The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-09-04
The @9aa5iilg.5 A,fgas,
OutrageS to Order.


Now that the Congressional elections ar
approaching in the North, the periodical
supply of campaigning capital begins t,
!, come up from the South, in reports of harsh
d treatment Of the blacks, which are usually
y fabricated to order, and remarkable 70,
the regularity Of their appearance when q
political purpose is to be served. The
, headquarters Of this sort of news is the
Attorney Generals Office at Washington,
where 1t is manipulated dressed up in the
I strongest colors and sent out to the coun-
e try.
The large army of marshals and depu-
ties employed by the Department of Jus
, tice have little else to do but to serve as
electioneering instruments They help to
get up conventions, to organize the pri-
maries, and to manufacture testimony
whenever it may be needed for one or an !
other section. And in this disreputable
business they have been materially aided
by the secret service of the Treasury De
partment, who, besides the large sums re-
ceived from their regular employment, have
! drawn about one hundred thousand dollars
a year from the Attorney General under
various pretexts. - ~
These marshals aud secret service men
combine together for plumber, and are al.
ways ready to swear each other through on
| any emergency 1t was proved before the
recent investigation Of the District of Col
umbIa that men were sent South by Whit
ley ostenslbly to hunt up ku Klux, who
themselves organized klans, inveigled wild
young fellows into them, and then appear
ed as witnesses In court to convict their
own victims and others entirely innocent
There are poor creatures still languishins
IN the penitentiary ard condemned to years
OF misery, who never had the remotest
connection with or knowledge of this order,
In order 20 establish their efficiency and
to gain favor at Washington, these inia-
NOUS wretehes, acting in the same spirit as
those who put up the burglary for Shep-
herds ring, deliberately swore away the
liberty OF harmless citizens in South Car
DINA aud Alabama, and consigned them 20
living death as criminals. And the con. !
victions of these unfortunate victims were
paraded by the Attorney.G General as proofs
Va = SoAcphiu IVY 0bu Va JLc UIUOuy IUSIIlIIv
OF the whites OF the South toward the col
ored race. I...
While every incident which would pass
without comment in any ordinary commu-
nifty is exaggerated to the prejudice of the
Southern whites and spread broadcast tor
effect, not word is SAID in regard to the
atrocities to which their wives, sisters. and
young children have been subjected by
black demons in human form. The revolt
Ing record Ut these crimes in the last six
months exceeds all former experience, and
only part OF the terrible truth is known,
from the unwillingness OF families to make
public the shame and suffering caused by
brutal violence
Only few weeks ago Gov. Ames of
Mississippi called upon the President for
troops, alleging that grave collision be-
tween ire two races was imminent at
' icksburg, which could only be prevented
by the presence of Federal bayonets. For
! wonder they were not sent. The sequel
proved that the election was the most quiet
held TOR years, and the only trouble was, =
lhat peihg TAR by non interference, Grant ,
ism was smashed. That is a fresh illus
tration of how intelligence at the South is
manufactured by carpet baggers and their
when point is to be made.
There are of course bad men of both
aces at the South, but these exceptions
IRE not to be held up in condemnation of
'lther In the aggregate, any more than the
five Points should be cited as an example
II the morals and refinement of New York.
II there was nothing else to unite them in
friendly feeling, the bond of common in
crest would almost necessarily bring them
together. They are planted
ieep in the Same soil, and the prosperity
VI each is dependent on the other.
But for the medding of outsiders who
AVE nothing at stake in the South, and -
Vho have gone there as the Vandals did to
tome tor the spells only, the problem
which followed emancipation would long ,
lgo have been practically solved. The ad.
'enturers who have been enriched by d. 1
isions and strife have fomented discord
S trade, and sought to band the blacks
ogether in secret leagues, by which they G.
night be used as compact force.
W bile this course was pursued at the 4,
'outh, the same scamps fabricated stories Y
4 cruelty and wrong for Northern con
umption. well calculated if true to rouse
ympathyon the other. This game sue
eeded for several years. but the mask is
ow lifted, and the rascality of the whole |
hing is at last visible. 1t may well be 1
Quilted, if all the marshals and deputies
0 the employ Of the Attorney General
hould combine, whether their united story
'ould be accepted as probable when dl r
ected in this way. .
The frauds already detected have shown
hem to be unworthy of trust when the OBJ
,ct is political. Still, as there are honest
zen who may be deceived by the repeti- -
ion of such falseho DDS, it is well to remem.
er that at this particular season outrages
pom the negro are in order and invented 4
, effect the pending congressional elections.
hen they are over these inventions will