Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-15
"OutrAge MILL"

,, Yes, there is such mill as the
courage mill" 1t has been run for
many years by the Democracy. 1t is
more Immediately the properly of the
Southern Democracy but the North
ern have propretorship in it. though
it is not available here. Society in
the North is not barbarous enough to
attempt its use, and the people here
are too intelligent and independent to
permit of its successful use, if it werc
attempted.
The Outrage mili'' is indigenous in
the South. 1t is as natural to the
"chivaIrous" Southern, who rises to
the sublime height of proposing to
murder you according to the code or
sinks to the common level of poppingyou
off on the highway with the rifle or shot
gun, as milk is to the baby, or pranks
are to the monkey Ii is thoroughly
barbarons institution, and has given
our republican form of government
its greatest and almost only serious
troubles. 1t was run in earlier days
to put down all who did not believe
chattel slavery divine institution,
and it was sought to make it superior
10 the Government itself
Those who ran the outrage milp'
even sought, by one supreme outrage,
to overthrow the Federal Government
Failing in this, under the profession
aud guise of surrendering to the
supreme authority of the Union and
the laws, they have continued to per-
petrate series of lesser but most heinous
outrages for the purposes of defeating
the execution of the laws and giving
the Democracy control Of the Govern
ment a.. ain With this view, they have
murdered innocent white citizens, like
Judge Nhisolm, for no other cause
than their political opinions, assas-
sinated colored voters, or brutally
abused them through organized bands
of masked midnight marauders; and
during the last election they broke up
or took possession of political meetings
by means Of red-shirt organizations
using rifles and shot-guns, and con-
trolled the polls by system of violence
! and terrorism, aided by the most un-
blushing frauds. In some cases, whole
sale massacre was resorted to, not only
tor the purpose of getting rid of active
Republicans, but to carry terror into
the midst Of Republican voters and
keep them away from the polls.
All these things are we'll attestea,
and are becoming, through sheer force
Of their frequency and enormity, sub
jects of judicial investigation. Here
again the courage mill'' is put into
requisition. Witnesses are not onIy
threatened in advance, and in some
cases driven out Of the State where
they know ofenses have been COM
mltted; but while on their way to tes-
tify In the United States courts. where
they have been subpened to testify,
they are seized under the pretext of
law. or by irresponsible mobs, and
spirited away, nobody knows where.
They may have been murdered, or
brutally treated, or cruelty confined
for the purpose Of preventing their
giving testimony to outrages which
they witnessed.
Yes, We repeat, there is an courage
milan old and familiar Democratic
astitution,--and never was it more
actively run than during the past year.
When Democratic Journals talk about
the COURAGE mi)l' they utter solemn
truth under the guise of pretended
joke or satire. It is the main reliance
OF the Democratic party, and through
its use the leaders hope to gain a
wicked lease of power to be used for
the further subjugstion of the negro
race and the humiliation of those who
had the temerity TO aid in putting
down the rebellion The most threat
ening danger is the Democratic "out-
rage mill run by Southern barbarians