St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-09-11
A Letter from Mr.. Garrison.
THE NEW REIGN OF TERROR.

To the Editors Of tie BOstOn .JOHrndl
Authentic intelligence from the vari-
Gus portions of the South reveals the
pregnant fact that the old rebel element
is again in the ascendent, Strengthening
like dogs obnoxious loyal white and
colored citizens, and inaugurating IL
new reign of terror as bloody and I'M
relrnting as marked the scenes of IS6O-
81. If the tragedies that are daily oc-
curing We're simply murder or aSSas-
sination to CRAFTY personal revenge or
To obtain Il coveted booty, they might
he left to the disposal of the local au-
thnriticS, and no Government inteIfer-
cnce would he deemed desirable or
necessary: hut they are notably for
diSloNal ends. against the njoymcnt
of equal civil and political rights, and
in the interest of that rcbellioliS spirit
which involved lis in one of the bloo,licst
conflicts recorded in the annals of his
tory. and which incompalably prefers
to rule in hell rather than reign in
heaven. They mean the suppression
of freedom of speech. freedom of the
press. the right peaceably to assemble
together for the redress of grievances.
INV VI the tNtllNt
franchise in the hands of free men. and
the overthrow of all the safeguards of
personal security. They mean REBEL
ion and war IN imperinm in impcro.
whereby American citizenship may hc
tramplcd upon with IMMUNITY. OF these
take ;iS specimens the summary masS;i-
ere. 10y Il mob of masked .>s:lSSin>. of
sixteen colorcd citizens in Gibson conn
tN. Tennessee. and the cold hlnodcd
murder of sin white Republican office
holders and sever col"rcd men ut one
time in Red River Parish. Louisiana.
10y IN armed band of "Whitr Lcagucrs.'
In Garr;rd county. Kentucky. "a per
feet reign of terror is reported. United
states troops having been fired upon.
Il number ut negroes killed, and the
residence of Hon. William SELLERS. (Rc-
puhlir.u) burned to the ground. Ot
course. the rebel Just iicatinn tuI these
deeds l. that the Victims were conSp!r-
ing for the destruction of the whites. oI
purpn>Iu% some, other evil dcNic but
the accusation Is mauiic>tlN that nf the
wolf III the fable against the lamb. In
the end. IL ~ always shown in such
raS,'> that the aggIrs>nI- are the dis
loyal and degraded whites. Who's, tiger
tcr"rit\ i untamahlr. The c"l"lrd
people at the South ale the least inclin-
eel I" hl"",lshc,l of any considerable
p"Iti"n at mankind they iorhrar and
fni"i>r. and mcrklN .ndraNor To Keep
lnr peace III u manner that would lee
regarded aS Lack of manhond in " White
mrm; they knoA full we'll. moreover.
that in ANY collision with their satanic
en-, mic they would Lee lh, chief >uf-
t.irr>. aud a 'iI"llm>prctlom. born Ui
prolonged mart r!oni. leads To all pos
~ihl' endurance" "n them part under the
most cruel pr"\"cation>. II in amy ease.
4"a'lcd l." desperation. amy of THEN
nr"ni".' -u" i" II Il. t,n.,, - ~. ""rv-
'd I" pail a trigger. the act j. maynilicd
int" u dilh"lir.Il uprising of the blacks
to ,NtcIminatr the whites. whose pas
>i"n> aIr not easily ">,.t on tire Of hell =
Let il not Lee t"r"ntton that the south
tIn dispatches To the Associated Press.
concerning such tlIInngiug horrors. are
sent over the wires 10y rebel hands al
rebel n>ti%atiou. In ninety nine cases
ont of "u" hundred they are malignant
talIicati"n> and the single exceptional
east. is enormously exaggerated. The
object j. I" hoodwink the people of the.
North. and parnllIr any patriotic action
against rebel prIiidl and oppression.
And that nl,ir j. mc:,SIrahlN attained
hN the readiness of Northern Demo
cratic Journals T." accept these " ing
kilograms ~ entirely trustworthy. and
I" tcll reliable statements of rebel out
RACES a. Republican cdndrtis. started
for rl""tl"nrrIing purposes. Ii MAY hr
safely .,S>IIiu,.I that Int ~ h..n
will venture I" hcn"uncr ANY of tho>..
nutIagr>. however undenilhlt on re
voting: Ton the party of which they
:,rr the organs is still bitterly anti-ncyro
and essentially southern in all its lead
ing> ami aspirations. Its history is pre-
"minrutlN one Of ahicct sul,>.rvicnr\
I" th" "ld slave "liglrchy. and il is Just
~ ready t" sacrifice every principle of
justice and every claim of humanity To
>""nrc their utilization ;IS in other DAYS
Hence. III proportion To lis success will
he the chance of Strengthening IoNal
whites and blacks with IMMUNITY at the
south. and suffering the whole coun-
try I" rebel domination.
One of ON Boston dlilirS saws: The
reports of ouiragrS in the Southern
States have Il suspicious look Is it
not II little queer that these reports of
"utraGeS always come Il little before the
autumn elections - Ii is lust because
of these elections that the whites ..hcyiu
Ia form themselves into bands To persr-
cute and intimidatr the negroes" so
that they may take forciblr and abSu-
lutte possession of the polls. This is
The citadel they are bound to capture,
and having done 50, they will become
masters of the situation. Union men
and c"l"r"d trcemen, except protected
10y the presence of United States troops.
will find themselves driven to the wall.
and the ballots in their hands to he
thrown at the peril of their lives,
This is IL part of the dreadful inherit
ancc bequeathed to us by chattrl SIav-
rry-a part of the penalty we are to
pay for having been accomplice> in the
crime of making man the property of
man. And the end is not yet
The real truth is that the South is
still rebel in heart and purpose, devoid
of all patriotic feeling, charged with
deadly malignity toward all Northern
residents on her soil who will not wear
Il paddock upon their lips, utterly anti
American. covered with gross ignorance
ana brutal ucnlof;iliZatloh Ike pail,
and closely allied To barbariSm. Thai
in Georgia alone. forty eight militia
companies refuse to carry the United
States flag. while hearing United States
arms drawn from the ;IrSrnals of the
General Government, is symptOmatic
of her rotten condition generally. In
vain has her bloody rebellion been more
than magnanimouSly condoncd by that
Government, and not ii single traitor
executed for treason in vain has thu,
North charitably contributed millions