New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-09-17
STATE OF ALABAMA, !
E'N ECI,rIINE lrn

assassinations and the intimidation Of cif'
Zens:
STATE OF ALABAMA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMESr
Whereas, reliable information has rao,I
this department Of the assassination Of tn ,,e'
Ivy, citizen OF the State of Alabama in ~
mail car OF the Alabama and Chattanoo''ee
railroad, while III the discharge of hi. Jsa
as an officer of the United States. undor
cumstances OF the most atrocIOus mauIioni,.
near the station of York on said rail-
and, whereas, the frequency of this inforso
and cowardly crime in certain portions ~ la ua
State, and repeated assaults with MURDERS one
intent, have of late multiplied in v,r tou'
parts of our State, to the terror OF its roe',
citizens and to the alarm of the timid and ,I''
humble portion OF our citizens; and, where.
other boisterous gatherings ofpeople ,believei
to have no lawful purpose in contemplation
have excited anxiety and comment es,a'
cially as they happen in connection win r. I'
crimes aforesaid; now, therefore, ''e
|, David Il. Lewis, by virtue of the r,,..-
and authority in me vested as Goyernnr 9,
the State, do hereby call upon the GOOD ari
law abiding people Of the State of AIabarna"
by their counsel, advice, aid and ASSISTANT
to render all possible support to the Office,
of the law in the capture and conviction af
the assassins and deiiers OF the law; to emil
tivate public sentiment that shall renS"r
such acts and such actors the objects Of ,bo,
infamy which civilization accorGs to sn"%
crimes and criminals, and to cultivate sent
ments of quiet, peace and loyalty.
Given under my hand and great seal ,r
State this 9th Day of September, 4
[L.s.l d., 1874, ana Of the Independent
of the United States of Americ,
the ninety-ninth year.
By the Governor:
DAVID z. LEWIS,
NEANDEE II. RICE, Secretary of State
The Montgomery .idr9fiser has some fur.
ther particulars concerning the murder NJ
Ivy, showing that the deed was one of limos,
unequaled atrocty. Replying to Statements
in Democratic paper, it says; 'All the
stuff about the 'insOlenCe' and 'inccndiarr
character of Ivy is the usual cheap commoJ;.
ty with which the assassination Of Obnoyions
Republicans are attempted to be justified
Billings, when the Sumter ku-kluX Demo-.
racy had assassinated him, was referred IN
by ku-kluX organ in Meridian as a mis-
chicf-making carpet bagger, who had been
preparing the negroes OF sumter for the fail
campaign;' and now that Ivy, an intellicent
colored Republican, who had succeeded to the
position Of chief organizer of the RepUbIi
cans of Sumter, has been assassinated with.
in seven miles of Livingston, by 'hroad.clotb
gentlemen he, too, Is characterized in =
similar manner. Docs not this show thai
politics was the anmating motive" And is
it not noteworthy, too, that none of these
parties, wearing brOad-cloth,' and 'undis-
guised,, and making no effort apparently to
avoid being SEEM have not been appre.
heuded: But the facts are even worse than
the Livingston JOHIa0i states them. Instead
of shooting this Republican United States
Mail Agent las he stood in the door of his
car as was at first reported, does not the
Livingston JoarRai now know that some
twenty men, all alleged to be well dressed in
black, after tagging the train to stop, about
seven miles from Livingston, entered
the mail car from each end or door, and pro-
ceeded to Kill Ivy? Does il not know that
after they had killed Ivy, they cut the cheek.
on both sides the mouth around to the ears
Does it not know that they cut the tongue
OF the murdered man out of his mouth And
will it pretend that there is now any other
pretense in Livingston, as to this murder.
and the scalping the face and taking out the
tongue of their victim, than that he was
colored Republican engaged when not on
duty-and this was only twice a week-in
organizing the Republican party of that
county DOeS III not knOW-Uare II to deny
that Billings and Ivy, the most prominent
leaders of the Republican party of Sumter,
have both been assassinated ? Does it not
know that Greata and Wells, prominent Re.
publicans in that county, have both been
run oil, and that there are threats to kill
them both it they shall dare to return? And
has not the effect of these assassinations of
the most prominent Republicans of that
county, and the Openly-procaimed threats
as to others, had the effect to ntmidate the
Republican voters of that county, so that
they dare not ayow their readiness to vote
their Republican sentiments at the polls"
Has it not been boldly proclaimed that no
Republican meetings shall be held in Sumter,
and is it not a fact that but one has been held
since that which Billings addressed few
hours before his assassination Does it not
know that the threat has been boldly pro-
claimed that no Republican shall canvass
Sumter county: And is it not a fact that
no canvassing on the Republican side has
been done since the murder of Billings, ex.
cept by Ivy, who has now been assassinateI
while in the car of the United States Post
Office Department, and in the discharge OF
his sworn duty to the Government of the
United States ,"