The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-18

compelled 10 sign statement by when
they became responsible for the good con-
duct Of all their negroes with the excep-
| ton OF certain men named. who, in fact,
by that stipulation were made outlaws,
and as q consequence fed from their
homes and their families, and abandoned
their property. Since halliday they have
been in exile.
"a. That the Democratic military Or
ganization extended throughout the
State; that 1t embraced not much less than
half the white voters; that in the respec.
i've counties the members could be sum.
moned instantly by signals given by fir
ing cannons or anyilS; and probably In
less than week the entire force Of the
State could be brought under arms. 80
%. That in several OF the counties the
Republican leaders were so oyerawed and
intimidated, both black and white, that
they were compelled to withdraw from
the canvass those who had been nominat-
ed, and 10 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 il they did not
do il.
20. That the Republican candidates
themselves, in some instances, were COM
PEELED, through fear OF bodily harm, to
withdraw their names from the ticket,
and even unite themselves ostensibly
with the Democratic party and deliver
speeches in support OF its policy and
candidates.
q. That at certain voting places on
the day Of election armed men assembled,
sometimes not organized and in other
cases organized; that they controlled the
elections, intimidated Republican voters,
and deprived them oil the opportunity to
vote the Republican ticket. --..
%. That the single fact that the life oil
the Chairman of the Republican State
Committee was saved by the Intervention
by telegraphic dispatch, OF the Chairman
Of the Democratic State Committee, illus
trates the gravity OF these revolutionary
proceedings.
90. That in several places where in
timidation and fraud did not secure a
Democratic victory, fraud was resorted
to in conducting the. election and count
ing the votes.
30. That the civil authorities have
been unable TO prevent the 0utrages thus
enumerated or to punish the offenders, .
fact which is also equally truei Of the
United States Courts in Mississippi.
81. That the present Democratic as.
tendency in Mississippi is due solely to
the outrages thus enumerated.
80. That II there had been free cleo
ton there would have been eighty Re-
publicans to thirty.fiye Democrats in the
House and twenty-five Republicans to
fifteen Democrats in the Senate; there
fore, that the present State Legislature
and State government OF Mississippi arc
not lawful bodies, and their acts are not
entitled to recognition by the political
departments OF the government OF the
United States, although the President
may In his discretion recognize it as q
government de 6aeto for the preservation
Of the public peace.
SO. That II follows that Governor
Ames is still OF right the lawful Governor
OF Mississippi.
81. That, finally, the State Of Miss
issippi is at present under the control OF
an organized body OF armed men who
are bound together by common pur-
pose to deprive the negro Of the free ex-
ercise OF the right Of suffrage, and to re.
establish and maintain the supremacy OF
the whlte.line Democracy in violation
alike OF the Constitution OF their own
State, and Of the Constitution ofthe Unit
ed States.
So. That armed men from Louisiana
aud Alabama were brought over to Miss.
sissipppi by the Lamar Democracy, and
helped to swell their majority.
80. That when decent Democrats were
Judges Of elections the White Liners
compelled them TO resign before The vot-
ing commenced. ai0
81. That in one county every Republi.
can official was run out Of the county,
and all OF them have since been kept
out, not being allowed even to sell their
real estate, and no one, even White Line
Democrats being allowed to buy it.
The report closes as follows:
The events which the committee were
called 10 investigate, by the order OF the
Senate, constitute one OF the darkest
chapters in American history. Missi9sip.
pi was leading State in the war Of the
rebellion, and an early and persistent ad-
yocate Of those fatal political heresies in
which the rebellion had Its origin. To
her, in as large degree as TO any other
State, may be charged justly the direful
evils Of the war; and when the war was
ended the white inhabitants resisted those
measures OF equality which were essen
tial 10 local and general peace
apd prosperity. They refused to
| accept the negro as their equal
politically, and for ten years they have
seized every fresh opportunity for fresh
denial Of his rights. AT last: they have
regained supremacy in the State by acts
OF violence, fraud, and murder, fraught
with more than all the horrors OF
open war, without its honor, dignity,
generosity, or Justice. By them the negro
Il not regarded az q citizen, and whenev-
er he finds q friend Ind ally IN his efforts
to advance him=elfin political knowledge
or intellectual culture, that friend and
ally, whether a native Of the State or an
immigrant from the North, is treated as
a public enemy. The evil consequences
Of this policy touch and paralyze every
branch Of industry and the movements Of
business In every channel.
Mississippi, with its fertile soil, i'm
mense natural resources, and favorable
commercial position, Is in fact more
completely excluded from the influence
OF civilization and capital Of the more
wealthy and advanced States Of the Union
than are the distant coasts d China and
Japan. Men who possess capital are
anxious to escape from State in which
| freedom Of opinion is not tolerated,
where participation in public affairs Il
punished often with social oStracism, al
ways with business Losses, and not unfre-
ouently, as the record shows, with exile
and the abandonment OF property,
through fear Of death.
Consequently lAAdsdepreciate in value
the rewards Of labor become more and
more uncertain, taxes more and more
burdensome, the evils Of general dIsor,
der are multiplied and intensified, and
by an inevitable rule Of social aud public
life the evils themselves, reacting, in
crease the spirit Of disorder. Unless this