Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-22

\ FIERCE cutlery has been raised by the
Southern Democratic press over Attorney
General Tafj', Instructions 10 the United
State, llarsha.> The Baltimore Ga-afe
openly calls .or preparations to resist the
nited STATE, Government 1t declares that
election DAY must fni the State militia out,
reinforced BY ten thousand minute men,
and offered By tie most elevated citizens.
The time has come, it saws, when foroe
mast be mt iy force" What is the occasion
of all tli- threatening? The Attorney-Gen-
erals instructions are not only strictly legal.
a. nigh, lie supposed when emanating
from tie ir-t Law officer of the G0yernmnt,
but they cannot possibly work to the
injury If tie rights Of any southern ciii-
zen. white or black. The Cincinnati
Conmcrliars southern correspondent, Dr.
Reafell, who is not Republican, but
WHO is an intelligent man with some sense
Of fairness, cannot shut his eyes to the need
ofprotccti.n for the cllored voters. lie says
"Of course, you viii hear and are hearing
an immense howl from the Democratic press,
North and South, about this the Attorney
Generals circular. They speak OF it a car
rying the election by bayonets. and all that
kind Of thing. Not 50. When see or hear
Of an 'intimidated Democrat, or a white
mar. kept from voting on account Of troops,
| viii let You know.
10 one acquainted with affairs in the
South, this clamor about the use Of troops
is particularly ridiculous. The troops 90
not keep any man from voting. They DO
not intlmiiate anybody. They do not in
tertere with the elections. They do not
vote themselves. The CLEAN of their bay
onets' that We hear so much about Is not
seen at any polling place.
well, then, what do they do? By their
presence the negroes are encouraged to -
forward and vote for the ticket of their
choice. Simply that, and nothing more.
That l. the whole story. No white man Is
prevented from voting, but the negroes are
supplied with 'backb sufficient for the
occasion.
\ Washington despatch says Attorney
General Taft continues to receive a number
Of letters daily from the South, filed with
stories Of crueltie7 practised upon Republi-
cans. and praying for protection by the gen
eral Government. Mr.. Taft says net TWEEN
tieth part of the outrages practised upon
helpless negroes and white Republicans are
heard f in the North that the Southern
papers from policy suppress the facts, which
only become public through the medium of
some Government official. From a consery-
alive Republican, Judge Taft has changed
his views in regard to the South completely
within three months. lie never supposed
the spirit Of oppression and tyranny could
exist to such an extent as now prevails in
some Of the Southern States, often 'encOur-
aged by the very men who were the most
submissive when the rebellion was crashed.
1t Is Judge Taft's intention to embody some
Of these statements Of Democratic cruelties
in a speech which he will deliver in Gin
cinnati during the latter part of this month
lie proposes to tell a true story, based upon
evidence which mas come into his hands as
Attorney-General, and what he will say
will, it is believed, command very general
attention throughout the North.