Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-01
WHOLE NO. 1915.

noAu'uS PtotTacteu religious meet
ing at Ebenezer church The ser
vices were interrupted by body c
men, who called the preachers on
and told them "they Che whites) un
derstood the negroes were preparin,
to have an Instruction" This tn,
coiored men denied, and invited tn,
white men to remain then, aud CON,
regularly to see that they were only
holding religious meetings. Tn,
whites refused and ordered She meet
lngs broke up. This was Immediate
ly done. Many of the colored mer
aud women were cruelty beaten anc
whipped that night on their way
back home. The same night THU
church, and another one for coloreC
people a mile distant, and sohoo
house for colored people were al
burned.
COFFEE COUNTY.
At Clintonville, in this county, the
4th OF July last, the colored people
were holding Sunday school meet
Ing" Large numbers of men, women
and children were present, when q
body OF white men rode up, and with
out saying a word opened deadly
fire on the assemblage. Two were
killed and six badly wounded.
CHoCTAw COUNTY.
On or about the LIST OF August the
newspapers of Alabama were filled
with accounts of large bodies of armed
negroes congregating in Choctaw
county for the purpose Of commenc-
inga war upon the whites. OF course
the excitement was intense. Hun
dreds of whites from different sec
lions swiftly hurried to the scene of
the supposed conflict, but when they
arrived no fire armed negroes could
be found. Yet something must be
done to make an example. So a
company of white ambushed a party
of negroes returning from church,
killed ten and wounded thirteen.
Again, Green Lewis, colored route
agent on the Selma and Meridian
railroad, was warned that if he con-
tiaued TO run on that road they would
murder him. | had his route chang.
ed To save his life.
Again, the Hon. Joseph III. Speed,
superintendent of public instructions,
was attacked and beaten by mob,
at Marion, Ala, because be had that
day made a republican speech in the
town.
The Hons. Adam G. Fielder and
William FL. Seawell, two prominent
white republicans, were shot at in
Greenviile, Ala, some night in July
last, on their return from the court
house, whore they had been making
speeches. They were also
"rotten-egged" and otherwise insult
ed, Full particulars of this outrage
-, ""n nnhlishe at the ting ~--~
OF the most repuUaulo ramii,os 80 che
south, was found dead in the public
road in Marengo county last week
He was shot to death, and was an
earnest republican.
HUNTSVILLE. Ala, Sept. 5. 1874.
Hon. George &. Spencer, Washing
ton, D. O.. -
An attempt was made on the
night OF the 3rd inst. to assassinate
United States Marshal Thomas.
As he and another gentlemen were
returning from political meeting.
the assassin, who was concealed in
the bushes by the roadside, shot at
him as he passed, but owing to the
darkness missed his aim. The active
part Thomas has taken in the politi-
cal campaign is supposed to be the
cause OF the cowardly act.
JAMES II. Corr.
WHY FEDERAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN
ASKED.
These, nay dear sir, are q few of
the "troubies" in Alabama, for the
Of which |, in company
with others, have asked the inter>
venvion of the federal government
No one regrets that such action has
been deemed necessary more than
myself Born, educated and living
all my life in the south, | thought l
knew the feelings and the passions
of our people. beloved that they
would quietly accept that destiny,
which the fat of disastrous war so
emphaticalIy placed upon them. l
believe that they would forget the
animosities and antipathies engendeG.
ed by the war, and 60 faithfully to
work TO build up the shattered pillars
of the Unioa which they had so fruit
lessly endeavored to destroy. L
once believed that ere the year 1874
dawned upon as the admiring world
would behold in US a free, united and
happy people, but the machination
and secret work of desi gning and
rebelIious leaders have prevented
such contamination. | regret to
acknowledge the fact, for as south
ern man | do yet look upon her suns
ny hills and fertile valleys with nlial
love, but still | must-the work of
the war against rebellion was not
completed. Leaders and men there
still exist, who would rush to the
carnival of battle against the flag of
our country with tiendisb delight and
courageous daring. These men are
silently, nevertheless effectively
working. No outbreak against the
soldiers of the army need be appre,
hended now, but to those of US who
are standing in the breach for the
maintenance of the constitution and
the union-for the liberty and free-
dom of all men-be we white or
black, the hour is indeed trying.
We see our comrads swept away like
chaff before the wind. Every mid>
night breeze brings to US the dying
groans of some man, who has fallen
in the cause ofright and liberty. Up
to this time not a single ,ohite democrat
has been murdered, outraged or other
,cise maltreated in any ,0dy in the state
of Alabama. TIE killing has all been
on one side. The reports even oil