Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1874-10-17
"OUTRAGEfa
Wholesale Lying by an Allah 1,
Congressman for Political En<rf

LytEk Dy an Aian N<b
Congressman for Political En@ctl
A correspondent of the New York |
Tribune sent down 10 Alabama for the
express purpose Of inspecting that 'dark<-
and bloody ground" 10 Sumter county,
described by Congressman Hays, N
who has been certified to ke
county by Gen. Hawley as ga malFof
honor, is rapidly leGnc
daylight through the wicked lies offbat
carpet bagging politician. Hays Xle of
horror begins with two assassl 81 lions
that have been condemned az Vehd IT. entlv
by Democrats as by Republican, He
bitches on TO these the murder of holel
keeper, who appears in flesh IA ihe
Tribune correspondent, and states fSat in
a personal alteration that hs ha.,-ayer
one Of the murders above referrcf ~
received a slight scratch on the fact, Ind
that Is all. Hays next horror was inEnu-
featured out of letter to the Meridian
Mercury, and was an account of the
killing of FIVE negroes In North Sunuer
on the night Of August 9th. Mr.. HAYS
says;
Nothing is known as TO why the neg -oea
were killed. They were all shot. The cor.
marks that two went dead m eornileid,n
This Democratic correspondent conondes
his article as follows; Al those dc itha
occurred on the night Of The 10Th, eSeept
the negro woman who wab killed en- tho
morning of the 25th. Mr.. Vincent (the ZEN
tleman who gave the correspondent the
Item of newsl being asked II 1t was food
night for killing, answered, mo, II had
been dry for some weeks.
iENow here we have before us a masnia-
cent specimen Of the piodnct of the vii
liams "Southern outrage" mill. lie. us
examine the process OF the manutacture.
Hays says he got his Information from
letter to the Meridian Mercury, and Ihust
have had the letter biiore him wheh he
wrote, for he quoted from 1t. lie g Us
Nothing Is known as to why these
negroes were killed. The letterurom
which he quoted reads:
1t appears that two negro men wet lead
/ in a cornheld for stealing corn, at the 1nds
OF unknown parties. A third was XII M 10
a fracas with other negroes. The lourth
-.....a.il ll-s--slla LIZ 49, 49, ~ In
hand and was accidentally kN ne
discharge Of the gun, The fifth ffIN7y
| was that Of q negro woman, whose hueN lind
deliberately shot her in the head, produhng
instant death. He had previously tn at
/ ened to kill her. lie passed through ere
this morning, en- route for Livingston vi,
escorted by Mr. Vincent
So Mr.. Hays inference tina. thoFve
murders In North Sumter were for poit.
ical effect, was a wilful, malicious lie.
FROM one case learn all.
Mr.. Hays Gays in the beginning OF lis
letter 10 Hawley that be will be "partbu-
lar to relate no rumors, TO color no AFRO.
city, to set down naught in mallcelbut
simply TO give you we'll authenticated
facts, with dates, names and local lies,
so that every man 10 the land may aim
self verify the accuracy of my statements,
if he deems 1t necessary" The cores
pondent (whom we happen to know be
a man Incapable Of disappearing eVcn,
much less OF deliberate fal,ohood) fol-
lows him down through his list Of swell
authenticated facts" and authenticites
most automatically the willully and ma.
lieiously lying character OF them all.
Two OF Hays sumter county murders
happened In Mississippi to begin With.
Then the Ku-Klux warning placard anu
bellishing Hays letter refers 10 a muider
that took place while Hays was in Wash.
ington, aud could no! therefore have been
handed by a Democrat to Hays in Ala
bams, but was probably RepubirTn
invention and sent to him BY Republican
for use in Washington.
The correspondent has obtained the
ailldayils OF the officers of both the negro
benevolent societies in Greensboro deny
ing that they have ever been disturbed in
their meeliags, or warned to discontinue
them, as Hays alleged. lie has also The
affidavit of DR.. I. L, Ward, OF Hale
county, and the negro Bliss in his
employ, two more victims of Rebel
malignity, according to Hays, who deny
/ that they have ever been molested, and
the all iayits of several Republican
office holders IN Greensboro, declaring
false the whole Of Hays story of the
warning Of Major Stokes TO leave the
hotel of the town, after making Repub-
llcan speech. lays story of the ambush
ing OF negroes looming home from
church," with the killing Of ten and
wounding Of thirteen, was founded on
+ the resistance made by a negro named
Jack Turner, the leader OF the negroes
"amhushed," 10 arrest at the hands oil
, the sheriff Two or three shots were
I fired, but nobody was hurt, and there
was no ambush whatever. Jack Turner
himself is the correspondents authority
, on this story. We quote the remainder
Of this utterly destructive expose;
1 The negro Jack Iyll@r aiIaat 2. .,st..,.A
mcnt Similar TO th--of-F-lifr7s-f-i -
I the substance here, and adds that he toll
the same story to Charles Hays at th'
! Republican Convention IN Montgomery
and assured him that no one had beer
injured. Another negro, Jack Finley, whit
WAS delegate TO the Convention, alsl
! sweara that he told Mr.. Hays on the 50th o
August that the story was not true, and .
E convince him that Jack Turner had ut
+ been killed, hunted Jack up and took i'm
to MI Hays. rhere ia therefore no ei-use
for Mr.. Hays. lie knew when he WI his
letter to Mr.. Hawley that he was - eating
a rumor the utter ialBity of whichAtd neen
9 proved 70 him. lie mentions seY Al other
Z occurrences in Choctaw county s'sut which
f l know nothing.
: One more example win be enough.
{ The last outrage which Mr. lays reports
G as having occurred In biz district, he re-
, lates In the following lassu1gei
y W. A. Lipsc0mb, heloiaug 10 one OF tic
{ most reputable familie IN the South, Was
found dead 10 the putlc road ia Mareneo
= / county last week. " was shot TO death,
and was an earnest republican.
Mr.. Lipscomb llmself has written a
letter denying tlsi be has been murdered
!, and adds: u have not even been
. assaulted or lil any unkind word spoken
to me-" A. the time Of The reported
murder, b. was sick at home, twelv.
r miles from the place. The narrowing
1 record Of outrage which has Just been
y bruited through the country, with IL
I cruel and Infamous purpose, aE the n. Y.
TIN expresses il, Of "hounding on one
seci1n to crush the oiher," is thus shown
/, 70 be a pack of lies, lies out Of whole
9TH in many instances, and always lies
Zilh base and malignant inicnt.-AeWart 3,
~ j., Register.