The weekly clarion., 1879-10-08
Who Is Spencer P

he Following article WIS sent U4 q
Democrat of Ohio. to a gentleman in
Columbus, with the request to be in
formed upon the subject, and by the
latter referred to us. We know nothing
of G. NJ. Spencer or of his extensive
planting interests at McComb City. We
presume our friends of the McComb
City IntelIigencer and Summit Sentinel
and Times can give the desired infor-
nation. There is one thing certain, his
statement is a tissue Of falsehoods from
beginning to end He has but re-enact-
ed the part performed in 1876 by one
Church Has been received by the
people Of Pike county with kindness,
and has taken the first opportunity to
misrepresent, and vilIify, them to the
people Of the North.
We are not of those who
believe that the contradictions Of
such misrepresentation are of any
benefit to the South. among those Of
the North who delight in thinking evil
Of this section. None are 50 blind as
those that will not see. We reproduce
the article, however, so that Spencer'S
neighbors may know what he says of
them when he Is among his ell South
hating chums. Is it true that ''their
treatment OF tho former slaves is in
human, without a redeeming feature.
: h., l., Il. Il
Kansas exodus
EIyria Republican
Mr.. G. NJ. Spencer, who is an extensive
planter at McComb City, Miss, arrived
here last week with his family. having left
to avoid the sc0urge OF yellow fever. lie IS
a gentleman of large and varied information.
and we had the pleasure on Monday of
extended interview with him on
the condition of affairs in Mississippi He
has never taken any part in political mat
ters but Is thoroughly posted in all the
taken by the rebel element to
to produce the reign of terror that now
prevails in thai distracted State. We only
regret that our space this week will not
permit us to give IN detail his graphic ac- |
count OF the manner in which negroes are
treated ami the absolute reign of terror that
prevails.
lie says there are many of the best men
IN the State who are opposed to this bull /
doing spirit, who are seriously alarmed at |
the condition of affairs, aud who believe |
there is greater danger of the subversion of /
our Republican institutions at this moment
than at auy former period in our history.
The late rebels fully believe they have the
power, through the aid of the Northern
Democracy to nullify the Constitutional
aud eventually not only
receive pay ment for their slaves but for the
major portion of the cost of che civil war.
To this end they openly denounce as public
enemies all who attempt to organize "A par-
ty in opposition to the Democracy, and the
murder of the Chsolms and Dixon are
evidences of their determination to carry
out the programe. All over that portion of
The South they openly proclaim their deter
to secure by the ballos what thev
ailed to gain by the bayopet
His description of the bull-dozing opera
ions of the dominant party Is perfectly /
narrowing to the soul of any friend Of the
luman race. Their trertment of their !
ormer slaves Is inhuman, without a redeem
ng feature, and is the sole cause of their
ieeing from the South. They argue in this
way These men were once our property,
which was wrongfully taken from US. We '
laYe Just light to the products of their
abor, aud any charges we NAV make for
.oods or rents, in our contracts with them, :
re perfectly .justifable. Thus are the poor
egroes feeced of their summers toll, when ,
hey come to settle with the landlords
whose soil they cultivate. OF course there y
re some noble exceptions the negroes who !
re well treated and honestly dealt by are !
ften warned by the Ku Klux organiza- !
ions to leave the country or forfeit their /
ives. n
He showed us a letter from one of the a
lost widely known and respected business !
len of the State, written to him since he |
-rived in Elyria, in which the terrors and =
er1Is OF the situation are portrayed in the c
lost impressive language, and in which he t
lakes piteous appeal to the people of the f
orth to unite in giving them a Govern "
ent thot will suppress this lawless spirit .
1d save the country. For prudential rea- :, u
ms we withhold the name of the writer, t
en- Of Ohio, will you so vote as to encour- Al
re these haters of our Union? Il