National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1878-03-01

afo"sone", "ne h""'y C1peu hVih "as
prosecutors By way of the Indian Ter
ritory, where he. suffered fatigue and
exposure, which 90 impaired his health
that, though he saved his life, he has been
confirmed invalid ever since. lie had
committed no offense against the laws Of
the State. He was devoted Christian
minister Of the Gospel but he was Re-
publican, and that was sufficient to prompt
his oppressors to drive him from the State.
Within the past year the atrocities of the
Democrats Of Texas against Republicans
have been repeated, and we will cite few
Of them, which we CLEAN from the Dallas
(Texas) Inteuigncer. The first is the case
Of Professor GILLyARD, who was q native
Of the city of Baltimore, Md. He was
bright colored man, who. had completed his
education in France, was highly educated,
and was q minister Of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. He was about thirty years
Of age and unmarried, and had spent the
past year in lecturing to raise funds to
build college for his people. He was
assassinated in cold blood, and the circum-
stances of his taking of We copy from the
Inteiiigencr:.
Professor JAMES GILLYARD left Dalton last
Saturday, on the T. and p. Railroad to hold
quarterly meeting or conference seven miles
from Wills Point In Van Zandt County. He
reached Wills Point and got buggy and went
to the place Of meeting, taking with him two
colored ladies to attend the meeting. As he
started through Wills Point baseball club
was playing, and when he got along the road
where they were playing one Of the reins, II
seems, got loose and he got down to fix IT, and,
while tying the rein. young man threw tho
ball and struck his horse aud he said Gen
tlemen, don't strike the horses, or you will
make them run off and kill these ladies'"
Then they grabbed the ball and ran in front
OF the horses and struck the horses with tho
ball, and the horses commenced running, and
the ladies jumped out Of the buggy. Then he
says, II ask you, rs gentleman, not to scare
my horses" Then the man went to the depot
to get pistol to shoot him, and before he re-
turned GILLYARD got his horses righted up
and left for the meeting. After holding this
meeting, he returned back there Tuesday in
the day time, and, while at the supper table at
JOHN ADAMS (colored), he was arrested,
charged with carrying arms When he was
searched there was nothing found on his per-
son but two little penknives and 81 60 in money.
Then he said to Mr.. ADAMS, II
or he should be killed, for them to
dispatch to JoHN r. RYAN, at Dallas, immedi-
ately, and tell him to take care Of his body,
for men had been foully dealt with, and he
might be killed. He was then taken before a
justice of the peace, one WILLIAMS, and dur
ing the trial he was threatened to be killed by
the man who arrested him, who told him to go
slow or he would kill him." Professor GILL
YARD asked the justice to protect him, and the
man continued to threaten. The party who
had him arrested said he was not ready for
trial, and continuance was had till the next
day at nine o'clock.
GEORGE YoUNG and two other men took
him in custody, and carried him to two or
three places, and then to u livery. stable owned
by WILLIS 4 CLEBuRG, and two or three col
orcd men went with them. After going into
the stable the colored men were told that they
could go away. II was in the night, about
half past twelve o'clock. When the colored
men got about three hundred yards from there
they heard whistle blow, and about ten min
utes after they heard the report of gun or a
pistol.
At the time he was shot, the deputy, It is
said, was lying on q board or bunk over him,
and Professor GILLYARD WIS reading a news
paper and the other two officers were setting
in the door. They say the man who shot him
came in the back way, and that they did not
see the person who shot him. The body was
brought up to Dallas for interment, and he
will be buried to-day from the colored NJ. f.
Church, and the friends Of humanity aud good
citizens are invited TO attend.
The Dallas Herald gives an account of an
assassination which occurred in that vicin-
ity on the Goth of March last, of Dr. J. S.
WEBB, who lived four miles from Workman,
in that State He was called from his bed,
and, on appearing at the door, was shot
down in cold blood, falling without word.
The people of Farmin County had an
other assassination about the same time
DANIEL LEE was shot by q man named
SMITH. In Clay county SAMUEL PARSONS
: was murdered in cold blood at Cambridge
by one ToMPKINs. PARSONS was goot
citizen, and had come from Illinois on nc
count of his health. But he was Northern
man and must die.
These cases are those that have Leaked
out from the hot-bed of Southern persecu
T ton, and are but few drops Of an ocean o
wrong, oppression, persecution, and murde
that fills the South wherever Republican
are found and presume to stand by tn
faith. The policy now is throughout al
the South, and especially in Texas, to for
swear Republicanism, embrace the Demo
, cratic faith, or leave, or die These are tn
alternatives presented in u Republic who's
foundations are proiessedly laid in tn
principle that every man is entitled to pro
lection in. his life, his liberty, and in tn
pursuit of happiness. The picture is no
calculated to inspire the admiration, tn