Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-02-25

quietly and peaceably: rs much so as
in any State of the Union. No muir
der or violence had taken place since
his advent into the city.
But on the next day, January 8,
a still more remarkable telegram is
forwarded to the President, the like
of which has never appeared in this
country before, and Ihope viii never
be repeated. 1t fell upon the ears OF
all liberty loving people like a fre-bell
at night. Listen:
HKApoyARrrRs MILITARY DIVISION OF MISSOURI
Nep Orleans, January 5, 1875.
Hon. W. w. BELKNAP,
Secretary Of War, Washington, d. C.:
think Inc, terrorism now existing IN
Lou. siana, Mississippi and Arkansas
could be entirely removed and confidence
and fair dealing established by the arrest
and trial Of the ringleaders of the armed
White Leagues. If Congress would pas;
bill declaring them banditti. they could
be tried by a military commission. Thls
banditti, who murdered men here on the
l4th of last September, also more recently
at Vicksburg, Mississippi, should in JUS,
tice to law and order and the peace and
prosperitv of this southern part OF the
country, be punished. 1t is possible that
| If the President would issue proclama'
ton declaring them banditti, no further
action need be taken except that whicA
would devolve upon me.
z. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General United States Army
This redoubtable general has ac-
complished feat that the great Ed
mund Burke said he could not do
he has drawn an indictment against a
whole people. For years past he has
been stationed on the plains of the far
West. How could he ascertain In
four short DAYS that there was q
"reign of terrorism" existing in Ar.
kansas and Mississippi, in which
States he had not been? He wished
the "NThite Leagues" arrested and
tried. o, shame upon this man! 1t
was-this same spirit that arrested the
Omitted Irishman" of Ireland, who
clamored and protested against their
Outrageous oppression by England.
Why did Sherilan's acestors flee
from Ireland and come to this land
| of liberty? 1t was from just such op
preston rs this. He has disgraced
| the name of Ireland, his native
land; he has disgraced the United
States, his adopted land. The spirit
that actuated Emmett, Grattan, and
host of others is foreign to his ma
ture; and | believe that all liberty
loving sons of Erin will disown him
and brand him as a traitor to the
sacred cause OF liberty, for which SO
many brave Irishmen have she'd thier
blood.
K * r 4 8
1t looks to zoe very much as if tbs
Administration did not wish for peace,
tranquility, and good government
in the South.
1t looks as if the Administration
was actuated by the same motives To-
ward the South that Queen Elizabeth
was toward dQwn-trodden Ireland.
Her plan of pacifcation was very
simple, One of her intimate counsel
ors said:
five undertake to restore IL this conn
try order and civilization il will soon be-
come powerful and rich. 1t oaght there
fore b. be our principle 10 keep the coun-
try in state Of confusion.
History is but repeating itself.
If the policy of this Administration
| is to be continued toward the South !;
| if Sheridan's wishes are to be carried
out, we will find the South in the
same condition that Lord Gray, gov
ernor of Ireland, wrote to the queen
as to the condition of that country,
that her Majesty would soon reign
over only ashes and dead bodies"
Let Sheridan's course" which
the Secretary of War says is approv-
ed BY the President and his Cabinet,
be continued, and the whole south
ern people will be compelled to flee
from the land of their birth to some
place or government where they can
have peace and protection like the
flight of the Tartar tribe from the
oppression of Russia so wildly DIES,
cribed by De Quincy.
Year after year Louisiana has been
rafting her chains and showing her
scars. VIII you listen? Will you
looh upon them, or will you continue
to close your ears and shut your eyes
to their wrongs and sufferings ~ did
the naughty Pharaoh to the children
of Israel? If you do, as sure as there
is Just God who reigneth, the God
OF the Israelites will be the God of
those oppressed people f; and as surely
as Pharaoh and his host were punish
ed, so surely VIII the oppressors of
these our southern brethren be pun
Iished. If you continue in this course
scenes will occur which will cause
your eacs to Jingle and the eyes OF
Ithose who witness them to shed drop:
of blood. Admit for the sake Of the
argument that these people have
done wrong what right or power had
the Administration to use the military
as they have done?
Allow me TO adopt the language OF
one of Ireiand's greatet orators in the
British Parliament:
II there we're crimes committed, they
were excited by you. l think now as
/ thought then, the treason OF minister
/ AGAINST the liberty OF the people Is mucl