The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-12-01
JheGnteLIi9sncer:
= rnsn of Eliza PInkston.

The Case Of Eliza .inAS'on'
s.Ciucinua,i Commercial Of yeSterda!
....,,e, the opinion that the New Or
'.,"' Democrats can mot successfully ex
"I'i0 D'|, ,r.y the horrible revelations made
!, ,bi. woman before the Louisiana ,.11:' Re-
..."ino " ,j,, Do,rd IL the presence Of the Wis
i"S ;.i'" COMMITTEES. Commenting on the
n.oS,Sle ,.oS effort. that will be made to
5i,,,sJit ys,sJ her, and that are absolutely
.,,,, .....,,ry to be made to prevent great
.sSsI,,on a,'sI Of public sentiment through
M, the country, the Commercial says;
on, Sre,riHg to clear the bloody sSir!s = !! o,
ss..s Tu' men, and convince the PeSPle .has :;
NEE !Ss S,a 1 faI,eIy accused them There IS
unlimited capacity, however ,.w. and tSsS
MS"T Of this class Tor perjury; na, aau 'Is! ;rI
nave, nase Il r"jieying themselves ana tne
teFcSs N nIe,.cbitS Ie,i OF the odium Of this
pafl''hi p'ii.,. o. G S".incs. It is nothing TO
tsiy' Tl;,' Pipks,on whether Hayes or
T,LIaD E'Iia /, the next President, or Be
aaSIi",n aaITf" or Democrat the next Governor
PHT',s;i "m;.ianN. She i, not likely TO live
W .re either event, But 1t is oil hrst'
,,,e importance to the shotgun poll
,;.i,r" t.N ,ba, thc State should be counted
W. H.'1 ,hs democratic candidates, and II any
!Va .,no,,n, '1 Of false swearing is equal to the
asrs..,iv as Of showing that no indmlda'
,ton VA: employed to convert the negroes
wi " ,hs Dsm6cra,ic faith, and that there
W." wv free aud fair election in Ouachita
",,i,b on the 7th Of November, 1t will
|. rbqsriulIy supplied; but the man who,
,b.r considering all the evidence OF an
",,,0i,eI ',s' plan to iutimidate the blacks,
"" ri, isitb in such testimony, is not many
lIsr,eeS removed from the simplicity oil
an IDIOT
Ia shoN what effect this story Of Eliza
pink.,on'. i. likely to have on the public
sentiment Oi the country, it is only neces.
a,y to read the following scene in the
,,oa at tie tine the woman gave in her
testimony before the Returning Board.
Iti.rel1ted in special dispstch to the
Chicago Ia'er.OrsaH.
"Dntiug tho latter's pititul recital tha!
her husband had been emasculated and
tIon killed before her eyes, that her babes
,b,o,, was cat in her arms, and that her
arm lhron, wa. gaahed and breast and
iiulb, ,nu,iIalcd, and finally that she was
outrage by two white Democrats, ex.
t}}yernor John N. Palmer leaped from
ii, chair and said, IN wrath, ~ this
,toty be false, those who prepared 1t Tor
mi. moor wouian should be hanged. But
II, as / firmly believe, ii ia true, the
wrelche4 who perpe,rate such atrocities
should bs executed without mercy. ! will
spend $1,000 to ferret out this case. 1t
looks true. This poor woman has been
cruelty wronged. The question is broader
than Prssidsn,.making. II is one Of hui
nanity. Iishe has told the truth Sheridan
should come back at once and hold with
KIP OF iron people who can see such
IaIamy wiLhou! remonslrancc, even in
their public prinIs,' Governor Palmer
Em greatly excited while making these
rulrka, and astounded the Louisiana
Democrats, who tried 10 vain to paciiy
him. Gen. George B. Smith, Of Wiscon.
.in, also exhibited much excitement, and
iurpng upon the local Democrats, said :
You have deceived us" Subsequently
Lvuan Trumbull, WHO was absent from
The rsom during the woman's recital,
altIy cOncurred with Palmer"
Any one can see from the effect thus pro.
daced by the sight Of the woman and her
lrisdstul wounds, and the hearing Of her
AoY, that it is highly important that
The New Orleans Democrats, by some
mean, or other, should get rid OF stch
damaging testimony to their cause.
All fair minded people will say with
Gov. Palmer, that il the woman's story
il false those who prepared it for her
deserve to be dealt with without mercy,
bati.itistrue, some man Of iron nerve
aud remorseles courage like Phil sherl.
diu shonld be sent to administer severe
military law over the barbarous land
Ehs,a Vrrh irhu,ror;,v a. tolarated.