Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-24
NIEXANDRIA VA MONDAY. JULY a. 1876.

tioUeu on the highways Iu ouo iuo'"o
or six Of them had scrapcd tnelr oayoue.' W
the pailiUgs OF gentleman, ana upon us re-
muustrapces cursed and abused nlm ln ."e
hearing of his wife and SEINE visiting laolss'
The names OF all these pcrsIns Can oe e,Veu
Whv did this Attorney General aud these
'.swiit dcuouuciug" newspapers not put them
selves 70 some trouble to ascertain the provo
cations on both sides. This was not company
of State militia, but baud OF negroes organ a
ized contrary 10 law, or without authority OF
law who had taken the State properly Wltnnut
authority; that company A. 9Th regiment Na,
,ional Guard Of The State OF South Caroilna'
had been dlsbanded for several years, anu thst
this band had usurped her organzatlon Win
out authority; that they Dad not only '!a"'
fnliy and riotous!y obsuuc the puohc hign
wav, but he'd brnkeo up a civil court, DEM q It's
nrncesses aud resisted It's mandates aud in>ut'
ID lis ofic re-, and r,oIous!y lhreatcnod the HV*s
of peacrab!e citizens.
Why do they not publish he fact that Ger
taiu white man, who llveSlu hat town OF l1"m
Lurg and iub>hes radical paper 10 Ccun'
+ rbia for circulation 10 G"org!a, WAS see;, ou ,"c
truu going toward Coiumrla on thursday
evening previous, ard retuining, as IS SltopsS
suspected with ammunition for these negroe'
Why have they not reported 'haf this Sane
the streets on the Al of July, between tins 81,
caiied militia company anu youcg Butter aud
Gczeo, hat ''thcy (thc uegroes) ought to nave
sho, &. lien to death, and beat Bulcr'S brains
ou, with ihe butts ri their gus; and that he
ipcontioeply fei like a lnscnltvou- cur, "heu
the storm which he had breWed, burst upon
the rfrutug negroes.
Wby nav: they not reported all OF these
Drovucatons | cannot coOce!Va. except upon
the hypothesis that they are paid - he' auu
10 SANDER an misrepresent the white people
of this State iar political effect.
They s,y that the deuand was nude upon
the negroes for tho arms vi h"ut authority or
iustf ,atiop Why had not any CHILE OF nun
Der # citizcus the right to deuaod than !
Prince RIVER, brigadier or major general OF
militia had sad publicly that they we're taken
from him Without authority The negroes had
assemble riotousy We're IA Il s'a;e OF armco
res,s;auc. 10 the laws, aud auy CT! IA Or 3u IN.
her of ci z2ns had the right to olsperse the
,ioters aud suppress the rlot and use just SO
much force as was necessary 70 accomplish 1t,
and if every negrJ engaged In the riot had peeh
killed ln the suppr, sslon. II W0u!a nave Deeh
excusable, If rot ju>tliab!e
The tribuaai OF the written law lad oeen ap,,
pied to, aud Ienomloiou,ly tailed. Delay would
have been fatal to th" safety at the ives, flml
lies and property OF the uuotf ndlug, peac:abIo
ctiz:us Promp,, short. slarD aud decisive
action was necessary under the dictates OF that
unwrittcu. iualieuatlc law, kuowu as /! pres
ervation, the f t Of all ltws. Soue there may
have been, vii, were gad OF eu opportunity 10
punish those who had 4ccumuateu Wrongs, III
suits aaG u:cGacs UPON tuem suan as have
enumerated. | eau >ymratElze with them, II
| caunot approve such a means OF VIGdlcatlOD. |
| have upon previous occasion exlalaed |
how aud why was iu Hamburg. l d'o noth- |
:ug there which rcgreat, OF tor which l have
any apo!opins to make. aud would do agalajust |
what [ then did.
might have avoid the storm BY d eing
from it. But conceived that l had certain |
duties to perform, sno l was not brought up IN
that school whic all,ws any man to desert his
treuds and elects when they are IN Danger:
aud their families and property 10 jeopardy. L
am luuiffegeot TO the opinion OF those bowling
hypccritos and ask 10 taVors at their haods.
aud shall grant none. Their threats of United
States soldiers have no terrors Tor me or the
people of Elgeteld. We have had theso ST.
dicrs with Us aud have 20 obJ 'cton 10 the'r
coming again. We have found the officers
gentlemen as a general thug, and the men or
der!y and law atiiipg,ao they will do no more
than ex, cut. their orders and eutorce the laws.
invite judicial investigation, and am pre-
pared to submit to the arbitrameut of the law
aud such is the feeling, as far as | have been
able to learn, of every white man who Is 10 any
degree connected with the affair. The white
meu of this country have some nights when
the gtoes are blund 10 respect. ihcy have
m other feeling ior them than k'Hdntss and
pity. Kindness for their loyalty to our tamlllvs
during the war, aud pity that they will permit
themselves TO be made the tools Of bad, MIS-
chicyous. designing white mn and mulai toes.
So long as they Obey the laws, every hoaorable
man of he country will fe.I b,uud TO protect
aud encourage them 10 happiness and pros.
perity. Very respectfully yours,
NJ. {. BUTLER.