New-York tribune., 1879-09-03

nurtured-was true and he had positive pleasure
in supporting aud maintaining it as against hos
tile. aud. he believed. dwarfed and defective de-
velopment. When, however. tho North Joined In
heaping nfamy upon him, because he happened TO
have been born in her borders he soon lost the mis-
sonary spirit. have asserted myself until
am sufficiently amused. Now l want some Of the
men " mo have been so ready to swear at and abuse
Southern Republicans to go there and assert them
selves awhile"
"How can this state Of things be remedojp
"If at ALL possibly by education. Ninety-ive out
of hundred Of the white voters cannot read OF
write. Their information to all poll ica matters
is what their leaders choose TO tell them The same
grotesque stories they believed of the old abolition
ist they now believe of every Northern man. They
accused me of being ja-brd, and although L
forced the papers to retract the accusation, two
thirds of the people, presume, still believe it and
as l WAS 'carpet-bagger,' the Northern people
were ready to believe il too"
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
"Who are the favorite Presidential candidates at
tho South r.
among the Republicans, Grant. Ninety-nino
out Of hundred are for him, in whom their conf
dence is unlimited There is "A feeling that the Ad-
mnstraton has betrayed the South"
"How about the Democrats
The general impression Is that Tilden mn Il he
nominated. They do not want him. They feel
that he had IN opportunity before, and fnlcd
through cowardice to assert his rights. Bat the
course Of the party has made it necessary that lie
should be nominated"
How Will the cipher disclosures affect him Are
they believed ~
Possibly not. They would hardly DAMAGE him,
if credited. The Southerner declines to recognize
that the North be right and they would justify
this means to right end"
"Whom would they prefer to Tiden ~
"Bayard. But they do not consider him avail
able, on account of being from Delaware, and his
hard-money views"
"Are they all Greenbackers'"
"Not now. But they will defer to the Greenback
element elsewhere"
"Will the Republicans carry any of the Southern
States next yearT
mot one 1t is no longer a question cf voting
but OF counting there The entire election ma
chinery Is in the hands of the Democrats Every
thing Is appoin nted-magi poil-hOlders,
county commissioners-every man that touches "A
ballot or makes return. Under the Republican
administration in those States these were elective,
aud so universal wholesale fraud WAS impossible"
But are not part OF tue poll-hoders Republi-
canssp
white Republican vote they will put on some
intelligent Republicans here and there, because
they would detect fraud, II attempted. at all events.
| BY this means they will make a show of taIr-
ness but in other counties they viii select
the most weak. ignorant aud iterate of the blacks.
who unable To detect or defeat fraud. BY this
means North Carolina was apparently carried by
them III 1876. In truth, the fraud was so great that
the vote returned was some 5000 greater than the
entire adult male population of the State could have
been according to the census"
You saw the Republicans think the Administra-
tion has betrayed them; is that feeling general r.
almost universal. You know there everything
| is counted from the surrender especially among
the colored people. Not long ago heard colored
man narrating some, events Tx the time 10 ms
/ haa Inv ilat II.
| render ~
BITTER EXPERIENCES OF A CLERGYMAN.
| ATTACKS UPON THE REV. DIR. W. H. sIMPsON-MUR-
/ DER OF THE REV. JAMES GELLYARD.
The Rev. DR.. W. III. Simpson. native Of Oneida
County in this State, for thirty-seyen years an
active minister Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Texas and Louisiana, is at present In the city,
DIR. Simpson was driven from Texas because Of his
efforts TO bring to justice the murderers of friend
"a preacher of the African Methodist Episcopal
Church III Texas. The Doctor is an intelligent,
pleasant man, about sixty-iye years Of
age. He brings letters of recommendation
from the Rev. Drs Leonard Bacon and
William Patton. of New-Haven; the Rev. J. J.
Lansing, OF Meriden, Conn.,; the Rev. DR.. J. w.
Parker and the Rev. A. F. Mason. Of Baptist
Churches in Washington the Rev. T. ]. Mament,
of the Congregational Church au Denison. Texas |,
Mr.. Gorham, Secretary of the Republican Commit
tee at Washington. and many Others. DIR. Simpsons
story of his persecut ions, told to reporter OF
The TRIBUNE, is as follows:
"In the Southern States.' he said, since the Re-
construction acts mems lives have been held at q
verv low price. have lately had opportunity
of looking over the Official reports of the Kuklux
ontrages at the SOUTH / find that between 13 200
and 1900 persons have been murdered by
the White League and Kuklux organizations.
'For thirteen years previous TO the month OF June,
1873, lived in the County OF Van Zandt Texas.
preaching and practising medicine. had nothing
to do with the politics Of the county or State.
While lived there seventeen men have been assas-
snated In the county. Early in. june of last
year there came to my house on
visit the Rev. james Gellyard, Professor of
the colored branch of Austin College, a position
which be had held for fonr years. He was also
minister of the African NJ. Z. Church. Though
born of cclored parents, he was as white as many 81
tics aud never made political speech IN his life: lie
vas studious and devoted 10 his work in tue college.
He was thirty years of age, modest and retiring.
and a man of unusual Intelligence. having been
educated in France especially for his work IN con-
necton with the college. On the day that Professor
several men who claimed to he United States
officers, but who, L happened to know,
were not. on the charge OF carrying concealed
weapons. Though no weapons were found upon
HIM, ne retained in custody and on the next
day. when in charge of these so-cal led officials he
was cowardy shot at from behind aud instantly
II immediately wrote to the Attorney. General at
Washington about the matter. The letter which
that the matter rested with the state authorities.
resolved to let my Texas friends see the letter.
For this purpose meeting OF about 400
miles from Wills Point in Van Zandt
County. A. was reading the letter, the lights
were suddenly put out and iuen rushed
Summons was killed outright. and several others
received wounds from the effects of which they
men Who committed the murders belonged TO the
White League or Invisible Empire as they
called their organization. i ran from the building
when the firing began, but was captured,
and tnrether with Ten and q MOlnAn