The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-12-14

Since the dragonnades against the HUI
genots in the days of Louis XIV, there
has been no such cold blooded. malig-
nant, and persistent warfare upon one
class Of any people, as that Of the South
orn people on the freedmen. The de-
tails which have reached Us OF the out
RACES praciiced during the last campaign,
show that they were the fitting culmina-
tion OF the Coushatta and Vicksburg |
massacres. Throughout whole States
there was scarcely a pretense OF allowing |
either black or white Republicans to
vote. Refusal to cast the Democratic
ticket was accompanied by threats,
which were too often carried out, OF tor
ture and even death.
If these outrages were not as bloody in
the aggregate az the raids OF the bashi-
Bazouks in Turkey, they were not per-
petrated like them in hot blood, and in
obedience TO the dictates of Moslem Ia
naticism, but coolly and with premedi-
tation, by a nominally Christian people,
with the sole object Of securing the tri.
umph of party. No supposed regard
for the salvation of the victims, as In the
war against the Huguenots, has impelled
the Southern leaders,; only low, selfish,
political zeal. encouraged by the prom
. ises OF the Democratic managers at the
North What must be the cause that
develops such resultsf
There are still those who believe that
the crimes of men are sooner or later
punished in this world by Judge Of un-
erriug wisdom. Prof. Morse, indeed,
concludes, taking the Turks as an exam
pie, that, The dreadful outrages which
shock us, from time to time, in the pub
lie prints, are not instigated by an evil
spirit. but are outbursts OF the same saw
sc1 flunA trQnnQnt
expression, years ago and which are
stiil present with the lower races OF to
day." The majority OF thinkers hold
the opinion unchanged that there is an
eternal distinction between right and
wrong, and that wrong sooner or later
will meet with the punishment 1t de
serves. IL there be God in Heaven
the vengeance that awaits the South
will be terrible indeed.
If we leave all supernatural issues ou'
OF the question. and regard merely th'
violation OF the laws of political economy
and common humanity, the South cal
still hope for nc immunity. IL ma
broken all these laws, and only addet
weight to the letters which the black
wore before their emancipation. Fou
wears of war gave it ioretaste OF tn
doom it brought upon ITSELF but 1t ma
learned nothing since. Indeed, It }
more Joined to its idols than ever.
When one reads of the meanness an,
ferocity of the unrepentant rebels OF a.
ALBANIA, Mississippi, and Louisiana, b
finds less difficulty in reconciling tn
determination of the Canaanites enjoine
on the Hebrews, with the Divine gooe
ness. No one can wish more sinoerei
than ourselves the prosperity OF To
South, and its development in all tn
arts Of peace. Yet should the dowl
trodden race, driven to frenzy, at Las
rise against its oppreseors, the individu,
sufferInss of unoffending citizens woul
be lost sight OF in the feeling that me
tied retribution was being visited upo
tyrants. H..
The best way to arrest such disast'
In TO remove the circumstances whlc
provoke it. The white barbarism OF u
South must rule no longer. The Amel
can people owe it to themselves. TO the
,posterity, to the freedom OF the Sout
and to God, to put speedy and efectu
check upon the terrorism that now reig
supreme.-[Cincinnati Gazette.