The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-21
,.,,r CLINTON MASSACRE.
,,.r-vlv<pSS or THE BLOODY CON
~ ,ILr Drs2Eln.s THE TERRIBLE
.rENt>-vHu NEGROES TO
BLAME FOR IT ALL.
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~. ,hn:on difficulty:
~, ,,,,o, Iuy The position 90 as one OF Toe
,,,,'ve Committee ot the Dfmocralic'
i.NN.ys,ys,i,e party Of this county. through
t,, tho arrangements were Peflecteo ior
.,;,r discussion az tnat place. ana haflng
-, Zen! on the ofc ision ana witnessed
s"'" =. any one man could sec CT wha,
,-,,>n5r, d. and having taken the pains ana
,,.,,.t, Of learning from others present wha'
,ay, aut! knew OF 1t, and having under
=" n, get what information could IN the
l,.r( DAYS since the occurrence whether
,,, Tie negroes went there Whh the 10
...,r IL, hihrg The whites, feel that with
mean. O! ln!oI nation at hand am pre-
'-,.l - ,fyc 4 iUls and complete version OF
,.,,ra,r matter; aud what give VIII DC
,..,-ti'tcr wha, 50" aru Know mNSSn OF
.... ave a>crrtaincd and eau prove 10 be
-KE BEGINNING or TIE ROW.
+. tgr carl, part OF the week Eando!ilS
-.,,.,r,d up IN various parts of The coun'
.,,rs. = Grand Republican barbecue would
..,.r % saturday the 4th OF September
....,n:t1p Repnb'icln Club; that Ii.
- .n,- \ AmnS. and james Hin, Repuh-
f,-.r ,,uItdatc> Tor Congress. would adj
s. ~, meeting, and that all persons were
;,,..,,; 10 be present. On Friday. 81.
Ir..r,I O'Clock A. NJ, tbe chairman OF the
D,,.c,4'ic ard CONSERVATIVE Executive
To- rri,rrc Of Kinds county received coC-
,,r.r..'inn fem the Clinton Democratic
,~,,, infnru,n. him that joint discussion
t,ia.ta proposed by the Radicals Tor the
~, cav. and requiring speakers 10 De scot.
u. ti~,ird ne the letter with instructions to
,,,r,n, la!sc Amos K. Johnston, Judge
G.a.rr Potter. 4. jackson, ana Marye
u1,rv. a Edmuuds. 10 - to Clinton. l
,y-n.,, M u tclegraphcd 10 these gentlemen 10
,4-s and tc Or, sent. The Democratic
,ghSt Raymond, 10 "hc1 bota the coa'r-
,r.rard rn,s.f belonged. was called tOge-
,rr- mat evening. aud il WAS announced that
-, ;,yIis,ion bad been received TO be pre-
s,r.,.rbr yiut discussion at ClintoD; and a
SIMILAR Invitation having teen received from
,-,;r, ,Lrr. VAS considerable discussion as
:, v.,.ch invitation should be sc.epted. 1t
w, rioalIv determined 10 accept the invita-
,,,o from, Cs,plop. With leave 10 aDy particu.
n-;uiyid4als to 90 TO U'icA. Accordingly.
..,-fy >t,lrGay morning qlitc number OF
-. glhtr> OF The Democratic Club from
EnmnrI. including old. young, and
rrttr.4..d men, went 10 Clinton to
p -, i,iu discussion, having no
in.n.l,jon Whatever Of q difficulty, and
a., ycry tew. say ten or twelve.
Who were armed, aud they were men
who w,rc accustomed 10 carry pistol. That
,to-g,n. the writer heard of several negroes
nur.a>rug ammunition in Raymond, and
heard II, one Hhl seemed a little agita'cd
,,f.,, b., AK, 4 tor IL: but as the colorcG PEG.
