National Republican., 1878-01-23

cont Democrut1c votes. ~ Is now nmrmeu
that WELSH Is not ct all Independent of the
avLLSs, but, on the contrary, will not dare to
displease them. For instances, he went to serve
10 writ upon one Of the GuLLYs the other day
upon seeing the latter enter a store. Upon his
an announcing to hin that he had q writ for him
several gentlemen (2) came forward TO assure
the officer that they would be responsible for
his appearance In court at the proper time for
trial. lie was permitted to 20 free upon this
assurance, AND this farce was announced as his
arrest for murder. Public sentiment in that
locality was doubtless satisfied with this faint
attempt at the observance of the forms of law
with this gentleman (P). Had 1t been poor
Republican negro who had outraged or mur-
dered white man or woman, mutilation and
hanging by q mob Of these gentlemen ~ would
have been his doom.
1t may be interesting to some of our readers
to know how these murder trials are con.
Quoted in Mississippi. The law requires the
names Of all citizens, white and colored, to be
placed in q box by the clerk of the board of
supervisors, and both grand and petit jurors
drawn from the box. Latterly there has not
been panel for jury, however, which hal
more than two eolored names upon II. The
matter Is very cleverly managed by the super
visors. In Kemper County the board Of super.
yisos Is composed entirely of GULLY men, and
as this board has the control Of tho selection
Of grand jurors there will probably never be
any more of the CursoLM murdcrcrs Indicted.
But, as the Herald says, there will be lively
time next March court" when those already
indicted will be tried.
TriedY Yes, that Is what they will call II
down there. We can see the farce now. II Is
in the minds eye. Eleven months will have
passed since the commission of the foul deeds.
Roses aud flowers will have bloomed and bios
somed and shed their fragrance for one full
season over the graves Of the innocent victims
be persuaded that they have forgotten much.
These Mississippi gentlemen (?) are eloquent
persuaders. The GuLLys and their friends and
partisans will be on the ground in full force
and thoroughly armed, and 1t will be quietly
circulated around that ii will not be right
healthy there for any one who shall dare to
swear positively against the accused. These
sights and sayings will have u fearful effect
upon the memory of the witnesses for the
prosecution. Then, the defense will attempt
to prove the vilcst provocation on the part of
Judge CHIsoLM and his friends. They have
been nearly year cooking up this evidence,
and we shall be greatly disappointed, from all
we have heard, if they do not make out a
strong case. What they cannot find evidence
in Kcmper County to prove against Repub.
lican must be something which they do not
dream of needing to prove. That's certain.
But suppose beautiful young lady like
Miss CHIsOLM and a brave lad like her brother,
all of the GULLY family, had been killed by
a negro mob while defending their father
and trying to protect his person from its as.
sault? What amount Of provocation would 1t
be necessary to prove in order to prevent a
mob of Kcmper County gentlemen ~ from
executing summary vengeance upon the mur.
dcrers? This is the point that we wish 10
impress on the public mind. Senator LAMAR
was understood to have guaranteed equal
rights to all through local selfgovernment
These murders were committed on the 29th Of
! April, 1877. not quite two months after Mr.
HAYEs' paciication policy had been pro
claimed, which had been based chiefly upon
the guarantees Of HAMPTON, GORDON, and
LAMAR that equal rights should prevail, moi
only in their several States, but throughout
the South These Kemper County murder
were the first Endorsement by the people Of
Mississippi of Mr.. LAMAR's promises. TIT
victims were not carpet baggers, $50 calledl
but natives; they were not negroes, but re
5 spectacle, educated, and intelligent white citi
. zens. But they were Republicans and hat
l been in Washington and testified before tn
! Congressional committees, and had also testi
, fed before the grand jury of the United State
Court in Mississippi These were their rca
ofenses And for these they died. We hav
no idea that any one will be convicted of tn
murder even of those innocent children who's
heroic devotion to their patriotic father ha
O thrilled the hearts of the millions of the Mort
= who hate mob law, And yet we have N
! doubt that there will be lively time there a
;, next March court.