The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-08-17

upon the continued administration of thu
government upon the true and tried princl
piles OF the Republican party The proPo
sition OF the Democratic leaders TO MAKE
good times Tor every body, IL the govern
ment Is put into their hands, il like the ad
veriIsement OF
QUACK MEDICINES
TO cure all the ills that fesh is heir to. The
st. Louis platform resembles the versciOu'
publications of Buils sarsaparillia and
Brandreth's pills, which are warranted tc
kill or cure, as the case may be. The po-
litical quacks who made the 81. Louis pre-,
scription are among the most deadly in the
in all the Southern and in most OF the
Northern States.
The States of Louisiana, Alabama, Mis-
sissippi, South Carolina and Florida are a.
certainly Republican as are Vermont and
Massachusetts, with an aggregate majority
of not less than 10000, divided about as
follows: Louisiana, $1,000; Alabama, TO-
900; Mississippi, $4,000; South Carolina,
5000; Florida, 5000. Yet the hope OF
Democratic success in the approaching cleo
states, which can be done only by murder,
intimidation and fraud. There is not 4
well-inforIned Democrat anywhere who
does not know that these states are largely
Republican if permitted TO have fair cleo
tion. They count with great confidence
upon violence and Its consequences. VIII
has been done successfully in some Of the
Southern States they expect to he done in
all. Murder thus becomes a fixed political
element in the Democratic problem. Should
they carry these states it will be by a
bloody revolution which no mere deserves
the name of election than the murder OF
he Christians by the Turks.
Five, ten, or twenty negroes are killed,
and sometimes one white man, is the COM
mon report, but every announcement is fol-
loved 10y the stereotyped lie that the
NEGROES BEGAN THE ATTACK,
and the white men were acting in self-de
fense. The negroes poor, unframed, almost
unarmed, and un-kilIed IN the Use Of weap-
ons are always represented as precIpitaling
themselves upon their well-armed,
skIllful aud intrepid enemies, and propar-
ing themselves TO be shot for no other reas-
on than TO make alittle political capital for
their northern friends.
The murder, few days since, vi ten he
Hr"es, IA Hamburg, s. C.. under circum-
-laiar-- Of extraordinary atrocity, is but the
",a7..rg Il the Tilden campaign in this
Stale Ii was the beginning Of the work OF
intimidation, a terrible blow TO strike terror
into the hearts OF the cp!orei people. Upon
very mean and scrndalouS pretext, about
800 white men sudGenlv assembled in this
little town, inhabit Il almost exclusively by
c1lored people, perpeIraIed the foul murder, |
sent the women and children into the woods |
in deadly fright, and sear-hed ard sacked |
their humble home.
Had band Of Sioux Indians suddenly |
pouEced upon peaceable white village and |
inflicted such horrors, the cry for extermi- |
nation would have gone up throughout the |
land.
1t is openly proclaimed that the Republi-
can majority OF 5000 IN South Carolina il
to be overcome, and the State carried fer
Tilden and this can be done only by fright
ening colored men from the polls, or COM
pelling them by force or fraud to vote the
democratic ticket.
In Mississippi, since reconstruction in
1869, the average Republican majority has
been over 10000. la 1872, Grant carried it
by 81 SS1 votes. Last year, after a cam
paign of horrors, the democracy carried it
by a majority OF over $4,000, and so COM
plete and abject was the terror that
in the county of Iazoo, where the
Republicans had a registered vote of 2,i27,
they polled but Scrsn votes, and these were
permitted only that it might he said that
Republicans could vote The White-liners
were organized into military companies in
very County, well armed, and marched up
and down the country with threatening
demonstrations Murders, whippings, and
very form Of violence were Of daily occur
-ence, and prominent Republicans, white
md black, were notified TO leave their
lomes on pain of death Leagues were
ormed in which the members were solemn
y pledged TO rent no land, give no employ
nent, business, custom or social recognition |
"hateyer to white or black Republicans
Ihe Governor OF the State was compelled L,
o disband the few military companies to.
prevent their massacre, and TO treat with |
he Democratic central committee for its
'wn safety, the preservation OF the peace | {
md protection Of the public property. The
reaty was generally violated, the commit
ee alleging their inability TO restrain their {
avsge followers, and Mississippi through
'nt the campa gn WAS an armed mob, hav- |
ny all OF the license with none OF the disci- |
line OF the camp. The result was what
night have been anticipated-a bloody, /;
awless, wicked revolution, in which large
majority was overwhelmed by an armed
md murderous minority The massacres 1
Il Hamburg, Nicksburg. Clinton, Coushatta,
jolfax, Red River, Mechanics Institute, I
nd at hundreds OF other places that might {
'e named, are all of the same character,
or the same political purposes, and are
enerally attempted to be excused by the I
anne infamous and outrageous falsehoods. f
Gen. Sheridan, while in command in c
'ew Orleans, collected with great labor the c
yidence of violence in the State of Louis q
ana alone Ii
FOR POLITICAL VIOLENCE
rom lS66 TO lS1 /, and reported TO the in
estigating committee appointed by the ,
louise OF Representatives, As follows:
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