New-York tribune., 1875-08-18
subordnate officials. all setting forth fright

subordinate officials, all setting forth fright-
full condition of affairs, and showing the neces-
sty of governing the people of that section
with q strong arm. From all quartcrs-ac-
cording to Attorney General Willams's mys-
teriOus Outgvings-thcre came reports OF law
lessness and bloOdslcd and a wholesale
system of intimidation of Republican
voters. Tho Chattanooga Oonvention OF
"sinccre and thoughtful PATRIOTS called
for tho purpose of rcciting, exchanging.
compiling, and inventing "bloody out
"ragcs," served to help along the excite
ment, so that what with Federal officials STIR
ring up strife, members of Congress inventing
lies, Conventions compiling falschoods, and
one Department of the Government giving its
whole mind to the circulation of malignant
libes, it seemed rs though the honest and
peacrablc citizens Of the South had no show
for justice.
THE TRIBUNE made short work with Mr.
Charles Hays and his tabulated ictiohs. In
partial and trustworthy correspondents wore
sent directly to the section where his rOmanceS
were located. and no pains were spared to ferret
ont the trui. The result was that all his
formidable array of Outrages fell to the ground,
and the men who had given him the use Of their
names were obliged to Withdraw therccrtiiicates.
Our correspondents then were SCI 20 following
up the reports circulated by Attorney General
Wiliams's Marshals, agents, and detectives,
and in almost every instance they were
shown to be Misrepresentation and false
hoods. SO well and 50 thoroughly
had THE TRIBrNE done this work and spread
the results abroad through the country that
4 o., 0ut m a
Chattanoosa met little later in the season,
the delegates themselves felt that tho game
was up and tho Convention ii failure before it
begun, while the whole country was in broad
gufaw ut the empty farce it had urdcrtaken
The result. of the elections in the Fall of 1874
were the final proof OF tine f,lly of the bloody
outrage policy upon which the carpet-baggers
undertook to conduct the campaign. Bat
il WAS TIE TRIBUNE that pulled OF
the thin Disguise atm showed the
country what sham il was and what a cheat
the Admins ration party WIS practicing. The
people of tho North had already become i'm
pressed with the apparent trustworthlness OF
Mr. HAYS and of Attorney General Wiliiamss
officials, and it was no easy thing to probe the
stories in circulation and discover the actual
facts. This THE TRIBUNE did, and when it
Once struck the trail, pursued it until the
whole scheme WAS exposed.
After the experience of that campaign tho
way was not 50 smooth to carry ont the deS-
pcratc programme of which the outrage busl-
ness was only part. The Force bill, which
would have been carried by a full party vote,
if the Hays SANDERS and the falsehoOds ct
Federal officials had not been exposed as they
were, was barely lost for lack Of time and that
was IA we hope and trust, the end of great
piece Of political villainy the last of
tremendous effort of the Administration
party to pcrpetuatc itself in power by
Il great wrong. This year the people of
the Southern States are congratuiatns them
selves upon their improved condition; that
they are not tho victims of such cruel ISLANDERS
~ were put in circulation from the Attorney
Generals Office last year and that the evil
dcnccs are unmistakabie Of an increasing
kind,incs, OF feeling between the two sections
of the couatry. and not only they. bat the
whole country, arc to be congratulated upon
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