The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-07-27
tFrom the Cincinnati Times.l
The SHOTGUN Policy in the House.

The Washington dispatches inform US
that the debate on the Hamburg massa-
ere will come up again in the House, up
on resuming consideration Of the Texas
frontier bill. The Congressional Record
of the 10th just at hand, brings the de
bate which took place on Saturday, and
from it we extract, and print in another
column Of this page, the letter furnished
by Mr.. Smalls, member from South Caro-
lima. lt is the narrative Of an eye-wit-
ness Of the massacre. and should be read
by every voter in the land. IL presents
in clear language the policy which the
Southern Democrats are determined to
pursue towards coloEed citizens-the
method which they have agreed upon as
necessary to carry for the Democracy a
solid South
1t must be remembered that the mar.
rative OF this outrage iswholly free from
the charge Of being colored for political
purposes tits sustained in all its bloody
details by the Southern Democratic
Press. The Charleston Is. c. News, one
of the best Democratic papers in the
South, says:
Assuming that the accounts Of the Hamburg
fight given by the Augusta newspapers are in
tile main correct, we fnd little, IL any, excuse
for the conflict itself, and absolutely none for
.
were shot down like rabbits long after they had
surrendered. The insolence OF the negro mill
tlanien, out OF when ihe trouble came, could =,
arms. The killing OF seven Of the prisoners was
barbarOus in the extreme We have no words
strong enough 20 express our condemnation OF
/ such "A crime. They who do such deeds SOW the
wind. We pray that they, and those who are
/ innocent Of the wrong, may not reap the whi.l-
| wind.
I Hon. William Stone, Attorney General
/ of South Carolina, makes a report TO
/ Governor Chamberlain, fully sustaining
the story given elsewhere. and closing as
/ follows
| IL may be possible that a careful judicial in
/ vestigation may show some slight errors hi
/ some of the minor details stated In this report
/ but making due allowance for such errors, the
| facts show the demand ON the militia TO give
| up their arms was made by persons without
lawful authority 70 PER ehi3fee ore, sneh demand, Or y
/ that the attack on the militia TO compel a com
plance Of this demand was without legal ex
cuse or Justification; and that, after there hac
been some twenty or twenty-five prisoners cap
tured and completely IN the power OF their cap
/ Sisid,11S ave ~ Them were deliber,,teIy shot I,
| death and three more severely wounded.
/ further appears that, not content with thu sat
| added 10 their guilt the crime OF robbery OF de
| fenspleSs people, and were only prevented from
arson by the efforts Of their own leaders.
The New York Times closes its edito
rial comment on the outrage with tn
following language:
The fact is that the outrage was deliberatel
planned by the leading white gentlemen" c
the neighbOrhoOd. The negroes happened
be gathered, with their arms, and Il was deem
ed a good opportunity TO take their arms ava
and give them a scare that would keep ther
| quiet during the canvass. The pretense tha
the negroes were eioeklng tne way when
! no value. How often do militia regiments q
companies on parade turn out OF the road ie