New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-07-30
A Southern Assassin's PIE.

A Southern Assassin's Plea.
Mr.. C. Butler, the leader of the Han,
| barbar;ans who ia called General RsSl
| ia not yet hanged, al he ought to bs '
| still lives. aud abuses the priyila..
| existence by publishing an insOlent r..
! defending his scrOcious crime of whols.s
| assassination. 1t SCENE that this
| .inpuished Southern cut-throat with a :.
| rarv handle to his name became .sepraa.
| AGAINST the negroes whom he go bras.
bu .chered. What chivslrous Southar'
| would like to know, would not have i.
snrayed, or would not for like causa H.
| slaughtered half dozen Or 80 of hsln'.
.sdamn:ggers!" Why. the tria, msris..s.
at Hamburg actually did not iatass:
when - rutfianly constable and :
Nelson, copper-',olorad negro :;
sul.ad" the valiant "Gsneral' Rns
when he was approaching them "in
perfectly respectful III An nec to inquire ~.
the whereabouts OF the trial jns.iee!r N,
shocking still, this high and mighty chss
lar. with the military handle to his n,s
was "oafflsd and trihad with for hourai
this trial Justice and his negro assocat.
Az il these things we're not enough "a.
rage any Southern gentleman this =
throat with chs military handle had cas
OF rage in tine alleged fact that tas town,
Hamburg chad a negro intendaat. usl
aldermen, negro maEshals," and sit wsl
mos. a terror to every white man vi
business required him to pass through \
Moreover. "ihey had harOorsd thieves y.
criminals" worse yet, they had "arrsx
and fined some Of the bes- citizens" ms
haps they might have arrested and 81
this iIIostrious citizen with the n,
carv handle if hs had not baen a.
head OF band Of armed ASSASSIN,
Some Of their policemen even fired
shot a. ona young white buck whom H.
were trying to arrest. making q suggan
hole through his hat, and they ''lnsuh
another man whose horse took POSSESSING.
the sidewalk while the owner tproasit.
drunk was trying to mount him. Butt
which capped the climax OF their wicki
and atroci0us behavior was that il ons :
stance, 40 less than five Gusc the num-
TINT were shot in cold blood of the Ii,
burg militiamen ''scraped their bayWl
en- The palings Of gentleman, and u,
his remembrance CURSED and abused hlf
.he hearing Of his wife anC some viasa
lad;as.' Could any true eO1 of thu 81
endure that! Lives .hsro in Dixie q
sentative soui go dead to his "honor" /,
his rights that. when five negro mi,
men scrape their bayonets on his pa4e
and when he curses them for it curae o.
he will no. sally forth at tbs head OF al
OF cut-th-oats and butcher an equal u.
Der of "damn!ggers! Butler with :
military handle ID his name thinks r
At all events he is aoc that son 4
"wnite-l:vsrsi" soul. As tae pslings u
not his, he might have avoided the "a,
o: feeling" which tas scrapiog of the Ia
nets OF Ava negro MllitiaLnen aroIe
throughout the Southern land; but u,
"a ruffian,y constable and Bill Nslss1l
copper colored negro" insultad dim, dr.
allied that hs had certain duties to I
form with respect TO those bayonst-sae,
form those duties" by putting himsstis
the head of nurderous band of ruirc
and slaughcsring halt q dozen defeHrr
negroes In cold blood. ct
The letter OF this head-rufian and sis
sin puts thu Hamburg bu.cnery in Vel
light than it was before. II Is the Icc
an assassin who sacs out deliberatelyp (
the fac. TO defend his terrible Grim 1el
who is not able to plead in his defspssst.
more serious prOvocati01 than an act DIV
salt (which no person of superior cEh'
ter would have taken any noc,ce of F0I
want of proper respect tor another gut
door-yard fence! or
But what shall bs thought Of the ege ~ !
men. of South Carolina, which sutfan,...
scoundrel and assassin with militarif Il
die TO his name to go at large aud wuac;
ters to the newspapers defending M liz
Gsrcus deeds? The man deserves haa; an
if ever maiesac5or deserved that msSo =,
determination. There is not a comnsf;c
on the globe worthy 70 be called eiyans,
in which he would not ere this hawi 81
in prison awaiting his trial, sentens =
execution for the crime Of murder. Eose
local government OF Edyeield counrla1a
aole to arrest this assassin and his xsa::. :.
cur-throa.s, where il tae government &.oLu
commonwealth Of South Carolina thT,.ny
more po.en. arm is LO- put forth ~
not Governor Chamberlain know tx ~;
official function is to take care thai -
laws are executed "a
Somewhat over a year ago murdsn'om
frequently committed in Marion cou1ar q
this commonwealth, by q gang Of Ogaote
who tc- some time escaped mo.estauaAnc
the loca! OFF GERS. When Governor Bsys Mi
perceived that the local agents OF gaarth
meot were either passive or inadaausorAt
brOugh: into action other agencies ne l
ecure the law upon the bandits Of Nome
and the result was that the chief as2Tel
were in due time executed upon the 1ovel
for their crimes. That which GFath
Beveridge did in relation to the k0te
county assassins. i. is the duty OF Gossnez
Chamberlain to do IN relation to the Urn,
field county assassila. l: is his f0te
to see that the Hamburg bun tn
are arrested, tried, sentenced Ele
hanged. and to employ in thai ing
ecuron of the law all the power We !
sources of the commOnw aalth of wl:usl
is the executive. WHY has he nsts
moved IN the matter IL will not doTTw,
tia. he can not fulfill tho execuriwzes
ton because the conservative nsgr!nce
ers have the upper hand. for in So1tfent
Ina they have not the upper hand any
ernor Chamberlain was not e.eefopul
them, but in spite o. them. Surance
power that is adequate to choose thss vi
tive is adequate to execute the lax'poll
Imperative requirement of the lawEperl
the man Butler and his lIeutenana ner
Hamburg burchsry shall suffer tbs pas 9
OF death. II is the ottioial duty OF Ganvls
Chamberlain to convey the law in0tIn :
Will ha do Il, VIII Ia avan mako nrhir
est effort To do its Wa shaiI ses.-C,ngr
Times. lies
mt.
s th
0"e' rae1ii''e'' ,ohib
"Blue Jeans Jimmy" Williams 1t n
cratic candidate for Governor OF Imam
the great economist, and lemonade Old, q
OF the House, has taken a bath. n.iont