The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-09-18

Now that the Congressional elections
are approaching In the North. the period
cal supply of campaigning capital Begin
10 come up from the South. in reports O
harsh treatment Of the blacks. which ar,
usually fabricated to order, and rcmarka
bic for the regularity Of their appearance,
when political purpose Is 10 be served
The headquarters OF this sort of news i,
/ the Attorney-Gencral's office al Washing.
ton. where II Is manipulated. dressed uI
IN the strongest colors. and sent out TO the
country.
The large army of marshals and depu-
ties employed by the Department Of jus
tice have but little else 10 do but Ia serve
as electioneering Instruments. They help
To get up conventions, TO organize the pri-
maries. and To manufacture testimony
whenever II may be needed for one or an
other section. And in this disreputable
business they have been materially aided
by the secret service of the Treasury De
partment, who. besides the large sums re-
ccived from their regular employment.
have drawn about one hundred thousand
dollars year from the Attorney-General
under various preteXts.
These marshals and secret-service men
combine together for plumber, and are
always ready to swear each other through
on any emergency. Ii was proved before
the recent investigation of the District of
columbia that men were sent South by
Whitley, ostensibly TO hunt up ku-klux,
who themselves organized klans. inveigled
wild young men into them, and then APP
peared as witnesses in court 10 convict
their own victims and Others entirely i'm
nocent. There are poor creatures still
languishing in the penitentiary and con-
demned 10 years OF misery, who never had
the remotest connection with or knowl-
edge of this order.
In order TO establish their efficiency and
to gain favor at Washington. these infa-
nous wretches. acting i'm the same spirit As
those who put up the burglary for shep-
herds Ring, deliberately swore away the
liberty of harmless citizens in South Caro-
lima and Alabama. and consigned them TO
a living death as criminals. And the con-
victions of these unfortunate victims were
paraded by the Attorney-General as proofs
OF conspiracy and of the bloody hostility
of the whites of the South toward the col
ored race.
While every incident which would pass
without comment in any ordinary commu-
nifty is exaggerated TO the prejudice of the
Southern whites and spread broadcast for
effect, not a word Is said in regard TO the
atrocities TO which their wives, sisters, and
young children have been subjected by
black demons i'm human form. The revolt
ing record of these crimes in the last six
months exceeds all former experience. and
only part of the terrible truth is known.
from tine unwillingness of families TO make
public the shame and suffering caused by
brutal violence.
Only few weeks ago Gov. Ames of Mis-
sissippi called upon the President for
troops. alleging that grave collision be-
tween the two races was imminent at
Vicksburg. which could only be prevented
BY the presence of Federal bayonets. For
4 wonder they were not sent. The sequel
proved that the election was the most
quiet held for years, and the only trouble
was, that being fair by non-interference
4 rantism was smashed. That is a fresh
illustration Of how intelligence at the
South is manufactured by carpet-baggers
and their c0nfcderatcs when point is TO
be made.
There are OF course bad men of both
races at the South, but these exceptions
are not TO be held up in condemnation of
either in the aggregate, any more than
the Five Points should be cited as an ex-
ample of the morals and refinement of
New York. If there was nothing else TO
unite them in friendly feeling. the bond OF
4 common interest would almost necessa-
lily bring them tremendously together.
They are planted deep in the same soil.
md the prosperity Of each is dependent
IN the other.
But for the meddling of outsiders who
nave nothing at stake in The So;tii, aia
who have gone there as the NanGa's did to
Rome for the spells only, the problem
which followed emancipation would long
Igo have been practically solved. The adj |
Tenturers who have been enriched by divis
ons and strife have fomented discord as "A 4
rade, and sought to band the blacks to /
,ether in secret leagues. by which they |
night be used as a compact force.
While this course was pursued at the /
south the same scamps fabricated stories /
# cruelty and wrong for Northern con-
we'll calculated if true to rouse
esentment on the one hand and to excite
on the other. This game sue
ecded for several years. but the mask is
low lifted, and the rascality Of the whole
hing is at last visible. Ii may well be
doubted, if all the marshals and deputies
n the employ of the Attorney-General
Mould combine, whether their united story
would be accepted as probable when direct
q in this way.
The frauds already detected have shown
hem to be unworthy of trust when the
biect is political. Still, "a there are hon
81 men who may be deceived by the repe-
ition of such falshoods, IL is well 10 re-
member that at this particular season out
ages upon the negro are in order. and i'm
ented to affect the pending Congressional
lections. When they are over. these in
ention will close.-Neto York Sun.
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