The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-09-05
ouTRAGES AT THE SOUTH.

0UTRAGES AT THE SOUTH
I about this time look ont for outrage
i against the negroes at the South The pa
: litical almanac can always say this with safe
T. ty as the southern elections approach, unc
. the general understanding is that most o.
. these outrages are manufactured, SO as to af
I ford the government pretext Tor filling the
south with soldiers to compel republican
victories" at the elections. Something OF the
sort may be in the minds of the southern rad
Gals now, and the violent outbreaks and mur
dcrs occurring throughout the south almos,
constantly may be greatly exaggerated about
election time, both to have troops sent there
: and to fire the northern heart" to vote the
radical ticket. But there have been more
outrages than usual of late and whether pur.
poscly melted or not TO effect political oh.
jects, they are so serious as to justify that
government interference which yesterday s
dispatches from Washington say the Presi-
dent has directed. The extent Of this inter
ference, for the present, is, to place troops al
convenient places at the South, TO be used in
enforcing the laws" under the direction of
the attorney general.
AS to the later outrages, they may 0e briei,
ly summed as follows:
Aug 25th five miles from Elkto1, Ky, in
the middle of the night, lG armed men went
to the house OF one Porter and asked for ne.
gro named Link. They were ted his wife
was there, but that Link was in cabin on
Bells farm. The wife was compelled to
mount horse and pilot the rutfians TO the
cabin, where they found five men negroes
asleep-among them a boy of ~ The boy
was shot-supposed by accident,-and Link
was shot, the others being allowed to escape.
Then the woman was carried back to Porer's
and the men rode off, No arrests
Aug. 25th, near Trenton, Tenn, a couple of
white men were fired upon by negroes, and a
report was circulated that the negroes in the
county were banded together to murder the
whites Sixteen negroes were arrested on
these suspicious, and lodged in Jail at Tren
ton. On the night of the Goth q band of 100
disguised men rode into Trenton, took the
negroes out of JAIL and proceeding a mile or
so out of town, shot them, killing all but one,
who was but slightly wounded, Great ndig.
nation is expressed at the outrage by the PEG.
pie of Tennessee, and Gov. Brown has offered
a reward of $500 each for the arrest of the
100 urderers.
Aug. 2Sth, in Truesdale county, Tenn, a
handsome intelligent young lady Of Is, who
had been employed as a public school teach
err was shot at her boarding house in the |
middle of the night by couple of masked
ruifians, the excuse given for the outrage be |
ing that the lady was one-quarter negro blood
and been born in slavery, and "and no dam
niger shall teach our children"
At Coushatta, up Red river above Shreye.
port, in Louisiana, week ago, difficulties
arose between the white men and local Off
GERS, some Of whom were negroes and others
white The whites gathered in force, took
six Of the local officers prisoners, and, com.
polling them to resign and agree to leave the
state, sent them under guard Of Is men TO
Shreveport. On the way the party were over.
hauled by band of Semen, claiming to come
iioih ichas, VIM uciioci"'cIy ihuiucicu hic
prisoners, buried them where they fell and
The murderers are believed to
have been members of strong society that
has during the past year been organizing in
Louisiana, under the name of "The White
Mems League"
With the exception of the last of these out
rages none of those detailed above can be
called political; yet they point to growing
feeling of hostility between the whites and
blacks at the south that can be contemplated
only with the most gloomy forebodngs,