Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1875-09-24


."g xt of the telegram from Governor
Nu.eS to the Attorney General, relating
to- affairs III Mis- issipPi, WAS to-,ta}
made public;
Jackson, Miss, Sept. II. 1870.
ATTORNEY GENERAL tIEKUt POM:
TIE necessity wbic c,ui.,, forth ny
dispatch of the ST. INST. rn the Pres
tent, still exists. Your que ton ot
yesterday, repeated to-day. ASS Ion
information which gladtE < We. IL.
violence is incident to the poilTica! C..
test preceding the pending eIectIo'..
Unfortunately, the question Of race.
which has been promlneut Ia the
South since the war, has assumed
magnifed Importance DIT this time IL
certain localities. In fact, the race
feeling is so intense that protection for
the colOred, by white org mutations, Is
despaired of. A political contest made
on the "White Line, " forbids it The
history of the colOred poop since re
construction, and its bearing on tn
situation at this time, and detailed
statement of the troubles here, cannot
be condensed into a telegram. Thu
State has been opposed to OIganlzins
a militia of colOred men ; 1t has been
believed by them that it would Develop
q war Of races, which would extend
beyond the borders Of this State. The
organization of whites alone, where
the issue Is one of race, would b.
equally Intellectual. The most com
plete protection would be found III the
strict non interference of the whites.
Contradictions will be numerous, as
they we're last December, but the re
port of the Congressional Committee
proved the CORE ctness CT my asacr
tons. ] an aware of the reluctance Of
the peOpIe # the country to national
interference of State affairs, though if
there he no violation of the law, Their
can be no interference. Permit me
to express the hope, that the odiUm
that such interference shall not attach
to President Grant or the Republican,
party. As the Governor of tile State,
] made a demand, which cannot We!
be refused. Let the odium in all It's
magnitude descend upon me, I cannot
escape the conscious discharge OF my
duty toward class of American cltl-
zens, whose only Otfense consists III
their color. l am powerless to pro
tect. (Signed), ADELBERT ANIEs
Attorney General PIerrepont says
that the letter to Governor Ar es was
inter ded to show that Federal troops
would not be called out, except IN
strict acc, rdance with the Constitution
and the laws, after the STATE had u, q
its own resources, but that If the ne
cessity was forced the Government
would indulge il 10 leniency towards
lawless dis turbances OF the public
peace, or murders of innocent men.
WAsHINGToN, Sept. 22.-The Sabine
Pass mail will be carried by sailing
vessels until the Pelican State, lost in
recent storm, be replaced.
Assistant Attorney General Walter
81. Smith, heretofore at the Patent
Office, and A. Z. Huntington, chief
clerk in the same office, have resigned
The Navy Department have adv ces
| of the safety of the Rio Brave n Gal
weston harbor. She Will 60 to Houston
for supplies.
Gov. kellogg had a confer, Zee to-
day regarding affairs In Louisiana an /
Mississippi. He approves the course
of the A'tOrney-General, aud thinks
his letter must have eXeI ciseI good
effect upon Gov Ames. Kellogg
stated that the political affairs IL his,
State remarkably quiet aid 10 new
indications of a renewal of the dis
turhances which some day character
lied that State.
The Attorney General has kilograms
from persons of both political l,artics
in Mississippi commanding his letter
to Gov. Ames.
DR.. Linderman, Director of the
Mint. has returned from his visit to
the Pacific Coast. He expresses him
self satl fed with the operations of the
several mints, including that at San
FrauciscO.