The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-24

was any JuSCluaOIe Cdns0 lo1 bh0 lCoOu
proceedings III Mississippi are without
foundation.
ID. That, on the other hand, it IS to be
said that majority Of the white Demo
cratic voters OF he State wer9 engaged
in systematic effort to carry the cleo
tions and this with purpose to resort
to all means within Sheir power, inciud-
ing on the part Of some Of them, the
murder of prominent persons ID the
Republican party, both black and bite.
10. That The minority who were op,
posed to these Outrages, and who are fer
time overawed and powerltss, are mem
bers of The Republican party
16. That the element Of society which
Chiefly committed these outrages on the
eolored voters and on the white Republl,
cans was mainly young men who have
reached manhood since the close Of the
war; but that they were encouraged in
their course by tue Democratic leaders.
who accep' ed he political advantages OF
their conduct, and are largely Responsible
for the criminal results.
II. That the negro laborers were in
many cases compelled to vote for their
general disposition, by threats Of dis
charging them and refusing them subsis-
tence, so TO compel them; and chat IN
some counties the contracts made with
the laDorers declared that they should
lnse their share Of the crops if they die
not yote to suit their employer.
IS That the Democratic clubs otgaB-
lied in every part Of the State were SUD
|pli G with th, best Of arms hat C0uiC be
procured in be country; tina they every
whele publicly expressed their purpose
to carry the election at all hazards; til At
in many cast they procured one or NOR
pieces OF artillery, with which, they
Travelled the country for weeks 5eforetle
election lntlmidatiDg the negroes, uenao
ing them, aud firing into their houses by
night.
10. That the intimidation was 80
great that In large number of counties
] previous to the election il was impossi-
BILE 20 bold Republican meeting; that in
many strongRerubican counties Republi-
can meetings were broken VI, and nearly
all attempts 10 canvass these districts
were abandoned.
20 That the early riots at Clinton and
| Wick sburg We're the results OF Il special
purpose on the part Of thr Dtm0ctatil
leaders to break up the meetings Of the
Republicans, to destroy the leaders, ard
Co iuaugurate policy of terror, uos only
in these counties, but throughout the
Stale. which would detlr the blacks from
attending tbs meetings, and especially
deter them from the tree exercise Of the
right TO vote on the day ofeiec' ion. The
results thus sought tor were in large
degree attained.
81 That the number of negroes assas-
sinated after the Clinton riot conld not
have been less han FROM thirty to fifty.
These were followed by the cowardIy
murders of Mr.. Hafa and Senator Cald-
well. 3D..
% That these outrages were confined
chiefly to the Republican counties, where
it was Necessary to overawe the Republi-
can maj ority by unlawful means, but that
in two or three Republican counties, as
Wilkinson and Issaquena, there was no
military Democratic organization, and,
therefore, comparative peace; but that in
these two counties, since TIE election,
and murder, have been perpetrated, and
evidently with the purpose Of securing a
Democratic victory in these districts in
November next.
30 That in lssaqueGa county, one Col.
Bali, an officer in the Confederate army
during the war, and at this time official
ing as clergyman, took command OF a
body of armed and mounted men on the
morning Of Sunday, the 9th of December,
and Graversed the country below Rolling
FORK during the day, and that night the
men Of his command took from their
homes at least seven unofending negroes
and shot them in cold blood. Within the
next two days five other leading negroes
were summoned to Rolling Fork during
the Gay, and there compelled to sign a
statement by which they became respon-
sible for the good conduct of all tbctr
negroes, with the exception of certain
men named, who. in fact, by that stipu!a-
tiOn were made soutlaws, and as conse~
quence fed from their homes and their
families, and abandoned their property
Since that day they heve been in exile,
"a. That theDemocratic military organ
ration extended throughout the State;
that it embraced not much less than half
the white voters; that in the respective
counties the members could be sun mon
ed instantly by signals, given by firing
cann0us or anvils; and probably in less
than week the entire force Of tile State
could be brought under arms.
%. That in several of the counties the
Republican leaders were so overawed
and inundated. both black and. white,
that they were compelled to Withdraw
from the canvass those who had been
nominated, and to substitute others who
were named by the Democratic leaders,
and that they were compelled TO vote for
the ticket so nominated under threats
that their lives would be taken if they
did not do it.
&c. That the Republican candidates