St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-15
The Barbarity of the South.

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The r.nublic,ns ,re nrovino the
CHARGES of violence murder and intim-
id.,tinp in I'm, five hnlIJnzaI marshes
straight ONT. The r.y,.jntions are bor-
uhIc. 1t is not worth while TO try to
DENY or cover up the facts. however
dis"raceful to humanity they NAV be.
Sworn testimony shows that the parishes
were carried by murder. assassination.
WINNINGS and the establishment of IA
reign of terror.
The stor, of Eliza Pinkston of Qua
chita parish | have already sent YOU.
The democrats DENY that her husband
and child were, killed by "bulldozcrs,"
or that politics had ANYTHING To do with
il. but all the circumstances of the case
point poverfllly To the truth of heI
statement. She NAV he mistaken as to
the names of the men who did it, but
her story certainly bears the ear marks
of truth. Aud her wounds are as horri
bile as her story. They speak for them
selves. \ shot and IL stab in the breast,
Il cut on the throat and jaw, il terrible
cash in the hip. IL cut in the head and
both feet. This is certainly true, for
the wounds speak. And that her hus-
band and child are dead Is true. Who
did II and for what purpose Recollect,
they were murdered on Saturday night
before the election, the very time of
several other diabolical political out
RACES in that parish.
Another important witness examined
was Henry W. Burrcll, also OF Ouachita
parish. As TO rifle clubs there, he said /:
There have been five to my Own
kn"wled &c one on the Bayou DE Salr,
one on the island OF Ouachlta, and one
III Colony and one III the city OF Mon
roe there Is another down the river,
ANA at CUBA Landing ana Logtown. |
have seen them riding. before the cleo
ton aud since the election, on Bayou
DE San and around the vicinity OF
Monroe. y few days before the cleo
tlon. witness started out OF Monroe with
Il lot "l republican tickets. He was al
tested 10y rifle club and held 10y them
is Il prisoner. His testimony continues :
well. they made me promise enough.
They made me burn the republican
tickets that had. and made me promise
To JOIN the democratic club. destroy
Ell ahOut llOO republican tickets.
did il hccaIISe | WAS afraid that would
have been murdered if | didn't destroy
them. They said that the only saliva
ton that had To live was To destroy
thcm tickets burn them or throw them
into the river. SIM about eight or
ten colorcd people when under arrest.
and they told me themselves To iOin
the democratic party. that they had to
do the same. and they thought il WAS
best fur me to do so. The general feel
inn among TIM, culnrcd people there, WAS
all to vote, the republican ticket. They
had to do this way to save themselves.
In fact. | WAS told 81 bv many of them.
| Thought the republican parry we'll or
";iuiZcd at the time Diukrravr WAS
killed. | thought there were three or
four clubs in that vicinity. There. was
one ORGANIZED down the. river. and an
other ou tine island. and another in
COLONY. and one ont in the country
numbered very STRONGLY. Diukrruy,.
vl. one. of strrIu.St reuubIic,us and
very active i'm rr~auiliuT climbs. he
Ii,.I,. Ia. ,,r,,.,,iz.L o.,,.h ,,,, and th.r.
vrr,. t,u''
#, rh,. u,tu.rnus murd,rs in that
p4ui.L for uoliti.aI re,sous h. SAYS =.
IL heard if rlmor.d h.t,r. DIR Diuk-
grave WIS llitlpu that. III he ulu moi
sion nruIuiziur In, purty. h. vould IN.
mu,,l,r.d 'Th,r. WAS primus .Johus,n
E, very active ,.nulIic,u III. w,s kin
ed James Jackson. ON, of tbe first
class. rood rcpuhIicaus he WAS shot -
but then he WAS a strong rcpubIicau.
Annthrr instance. Is Marion Rhod,s: he
Nas killed. and Ferdinand Byuum.
There WAS Eaton Ionwood. shot and
wounded. William Lewis vns wound
ed aud shot. Spencer Dickcusou WAS
shot. and m\Srlf. and there we're sev-
ctal vhipprd. There WAS Il man by
the name of Drner: he was whipped.
Daizl Breeze: he was in the house
when he was shot. \ man came to his
house and told him he was Il spirit or Il
ghost. and thcN wanted him to ioin the
democratic panty. There were several
more. hut | cannot mention The, names :.
have forgotten them"
In answer to Il question rs To his own
>huorinm. he said "A man b> the name
ut Ed Hathaway did the shooting shot
at a man hN the name of Henry CLAY.
lie WAS in company with me, coming
from Bayou DE Sair. coming to the city
of Muuicr. He said to him. Now Won
SOILS of -: YOU raise vour hat. the
bulIduzrr> is coming and then ne shot
at Henry CLAY. missin" him; hi, next
shot was fired at me-. and stuck me ON
the arm and breast; before that. he
had shot this Spencer Dickinson at
Harry Wilson's, some halt-milr below
me ON Bay ON De Sair: we went ON half
Il mile from them he shot one William
Waterway. one Harry Dean: the other
man. don't know his name. CLAY was
about six feet in advance of me, not
oven fifteen seconds before he shot me-"
To tL. uu.stion ..Wh,t ,.tt.ct IiJ