The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-26

Hamburg massacre, so-easlsd. reached
Il the, North than the New York Herald
commenced series ofsfurious diatrlbes
2 against the people oflthe South, COM
4 pairing them, In finlte1y to their disad-
\ vantage, with the Stoiix, who, In that
truly Poritanical spirit which regards
| all opposition TO it's will M crime, 1t
tells US, shave I'M aurd1'ed the gallant
4 Custer. 1T likened Gen, NJ. C.lBatler
4 otf3itting Ball and invoked protection
1 for peaceful and innocent American eitf.
zens by the same ptilanthrepic PROCESS
1 Of exterminntin9 the whites which 1t
sdyocates against the L..diabss Tho
4 deasnt attttude assumed laby Gea.'
eral aButior,l and his lachalenge
4 to the lying Chamberlain toaproge the
ISLANDERS which he had uttcrcdngaitist
him, suagested for thei first tine the
propriety OF hearing the Other AiteaDe-
fore Senltng nm Sheridan wftTf arsgr
Ment Of cavalry to devasfate tire com.
itry. It could anot, of course, for n mo-
ment be admitted that the whife.H,,tu
had any riGhtrto tbense.of tle highway
| when American citizens chose 10 blgsk-
ade II. yet, being un ''ignoraptlund de-
graded barbarian" he might, perhaps,
be excusable In asking the advicel of ~
negro justiee upon the subieet. As this
was the full exton OF his original wrong.
It might be matter for confederation
| whether mercy could not be extended
to that portion OF thepeolple (which had
m mn Al fnd In da tt,7..s
then, the hand Of the etavenger be stj,id,
aud let Chamberlain set his ipartisan
tribunals to- work +, so that ssome sem.
blapce Of justice maybe Givento our
righteous vengeance. lsge seeds tsg i'g
Such an investigation has been rtinde
with the result OF placing under nom.
inal bonds for future appearances men
charged with murder; and this by n
rnagistrate whose partisan zeal would
have led to ~ different result, bud IL
been possible to attuin a. wiJliany sem
blance, of justice. The proofswns that this
'ipeaceable and quiet community" OF
Hamburg g-Tdrant's lambs was com
posed, In reality, Of tue worst negro
crilnipals OF two States that at the vefy
moment OF the occufrfnee of this riot
they were plotting the massacre OF the
entire white population. from The cradle,
up, " With such incidents US weuld have
thrilled With JOY the hearts rof Morton
and Blaine; that The occasion OF thai
riot was an incident In the execution Of
this pot: and thai these inoffensiye
citizens were the first to arm and to use
their arms, ~s,g !. sott...at..a adf
And now Judge Maekey, a thorough
Radical, relates. in q speech The other
day, an Occurrences which sheds some
| light upon the character OF these Sioux
Of Edge6eld, whom the Herald devoted
to indiscririnate destruction. Several
ye, srs ago the house offa gentleman oi
thAt district was burnt by some Of these.
lambs from Hamburg--a staggering
loss in his present Impoverished condi4 4
tlon.t Soon after, In a conflict between
him and some OF his friends anda party
Of negroes, two of, the latter were shot.
This put the law In motion. and upon
Judg b Mackey fell the task OF admins
terfn.g It., !, He issued warrants for the
arrest Of the gentleman and also Of Ned
claiming 4 to be the captain
Of q cgnpany Of militia In Hamburg 4
The fo1mer promptly surrendered him
self, riding through terrific storm to
10 so. The latter called out his com
pany to resist the process Of the law.
and only yielded after two OF them had
been shot, by, the posse summoned to
enforce 1t. Then twas heard that an
was being formed In The
country to execute summary Justice
upon this lam b. who had long been u
source OF as great terror as % man
eating tiger Is la India. The gentleman |
spoken OF at onc.ss placed him seH ut the
head ola posse TO- defend the jill, aud
protect the life OF the man fro "a whom I
here was every reason, to believe that
le had suffered suyh, grievops, injury. |
His presence there 8 topped the, ,luoyezI
nent. The man who did this was Gen.
". G. Butler, whom the Her4id. as the
'ery acme OF reproach, called sitting
Bull though what matter OF reproach
my just and honest man can find 10 the |,
OF the latter, 1t is difficult to
conceive. - f..-'..t, ..eF =. ,..ss y 4
1t would be well IL men, in Judging
he actions OK others, would place them
elves In the position of those whom
hey. Judge. Let those who,. like the
Herald, are endeavoring to .rekindle the
ames OF fanatical hate which still 4
lcker In the Northern heart, place
hemselves In the position OF the people