The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-27
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Il The colofed "fr,an ana fjtothsr-'l 4
. ICincin6ati asssthblsd III mass mestib
: at that piacs ON Tho 22d inst. and had
demonstration" over tiis Hhfhbor,
riot. 1t was, taken oil Id al1. d ,tath6
interesting affair, the most salient fea
J lures of which we clip from Tie Cinoln
natl COmpsretdt. 'f 9'''l8 Fsi'lF" ~
Upon motion of sotiis brother, Issy. Mf, black
burg opnled THO meeting with jirayar. d T6,
butdsn oi me Invocation was that the Lprf
won'a protect The eoiotsd people witere the,
asshssins lia asked Ifaayep to niyr siiannss /,
the lepulliesn 's,psa IN the iotnihe ,etitnet at,f
thai the ,ses might be elevated intellectually ana
After tho prayer. committee on
resolutions was appointed. composed ol
three trustworthy members, and TO pass
away the time while the tit'nft was being
ooncocted. Rev. Mr.. blackburn was
called upon to address the meeting. lie
was, OF course, unprepafed, but. never.
theless. managed to pervert facts after
the most approved Republican fashion.
To nse his own word. he Scattered
facts. 80 that facts were undistiugnish.
able. According TO the account he gave
OF the affair. the innocent and harmless
Hamburg negroes had been literally
ridden over. without the least provoea-
tlon. by Gen. NJ. 9. Butler, "who had
not killed negro for two weeks and
was thirstibg for blood" The negroes
had shut themselves up In thet urmory,
simply to get out Of harms way, and
none Of them were armed save Il small
scrofulous darkey, who had small
pistol. without lock. stock or barrel:
The speaksf declared TINT the psgroe,s Ia the
armory offered TO surrender If their lives would
be- spared But General Butler said they would
discuss that question after tho surrenderl That
down and out TO pieces with axes BY tho score.
The spsaksrs account ~ the Hamburg nght
waH well delivered effort Mt oratofy. but the
faas were outrageonsy exaggerated. No such
stories of atrueisA over appeared In d news
paper--not even in the most Radical sheets Of
tho country.
Upon this the committee on resolu.
tions stalked In. bearing their precious
piece Of literature, Aom which, out OF |
friendship to our readers. we eliminate
oil the useless and redundant where.
ases, and only give the pith Of what was
resolved" showing how far ignorant
and prejudiced hatred can go II pro.
perly worked up by skillful hands
! Resolred, That MS Americans we keenly feel
he slains that attaches to ths name whom ths
aet T. discloHed to the civilized world that In
iize9 m de Of political action. that m1rdsrefs
ire there made heroes and that tho bar Jbarous
tark ,. and ths Chrisiap E american are found
II human ria hts and human lives. s
Resoteedt That tue .psrp9trh ors. aidsrs and .
sett.rs q thos. ,' = fdsrs u, should Dc hung and
,dorhtas according to the usage VI civilsed
os',nuniti9s ~ measure Of jnstics ns au e1-
ffetches reihsinine in community 70 continue
!. Resoiped, fhaf the land, goods md chattela
Court, to maintain tho helpless families of tho \
luriisred. .---...-..s- -s.-..s.a..--a. .s.-.. /,
"R.solred. That We believe the Dem erats Of
40 Cnitsd b'mss WHARF such otitrakes. are per.
etrnt9d, are incapable OF self government, and /
hould be- put npder martial Inv.
Resdlped. That the machinery Of the majority
1.-THE white qlurehss ip the south " run In the =
ntsrest cf ths oppressots " nm ihpocGht and y
elpless peopb. and we beieve the majority Ut A
e m b obvons s 81 prce e
our Lord Jesus Christ. puaJn# iqMsd etI IA n
: he.olred That we t'elieve TIE religion Of the =
.. fofh%iy m" II sssd u aseeits TIC world n re-
ar,l to tbeinf.'nous Hives ot the slavefnongers.
l. loI jaborlH rai"!ff ~ nr.a a''''e'' = v
tiaf F 1ldW galfiJ. BARSErT.' fii L
The above having been read and re- 8
eived with great applause, the Rev. !
lr. Blackburn thought that he would II
y his hand at makinga bloody-shirt"
icture, after Mast. He thereupon "
poke for an hour, drawing imaginative y -
ketches Of unoffeDding negro men. S
omen and children ruthlessly mur- ii
cred In odd blood throughout the b
hole area Of the South, Of negro "
lurches dssecrated, negro schools and ir
llages raz,d to tbs ground by unre- d.
nting Kukluxes, and would have con- o!
nued indefinitely on that inexhausti- & &
% Mortoman strain had not q certain =, re-
II. Bell, who happened to be present. m
I'd evidently had an appreciation Of 81
hat 1t Is to be be bored. limited that q
her speakers had bloody-shirts which =.
ey would like to. display. This light r.
MT somewhat sobered Mr.. Blackburn. to
no sat dbwn with a scowl, to hear al
hat the oilers had to say. eeGi alfl 8, 8,
Several orators then followed In In
out the same style, and when the ar
king was over, motion was made n!
adopt the resolutions. p
In justice to some Of the parties h,
esent, We must say that objections
re made to the most bitter portion OF
Q resolutions, and some OF these were th
edged of to suit the more pc
licate taste Of an over sensitive mi dc
rity. e+} 4r bp1JiU 5't q. ~ ~
And these are the means, II an out Of
yed Deity does not interfere with .
Y we'll directed thunderbolts, by which OF
. Republican party intends to per- ~ ~
tuate itself. y 1 ~ cu
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