Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-09-20


-smAME SHAME On IHE AMERICAN NAME
Correspondence n nc Cincinnati Gazette.
JACKSON, MI-s., Sept. 49,
In nearly eyoty county in the State, the COR
test il wsged strictly on the color line, and all
Whites who refuse to go with them de-
nounced Az enemies to their race their State,
and country. So lo, has boen the pressure
upon those living in tie county and in the
small interior towns, that not one in twenty can
Withstand tho pressure. In many cases they
preHcnt the alternative of joining Democratic
club or leaving the community. | heard but
yesterday, of friend at Edwards, IN this
comfy
VINO WAS ooMpILLrD TO sIaN
tho Democratic roll or leave tho town, and hav-
ing II family there and all his property, he was
forced to Weld. and with bitter tears streaming
down his checks lie appended hi. name. This
is but one instance Of hundreds euch in the
State. Aud the more prominent he is the worse
for hin.
Iirter quoting inflammatory articles from the
Nlcksbnrg H5aM and Canton Mat, two Demo.
cratic papers, melting to the murder Of RepuJ-
iicaur, tho c cirespoudent proceeds
II gere dlspoae to could furnish You with
lnuumerabla extracts of this KIND from all parts
nf the State, aud their spirit must be manifest to
every who reads them. They mean, frat,
the
RgLENTLEa5 INTOLERANCE
of freedom of speech and OF political action
among Republicans, and place in imminent peril
the life OF every prominent man who oppose
them. In ths regard no community ever was
cursed with more partisan madness For per-
sonal safety and political liberty one had better
be III the hands of French Communists. Old
citlzeus can oaly hken the feeling to the mad
ness that prevailed in the latter days OF Aeces-
sion when men were prosecuted in u
lar fts no
Chalmers, leading Democrat, who spoke with
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, at Granada last week,
said " This election must be carried, eren
M0ugh blond De shed." 1T 40 happens too that
the sneddug of blood always occurs in heavy
Republican counties. The democracy see that
they must carry some Of those counties If they
arc to succeed, and therefore the murders at
fiekeburg, Yazoo City aud Clinton. Warren
County, where Nickeburg IL located, has legl-
tiuate Repuhcau maj jorty of $780, and this
county Of 2 900, yet they talk about carrying
both ior the Democratic ticket. They may do
it, but it will be the triumph OF violence, sus-
tanned By an armed minority over large ma
jority OF law abiding and peaceable citizens.
THE CLINTON MASSACRE.
The horrible butchary OF innocent men at
Clinton was the outsrowth of this policy. The
Democratic speakers and newspapers had been
30 reckless in their deuunciation of Republicans
Tint the rutliaus who came to that meeting felt
that Republic ANS had no rights which they were
bound b. respect, and supposed, doubtless, that
they had but to open fire to drive every man,
woman and child III confusion from the ground
Il was no part of their calculation that they
should have to fight for their llyes. But they
struck the wrong crowd Not many Of the col
ured men were armed, but made weapons OF
fence rails and clubs, and anything they could
lay hands on, and soon drove the enemy from
tho field Nineteen of them were killed and
wounded. On Saturday night the Vlcksbnrs
cnt throats arrived at Clinton, and on Sunday
morning commenced by
sLAuGHTERING ALL TUE ooLoEED MEN
they could find. Although week hiss passed,
it is impossible even now to ascertain how many
were Killed. rbe Forrest ReJts'er.a Democratic
paper OF date the Sth, says
81 he latest news we have ia contained IN a
letter written by gentleman III CLINTON 10 an
other citizen oil that town temporarily residing
in Forrest. II reports great quiet about Gin
ton. perhaps not loo negroes in ten milesof the
place, and scouts still hunting up guilty ones.
He speaks certainly Of thirty, and perhaps many
more negroes killed.
And what occurred there was practised in n
larger measure all over the country.
ARMED BANDs wEREBIDINa EVERYWHERE,
taking out leading colored men and :subjecting
them to all sorts of inhumanities. | have heard
the mosv heart sickenug recital5 by refugees,
who have come to town, fleeing for their lNet.
The nilidayits they have made are of tho most
shocking, character. For several days past onr
Cltv has been 1lll OF JuOHe iheh uhu iuhuy NJ
sill hero. IL nude no difference whether they
had been at Clinton not The fact that they
were black and known to bN Republicans, was
sufIicient OF course, the leaders were most
anxl0tisy sought after, Many OF these are still
in tho woods, and have not been able to get to
Jackson. some were
run MILES WITH BLooD1ouNns
and came in footsore aud almost DIVING Of ex-
han-tiou. Daring the pOet week it In sale to
pay that fourfftlls of the colored voters maze
slept in tho woods and fields every night, while
the roads have been heavily picheted with armed
whites who were feled i'll their desl8ns to Kill
only By the absence Of the subjects. Yet many
noble men have paid the penalty OF their faitii
with their lives.
Two excu-es arc given for these outrageous
| loLgs. One is . retrbution fot killing WHITES
| IN self fdesense at Clinton, aud the other the
old exploded cry that the "niggers were gong
| to ri.e" Anything to have M opportunity to
| shoot them down. Yet it is true that a more
peace4ble and law-abidmg people than the col
| ored people meyer lived anywhere. There ~ no
| more danger 'of an insurrection among them
| here than there IL III OHIO
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