National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1876-07-19
THE "BANDITTr' IN THE HOUSE.


Hamburg massacre. Twenty five minutes
was graciously given. Congressman, and
to be Senator, Lamar, the gusher, occu-
pied the first five minutes of this time.
He pushed as usual. He deprecated and
deplored the occurrence. He even con-
demned it. Such magnanimity is uR-
psralleled. Particularly is this SO when
we remember that Mr.. Lamar owes his
soon-to-b be assumed position in the United
States Senate to a series of just such out
rages as the cowardlY assassinations COM
mitted at Hamburg. We have not yet
heard Mr.. Lamar "deprecating deploring
and condemniDg" those outrages which
eliminated in his pretended election to the
United States Senate. He can cross the
States Of Alabama and Georgia and, as the
Augusta ku-klux did, invade the territory
of South Carolina, not, like them, to murder
unarmed men, but TO drop crocodile tears
over the bodies of the murdered; but not
word has he for the worse condition Ofatftirs
in his owD State. Fearing that he may have
forgotten the condition of affairs in Missis-
sippi, We publish the following letter,
which needs no explanation. For the
benefit of the genial Sun Set, we give the
name of the writer and that of the person
to whom it was written. 1t is not snony-
NOUS, and it tells the story of what intimi-
dalton has done in Mississippi and what
the Hamburg massacre is Intended to do in
South Carolina. Should the Democratic
parry get into power in Solth Carolina as
it did in Mississippi, through murder and
assassination, then grand jurors in that
State will be warned as Mr.. Frazee was not
to find true bills against murderers and
assassins or take the consequences. The
writer Of this letter, Mr.. Tucker. is we'll
known and prominent Democratic lawyer
of Mississippi. Mr.. Frazee, to whom it
was addressed, served with him in the
Confederate army, but is a Republican.
They are personal friends, having the
closest relations, and the Democrat warned
his Republican friend as Jonathan warned
David of the anger of Saul. Here is the
letter:
OKoLoNA, MISS, June 12, 1876.
DEAN BILL: 1t is reported here that true
bills are to be found against all the country
around Okolona for the raid on the negro Bap-
tist church, aud the charge of Storsll's brigade
upon the viewless air of Egypt on day of cleo
ton. II this be true, you ought to know, and
Ipresume you do know, that you and you
alone will lie held responsible for the action of
she grand jury. You can very well imagine
how pleasant q life you Will lead among, say
200, men who would all charge you with Or
gsnizing prosecution against them.
You know have always been your personal
friend, and it is as friend that write TO say,
if you are not already committed to that line
of policy, don't allow the hill: - u Ioun1.
think you know .c'well enough to give me
crc... Ior sincerity when ! make such a sug-
gestion. have abundant reason for making
it. All well.
Yours, W. P. TUCKER.
Hon: "; D. FrH=ee, FOremo" Grand Jury, Or
When Mr.. Lamar wishes to "gush"
again for campaign document he might
do well to explain this letter.
Mr.. Hariridge, of Georgia, had his COM
position ready on the Hamburg massacre.
1t was very fine and well delivered 1t
would have done credit in its poetic senti-
ment and delivery to first, class man in an
interior university" The apostrophe to
the black breast from which he drew lacteal
nutriment in the days when he was even
more candid than now, would have drawn
tears from brick or piece of chalk, but
for the cut and dried appearance of the
whole affair, evidently arranged with the
chairman, as Mr.. Hale obtained the floor
and should have been recognized. Mr..
Hartridge was pathetic 10 his lamentations
over the murders at Hamburg, but he
failed to tell US of any action taken
in his State by the Governor or any
other of its authorities 10 arrest and punish
the murderers, who walk the streets of Au-
gusta, their hands red with the blood of
the citizens of South Carolins-walk the
streets with impunity, and doubtless brag
of their brave deeds over the border
Messrs. Kasson, Of Iowa; Hale, of Maine,
and Mackey. Of South Carolina, put the
facts of the Hamburg massacre IN their true
light, and completely buried the "gush" of
Lamar and Hartridge. The sharp twang
of the bullet of the assassin, its heavy thud
when il strikes the victim, will be more re-
garded by the people of the United States
than the gushing lamentations of the men
who profit by the acts of the assassin.