Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1876-07-22
4 Periured Grand Jury.

discharged by Judge lillI. just ne
fore retiring, tie Jury presented the
following report
OXFoEp. Mss. July Srh, 1876.
he United States Grand jury for the
Northern District of Mississippi. ut Oxford.
Jmre term. 1876. beg leave ." report
That We lave examined tw" hundred aud
eighty one witnesses. aud !"rud ninety true
bills. \ large rIaJoriry at these bills were
for yio. alton OF ilir revenue laws.
4 Although We lave i;,iH prnrra Ted session,
we have only made partial and rursory ex-
animation of the nIutn"rtbr cases Of the
vinlarinns of III. elrrIiun iaw> that have come
To- our knowledge. We regret tu report that
from the examination had, We must say that
the fraud. intimidation and violence r"rre-
irated M The last elrcri"n. l. wiIi,ut parallel
IN the annals nf history. and that time wuuId
tail u in taking ,r~iiulnmy that could easily Ice
introduced, demonstrating the fact Il,aI there
is &rjc.eh groradS for Tie f,diag Of Mo"S-
GHdS Of iadt,tmen'> against p'r.nns ,rho are
grossly .rHiy Ire aLorc mcatioHcd r.ota.,OHS
Of tie ,dcare G'cri"H) lars.
From the facts clt.ircd during this graud
inquest. and from or ora EdoWiefcP 81 Tie
reign of terror that was inaueuratcd Guiiu"
the late election campaign. we cau only
commend To the citizens of Mississippi Ia
make an earnest appeal IN the strong arm Of
Ihe United States Government 10 give Item
that Protection that i guaranteed To every
American cI'IIrn, thar l. prurcrrinn IA trrClum
of speech. IN their person and property. and
the right at suffrage. We 10 assert that these
rights were openly violated AMI rramplcd IN
the dust during the late election and that
tina, there is no redress for these grievances
under the present State Government. and
urlr>s the United States Government culorcrS
thar shield Of protection that is guaranteed 10
every American citizen. however humble and
then may the cIliZc.rs of the Mississippi cX-
clam. farewell to liberty, farewell TO the
freedom at the halorbox.
II, ,rrcrluIIy submitted.
Adopted by rhe Grand Jury. hi, Srh day
ofJuly. \. b 1876.
W. ID. FHAzEE, Foreman.
W II. DupsuN. C,erG.
When this Grand Jury was empan-
nciCl the foreman TOOK the following
oath:
You, as foreman Of this grand in
quest, shall diligently inquire into and
true prescntment make Of AL such
matters and things as shall be given
to you in charge. or otherwise come
10 yonr knowcd &c. touching tie pes
ent service the counsel Of the Govern
mcnt, your fellows and your own,
you will keep secret you shall pre-
sent no person through malice, hatred
or iii will, nor shall you leave any
person upresented through fear, favor
or affection, or for any reward, hope
or promise thereof; but in all Your
prcseE,ments you shall present the
truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth, to the best of your skill
and understanding, SO help you God.
The individual members were then
sworn as follows:
The same oath t!'at your foreman
has now taken before you OF his part,
you ard each of you, sl.alI well and
truly observe aud keep, on your re-
spectivc parts, SO help you God.
These men took an oath upon
Gods holy book. and with uplifted
hands called upon Him to witness
that they would " diligently enquire
into anG true prcsen;men; make of all
such matters and things as shall DC
given il your charge, or otherwise
come to your knUwetdce,' and this
they aworc tc do without fear or
favor Or affection, or for any reward,
hope. or promise thereof" When,
ther.iorc.,.W. d. Frazee, The foreman,
who is lawyer, and Was Chancellor
by 'hc grace Of Amcs, declared in bis
Gaal report, that he had sufficient
grounds for the tinding of thousands
Of indictments" for the election. laws,
and yet did not prcsen, one individual!
tl.,rcior, be imply wro:e himself in
famous. From this there can be no
escape, and we wish ex-Chancelor
Frazee and his fellows on the Grand
Jury, as easy time as they can pos
sibly expect.
1t is proper to say that we learn
from the Oxford Falcon, that Eve of
the Grand Jury refused to give their
assent to this infamous and lying re-
port, but protested against it as false
and unfounded.
The COrinthian, published at Cor
NTH, the county seat Of Alcorn county,
publishes this report of Frazee, and
accompanies it with the following
bliStcring comment:
The above report bears falsehood
and villiany upon its very face. For
Grand Jury, which was selected
with view of Ending indictments
upon the slimest evidence, to come
forward, after failing to find single
indictment for the violation of the
enforcement act, and make assertions
of the above character, shows that
the Republican party has not yet
reached the lowest depths of scoun-
dreliSm. 1t presents an unheard Of
anomoly, for Grand Jury to adjourn
without finding solitary indictment
for particular oifense, and at the
same time subscribe to report de-
claring that it had sufficient ground
for tinding a thousand indictments.
The United States Grand Jury Simply
played its part I'm the uniform effort
that is being made by the Radical
party to place the white people of
Missippi at the mercy Of the infamous
Phil Sheridan and his Federal bavo-
nets. They have done the bidding
of their master, and skunk to their
homes among the people they have
traducrd with a consciousness of Sc
curly against violence, thus giving
he lie TO the statements Of their in
famous report.