Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-11-12
Southern Peace"

1t l. much the fashion with the Demo-
cratic and independent press to sheer at
the idea that there is any longer any such
thing as intimidation OF colored voters at the
South any ouirages for which the blacks
are not To blame; or anything but substan-
tiai good feeling towards the freedmen on the
part Of the white Democrats. But facts are
occasionally cropping out, which are hard to
be explained on this theory Of the relations
OF the races. \ few days since, the tele-
graph announced that John Gair and his
sister tcolored) had been put to death by
mob at Clinton. La, for poisoning one DR..
Sanders. 1t turns out that Dr. Sanders was
not poisoned, that there was no attempt to
poison him, and that nobody was poisoned.
Sanders was alive and well when the muir
ders were perpetratej. and the murderers
knew it. \ letter from Clinton, dated Oc
tober l4th, gives this account of the affair
The truth is simply this 1t was deci-
/ ded by the White League Democracy that
/ John t'air should he killed, as he was said
/ u be too smart a niger ~ be controlled by
/ tie League, and there being no hope of car
/ rying the parish for the Democracy while he
/ lived, and two or three other leading colored
men who have great influence with their
people
The New Orleans r puJ5can, knowing the
men and knowing all the facts, has the bad
taste to talk As follows
The shooting of Mr. Gair is, no doubt,
IN pursuance of the general policy inaugu-
rated IN Mississippi, some months ago, and
in East feliciana. a few weeks ago, to drive
out Republican officials and leaders to de-
moralIze the Tartv. and make the south
united for the Democratic candidate for the
presidency in 1876. 'Peaceably, if we can,
and forcibIy. if We must, seems to be the
motto along the Democratic line, and poor
Car has become a victim to this inex0ra-
BE decree. Nearly all the officials of East
Feieiana have been driven out, and an arm
ed organization rules supreme
Bat the Republican is Republican paper,
and Of course prejadieei- Let Us see how
the Democratic papers talk We find in 4
southern exchange the following recent ez-
tracts from three Democratic journals of
Mississippi
There has been fight between the whites |
and the blacks in Noxubee county. II Is !
difficult to arrive at any very definite results |
No white man was hurt. eight negroes were
reported killed. which we fear is true. but |
now it Is stated that none were killed. but |
eleven wounded For The neat fourteen
months there lriH be lots Of COLLISIONS. and IRE
adrise erry iriits man 10 Jcprepared The
Rads kno'r II as q deaih struggle.-Forest
Register
These troubles teach Us an awful Lesson
teach Us the deprGrty Of negro nature. and
open up to u for thoughtful consideration a
proposition that viii in time engage the
serious and earnest steady and advocacy of
our statesmen-the separation of the races.
and the colonization Of the 5lacks. The time
will come-in truth, it has come-when this
must he done. Il IS useless 10 talk of The tire
RACES hrHg together as free citizens it
cannot be done, and justice to forty mil
lions of whites demands that four millions
OF blacks should be separated from them.
10 permit them to continue together, will
be to continue to all Tine an unsettled
state of society, with dread and distrust.
and forever drive peace and prosperity from
us.-C anton Mail
And the white men of Mississippi ,ciH do
it, in spite Of eloquent diatribeS, and sham
platforms which represent nothing but a
eligle'S notions Of expediency. In the con-
test on which thew have entered they mean
something more than the election of certain
men to Office or the elevation of Lamar or
Acorn to the Senate. They mean the pre-
'eryatlon of their constitution their laws,
their institutions. their civilization from i'm
pending ruin. They mcaH that thcy rW {
axe Lis government If their STATE into their +
'lr7 ha'lds. Ihey meqn that WHITE MEN SHALL
,rLE MISSISSIPPI. Colonel Lamar NAV fancy
hat he and his coadiutorS have crushed out 7
he race issue. Vain, silly thought.-Co-
HHJaS Democrat.
1t was in this temper the Mississippi =.
democracy welcomed the colored Republicans
0 the peaceful strife of the blllot-box. How
hsnrd 10 suppose that there could have been :.
ny i" intimidation - in the late election in
hat State II