,...H>,.s .rrat deal of ammunition be thought
i.,lIr, q II. II may be well here to state
la N.~tn
H.. NIck>hurg and Meridian railroad !; bias
>,u.alwo or tbre;. hundred Inhabitants and
En"urd. the cGuuty.>eat Of Kinds county.
j. rl-tt miles southwest Of Clinton: and
l,sv, lil,lc town, eighteen miles southwest
Q. RAYMOND.
OS TIE GROUNDS.
on arriving at Clinton the writer sought
tn. committee Who bad been appointed by
liz. Canton Dem, cratic Club 10 arrange the
G>cll->ipn. 10 ascertain what arrangements
had bcru made. Ouc OF the committee IN
!urm.i the writer that The Republican Club
had had meeting and resented the invita-
ton. III: that Charles Caldwell aud Mr.. John
Chiffon, VITO constituted the Republican
committee 10 tNrnd lhe invitation and ar.
rar1, 70" discussion. were not pc-ent when
tie Republican Club had Ie-cinded the iuvi-
ta'luu. aud Hcrc mortified at their action,
and tell determined to sill have the Joint
lt,ar.>lor. About II o'clock th" Republican
c.u,,> naIcnrG through the town with music
and I.Uu.r-. some 600 strOUg, but displayed
a. IL" writer then rcmal ked) very little en-
iuu.i.>n, and pissed ont TO the east, and
AFTER lary had gone through, most Of the
Whi,, mc3 NhD were At the barbecue vent
OF to l.r "tou"d- before the procession re.
,urGNl through town. ard were on the
grounds wien they arrived. About i or L
u'cf.rh IL, committee agrcct on the terms
o; III" DISCUSSION, which were these:
iUI.e Amo, Il. Johnson, Democratic
and C";>-!Na'iIe c,n!Ittc for Sale Sen.
ale. should opan with "A speech OF one
A0ug: Mr.. II. r. Fisher. aSsocia'e editor
u he jackson Times (Rcpu5l CAM.
,aou! respond Hlth speech OF one hour
and q quarter, and then judge johnson
~Ho.,I /, pond win iitteen.IDluute speech.
IDr place selected for the speaking was
tho, II4Itcr> If 4 nile from Clinton, in
grove o.uUt, d on The north by the residence
q Charles thil on, on the south by the
N,ck>hur- ard Meridian railroad, on the
est tl The Brownsville and Clinton road,
and ou The west by deep Iavine, through
which ran snail branch icd by springs, and
which Ut ,rded water for The OCCASION; the
whole groye being in length, north and
south, some - ven hundred yards, and from
three 10 tour hundred yards wide. The
stand ~, Tear The railroad on the south. and
about one hundred yards from the little
branch whicL boundt d the grounds on the
Wcsi.
BAD Whisky EBCLLITIoSS.
Judge Johnston opened the discussion with
4 oue-hour speech, and, rs he is extremely
conservative, made q very conservative
speech, that was entirely satisfactory 10 his
OWN party and listened TO With respectiulat al
tenliun by the negroes. There Was consider
able conversation going on, so that the Judge
could not BE- heard very we'll except BY those
very near lin. Captain Fisher commenced
his address. and proceeded undiSturbed by
anything until the circums! anceS which led
to til" conflict occurred. While Captain Fish
Cr va, speaking | took my position some
twenty or TWENTY-FIVE steps from the stand
aud d Ittc way out Of the audlence. While
Johnston wa> speaking vas in the crowd,
ntu: lhc stand. AS l came out OBJ
served, about enc hundred yards distant,
young m1n from Raymond who seemed 10
bc mt \ ctltd, who Was being taken care OF
by two other young men from Raymond, out
ut9 ,rcTe making no noise and creating no
disturbance. | was between the stand and
lnc'c ycung men ana could not hear cord
"r'Y sad, and | know that they were not
disturbing The audience, and that they could
mol be heard BY the audience. In lew
MINUTES CHARLES Caldwell, IA negro, assuming
The authority TO stop the difficulties, went TO
Where these young men were, aud one OF
lhem meeting him some ten steps from where
he other two stood, asked him to 90 back,
INA! ne aud his friends could keep the intoxl-
Gated man quiet. While this conversation was
gong on, some four or five other young men
ana Captain Is. :. While, d middle aged