National Republican., 1878-09-16
IN BEHALF OF MRS. CHIsoLM.

h4-. Nhl-'lLh ull not leave ner desk IN the
Treasury Department In Washington aud come
on 10 De kalb to prosecute for the Kemper
tragedy the hrSt Of this week. Doubtless she
begins to see that the country has had glimpse
Of the truth-that there are two sides to that
affair. Telling her story before er.pdrte COM
missioncrs and sympathizing friends and
fanatics, like HAYES and Gil HAVEN, are diff.
terent things. Whenever she appears before Il
court and jury she will have to 90 through an
ordeal she has never dreamed OF yet If she
should be asked what she knows about the
assassination of JOHN w GULLY, before Con,
she must tell the truth or meet the terrible
consequences hereafter of peEury.-Meriidn
Miss Mercury, 7h Instant
The foregoing, it is needless to say, is
from leading organ Of the bull-dozing,
whipping, and negro-murdering De-
mOcracy Of the State that JEFF DAVIS
claims as his own. The secession teachings
Of the unhung, though, we trust, harmless
traitor, are regarded there with more or less
favor; hence it is that q public journal
dares to give utterance TO such diabolical
sentiments.
We remember very distinctly that soon
after the awful tragedy which cost the lives
of at least five innocent victims, among
them Judge CHIsoLM, his accomplished and
heroic daughter, and the brave JOHNNIE,
was enacted this same Mercury insisted thnt
the people of Kemper County should not be
held responsible for the bloody deeds OF q
lawless few who perpetrated the horrible
crimes on that historic Sabbath in De Kalb
The Mercury then asserted that only few
persons were engaged in tho frightful massa-
ere, and that they would doubtless be
brought to deserved punishment by the
properly constituted authorities.
Governor Stone, who, we are inclined tC
believe, is kind-hearted, wcll-meaning
though weak mnu, utterly unit for the cx
alted position he occupies, was, at tina
time, apparently, of the same opinion, 70
he proceeded to De Kalb soon after for tn
alleged purpose Of seeing that the law
were executed that the blood-stained mis-
creants who murdered disarmed prisoner
should be made to answer for their afro
cious crimes On reaching Meridian, q
route to the scene of the slaughter, he wa
denounced, and advised by the Mercury t
20 back to the executive Office and atten
TO his own business. So far as results NJ
concerned, we conclude that His Excellenc
did rs he was bade, for no reasonable at
tempt has ever been made to bring tn
guilty parties to justice, though they ar
/. well known, and not one of them has eve
occupied felon's cell. This was perhal
owing to the fact that the influential Nc,
cry suddenly changed front, and asserte
that every man in Kemper County wa
guilty OF the crime, " If the crime had bee
committed" and that, consequently, as
WAS impossible to hang an entire count.
no individual could be prosecuted for tn
untmcly aud brutal taking of.
Since then the Mercury has boldly defend
ed the men whose hands are reeking wit
:, tho blood of their innocent victims, and til
Governor OF the State ha5 not cssaycd
iuterpOse his authority In the meantin
the murdercrs are dwelling in security, I'll
grts7 las grown green and faded and grow
green again over the mounds which mar
the last earthly resting places Of the Britis
subject MCCLELLAN, GiIMER, Judge CHI
OLM, and son and daughter who perishc
at the hands Of cowardly, murderous ASA
sins; but the grossly outraged law of Go
and man, Thou shalt commit no murder
has not been vudicated, and probably nev,
will be until the Almighty calls to accoul
-, the perpetrators Of the crimes ut the bar
Heaven. But the last act of the Mercury
this bloody business-an act of crOwnil
# infmy-is its attempt TO create the impre
= sion that Mrs. CHIsoLM, the heart -strickC
g widow Of a brave and devoted husband,
is priyy to an assassination, and therefore da
l. not appear against and confront the mu
II derers, who, without cause, left three of
y dearest idols weltering in theirgore on tn
le memorable Lords day in Kemper Count
G in TIE Democratic, home-ruled' State