The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-22

other passagss of this letter, to shoT the condi-
zion OF things in the South. You have recently
seen the account of the killing OF OF,
3, very prominent gentleman , ano
=, srSs hui Because ne attended a rep biican
meeting he was killed on his wsy nouns. ,o ~
Kentucky, across the border nSre, we aae soi =,
nv the louisville Courier-JpurDal, that there -
no punishment in Kentucky LOT muIueL, uia =,
there Is no protection frem violence-we nave II
i5om Ins n ss here tonight that so TAR as
idence has been gathered that no white man mas 1,
been punished In the S9qtn sun CT mo- wite man
that has been punished for the killing OF WEl'e
republican. There Is
NO SECURITY IN KENTUCKY
for life II we are to believe the Louisville Cou-
rier-Jour al. And we know that the Ku-Klux
have committed preparations In tnat state LOT
three or four years. We have the evidence OF
their governor, now senator, Mr.. Stevenson.
We have overwhelming evidence that in many
counties in Kentucky. leagues have been or
gani1ed and engaged in dev1llSh, fnuruerous
5ractices aud or hem there has been no pun
ishnnent in a single instance. Perhaps you
have seen the statement of he deputy marsha
wrosays that in the last three years over lcO
menaba se been killed, wounded and driven INTO
exile An two counties aloRe--the counties OF oven
and Henry. And in Tennessee you have recently
plaoein that State. In one instance, 10 negroes,
put Into jail under IsIse sbpT Where thy eT
shot by the dozen you hear OF II. but where they
ARE SHOT sINGLY,
one or two at n time. the fields. in the night,
In their cabins, you dOE't hear of it unless you
60 there They are not published in the PAPER.
It is hardly worth while TO make a paragraph In
the Newspaper about the shootingoi an-gro, but
it ia worth their while when it comes TO dozen
murders
There are few excuses assigned throughout the
South for Inc murders. The first Island that
given MoT,n as %e. As snd ~
baggers. Who are these carpet DaggersG Inc
most of them are soldiers. Nineteen out OF
twenty were soldiers WHO remained IN
the South when the war was over
some have gone there who are
not soldiers: but the great mass of them, who
are called carpet-baggers, soldiers. They
were pleased with the climate. They thought IL
Was good place 10 begin life again. that the
Southern states were sparse in population aud
wanted both labor and capital, and they went
there tolive. But they have been
HUNTED BY BLOOD HOUNDS.
They have been treated as thieves however hon.
est they might be. Everything has been done
to break them down and to drive them out
Some OF hem turned out to be bad men-not
very many. The most OF them are gooa men
and would have made the best citizens IN the
bsssp hunted like wild beasts, and the characters
of al Of them have been covered with caGmmy
and shame. But they say these men have com
mitted crimes. IT is a self evident lie so far as
excuse Tor the outrages is concerned, be-
nave never fallen upon the thieves. The thieves
have always democratic partners TO protect
them. lApPleuse And when they are discov-
party. They are nea ly always at once taken 10
the EN- brace OF the democratic party. lRene~ed
applause refer to Gcy. Warmoth, of Lou
isiana "a an example. L will speak OF him
more by and by. No, the murders and killings, as
general thing, IA upon the poor and helpless,
killed not because they are thieves but because
they ar: men Of influence and power and II is
necessary 10
GET THEM OUT OF THE WAY.
put M far tho ff1favaa nj the GorIfl, ara ron.
eerned, those Who have robbed and pl0ndered
the State, the punishment.has never Ia a single
instance fallen upon them. Tie next excuse
they give for these murders is-they sag, the ne
groes eonspirIng TO kill and exter-
inmate the white race, that the
negroes are forming themselves in
to armed bands and cOnspiring 10 exterminate
the whites, and that the negroes killed in
self defense But this Is a very stupid lie man
ufacs ured by knaves TO be Believed by idiOs.
during the wsr, when they knew their masters
were In The field, lighting TO ?erpetnate slavery
and 70 estab ish slave confederacy? Did they
take advantage of the absence Oh their masters.
No. They displayed great heroism worthy OF all
praise. They stayed at home and took care OF
the families their masters. And how is 1t with
the oolored people now? All they ask Is TO be
they eau not cope with the white people in arms.
They have now little prope' ty, few arms and
but few Of them have military training, nd all
they ask Is peace, and what they pray for is
peace and 10 be left alone. Why, negro in the
south dare not resent any insult that is
offered TO his family TO his wife, his daughter,
or 10 himself He dares not resent 1t. II he
does, II VIII
COST HIM HIS LIFE.
II he himself is insulted, he does not dare to
light In self defense. II half dozen come to-
gether. IN the night, to consult to their safety
that coming together Is made an excuse for
the slaughter OF the whole ne ghborhOod. And
this whole saie mui der goes ON from day IT, day.
and their Infamous ltessare coined and set forth
~ exeusss and apo ogies 10 blind the
eyes OF the people OF tue orth. and cover
up their horrible crimes. Yes, they pretend
that The negroes are going TO exterminate them,
but when you get the news finally, it always
turns out that the negroes are republicans. The
negroes, they say, are forming dreadful con-
spiraoies. You have heard o. the wolf and the
Lamp. Thu leader of the gang of wolves
went 10 str am TO drink, and
the lamb from the flock went to thes me stream
the lamp. Said he, "You make the water 50
muddy that can not drins." "Why," said the
the sireamY "a" Said Ihe wolf S "b4t ANN
sure the flock of sheep are in conspiracy to de-
stroy the wolves, and so the gang of wolves de-
stroysd the sheep. lApplanse.I And that is the
way II Is with the negro. They are
KILLED ON THE SPOT;
they are hunted for amusement, and their con
dillon now Is worse than it WIS before the war,
and will continue to be, unless this government
is able 10 vindicste its power and its pledges,
spgauss nneEe Is dgesry , aSS
orators in the North. You will
remember. my friends, that before
was required 10 deny, or excuse and justify the
murder of the abolitionists throughout the
South, and when the war came along they
worked hard to prove it was brought by
Northern abolitionists ana that we alone We're
responsible. And you remember during the
war;, when our prisoners were muir
dered at Libby, Salisbury and An
dersonville, how the democratic press
of the North, and their orators, in many
instances, labored TO deny these things
and to show that they were not bad
and said finally-many time-that we treated
rebel prisoners as badly as they treated our SOL
diers- After the war was over, and even while
the war WAS going lin this STATE, many of you
remember when the state was encamped with
secrot societies = the Sons of Liberty; when they
were meeting I'm this town and in every
town and county In the State of Indiana and
~ hay were