Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-07-28
THE HAMBURG IS c. HAS.
SACRE.

THE HAMBURG IS c. Has
SACRE.
Opinions Of the Press.
We have rsfrained from con.
msnting upon the massacre Of ne
groes that took place ct Hamburg,
south Carolina. on the 4th instant.
for The reason that W regarded The
case - somevhst complicated and
under the present political excite
mont, one upon which correct and
unprejudicsd information wers
hard to get. 6uccinctly the cir
cumstances Of The affair were -
follow: Two young man vsrs
riding through the streets on the
night Of the date mentioned, when
they were interrupted and detained
BY . colorsd military company.
The next day the csss was brought
bsfors . eolored Justice upon The
right Of . military company to in
tsrfsrs With The liberty Of citizens.
The military vsrs ordered to give
mp their arms They refused to do
20 and took position in . brick
building, from which shots were
fred upon the whites who assem-
bled in indignation. The shots
were returned. and two negroes and
one white man were killed. Five
negroes were subsequently assas-
sinatsd after they bad surrendered.
This, OF course, was . gross out
rage, We append the opinions Of
.ome vell-informed nevspapsrs Of
both sides on the unfortunate oc-
currense
However much extern uation may
be found for the evaporation Of
the white people 1t what they re
gard - negro assumption and i'm
pudsnee, nothing can justify an
outrage like this. Prejudice may
Be tolerated, bu. murder must be
punished and life must be pre-
served and the laws maintained at
any and all hazards. And it be.
comes . question Of the utmost
importance now what course the De-
will take in view of this and
similar outrsges. The people of the
North will think twice before CON-
the government to any party
that sanctions in the slightest degree
.uch osuages as thi..-IN. =
Graphic.
The negroes had wilfully and, BY
o1aer Of Cham5erlain's fGovernor Of
South Cardinal minions. INSTRUCTED
the road for the purpose Of creating a
not and sSakins political capital,
should any white people try to force
their way through them. A co,ored
did - any Magistrate
would have done-forbade them to |
obstruc, the road Sad ordered them
10 give up their arms. They refused,
took up . commanding position and |
hot the first white man that tried to |
pass along the road. They were then
'ubdusd BY force.-Ivirginis Chron.
Icle.
What right had General Butler Of
georgia to cross the Savannah river
INTO Hamburg, South Carolina, to |
AXE away the arms Of 3 company of
State miliriaa The nalitiamen had
he lawful right to fire the first shot;
out General Butler lies when he SAYS
they did so. He and his Kuklux sur
rounded and drove thirty-eight of
hem into their armory. demanded
their surrender and that Of their
State musketa and, upon their refusal
10 eo0ply with these unlawful de-
nandA Butler and his Kuklux
opened fire upon them. and brought
over cannon from Augusta, to help
Iorce them te yisld their persons and
heir guns. The World knows these
Ho1be facts, and it calls the COMPANY
81 State militia ''riotous negroea.s
They were guilty Of no not. and had
mobbed or molested nobody, bot had
strictly minded their business and
Tried To defend their personal, politi-
cal and inaliensble rights when sst-
npon by Gen. Butler and his Kuklux
cut-thToats, without cause or provo
Tribune.
Compent on transsction like this
. hardly necessary. The wont crime
II the negroes seems to have been
nsolence, and this is what General
Butler refers to whsn be says that
they sowed the wind and reapsd the
whirlwind.r The point mainly dem.
10 that In the present con-
aition Of certain parts Of the South
my trihing event may provoke . col !.
lision, and any collision b followed
b. . massacre. Both whitAs and
blacks are always ready for battle !;
but If there Be superior intellieencs
upon either side, upon that aide the
burden Of blame must fall. At the
'ame time nothing will be gained by
Uuch attempts - that Of M. Cox in