, 1876-07-19

IN Tie samo wny would probably have boon
killed. But tho white men wcro not satiaded
with having insnltcd and oowed tho negroes.
They then set about melting their neighbors
to a massacre, and tamptosi tho1n with tho
entioing pleasure Of shedding negro blood.
demand was mado for tho surrender Of tho
arms which tho militia company hold from
tho Stato Government; ths negro Justice of
the Pence was willing to issuc such an order,
though be had no right to do 60, and the no.
gro soldiers were willing to abide by It, If
thoy could get assurances that tho arms
would 10 sent to tho Governor, aud that they
would not be massAcrcd aftor delivering
them; but they could get no anoh ass,lr-
ances. Ono Mai .-0en. 1'u7Ixn, ono If the
ex.Confodernte soldiers who claim 70 much
virtua for their magnanifnity and good
feeling, said "it could DO settled
IN soma other way" And it was. It was
settled by gathering in white dosporalocs
from tho surrounding country in Georgia aud
South Carolina, numbering about eight or
ton white man to ono negro, who coolly md
aaliborately, after several days' time for TO-
ffection md without tho suspicion Of prov
ocatfon. proceeded to daughter the unresist-
ing blacks, aud then to pillage ind plundor
their village. If oight months Of Demo-
cratic majority In one branch of Congress
can encourage the Confedoratcs to acta OF
thfa kind, what may bo expected II tho whole
machinery Of tho National Government be
turned over TO then,9
Now the perpetrators OF this outrage must
not bc permitted to escape. The National
Government and the people Of this country
must urge and suatain tho Governor of South
Carolinn in Tho full and prompt performance
Of his duty. Gov. CHAMBERLAIN finds HIM
solf confronted with more serious rcsponsi.
bility than over before. It is believed TINT
he has done some service for tho whites
Of South Carolina. He has leaned to a con-
soryative and coaciliatory administration Of
tho State Government but there must bo
no conoilIation in this matter. uo must ar-
rest all the citizens Of his own State who
were engaged in 1t, and lie must make . de-
mand upon tho Governor Of Georgia for the
arrest and surrender Of those citizens Of
Georgia who took part IN It, Tho United
States Government will SEQ that this demand
Is enforced II the Confederates of Georgia
dare to rofuse it. This "bIat. Gen" Bur-.
lEn must be arraigned and tried for murder,
and, il tho evidence establish what alt reports
30 far ogree upon, he must be conpteted and
hanged. Ho was the counsel, iustIgator,
rlnglaader, md director Of all tho operations
up to tho timo Of the massacre OF the prison.
ers, and left the ground then, probably, with
tic understanding that these d;sarmed and
helpless mon should bo slaughtered. It was
ho who marshalod tho whites md distributed
them In such manner as to prevent the es-
cape Of tho negroes whon they tried to run
away. Having captured them, the subso-
quent proceedings arc described as follows By
nm eyewitness:
The gunrds had q lst Of the nripc,cadore. ~
and AZ tho Eau1e Of negro was called out he was
takcn to cosn-ael hard by. whore the grain Ind
just begun 10 shoot, and told to run, and, bcfoYo
ha could make dozen stepa, Wcll.aimed shots
brought him down dead, One moor wretch man.
aged 10 nako 80 yards, but the fatal bullet At last
overlook him In his aight and stretched him prnno
upon the earth. Two weso shot In thls wAy In tho
field, md two In the hlgil-road. The other prls-
onors woro then turned loose and told to ay, and,
a. thoy ran, vottey was fred altar them. Tho
gnotd then mounted their hofses and rode rapldty
away, and BY o'clock not sound could be heard Ia
the village. whera for six hours the work Of death
had been going on.
Every man who fired a shot, and every
man who countenanced tho slaughter by his
presence, WINS guilty Of murder in the eyes Of
the Law, and this Mai. Con" BUTLER
guiltior than al1 the others as tho instieator
and 6frNntnr .I1skjcn and hrrrops+,r ,x-,