Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-02-17

The knowledge helps these foolish tears to TOW,
And makes me lonely.
How sad this world II eyes grew always wet
Attght Of vacant places
Far better ttat we can, In part, forget
The absent faces.
SOUTHERN OUTRAGE MILLS.
The committees recently sent by
Congress TO investigate affairs in Loui-
siana and Alabama, are making sad
havoc with the agents who have been
manufacturing Southern outrages for
ten years past, for the exclusive bene.
fit of the Radical party The report
of the first committee, which went to
New Orleans, so upset the "loyal" out
rage business, that the Radical leaders
were compelled to send another com
mittec, TO correct the blunders Of tirhe
predecessors. This one is also likely
to prove n failure.
Below will bo found some extracts,
taken from the report Of the committee
sent to Alabama, TO which we call the
attention of our readers. The testimo-
ny of the witnesses does not read much
like white League intimidation but
precisely the reverse. Democrats are
ostracized by the church, in the way OF
marriage, socially and in every other
way possible. And yet the agents Of
Grants sdrunkenAttorney- General keep
an outrage mill running in every coun-
ty down South, for the purpose OF de
cciving the people of the North who
through falsehoods and prejudice, are
expected to keep the Radical party il
power Read the testimony;
POLITICAL PERSECUTION.
Robert Bennett, colored, testified h,
had been voting the Democratic tickei
for the last four years, and for this th,
church Of which he was trustee ant
steward, turned him out.
THE GOVERNMENT BAcoN.
Lieutenant Frank Il. Taylor, at Op
elika, was asked whether any Govern
ment bacon had been distributed among
the sufferers there from the overflow
He replied that he was given to under
stand that there had not been any
that when the bacon was sent ther
the chairman of the Democratic count,
committee protested against it beinl
distributed, as they never had had al
overflow there, and consequently th
distribution was suspended. Mr.. Hey
man, United States commissioner, tho
such distribution improper.
CAPTAIN KELLoGa's EVIDENCE.
Edgar r. Kellogg, captain in the lstl
Infantry, at Opelika, testified that h
with the troops simply aided the civi
authorities to keep order at the polls
not u menace was made nor hars
word uttered by himself; he was cor
fident the presence of troops preserve
peace, and prevented bloodshed an
riot
A COOP WORD ron THE DEMOCRATS
Adam Kirk testified that the colore
people were told II they voted th
Democratic ticket they would Be put int
slavery; the Democratic whites are jus
as kind to Republican blacks as the
are TO Democratic blacks they emplo
them just as quick and think just n
well Of them.
A BLACK DEMOCRAT,
Sam Keller (negro) testified that h
was turned out of a Republican NEE
ing because he said he was going t
vote the Democratic ticket; the whit
people had always treated him wit
great kindness, and he thought the
treated colorcd people with more kint
ness than they ought to have done, cor
sidering the way they have been trea
ed by the blacks.
"NoT THE KIND TO SPEAK"
II. A. Campbell (colored) testified
He had been Democrat FIVE years
there was a row on the 25th of Septen
Der at Montgomery, between the tw
factions of the Republican party, an
one colored man was killed in Bulloc
county the Democrats were not allow
cd to speak at the public meetings.
@. What was there to prevent yo
from speaking A. They said il wa
b not our turn, and we could not speal,
we were less in number and we woul
not persevere sN "t
@. What reason did they give The
said We were running the county q
Democrats, and VIC were not the kin
to speak any way at all, and we woul
not insist upon it. He further testifie
that the Republicans broke up anothS
! Democratic meeting in that count
about the goth of September. job
3 Bennett came up and said to Cgsa
D Shorter, one of the speakers, "Yo
onght 20 be ashamed, and he [Bennet
! drew q weapon on him and said i
) could whip him, and did strike him on
or two licks, which resulted in q roy
@. What did he say he ought TO
ashamed OFF A. To control the otht
. negroes to be Democrats, and said, "w
J ought to hang you, and if had m
J, way ] would do it, at another pla,
called LimelSiln, in the same count,
they were broken up entirely witnel
and another man, who intended
speak, were shot at twice. ~
WOMEN NOT TO MARRY DEMOCRATS.
In Chambers county the colorcd me
formed society to prevent wome
3 from marrying Democrats, and to a,
wise the separation Of man and vii
where the husband was a Democra
and TO exclude Democratic negro,
from all society. A similar organic
tion existed in Lee county. The men
bers Of that society had a pledge thu
!, a woman, would leave her husband
he was a Democrat, ora young woma
would not marry man il he was
, Democrat. In Montgomery county
preacher of the Methodist Episcop,
Church deprived the secretary of Il
salary of his Office because he was
Democrat, and stopped another ma
. from being deacon Of the church ft
b. the same cause. IN" ,
Q. What is the spirit among the CO
ored Republicans here against the CO
ored DemocratsY Is there proscril
ton or ostracism2 A. Yes, sir; Il
ostracism is very great so great th,
we do not speak when we meet then
and they do not treat us properly
!, our different societies witness addrcs