa much o.
possibly be- "0 1'oA'" o'''
Take away those throo caHes, mud nothing
elna1us OF tue charges against tho Bouthorn
'cope, save ambiguity and Iunuondo. Property
lntaetatand the Auhtiu mud the Son,oryilIe A.
alrh, and, Instead Of furnishing tho occasion for
the conduct Of tho citizous viii
onln9ntl ltBo!f to tho fair-mintled men OF tho
Worth. :tl!o QibHor.Couu.y outrage In Ia the
leot tho punishsnent they no richly dosoryo.
'onErosa certainly will not punlal All innocent
oonle for tho crimes Of few desporA4ioea who
ottle In their midst.
Ihua ilole IL punched in tho bladder blown to
uoh dlmanasous tor political purcosoH. Yot-