The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-18
THE SOUTHERN SITUATION.
TESTIMONY og A PRIVATE LETTER.

TESTIMONY uE a PRIVATE LETTER-
The following extract from a private
letter 10 a gentleman in this city. cor
rObOrateS the newSpaperaccountS of the
feeling prevailing throughout the South.
and will cause the blood to tingIe in the
veins of all right minded aud rizhr-
hearted men:
''NEw ORLEANS. Ia. SrPJ :. l>14
have written 10 - that il i Inv
desire that she should remain abroad
until after the election, November 4th.
a. there might be- trouble between now
and then; and a. there i at present. and.
for that matter. at all times, abroad in
this State the most diabolical public
sentiment against the negro and all who
support the Republican party. which
ever diSgraced civilization. manifesting
itself most violently preceding an eler-
ton. she will be better away than here.
If We We're not assured of some blue
coats. of whom the chivalrv stand in
complete awe. tell you frankly. 10
Northern mans life would be safe. from
this time To November 9Th. 1t i es-
teemed no greater crime to Slay in cold
blood Northern man, q Southern man
who Is "a Republican. or a cOlOred man,
than it would be to kill Il RAT. This sell
timent is geHerG{. and those who are
esteemed the ''oldest and hest. daily
advocate the assassination of prominent
Republicans, particularly Kellogg. When
you see accounts of negTO-riSingS and
Black Leagues. you can cOnidentially
set it down for fact that such stories
are only started for the purpose of pa
wing the way fora White League staugh-
ter of the blacks.
| used to have more sympathy for the
sufferings of these people, engendered
by some bad public officers, but that
sympathy is thing of the past, and is
permanently gone out of use. | hope
the troops sent here will be negroes, and
that they may be guarteTed in every
available place where White League
order exists. | would not care if they
made the accursed State hOwling will
derneSs. Freedom to the cOlOred man
is worse than slavery If he can only eX-
ercise its simplest preTogative at the I'M
minent risk of his life Many whites
would hardly be 50 true to a party or a
Government which showed so little dis
position to protect them in their dearest
rights and privileges. The cOlOred voter
cannot be swayed from his fealty, and
he dies. "--IbdiGH0POiis journal.
THE WHITE LEAGUEHS RESPONSIBLE.
Is it not about time to stop our mild
deprecatiOn of the OUtrages now being
peTpetrated in this State, and not only
apply to them their proper names, but
take measures to put stop to them:
The telegraph brings the newS-and
there is little doubt of its truth-Of the
murder of four or five men on the road
between COushatta and Shreveport. by
a band of political higlwaymen- The
names of the men were Devices, Twitch-
ell, EdgertOn, Howell Holland and Viii
lis. all, if we mistake not. white Repub-
lican. of Red River parish. They had
been arrested as the ''ringleaders' of
the COuslatta riots; but their ringleader-
ship seems to have consisted i'll having
refused to resign their Otiices-some of
them were Parish Oflicials-when called
upon by Il volunteer committee to do so.
They were atterward confronted by
superior force and 'iurreSted, and We're
being transferred t0 Shreveport We
charge distinctly that this atrOcious deed
is the direct and legitimate outSrowth Of
the violent Red River White League or
carnations, and for it the able and Gia-
bOlical White League organ, the Shreve-
port Times, is, in a large measure, re
spOnsible.-NeIC Orleans Times. Dam