Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1875-03-12

contents, anticipating that 1t may fur
nish matter of the deepest interest
with regard to the great artist and
the times in which he lived.
THE Conservative, with the avow-
ed object of proving that the negroes
were responsible for the Vicksburg
massacre of December last, publishes
in its issue of this week what it in
tends to have its readers believe is
the majority report OF the Congress.
sional committee sent to investigate
the matter, but which is really the re.
port Of the minority of the commit.
tee, composed exclusively of Demo.
Gratis, and which carries on it's face
evidence of lis partisan character and
purpose. The majority report of the
committee, prepared by Gen. Hurl-
burt is of an entirely different char.
acter, and places the guilt and re-
sponsibility where the evidence taken
shows it to be, with the turbulent
classes of the white population.
The report proves the existence OF
an organization i'll Mississippi similar
to the White League, though not the
same in name or form, having these
general purposes: l. To enumerate
and enroll all the white men in the
State. 2. TO incorporate into mill
tary organizations all the white men
who will join them. 3. To set aside
by any and all means the election OF
colored men to Office, and to nullify
the enforcement act. 4. To allow
none but white men to be elected or
hold Office. The committee then
recitc the means employed by these
organizations to control registration
by keeping out of Vicksburg, by show
of force, any persons obnoxious to
them. They patrolled the streets,
had countersiens, watched the steam
ers landing, ferries and roads, and at
tended the registration Office in armed
bodies. The committee review the
causes leading to the election Of
Crosby from Office, state that regu-
larly elected officers of the county
were ousted from office, and the en-
tire records, papers, Offices and court
house seized by an unlawful and
riotous combination of men in direct
and palpable violation Of all forms
and principles of law. The commit
tee recite the particulars of the fight
in the streets and outskirts of Vicks-
burg, and show clearly that the
whites were the assailants, shooting
down negroes who had shown no
hostile intent or disposition, setting
forth the names of the killed, two
white men and twenty-nine blacks.
The report sets forth the social ostra-
cism for opinion sake, and the de-
termination that no negro shall hold
Office, the ex-rebels being willing that
the negro shall vote for white
Democrats, but that is the only fran.
chise or favor they will extend to
him. \ despatch attached to the re-
port, sent by parties in Texas to the
President of the Board of Supervis-
ors at Vicksburg, whom they sup
posed to be white man and a Dem
crat, but who happened to be a col
ored man and Republican, shows the
sort of men who are aiming at power
in the South, and how they propose
to attain it. The original dispatch
presented in evidence before the COM
mittee reads as follows:
Do you want any men? We can raise
crowd in twenty-four hours to kill out
your niggers.
This is brief synopsis of the
majority report of the Vicksburg
committee, every statement of which
is substantlated by the testimony
taken. The Conservative produces
the report of the minority of the
committee, all Democrats, and speak
ing Of it as "the report of the COM
mlttee," leaves it's readers to infer
that it was the only and unanimous
report emanating from the Vicksburg
committee. The reader can make
his own comment on such dishonesty.