, 1875-09-22
TIE 0UTRAGE 1Es1NEH9.

Tho President and tho Attorney General
have, in their letters oil the appeal Of the
Governor Of Mississippi for FoslcrAl troops,
plainly indicated tint tic American people
nre getting tirrd Of this Southern outrage
business, this constant appeal to tic United
States to protect ablo-botliel men who will
10 nothing TO protect themselves. Tie
United Stntes llavo n,0le thu biacks citizenH;
they have brcn endowed with overy civil and
political right tint white men cnu claim. It
is ,,sserlet| tin: tho malo adult colorcd people
Of Mississippi outnu1nbcr tho whites,
~ threo to two, and tlnt, with
those whites who are Republicans, the
Democrats gro III minority exceeding
$4,000 votes. But tho whole Democratic
population aro not Ku-kiux. 1t is safe, thcre-
fora, to assl,1l,a that tho suftiana who commit,
or ara disposed to commit, tho outrageB do
not exceed onc-Gfti1 or one-sixth the ab1c-
boiled men Of tho State. Tho Govern
tuunt nf Mississippi in NIL its depart
uentg il III the hnuds OF tho friends
OF tho colored nlcn. It cnn muster tho mill
lin Of thu State md arm them; the Governor
Of the Stnto IN West -Poiutor, and IN expert
onced soldier, ablo 10 organize tho Steto
troops, and able to command them. Io ID
charged by lis Office with the duty Of en-.
forcing the law and maintaining tho peace,
Backed by the majority Of tho people, lie
certainsy can have no trouble in e1ter1ninat-
ing tho rl,ltinns ind banditti, mud in bringing
Some Of them to justice. In such a proceed
ing he would hnva tho moral and politicn'
support Of tho -and.ordar people Of the
country, without uuy exception. We kaoa
Of M way in which Gov. AMrs can so rcad
| lily win the admiration ol tile country as b5
| simply doing his official duty.
hut, 'instcad Of these people arming them
selves, md projecting their lives, ho1nes
falniiicR and property against tho local ban
| tlitti they submit to be murdered aud out
ragged whenever tho rsllans asaail them
Instead Of meeting forco by force, nnd lettinl
daylight through them, they submit ignomin
| iously to every lind Of personal outrage
j! without striking blow in their own defense
| Thcro il no animal hat will not try to dcfent
itscI, oven q worm will turn against tilt
foot that cr.lshes 1t; hut thoso colorod mon ol
mississippi, who stand in tho proportion ol
| four or tive to ono OF their assailants, neyc,
nov,r otfer u str,ke down N. rnfr3an gh@
yio,a,ex thar houses -
~ :. .on,rar.n o~,or ~ +,,,s ,;.,. ,>,.o,,
n,a ,,a,v a1e i, ha%u,, -, 49, ns',ua s 49,
says:
Thers Is in Ill this no louch of charity for The hcr
lrHs couAi,,ou o, tho negro Just curfaul tto sta,
Of slavery; 10 thought Of Reasroai.y aad forbear.ne
.p~a'a .Ss, race K Asa ln aessaal"s oonaage' na
0vb, nr dir. III. n,,,ru.t,va !. n,s.s,tsS ~, mi,
nsis'lon or resistance tn al opprcs.,on which til
Constellation declares al.u .svee ssalu oo fastsne
.r,s suS ~, "s'as ~ .ns iot ,' .. an nas ~ pr
gotten ,na. 1t II PRESENTED tn tn no othsr man, In III
csso OF tic ~hits czta 1t loe4 not occur 10 tito Gov
eFn'asns to a'k: Can he protect Limaolf7 Can L
c.n ss tiIi ~ a'ane WI, wan u, roaaoe @ assFsS'0F
rbis * rnn,, nonaonsa mn ' y W. g.. 4 aaan. ~,
orcd NM, nrotrc, ~ ,sn1s',r, ~: w.. so' WI