The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-18
WASHINGTON, Aug. lG.

WASHINGTON, Aug. lG.
The following is a synopsis Of the re-
mart submitted to the United States SEN
,,r by Mcssrs. Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,;
Cameron. Of Wisconsin; and Mcmillan,
ii Minnesota, touching the OutrageS per-
pe,r.,ed last fall in the State Of Mississ'
ippi during the canvass and on election
day: r.o.,
l,says that the evidence taken before
the committee will fully support these
'' T. Tint force, fraud, and intimidation
were used generally and successfully in
the political canvass OF 1873.
That Governor Ames was man OF
personal integrity and an able chief mag.
I,,rate and that his fitness was admitted
by his political opponents. =.
3 That there were many persons in Of
flee especially elective offices, who were
incapable anil dishonest, but that this
fact is as true Of the Democratic NJ Ot the
Republican counties, and that neither the
Governor nor the masses Of the party
sustained them, but on the contrary,
that they were generally driven from Of
ice.
/. That while il is true that s6me Of
,he recent citizens, or "carpet.baggers,"
t.,rayed the trust cOniided to them the
majority we're intelligent; upright and
brave men from the North, who were en-.
trely incorruptiblc, and who are now
struggling against great odds to secure a
iI.t administration Of public affairs.
). That the rate Of increase OF taxes
Of Mississippi before and after the war
i. much less than in some OF the Nor
,hern States, where no complaint is made
against them. This complaint is con-
,IIered at somc length.
i. Tha,,hCre was no justification what
.yer in any wrongs or errors OF Repub.
Iicap administration for the Outrages and
crimes committed to overthrow il. .
!. That the charge that Governor
Ames attempted 10 organize the black
against the white race, by NEGRO mill
tia has no foundation in fact, as the
evidence shows that natiye.born citizens
who had served in the Confederate army
were accepted by him, and commanded
a. officers, and that it was his purpose to
solicit and accept recruits from all classes
oi tho people Of the State.
S. That although this act occurred al
ter series Of assassinations following
the Clinton riot, Which left the Cover
nor pOwerless to keep the peace, it was
made the pretext by the Democrats for
openly organizing and arming them
selves in military clubs, by which the
colOred inhabitants and white Republic
leans Of the State were oyerawed, in
Undated, aud deprived Of their rights
a. citizens.
.. That these companies committed
numerous murders OF citizens who had
been and then were active in the Repub-
lean party.
10. That the Governor was not only
not reprehensible in organizing u militia,
but that il was his duty to do 80, and
that the conduct Of the Democracy in
rming to resist it was unlawful, and
ought to have been suppressed, either by
the State or national authorities.
II. That the riot at Clinton and the
bloody massacre on the following Sunday
we're in harmony with the policy previ-
onsly adopted by the Democrats in that
vicinity, and designed to intimidate and
paralyze the Republican party.
T. That the allegation that the ne
groes were orGunizinginto military bands
for the destruction OF the white race was
pretext made for the formation OF Dem
ocratiC armed companies, as the evidence
shows that not only were the blacks not
armed to any extent, but that those who
had arms we're furnished with inferior
and secondhand weapons, and that their
leaders, both religious and political, ev-
er!where discountenanced the resort TO
force. ~. r. ...|.
u. That in sentence il may be assert
I'll that all the statements made that there
was any justiiable cause for the recent
proceedings in Mississippi are without
foundation.
y. That, on the other hand, il is to be
said that a majority Of the white Demo-
cratic voters Of the State were engaged in
asysiematic effort to carry the election,
and this with purpose to resort TO all
means within their power, including, on
the part Of some Of them, the murder oil
prominent persons in the Republican
party, both black and white.
Ii. That the minority who were op
posed to these outrages, and who are Tor
lume oVerawed and pOwerlesS, are mem
Oet' Oithe Republican party.
10. That the element OF society which
chiefly committed these outrages on the
coIoFed voters and on the white Republic
cans WAS mainly young men who have
reached manhood since the close OF the
E,ltI; but that they were encouraged in
Their course by the Democratic leaders,
Sho accepted the political advantages Of
.He'r conduct, and are largely response
o'e lot the criminal results. .fEI.E. RI
IL Tha, the negro laborers were in
,H9any cases compelled to vote for their
Democratic employers; that there was a
General disposition, by threats OF dis
charging them and refusing them subsist-
t6ce, 80 to compel them; and that In
some counties the contracts made with
,ae Iaborers declared that they should
.o'e their share Of the crops II they did
A0I vote to suit their employer.
Is. That the Democratic clubs organ.
ttd In every part Of the State were sup
PLIed With the hest arms that could be
procured IN the country; that they every.
sae'e publicly expressed their purpose
o carry the election at all hazards; that
u many cases they procured ono or more
p.eve' Of artillery, with which they trav-
TSa the country for weeks before the
election intinidatiug the negroes, men,
s %'a I them, and firing into their houses
H., ~ That the intimidation was so great
,%M IN large number Of counties pre-.
b ,JI' ~ 20 the electionit was impossible to
. "''a Republican meetings; that il. many
n nag Republican counties Republican
, "tSssuDE were broken up, and nearly all
,Ssr .Ps 70 canvas these districts were
W.. II That the early riots at Clinton and
'NA'Oufg were the results Of special