The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-09-18
TIE Conait;oy. of -AJjuirs South.

The managers of the Radical party, sad
ly put TO for a war-cry to turn back the
growing strength of the Democratic party,
persist in their efforts to create the impress
sion that IA war of extefmination is threat
ened against the negro in the South, and
! that there IS no security there to the life
/ and property of citizens " no have gone
thther from the North. The regularity
with which these reports of ''Southern
outrages, :" "Ku- klux cunspiracies'' and the
like, are set afloat before the annual fall
election i'll the North is the best evidence
! that they are designed simply for partisan
purposes, and by the desperate tricksters
who hope, by elevating the raw head and
bloody bones" of the ku-klux, to re open
the issues which by the consent of the bet
/ ter nature Cf all good citizens are fast sink
! ing into the grave of oblivion. We have
! examined with care the files of our Demo-
cratic exchanges in the South, and though
throughout they breathe spirit of strong
opposition tn the iniquities of the Civil
Rights bill, and the attempt to elevate the
/ ignorant negro to positions of political in-
, fiuence, they uniformly express purpose
| to acquiesce in the results of the war, and
only ask for the right of local seifgovern-
ment guaranteed by the constitution and
demanded by every consideration of our
/ general national welfare. OF general in
! tciCSt, tnlS ScHtliNcIt, diltt
| of local interest as being the testimony of
gentleman from Lancaster county, says
the InteUigerleer, we publish below an in
terview of the editor of the Livingston
| (Ala.) journal with Capt. b. +. Herr, a
native of Lancaster county. He was in
! terviewed with reference to the assassina-
I ton of one w. p. Billings whom it was
charged had boen murdered by the ''Ku-
klux Democracy" A portion of the inter
| view was as follows:
| Q.-How long have you resided in Sum-
ter?
! Alive years-lacking a few days.
Q--Were you in either army du ring the
! late war?
A.-Yes; I was I'm the service in the Fed.
! Q.-What has been the general bearing
/ of the people of Sumter county towards you,
during your residence in the county?
! A.--Nory kind-they have been very kind
! to me.
Q.-Do you know of any other persons
/ from rho North having settled IN Sumter
! since the war? and if so, can you state any
/ thing of the treatment they have met at the
! hands of the people of this county?
Al know of a few-one of them a broth
er-in-law of mine. SO far l know they
! have been treated kipily--have heard them
| so express themselves.
| Q.-Do you know of any Republican, or
/ any Northern man, having been murdered
/ In Sumter on account of politics?
Al do not.
! Q.-Were you personally acquainted with
/ the late w. p. Billings?
Al knew him as a boarder at my house.
Q.-Were you ever solicited to become q
candidate for office the Republican tick.
et-and if so, by whom?
Al was, by Mr.. Billings Mr.. Wells
/ also spoke to me on the subject. / at first
thought of asserting, but afterwards de-
clined to do so.
Q.-Did you ever hear Mr.. Billings say
his life had been threatened by persons in
! Sumter?
Al did not
gained respecting the killing of Mr. Billings
! do you think it probable that his death was
| the result of n conspiracy?
| Al do not.
Q.--Have you ever seen Ku-klux In Sum
| ter?
| Al have not.
Q.-Docs the article in the State .Journo
give fair or unfair account of the persona
difficulty of which you have been speak ng,
Alt is an unfair account, and does in
Justice to both parties to the difficulty.
Q.-Judging from personal observation
what is the general character of the Demo
| cratic party of Sumter as to good order apt
! peacefulness?
Alt is good. think as good as til,
general character OF political parties in til,
North.
The above statement is particularly note
| worthy, when it is remembered that Sum
ter county is especially pointed to as tn
dark and bloody ground" of Alabama.
Mr.. Herr's story is doubtless true one
and verifies the representation Of every in
telligcnt man who visits the South ant
makes an impartial report of the spirit O
its people.