St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-10-16
This is "A White Mans Government

tn" whit" man party embrace nearly all th,.
intelligence and wealth 81 tin. -Iltr--N ! Tat
However dc~irnu> our icaccahlr chi
Icr> may Ice of placing Il more hopeful
c"n>tlucti"n upon th, condition nf tn.
southern >tatr> than the events of the.
past few months will allow. thr letters
that are constantly received from TIE.
friends OF the Union ia that section
show that they. at least. >haIr in II"
such agrc"ahIc d,lu>ion The, ~trIdilN
assert that the di>uIiinu faction l. active
in every pant of the south. and that the.
political leaders who nave assumed the
name ot DcmocIat> are no better than
traitors IN disguise. In the ncighhor-
hood in Alabama where Nh. Billings
WAS recently a>Sa~>inHlrd Il reign ui
tenor exists. We are told. that i ''>iu-
ply appalling." I hc ku. kluN. masked
and armed, i'll companies "t tN" al
three hundred. haze resumed them
nightly rides. Ihci "Ir CONFUSED nt
the Nilc>t and lowest" of the I.npulI-
iI"n. hut they are supplied with mnurN
ami h"IS,'s. and supported hl thr conn
truIucr at the Democratic lc.,dcI~. Whr
hope hN their aid To control the clc,-
tIou-. They Hlr determined. II ~,rIrl~.
/ to force the uc@Io,'> Irto In>uIlcciiun :
and the negroes. who. We are told. ''lIr
quiet and pcaccIhlc. and have II" mon,
Idcl of m>urrcrti, II tlrIm an iui.Int. are
Subjected To- such iInlrihlc uuiIa"c> ~
moot hcrIacc has ever hnlnc 80 PATIENTLY
ENcrN might the muId,ii.l~ chase them
from their cabins t" the woods and
>Vaup>. here they hide in hopeless,
terror. Some iIr shot down ~ fhrN
tlN : ail live IN fear of their lives. in u
condition of MISERY that II" lan%UIcc
can dc>rrlc. Mcamv hilr. our inform
ant continues. ''thcSr villains " hiic
LcagUcr> march in hundreds i,l Il have
seen thcn.) making ui.hi hidc"u> with
their dcmomiir Nrll>." y" Republican
darc> I" sleep IN his own h"U~c in this
district "i .iIahani;t. where the Mobile
Register insists that all l. peace and
order. l'ut il i> against the white Re
puhlicIii>. whether native or \oGthclu
born. that the DcmorIatS show their
dyadic>t hatred. Mr.. Billings. one "i
their most recent victims. WAS an ami;i-
hlc ami excellent man. "a mobile North
cIm gentleman. against whom not Il
word of rcpIuach could ht uttered. He
was II moderate Republican. lu' careful
/
conversation. p">>cS>ing wide iniol-
nation. and Welcome vl~i or in every
household mot pIcludircd hN passion.
None of his friends ,lIcamcd of his as
>Hs>imalinn. He WAS shot down in the
night hN Il troop of the masked aud
drmoniac League. The born
| nioI!i~t> are II" more secure than the
Northern. Unless speedy help is given
/ 4 1 .
patriot Billings. Il hcw you in Gods
name" cxclaim> one of them, ITO heed
my cry fnl help. and spare II" effort /"
have these mur'lcrcrs brought t" jus
tice.
These simple words. this cry for help.
Indicate what must he the true policy
of our government and people. The
iu-ticc of the nation should at once tall
npon the murdcrcr>. In no country
can such Il condition ot >"clct! he safe
" tolerated for IL moment III no coun-
( tiv can it he suffered to prevail long
/ without Il total destruction of the moral
SENSE of the people. These Infamous
dissertations should he cNtirpatcd with
81 firm IL hand that their leaders ana
| IbctturS may learn in future to dread
| the laws they now openly contcmh'
| If amy part of the southern people have
wrongs to complain of, let them 1t" :"
praccahly and properly, and the ma
lion will do them Justice. They KNOW
that the chief desire of the whole c"IIn
try Is To bring back prosperity and good
order to their unhappy section. b,'
when amy part of the Southern people
become a>>;,>>im> and open murdcrelS
Join in trc;r>"nahlr leagues. and DEFY
the government. they can look for not
ing but the strict punishment OF thcll
crimes and however that punishment
may apparently hc delayed. ii Will come
at last with Icdouhlcd severity. Con-
shatta and Grant Parish and the long
list of murders and "utrage> at the
South have vet to he at"ncd for h\
those who have been engaged III them
But that the government should sure
wild gangs of murlcrouS Williams to rld'
through the inland districts of Alabama
Texas. or Tennessee, hunting the Willt'
and black republicans from their hohie