Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-09-10
A New "Bloody Shirt"

The radical party warned Dy the
result of the elections has abandoned
the shirt stained with the blood ofthe
Rebellion. That, they have concluded
to bury, conscious that it has lost its
power to rally the people to the work
of hatred and spoilation. In it's place
we have now to confront the bloody
garments of slaughtered negroes. Re-
cent events conclusively point to the
tactics of the Republican leaders in
the approaching campaign, and In
famous as is that programme, it will
undoubtedly have strong influence
upon large numbers in the North.
For years the people have been warn
ed that the Democratic party still
harbored treason, and if allowed to
obtain control of the national govern
ment, the negro would be not only
deprived of his political rights, but be
reduced by force to aconditi on border
ing upon slavery. The fulfillment of
these prophecies is now necessity.
The House of Representatives, is DEM
ocratic and the South firmly believes
that Democracy is again in the as
cendent. The Radical politicians
must at once inaugurate the reign of
terror in the Sonth. That they have
set to work to accomplish thisin earn
est is shown by recent events in Geor-
gia and Mississippi. The negroes in
the Eastern States were persuaded by
radical emisaries to enter into great
conspiracy to murder the whites. The
plot was artfully exposed by those
who concocted it with the hope that
the whites would be melted thereby
to deeds of violence and blood. A hol-
ocaust of African victims was conf
IDENTIFY expected as the result of this
foul plot. The white people of Geor-
gia, however, acted with GOODNESS and
deliberation, and their leniency to-
ward the deluded conspirators reacted
upon the scoundrels who hoped to
make rich political capital out of the
disturbance.
The red hand next appears in Miss
issippi. In the Yazoo country, where
the negroes largely outnumber the
whites, the seeds of violence were
sown by radical emisaries, and when
the whites organize themselves for
self protection the telegraph flashes
across the country startling statements
of armed bands defying the law. Gov.
AMEs of Mississippi telegraphs for
troops, and the Attorney General de-
cides that there is no impediment in
the way, and that Federal bayonets
are available for carrying out the pro-
gramme. The truth about these va
zoo troubles is that all the violence
and bloodshed has been on the part of
the negroes. A Republican mass
meeting was held not long since, at
which feud arose between some of
the carpetbag politicians. The negroes
divided on either side, and commenced
regular war upon each other. The
country became the scene of regular
warfare between the dusky factions,
and the lives and property ofall peace
able citizens became endangered. The
whites were powerless and fearing dis
truction sent for assistance to the
neighboring sections and the Vicks-
burgers responded promptly. The
fiendish outrages of the negroes in the
disturbances following the ousting of
the colored Sheriff two years ago nat
urally caused apprehensions for the
white residents along the Yazoo. The
white troops marched to the see ne of
disturbance and now we have harrow
ing accounts of their butcheries of ne
groes. When the truth is known it
will doubtless be found that the ne
groes under the direc tion of their Rad
ical masters attacked the whites, who
acted in self defense. If we mistake
not the signs of the times, however,
this affair will be closely investiga-
ted by the press of the country, and
when the truth is put before the North
ern people 1t will help to roll up the