New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-05
The Terrorism at the south.

The news ct yesterday shows the c0nd..
ton @: rhe South 20 De desperate beyond
description. Grave apprehensions have
given way to consuming terror. The
negroes pray Tor the menacles OF slavery as
protection against assassination! This cry
is pit;a5Ie be yond expression-pitlao. be IN
the Door wretches lately relieved from
CALLING oppression. and huMiliating TO the
nation which SO recently. IN the majesty OF
power, declared that hencetorth all men
should breathe the air OF absolute freedom
under the tolds OF the American nag. VI is
burning shame that we are compelled 30
acknowledge the tact and proclaim 1t
to the world that IL d dozen great
States OF ths Union bands OF men COMM:
such atrocities as. being perpetrated by the
savagea or our borders. would call down
upon them the whole averging power OF the
federal government. When an Indian
peace commissioner was treacherousiy muir.
dered By the MoGocs the Whole country
was CONFUSED with horror, and demanded
with passionate emphasis that the assas.
sins should be brought 20 justice. cost what
it might II blood and treasure. And they
were brought 10 justice. But scores OF in.
nocen5 men tai. daily u: the South, the
victims of a d:abc!ism as horribly cruel as
that OF the MoGocs. and yet the arm OF the
government ia not stretched forth Go avenge
the slain or &c sa!e from sudden .ieatl:
those over whose heads is now suspended
the bloody sword OF human monsters.
We Dr:is!. aside as idle tanporing with
the sanctity OF peace. of law and order. and
OF human life. the miserable Dreteuse that
the assassinat:ons winch uow GelUSe the
South with blood are provoked By their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ii,eis and negroes. The
claim Is palpaDis fraud, All insult to the
memory Of hundreds o! murdered men. a
cowarulv defense Of ma.etactors whose
guilt Is ~ that III the ordinary murderer as
black 70 white. anG tends TO bring the
American name into disgrace as assassina.
ti0Es accumulate and 20 uupuAiSneG. Inc
Northern newspaper which. IL the light OF
recent e.ents. has t::s te;Cerity to declare
that the reported disturbances at the South
are manufactured for political purposes be.
comes pnl'ticsys cyI.nti,js in the denominations
Of wh!c.. the Southern white people are
guilty. The Democratic OF Liberal
Newspaper which. AT the North.
conceals Under a pretense Of disbe'
lie: the horrible atrocities sFkiea
are every Gav occurrences at the South
helps forward the work o. assassination.
and stains ITS record with an inetaceable
brand ot shame. That III d time OF profound
peace zen men may be SHOT n cold blood at
one y0ile- II Alabama. sixteen men massa-
cred IL Tennessee. seTen 1e1 ambuscaded
and murdered II Louisiana. ana a score OF
Others assass.nated singiy II various parts
Oh lL6 SOuLLs 81 q S4IleIc Ncehs anu prov uhC
no c.y for justice. Is a shocking tact. Is
the South to be perInittS te return to bar.
Darlsn4 and the North make no sign. Is al!
semb.ance Of civil Jaw law to be biotted out
at the South and the federal government
fold ;ts hands IL suiieI silence: We're
100000 ne groes emanclpated and raised to
the dignity OF citizenship 20 De eXtermlna'
ted, plecemeai. by their late masters: Viii
the Northern people stand idly By while
md ~ ne.
slavery 90 the brotherhood or man are
augn.ered like bullochs'
Abraham Lincoln invoked ap0n his eMaC.
cipation proclamation the blessings OF Al.
mighty GOD and the considerate Judgment
OF mankind Neither the one nor the other
can rest upon. nor abide witi.. the govern.
ment Or the people that permits The shed.
ding OF blood to 20 unpublished. The hour
has come when Southern white men must
again be told that che negro is still! ''tLe
ward of the nation. His liberty IS as
sacred now as whent re Union armies fought
TO confer it: his lire is as precious as when
ne per;led it TO save the Calon 1t IS we'll
to remember that the Men WHO to-day strike
down the negro are the same who, IN 1851
struck at the nations lite. Ii Us well 70
remember that God did not smile upon
efforts TO save the Union until the lat OF
Justice had gone forth n the form OF
solemn declaration OF freedom 20 the blacks
We can not recall that declaration II we
would for the act would conslgn the nation
to lnfamy and shatter the government IL
pieces. Behind the men who appear before
the President to peseech his powerful all
in behalf Of .rem bling people qual!lng
beneath the nsensate fury OF pseIuaice,
passion and hate, and awaiting with inde-
scriOable terror tho apprehended stroke.
stand arrayed these Facts OF history to plead
for justice. They are stern monitors, point
ing to the Ids where General Grant won
victories for TIE Union. the constitution md
the laws. Again the Union is threatened
tor it can continue only through the prac-
tice Of justice-tle constitution is trampled
under foot, and the laws are deiied. A
single word from the President viii blanch
with terror the faces OF the melefactors who
now inspire horror Throughout the South.
He has but to sag that RE will 60 to the last
stretch Of authority to preserve order and
punish crime, and that if necessary ne will
call Congress together in extraordinary
session.-Chicayo H,ter-Ocecn. September =.