The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-10-30
IEsE SITUATION

= DJFt LIe HhIl ll S+tleH lttiI
/ those stricken with the heavy hand
Of the pestiIence in tbe South comes
the sound of clashjDg arms aud the
call for State troops to further prose
cute the work Of death. Oar dis
patches Of yesterday showed tha. in
Tonsas Parish, Ia, ihiIty-six negroes
were killed nd ths. Governor Mich
oils bad ordered on. ,he First Lou .l-
ana Brigade, wbich. before o.. has
DO doubt begun i:s p.ea. srk Jf
completing the slsughte TIE dis
patches make no mention . -lF li.e
man being kHied-threc Ecry rtp1.i-
ed wounded, tbo; IL al ili.- bee
come very uufssLi1nao.y l1.a i.C
newspapers 10 aitemp. t. t-fs@d the
colored man. The gres. bepl liraa
party is. according to tlH Ge-.lis-
Uation at Washington, OF 90 mis-
sion Of reconciliation, and. nat
/ ter Of policy, we should Be -Seseuiag-
Is tender toward the white men If
the South. THE INTER OCEAN, rey-
ertheless, believes it rsprcseHts the
loyal masses Of the Ncr,b ia Jenoul-
ciag the action o. S0utaera Leaders
among the whites Us ialGmaa 8 3
barbaTcGs 10 Tie extreme ia Their
dealings with the black men they
have openly and knowingly violated
the spirit and letter Of the CoHstitu-
,ion, aud tramPled upon every Tigb.
guaranteed the man u cclcr Had
the ou.rages which have been pcac-
tjced upon the blacks Of Louisiana
during the last two years-yes, II
one-fcurth Of them had been commit
ted by residents of sny foreign power.
g cry ci Indignation would have re-
scuuted through the length sad
brssdtl tf he land and ins.ant re
dress would have been demanded
Bat, as these ipdignities have coma
from the citizsGs cf "soveIeigu"
STATES, under the eye and sanction Of
( the law-makiug ard law enfOrcing
powers, these vr.lcs 2 re been pass
ed over ia sileuce. II this Is q ue
cessi,y, :hen the Government Of the
United States is The weakest nation
upon tie earth in protecting is sub
jscts. TIE little outbreak 10 Loulsi-
aua is bu. the beginning. Ne one
can doub; but the time is coming
when The colofed men win refuse
tameiy to submit 30 be hunted Ike
wild beasts from toe voting place 20
The swamps, whipped, and sCourged,
and murdered in theiF cabins by men
who for generations have oppressed
their race. Talk about peace and
fellowship among the States when
such crimes are openly committed
There can be no peace aGd no fellow
ship. The black man is tun Of aT5c
tiou, loyal and true aud faithful 20
those who have beffiended him. Da-.
ring the long war Of the rebellion.
when the enlire South was a. bis
mercy, when the property aud dear
est interests Of bis hard tssk master
were 81 his disposal-, hcW seldom = as
it recorded that be took meaa cd.
vantoge Tor revenge! Are bis acts
10 count Tor nolhilg2 Are these
facts Of history, so plaiuly written. to
be ialsi6ed? Had the madmen Of the
South at the close Oi the war prac-
tIced what they pretended 10 accep.
as settled, AID allowed the col5fsd I.
man his rights uld1r he aDendmeuts I.
10 the cOns,iJu-iJI, t1e whole 5 lth. (
long ere this, would have bsea Sc
peace the leading men there could (
have united the colored men for goyd .
government instead Of refusing t. act
With them aad turning them aad
their interests over % ugscrupulO1s
men. The smallest evils Of which
they complain would never have
arisen if these men Of tbs South lad
acted With wisdom, aud showed
human interest 10 TIE population
which their Own institution Of slavery
bad made ignorant. The condition
VI The black man Of Louisiana today .
is almost as wTetchsd as duriGg
darkest period OF slavery. Hs uses
the elective franchise at the perl If.
bis life, and every interests tram yled
under foot, and to no authority can
be lock for redFesso his grievances.
These are plain truths, but they
may as well be looked at honestly
and plainly THE INTER OCEAN az
no time takes delight il exhibiting
these crimes against civilization, but
it would be fsitLless to human rlghts
did ]. not condemn and denouuee
ihe sPifil Of this boasted chivalry .
which is riding rough-sbcd and .
crushing out the life Of mea TOO weak
to defead their rights, and who need. I
aud should command, the strong ara
u the government for their prolee.
tlon.-!Rter Ocean.
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