, 1879-05-15
Testimony Of Eye-Wftncsses as
to Deeds OF Violence Tor
Political Reasons.
Democratic Negroes---" Driven to the
Polls Je,' Like Flock Of Sheep"
Tho Red-Coata.
Value Put upon tho Right to Vote by
the Negrocs--A Sufficient Cause
for Emigration.
Secondary Causes Of the Exodus--Tho Bad
Crop Of 1878--AlluromentB Of
Emigration Agents.

hu.-An
onis 4"Si'n oEoA'''
Ffom our o'rr corrt'nonafnf x.
EDWARDS STATION, Hinas tountg' s'lss',
May ll.-The hrst cause oi inc iauor tsouo'ssS
tic South Was said to be inc erca't syste''' nna
tic second cause tue aSatcn OIL ia"1'cstree' lHe
third cause Is IS potent as e,theF ol s'o o'aet''
md moro worthy the attenuon oI HoftacFn
people. ltla
GuE FRAcTtcAL DtsVRANcH1sEMEaT or THE
NEGROES.
am not asnalnea 70 aas taat paft ol t"e p"Fs
pose ot mY Journey eouth Was 10 see VIII my
oHn eyes anu hoaf ",th ny o"n ea's "na'
mieht % oc scen @ aho heafu WIN te'et'"so e' ~
tho poistca! condiuon OF .ae oeetoes oou'''
Inquiries o1 1nta oese.'p1son W Hot'!clh ""u
arc hcld oF e1tle"'o nousoohe ~ t9's putt ~
the country 10 90 'H'pe1 '''c'it' oa' a1h u'"o.e
to sec why they afc not as proper a'a !hs''Aao'o
as Inquiries ID regard 10 LIE soc'a' teas1oas, Ut
commerclat eonaltloh o. u'e ne1,"ss lncy
would not % 10 ecnesa'lS oolcetca .o' ! am
confident, II tho Southern bouroons were not
conscious that areat wrongs a7o Dceh e1m"t:a m.''
In their dea'lhes VIII tnc o1aeA taes. ~. ,ass
arc, 'n1ced, 30 heaIl5 W lnu eu. ,'.ss. '"r
mcrest scratch-e1an'inaton VIII lss1al .; ',.n*
care not now araeut ah eaoeis VI 4"e p'ooay
shirt Hlan may p'' "o esnsot sA'o' H, "4",.
In THIS Past o1 lHe eo"htfJf " ee"seieu 'ee'1
With TIE negroes an't ule cn''uia "n''o ,ns"t
Without becoming eoasl''eoa 4'i,,' u'9''nus
nent OF thc hepuoi'can soteEs' WHY anu o'asN'
bus been practiccd In this htate anu IN Louts'aua
on large seale AL white M men no., aunt nsar .e
Hsso,a ] ,,,,on,,,,ob,o and few ilo mt
tulo h"a peeot"o ~ ~. .1.sn ~. ~
even takc the trouble 10 90 tl@t' lhcs saS .ao
negroes had to 70 down bGco;lae they "cre Tue
tnfcr,or rocc and that IL reason enough for au
4u's,'oa s,anans,,Sor 49,.
e1's'use'o'"s'' THE rrsrtuony
IN rerard 10 tho o' Acknowledgement OF tho NO.
grocs Is twofold. It is derived partly from
fhc admissions Of white mon, md partly from
~ ~ .,;rccs ns.e,tIons of nc1rne, In ma,,y In.
stances s'as tho latter have aseu verified by tho
former. This county lAands> contains inc
Town Of Clinton, celebrated for tho anngnf-
mrs ..rtot,, nf 1871. the memory of which
st'!i hneefs 10 1Ne minus ua w., ~ snt h, "ru To.
ants. Riding Into tho country from inc loSn
of Edwards met n very Intelligent negro,
who could both read md write, aud heard
- ~. liz. NO I'm, s.,-v of thr nas4oero.
l1ohl MS nps Wv LUZ ,..,..,, .a.,o"t,,,,,
1t Is an OLD Story a'l'' hot "oetn 'epeas''s
here, but 1t was interesting TO tne as tl'e tes-
t!ruony OF IN uctual eyewitness, who ut th!a
u'etauo ~ 49, .,,,,.s .,,.uro,iv -,r,r,1,d
tori tilo t'uth alu "'o "ppa'e ~ H.. .e s.',',ss
tl!e a1latf MS hH tI'c "ck'ocS ~ '"e so"'e'
regarded Il. Ny informant Is *ttsl tenant.
farmer In Kinds, md l,as been s!ncu tl,e
mos.acrc. Iljs storv was corroboratcd by n
mm1,hcr ,," of nthcrs with whom a{tcrwars
nan".ss,d au".ss rho, a,,,, s,,w Tint thc neuroc,
coh:efsea. lhcS on4J hnt" '''". s"s .'1sess ~
had assembled Mt Clinton for tile purpose ot ar
immense po!xical barbecue; That a humber o.
whstc men eons ~ a,,n. '". ..s l,,lv % t1n, ,1er.
thet ~" naeu esles VIM ,.,. ..' I,1s 1s'
after tho wlttrs CANT M'nr'ns INTO 1iha'
Cousty from Vic"shurg md Jackson; md thu
.gene1al massacre Ut tho ncCroes begun,
Tho whltn stnrv Ia identical with this IA ,,r nj
!. +.na.. h,,t "" ,rhit.a l., u,,a o,,,uss M ~.
soesi wv 'io A'''' ~ A4'n"s "'"aSh ao'
TINT they weFc in those days
AFRAID or 4 FEGHo lNBvHHEcTIoN,
It is astonishing how this old fear bnuuts m
eo,.,,o-n ,rh,,n. n hoa nnt ,,,tod sTnoo ~,
sou'hs!n "nes' ~ uue W. :. "oatco s1'1ee ~
uaSs or slavery, ahu lhch IL Was constan
bugaboo IN every nefghborlood In which til
b!nclss outnumbcred the whites. Tie story
.J,.n,,. t,n Ait. ,s,n1,..,. ~