The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1874-12-25
'REsULp or TIRE SENATORIAL oAU-
GUS"

"RESULp or TIRE SENATORIAL CAU-
CUs.''
The Republican Senators in Con
gress have beon deliborating in cau-
Gus as to what course it was proper
for them to take in reference to the
all absorbing question of the South
ern troubles. We clip the following
from Mondays Oregonia's, giving the
result OF the august body referred
to. Here it is:
WASHINGTON, Dec 19.-The Re-
! publican Senators in caucus to-day
agreed that the citizens of the South
must be protected by new military
arrangements or by increase of the
Federal force. Further considera-
ton was postponed for a few days.
No discussion was had on the Ar
kansas question. An indisposition
was manifested toward taking any
action relative to the Kellogg Gov
ernment. AS to admitting Pinch
beck, it was said, there were ques-
tions before the committee on privi-
leges and elections affecting him
which should first be settled.
Now, a doubt will necessarily lin
gor in the minds of the reader as to
who the caucus mean when they say,
"the citizens Of the South must be
protected by new military arrange
ments, or by increase of Federal
force," for the reason, that hereto
fore the Federal government has not
thought Of enforcing obedience in
the South to its behests, of any but
those standing in political antago-
nism to those administering the Fed
eral authority, and the "citizens to
be protected" were the negroes,
carpet-baggers and scallawags.-
Now, whether similar course is to
be pursued in the execution of these
"new military arrangements" or,
whittier all are to be protected and
all punished alike can only be do
termincd by awaiting the result By
reading the foregoing dispatch very
carefully, noting its very dainty ref
erence to Arkansas and Louisiana,
and the total absence Of any refer
ence to Vicksburg; and then care
fully reading the following dispatch,
clipped from tho Same Daily Ore
gonian, a clue may be had, as to
what the caucus means in recon-
mending u "new military arrange
inent,' The present military ar
rangement" may be inadequate to
the task Of properly protecting the
(negro) citizen in his right" to sack
and burn city or town and murder
its white inhabitants. Here is the
Vicksburg dispatch:
CHICAGO, Dec. ia Vioksburg
special says two negroes we're arrest
cd yesterday for the murder Of James
Gray, u negro, living ten miles
from the city, who, it seems, was
charged with having come to Vicks-
burg to warn the whites of promod-
itated attack of the negroes on the
city. When the negroes mustered,
Gray refused to JOIN them. The
leader, jeff Tucker, ordered another
negro, Oliver, to kill him, and the
order was Immediately obeyed. In
an interview with the murderer he
admitted his guilt, He says he was
sworn TO do whatever his leaders
told him, and was afraid to disobey.
He said the Society OF the Black
League made them swear, and when
it ordered him to shoot Gray he did
SO without hesitation Oliver has
been committed to JUL for murder
and Tucker as an accessory, There
is gradually coming to light pu-
pose Of the negroes to sack and burn
the town and murder all the whites
Startling revelations are being made
BY negroes who were unwilling to
take part IN the proposed massacre,
Now, this negro, Gray, who was
shot down by Oliver, and by order Of
Tucker, was evidently a traitor to Els
race, their organization and their
cause, and this tragedy was only a
practical oxemplifcation Of the po-
litical lessons taught the negro "cit-
i2en" BY their Republican teachers,
and it may be necessary to make
some "new military arrangements"
20 protect these citizens in practicing
the lessons taught them.