Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-01
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the blacks against the whites. The
effect of the action Of President Grant
will probably be to give the negroes
another lease Of power, and to en-
bolden them to further aggressions
against the whites. With the know
ledge that grim line of Federal
bayonets stand behind their backs
what deeds of oppression may we
not expect? What tyranny must
not the white people of South Caro-
lima, Alabama, and Louisi-
ana be called upon to en-
dure? Endure! No! that is not
the word. Aquiesce in, rather, un-
til an hour ard on opportunity ar
rives. If it were not madness to
counsel resistance now, we would
call upon the white men Of the three
Stetes named to resist to the death
rather than submit to another period
of negro and carpet-bag rule. But
the time is not yet, and all they can
do Is to acquiesce. If there is any
justice in God, our day and opport,tn-
ity ,ciH come. Patience! This ac-
cursed radical government cannot
last always. Ifit is to last, the same
sword whose unsheathing brought
our present trouble upon US, will yet
put an end to the indignities, the
terrorism, and the despotism Of
which our people are the victims to-
day y.-Attdnta San.
The leading newspapers of the
South give the outrages of the White
Leage their cordial support. The
Shreveport La Times speaking OF
some recent murders says: "There
has been some red handed work done
In this parish that was necessary, but
it was evidently done by cool, deter
mined and just men, who knew eN-
actly how far to go, and we doubt not
If the same kind of work Is necessary
| It will be done again"
The Westville (Miss.) Ne,cs of re-
cent date says: "Will anybody still
contend that we must not have a
White Mans party? Away with
such false doctrines; we must and
will have a White Mans party. We
have tried policy long enough. We
must organize on the Color Line, dis
regarding minor considerations.
The White Mans party is the only
salvation for the State. Show the
negro his place and make him keep
1t. If 1--WE can't vote him down we
can knock him down, and the re-
suit will be the same. Either the
white man or negro will rule this
country; they can't both do it, and
it Is for the white man to say who
the ruler shall be-"
The following from the Sedalia
Mo- Democrat Is still more signiii-
cant aud shocking: "a Democratic
victory may be counted upon in this
county next fall. From where we
sit," it exultantly exclaims, "there
is smell in the air of gunpowder
and dead niger"
A. WHITE LEAGUE ASSASSINATION.
In Sarbor county, Northwestern
Arkansas, lived the Harris brothers
| William and John, and their broth
er-in-law, j. &. Skidmore, all Of
whom had fought on the Union side
during the rebellion. For this they
had never been forgiven. On the
4th Of August, the three were ar
rested, on charge of horse stealing;
were taken to Roseville, but instead
of being tried were taken to the
outskirts Of town and hanged to a
tree till they were dead. Mrs. Har-
ris, mother Of two of the victims,
and mother-in-law Of the other,
knowing the men who had seized
her sons, and believing that they in
tended to murder them, though GO
years of age, mounted horse and
! followed them. She reached the
scene of the tragedy just as they
pulled her eldest son off the ground
with a rope around his neck. She
rushed up, and, raising in her saddle
cut the rope where it passed around
the limb, her son falling half liieless
to the ground. The old lady was
thereupon seized by the savages,
pragged from her horse by one
wretch, and shot through the head
by another, and hauled out to one
side in the brush, and horse blank
ct thrown over her, while these
worse than savages proceeded to
murder her children.
Columns might be filled with SINH
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