Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-05-30
Uhe RepnbHrar.
The Mississippi Butchery.
MAY 80, 1877.

the Inter Ocean an account of the
Kemper Go. Mississippi, tragedy, and
treated the matter as one of trivial i'm
portance. 1t assumed that the story
is highly colored to suit the "bloody
shirt" proclivities of the Inter Ocean,
and must be taken at great discount.
It is gratifying to know that this is
not the tone of most Democratic papers
which are Informed upon the subject.
They unhesitatingly denounce the out
rage as one Of the most uDjusti6able
character and demand that the perpe-
TRAITORS be punished to the full extent of
the law. Gov. Stone has at last made
some demonstrations, which seem to
indicate that he will not permit the
affair to pass unnoticed. His own rep
utation as the chief executive officer of
the state is not alone at stake, but the
commonwealth itself will suffer i'm
nensely in public estimation, if the
terrible crime resulting in the death of
Judge Chisolm, his son and daughter,
rs not adequately dealt with.
In marked contrast with the course
Of our neighbor are the manly, out
spskers utterances which we copy be-
low from the Madison Democrat.
That paper comprehends fully the ma
ture of the outrage which has been
committed, and can see in it fulfill
ment of the old Southern idea of pro-
scription for opinions sake. It said:
'@Just at the time when the Democrat
cparty Of the North, and the Admin
Istration, with respectable element of
the Republican party, have united in
an attemptt to restore those rebellious
Ayenas to respectable places in the
Union, and assisting them in building
up their devasted states, this outrage
Is too black and cold blooded for endu-
rance. Such lever as this. put in
the hands of his enemies, must be ex-
cesdingly encouraging to Hayes, who,
We believe, has been earnestly striving
to infuse little Christian decency in-
to the black hearted, murderou. viH-
kains, who hold forth in Mississippi.
TIE blood stained murderer Stone,
who claims to be Governor of Missis-
Irpi, and the .tfends in human form
who claim to be Sheriff and Deputies
ct Kemper county, had timely warning
Of this outrage, and could have pre-.
vented it if they desired to do so; but
instead of doing so, they lent it coun-
tenance and encouragement" *
The Democratic par
y of nearly every State has suffered
defeat at the polls far too often now on
account of the political capital the op-
posite party has put into its hands by
these Southern hyenas. Now that
Hayes administration and large por-
taon of most representative men in the
Republican party have done all that
eeloDgs to them to do in restoring the
Southern states to all their rights in
the Union, the whole North has
right to expect-yes, demand--that
no more outrages occur, or, if they do,
shat the perpetrators be brought to a
speedy and severe punishment. On
the contrary, however, it seems to be
the purpose of the chivalrous assassins
IN the South to keep themselves before
the people, and mixed in the politics
af the whole country by such cold
FLOODED crimes as that of killing the
aefenseless women and children of
those who do not agree with them in
politics. In the Chisolm affair there
was not shadow of evidence that
Judge Chisolm had anything whatev-
sr to do with the assassination of Gull
Fey, and if be had known that he did
1t, there would then have been no ex-
suse or paliation for killing him and
Gilmer, and as for the murder of CHS
eIm's children the crime would make
Sitting Bull hang his head in shame.
II the Democratic party of the North
shall pass over in silence such conduct
It is no better than the beast of a Gov
srnor or Sheriff Of Mississippi who say
ray the best thing to do is to pass this
affair over 10 silence. The Democrat
nc party of the North had a right to
expect that it could 60 into the can.
sass in the several States this tall with.
cut being loaded down with outrages
and cod-blooded murders of Southern
Democrats. 1t seems, however, that
such is not to be the case. This is
the meapest and lowest possible view
OF the Mississippi massacre, and yet it
is sufficient to warrant the whole party
press In denouncing the outrage
The article then goes on to say that
seven the Democratic sheriff and his
deputies encouraged the chivalrous saw
ages in the massacre. They put
Democratic guards around the Jail,
with unloaded guns, and with instruc-