Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-09-23
Tho Murder Cam pasgu-
rAss-AsoTHEn RECITAL OF THEIR BLOODY WORK
SHAME ! SHAME ON THE AMERICAN NAME
Correspondenes cf The Cincinnati Ga,stte.

MEssRa. LAMAR AND aoRDoNs MIssIasIPpI CAS-
rAss-AsorHEn RECITAL OF THEIR BLOODY worn
SHAME SHAME ON THE AMERICAN NAME
Correspondencs IF the Cincinnati Gazette.
Jackson, MISS, Sept 10.
In nearly every county in the State, the con
test is waged strictly on the color line, and al
whites who refuse to go with them are de
nounced as enemies to their race, their State
and country. So hoe has been the pressure
upon those living in tho country and in the
small interior towns, that not one in twenty can
Withstand the pressure. In many cases they
present the alternative of joining n Democratic
club or leaving the community. I heard but
yesterday, Of Il friend at Edwards, in this
county
WHO WAS COMPELLED TO SIGN
the Democratic roll or leave the town, and hav-
ing u family there and all his property, he was
forced to yield, and With bitter tears streaming
down his checks nc appended his name. This
is but one Instance of hundreds such in tho
State. And the more prominent he is the worse
for him.
[Arter quoting inflsmmatory articles from the
Nicksburg Herald aud Canton Mail, two Demo.
cratic papers, melting to the murder Of Repub-
licanr the correspondent proceeds
If wero disposed to could furnish you with
innunerable extracts OF this kind from ali parts
Of the State, and their spirit must be manifest to
every one who reads them. They mean, fret,
the
RELENTLESS ISroLsaASCs
OF freedom of speech aud of political action
among Republicans, and place in imminent peril
the lie of every prominent man who oppose
them. In this regard no community ever was
cursed with more partisan madness. For per-
sonal safety and political liberty one had better
be in the hands of French Communists. Old
citizens CAL only lIken the feeling to the mad
ness that prevailed iu the latter days Of seces-
sion when men were prosecuted in q
similar way for utterng Union sentiments
Chalmers, u loading Democrat who spoke with
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, at Granada last week,
said "fhis election must be carried, eueH
though blood be she'd" 1t 70 happens too that
the shedding OF blood always occurs in heavy
Republican counties. The Democracy see that
they must carry some Of those counties if they
are to succeed, and therefore the murders at
Vicksburg, Yazoo City, aud Clinton. Warren
County, where Vicksburg is located, has a lesi-
timste Republican majority of $500, and this
county of 1000, yet they talk about carrying
both for the Democratic ticket. They may do
it, but it will be tho triumph of violence, eus-
tanned by an armed minority over ii large Ipa-
iorty of law abiding and peaceable citizens.
THE CLINTON MASSACRE.
The horrible butchery OF innocent men at
Clinton was tho outgrowth of this policy. The
Democratic speakers and newspaper. had been
70 reckless il their denunclatiuu nj Republicans,
that tile ruilaus who came to that meeting felt
that Republicans had no rights which they were
bound to respect, aud supposed, doubtless, that
they had bat to open fire to drive every man,
woman aud child in confusion from the ground.
1t was no part OF their Calculation that they
should have to fight fer their lives. But they
struck the wrong crowd. Not many of the COL
ored men we're armed, but made weapons ci
fence rails and clubs, and anything they could
lay hands on, and soon drove the enemy from
the field, Nineteen Of them were killed and
woundel On Saturday night the Veksburg
cut throata arrived at Clinton, Gnd on Sunday
morning commenced by
sLAuaHrEnINa ALL rHz ooLoaED MkN
they could find. Although week has passed.
it is impossible even now to ascertain how many
were killed. The Forrest Regis!er,a Democratic
paper of date the Sth, says
"Ihe latest news we have is contained i'll
! letter written by gentleman in Clinton to an
| other citlzeu OF that town temporarily Residing
| in Forrest. He reports great quiet about Gin
ton, perhaps not 100 negroes in ten miles OF the
| psca, and scouts still hunting up guilty onea
| He speaks certainly Of thifty, and perhaps MANI
| more negroes killed"
And what occurred there was practised in
larger measure all over the country.
ARMED BANDS wERERIDINo EVERYWHERE,
taking ont leading colored men and lsubjectin
thom TO all sorts of inhuIpanities. have hear,
the most heart sickening recitsls by refugees
who have come to town, fleeing for their lives
/
shocking, character. For several days past on
city his been full Of those men aud many ar
still here. 1t made no difference whether the
had beeu at Clinton or not. The fact that the
were black, and known to be Republicans, wa
sufficient. or course, the leaders were mos
anxlously sought after Many OF these are stil
in the woods, and have not been able to get t
Jackson. Some were
RUN MILES WITH pLooDuoUSDs
and came in footsore and almost dying OF eS
hsustion. During the past week it is safe t
say that fouri(ths OF the colored voters hay
slept in the woods and fields every night, whil
the roads have been heavily picketed with srme
whites who were foiled in their derigns to ki
only by the absence Of the subjects. Yet man
noble men have paid the penalty Of their fait
with their lives.
Two excuses are given for these outrageor
doiLgs One is a retrlbution for killing white
in Helf-aefense at Clinton, and the other, th
old exploded cry that the "niggers were goin
to rise" Anything to have an opportunity
| shoot them down. Yet it is true that a moi
peaceable and law-abiding people than the co
ored people mover lived anywhere. There is Il
more danger OF an instruction among the
here than there is in Ohio.
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