Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-08-20

and his staff and Gen. Rivers and his
staff.
You do as 1 tell you and Capt
Tucker. This must be a secret. You
tel brother Jack to kill every white
man and get every gun he can Make
! out to the white men that you are
sorry that they think we will hurt
them, and if you know of any man that
has got money make them give it to
| your treasurer, and we need It.
Have all your companies ready. Kill
with axes, hoes, pitchforks, and get
gunpowder and shot as you kill. So /
close to depend on you.
The names occurring in this letter
are supposed to have given the clue to
the parties whose arrest was mentioned
in yesterdays dispatches. After the
letter was found the white PEG; le sent
spy to one of the negro meetings,
who, upon his return, confirmed all
that was in the vlllainous document.
The spy had no knowledge whatever of
the existence of such a letter.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
of the 18th states that lady living in
Jefferson county was warned by a ne
gro man to seek a place Of safety, as
there was going to be trouble pretty
soon. The lady took his advice and
got away. Prominent citizens Of Jeffer.
son county telegraphed to Macon for
arms last Saturday. a dispatch from
F. a. Guttenberger, of Sandersvile, in
Washington county, dated the 18th,
says:
We had considerable excitement here
last Friday night, as a report reached
US that the negroes intended taking
the town and killing every white man,
woman and child if they met with any
resistance. If such was their idea they
decided it would not be prudent step
for them on that occasion, as news
reached them that the citizens were
prepared for them. Our town was
guarded through the night by the mil
itary companies. Allis perfectly quiet
now.
Early On the morning Of the 18th,
determined effort vas made 70 incen-
diarize the Courthouse and a neigh
boring storehouse at Forsyth, Monroe
county. Straw, saturated with coal oil,
was piled under the stair way, but the
fires were discovered in time to be ex-
tinguished. Other recent confagra.
tons in this town have bren traced to
negroes who are now in Jail. In view
Of these developments the Macon TeLe.
graph and Messenger says:
From the best information we can
get, We are satisfied that there is no
hlmy bugabOO II this matter, but that
1t Is an affair Of real concern, betOken-
ing a most distressing state Of society.
We have no idea of what there is to In
cite the negroes to such a step; but a
Foetul day It viii be 10 them if ever
they attempt to execute such an infer
nal scheme. We hope the whites viii
act prUdently IL the matter; and let
such Of the leaders as have beenor may
be arrested, receive proper punishment
at the hands of the law. Let there be /
No unnecessary violence, but the utmost |
patience with an ignorant and lily /
taught race Of people.
With the closing Of the polls last |
and the stunning blow de.
hTered by American voters TO Radical
ism from one end Of the country to the
other, there came a complete lul in
he Southern outrage" business, and
the two races have, ever since, got
along very quietly together, undis-
-urbed by politicians. Recently we
have had some outcroPpings in Mis-
sissipPi Of misbehavior on the part of
blacks, bat mostly of fights among
themselves over the division Of spoils
4 the approaching campaign. How,
hen, shall we explain this sudden ava
arche Of black horrors in Georgia,
prelude, or pTovocation on the
art of the whites. Shall We attribute
. to human depravity intensified by the
ignorance Of race? Or Is il he despe-
ate dying effort Of the carpet bag
,ower? Or, can it be that orders come
rom a higher source, and wh-n Morton
.nrolls the bloody shirt 10 scare Ohio
-oters, he takes means to give It a col
ring? Radical politics have reached
uch strait, that the suspicion becomes
legitimate. Have we not the testimony
f Col g. Wiley Wells, Unitcd States
district Attorney for Northern Missis-
ippi in his speech at fernando, as
ate as the 9TH inst, that Gov. Ames
aid: "The blood Of twenty FIVE or tbir-
Y negroes would benefit the RepubE-
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