The Russellville Democrat., 1876-08-31
DEBASENG < HIGH POSI-
 TTON,
4 Malignant, Lihelous and
 DefasDat0ry Message.
The Out-cfOpp;ng of an IghO-
 ble Mind.
Either Drunk or Mad. or both

ever SnNnajGu rom TeSlueHI of the United States--was sub- mitted to the Senate of the Unit states on the lst inst:
 "To the Senate of the United States: In response to the reso lution of the senate of July 20th, calling upon the president to com
 nunicate to the senate, if in his opinion not incompatible with the public interest, any informa tion in regard to the slaughter of American citizens at Hamburg, $. C, l have the honor to submit the following lnclosures: Here follows q number of papers rela tive to the Hamburg massacre. The president says. These in closures embrace all the infoi ma ton in my possession touching the late disgraceful and brutal slaughter of unotfending men at the town of Hamburg, S. c. My letter to Gov. Chamberlain con tains all the comments wish to make on this subject. As allu sion Is made in my letter to the condition of other states, and par tieularly to Louisiana and Missis sippi, ! have added to the enclos- ufes the letter, and testimony in regard to the iaWless condition of the people to the latter state. In regard to Louisiana affairs. mur ders and massacres of innocent men for opinions sake or ol ae- count of color have been of too recent date and of too frequent occurrence to require recapitnla- tion or testimony here, All are familiar with these horrible de tails, the only won(ier being that so many justify them or apologize for them. But recently com mittee of the senate of the United States visited the state of Missis- sjppi to take testimony on the subject of frauds and violence in elections Their report has not yet been made public, but l await it's forthcoming with feeling of confidence that it will sustain all that I hauo stated in relation to fraud aud violence in the state of Mississippi.
 U. s. GRANT.
 "ENccutiye Mansion, July 3l, 1876"
 Following is the presidents let ter to Gov Chamberlain, referred to above:
 "ExEcuT1vE MANSION,
 WAsHINGToN, July 26, 1876.
 sDEAR SIR. ! an in receipt of your letter af the 22d of July, and all !nclosaros enumerated therein, slylng all account of the late hagbarous massacre of inno- cent men ut the town oi Hamburg, $. C. The views which you ex press as to the duty you owe to your oath of office and to citizens to secure to them all their civil rights including the right to vote according to the dictates of their conscience. and the further duty of the executive of the nation to give nll needful aid, when proper N called upon to do 60, to enable you to insure this inahenable right, 1 fully ooucGr in. Tae scene at Hamburg, as cruel, blood thirsty, wanton, unprovok- eel and as uncalled for as it was, was only repetition oi the course that has heen pursued In our southern states within the last few years notably in Mississippi ard Louisiana. Louisiana and Mississippi are governed to day by officials chosen through fraud and violence, such as would scarcely be accredited to savages, mnch less to civilized and chris tan people. How long these thlngs are to continue or what IS to be the final remedy the Great Ruler of the universe only knows. But have an abiding faith that the remedy will come and come speedily, and ] earnestly hope that it will come peacefully. Theye has never been desire on the part of the north to humiliate .hc south. Nothing is claimed for one state that is not freely accorded all others, unless it may be the right to kill negroes and republicans without fear of pun ishmens and without i0ss of caste or renutation. This has seemed to be the privilege claimed by a few states. l repeat again that l fully agree with you as to the measure of your duties. Go and let governor, where the same dangers threaten the people of Lis state, go on in the conscien tons dischgrgo of his duties to the humblest as well as to the proadest citizen and ] will give every aid for winch 1 can find law or constitutional power. A government that cannot give pro. lection to life and property, and all the guaranteed civil rights in this country the greatest of which is an untrammeled ballot, to every citizen, Is so far q failure, and ever, energy of the oppre ssed