Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-11-10
MISSISSIPPI.
AImos, u Reign Of Terror.

A special correspondent of the Gin
cinnati Commercial III. V. r. J, writing
from jackson, Mississippi, Oct. 2Sth,
says:
There has been much described in
the South since the war as reign of
terror, which was not a reign of terror.
This has been the work of politicians
and partisan writers in the interest of
the Republican party. The more they
could incline the Northern mind to the
belief that "reign of terror" existed
in the South, the more sure were they
to hold the great Northern States to
the Republican party.
1t seems to me that affairs here are "A
| little worse than | have ever known
In Southern State, excepting the
! Brooks Baxter row in Arkansas. do
not say that there is reign OF terror
in all that the term implies, but the
true condition of things approaches
nearer to it than is healthy in free
country.
There are now in Jackson not less
than fifty refugees from all parts of the
State, including teachers of colored
schools and officials. The teachers,
who have been run oil, are all accused
of having "incited the negroes to
the belief that they had certain rights
and should maintain them, / have no
doubt but that this was the reason of
the killing of poor Hafia. He was
accused of having melted the ne
groes, teaching them that they were in
some sense equal to the whites.
To-day | had conversation with
two white teachers of colored schools,
who have been run away from Lee
county. They are both Northern men,
and state that no Southern-bOrn teach.
ers of colored schools have been given
marching orders. The mob that watt
ed on these men told them that they
would not allow Northern teachers in
the county, as they caused the niggers
To put on too many airs
YAZoo COUNTY.
All the Republican leaders, white
and colored, or rather the most active
of them, have been run out. Several
have been killed. Foote. colored, j:
still there, but pretty badly shot. He
was hit in the shooting at the Repub
lican meeting in Wilson's Hall. 1t is
the fifth time he has been shot in his
short experience as colored politician
1t is paying dear for the whistle.
should prefer the cotton business.
The Republicans really have a ma
jority of over two thousand in Hazoo
but the whites have determined L
carry the county, and carry it they
will. The Republicans are so badly
stampeded and intimidated that they
have no tick ct in the field.
The writer goes on to detail facts
that almost make the blood of a hu
name man run cold and adds:
No man can read the facts here giveI
T without being convinced that Missis
sippi is suffering from an amount %
lawlessness bordering on anarchy. l
is mainly incident to the election.
There are two ways to restore peace
One il, let the Democrats have til,
State, giving the whites complete con
troll, and let the negroes in a manne
retire from politics and give their at
tention to cotton raising, to which the,
are better adapted. The whites theI
will have no cause of irritation, ant
the State will be at peace, as Georgi,
| and Arkansas are at peace. OF cours
, there will he occasional outrages, bu
! not one-tenth as many as now, wheI
the negroes are attempting to contes
power Win the whites.
: This will restore peace, and Missis
e sippi will become as quiet as Georgia
t The other way is for the President T.
D declare martial law in about dozen O
8 the worst counties of the State, and le
regiment of soldiers hunt the red
! mouthed murderers out of their boles
+, as was done four years ago in the up
! per counties of South Carolina. Tha
a restored peace in South Carolina, an,
s it did not take long to do it, and ther
4 has been profound quiet in all thos
e counties since. The condition G
= things here Is much as Ii was Their
= then. The peace that martial law an,
!, the vigorous application of bayonet
v made there can be made here by tn
o same means. And no innocent maj
: need suffer in the least. Indeed, tn
d business men of the upper part of tina
a State, whose business was nearl
e ruined by the eternal turmoil, now aC
v knowledge that the vigorous enforce
I ment of the law for six months at tn
,. point of the bayonet was good thing
/ Either that or "hands off, and a.
. low the whites to take complete con
n troll, as they have in Georgia and Ala
/, bama. This will restore peace just q
s quickly as MARTA law aud no doubt b
:, more satisfactory IA The whites.
l. But in the name IF humanity an
If civilization there should be a stop PIT
V to the lawlessness now prevailing. Lt
d us not be too particular how it is dom
t. so that it is done.
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