The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-04-29
Nashville Union and American.
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There Is portion of the Radical
press Of the North which delights to
harp upon what they are pleased to
term the s.bastard civilization" of the
South. They are never content nor
at rest unless they are attempting to
wound and offend the Southern peo-
pie, or endeavoring to keep alive the
war prejudices of the people of the
North. The cry of the Kuklux is
ever upon their lips. All that is done,
as well as that which is left undone, is
charged to the account of a "bastard
civilization" The attention Of these
calumniators of the South we have
again and again called to the outrages
perpetrated in the Republican State
of Pennsylvania, where radicalism.
under the lead of Cameron ond Form
ey, has for years held high carnival.
The Republican State Government,
with a Federal general at its head,
has not vet stopped the disorders there.
A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Penn,
dated April is, says:
During the week the plan of init.
midation practiced in the Hazeltcn
region was begun among Mr. Hutchin-
sons workmen. On Thursday morn
ing the few miners who had been dig
giDg the coal to run the engine refns-
ed to enter the mines again through
fear of their lives if they did so.
David Foster, the mine boss; found
this notice tackled on the door of his
house this morning:
David Fosters doom.
If you don't stop work. look out for
the contents of this drawing of pts.
tol. Death
The paper was ornamcnted with q
rough drawing of a pistol and coffin.
James Mccullough, laborer, found
a similar notice nailed to a tree in his
yard. Another notice reads:
'PeterLockhoff: If you want to live.
you had better stop work until all the
men are at work. Death
This paper also had a sketch Of .
coffin, a pistol and box of cartridges. ="
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune, who has been close observ-
err of events in that region, says Of the
manner of enforcing obedience to the
edicts Of the Law breakers:
Punishment is summary. A let
ter of warning, embellished with a
rough drawing of a coffin, is first sent
to the 'blackleg" who dares to work
after the strike is decreed. If he does
not heed this notice, the next one is
more emphatic. Usually it takes the
form of a gunshot through the window
Of his cabin some dark night, splin-
tering, perhaps, the head-board of his
bed. He must bea brave man, indeed,
if he still perseveres, for he knows that
all around him are deadly enemies,
waiting for an opportunity to kill him.
They were friends and comrades be-
fore the strike began, but now they
are merciless. 1t a "blackleg' is
found dead by the roadside, or is shot
in his cabin, no witness ever appears
to point out the murderer. The terri
bic tribe of Danites among the Nor.
mons did not exc, ute vengeance more
mysteriously than do the miners exc
cute what they deem to be justice upon
the violators Of their code"
What worse conditiono of society has
ever existed in the South. The noto-
rious Kuklux were but as babes to
these giant outlaws. Where is Sheri-
dan and his bayonets? Why does he
not propose that these Pennsylvanians
be turned over to him by procl lma.ion
of the President, to lie dealt with by
military commission? Let those Rad
ical writers and speakers. who are con-
tinually whining about "bastard civ
ilizaticn," take the beam out of their
own eye before they attempt toremove
it from ours.