, 1879-03-27

..s' flGat majority Ia nhantutn lovcrty. They
mn, .inHa . N thin anl ragged Earlnanta for thy
~ s9e extent BY n,ihltc bnt mostly ly prIgntc,
esafttv: Tile older onea arc tIln former nlaycs
~ !le South; all now entitled to lifc ard lib
'lllo weather from tie first advent Of these
ptnPio II THIS Norlprn city las been unusually
co!,l' attended with fca asnf snow, 40 lint tefr
sshmeril,ss itase heeH greatly Increased, mil, II
i ,,eto was IL tlcfr lcarts o single kind remona-
!, orants ot thctr sunny Southern l,omcs, thcy
you'd naturally. Etvs II oxpressIon nov. We
E1se taken occnhf0n to exatlinu into the causes
liley themselves assign for tilcIr extraordinary
M."' a unexpected transit, and beg leave TO sub.
ilt nilt herewith tho written statctncnts Of a Num-
PER NJ individuals u The refugees, which were
taken Without alY tffurt to have one thing snid
more than another, aMl to express the set,hc of
possEblg.
Tie story is about The Same It, each instance:
Rreat ptlvatton anil want from excessive rent
e1aelcd 1or land, connected With
MuNnBR or CotonrD NRIGHnoRs,
nnd threats of personal vtotcnco to themselves.
lhc toEu Of each statement Ia tlLat Of suffering
atld sa terror Eectton4'aYs ami Christmas, by
tno concurrent Testimony seem to have been
robbsry and nrrrouat v[olrnco In one form and
nnntl!cr accm to have run the rear round.
"a Tic small number of atll,laylts taken the
following murders Aro mentioned:
AAGi u b!41AIt 1llHfIs klllCt! a. H&tEFpE0OI.
htfss., heforu ChrIstmas, 1878. Witness, +.
Marshall.
Bay. smart, and could read the papers, shot
70 !leses III Franklin Parish. Wltnoss, GeorRe
bon. OF Washington Davenport, killed ut
V!cksbnrg at Republican club Blacksmith,
Etaisa f3aaa,l " Henderson In 1s7s Witness, H. ..
Harry Curtis, killed for 1,eartng Radical
speeches In 1916. Witness, John Massey.
kGrfnnH at1t,f TIL. IN Ha1ffa IN EAn
IT,; ,, After tlle conprom!se, 1875 killing ii
mash e -; n r.! Madison. IT,, Witues., Jet Gibbs.
r. Orange County, AfIss., about two years ago.
Witness, Jacob Stevens.
The threats Of personal violence by shooting
and l1ansI,s arc detailed by caeh witness.
Those who monstuu tho political parties un1te
IN calil'g tho ucgroes Republicans aull thclr Or
rrcssors Democrats.
Marshal states That when they went to the
polls to vote. the white men would not ict tic
solofed oT re- men ~ vote e a4 raid! ~" you So to tho
Clarence Wren says: iii wo 'yot voted III tic Re.
publican ticket the Dclnocret6 wp,1tf rst in in
u mob and kill lis Oft. At tllr last Presidentfai
election, after voting was done at RaYta,
DOORS WERE BROKEN orEA AND BALLOTS
TAKEN,
and coloIcd men In Charge driven uff.t'
rcnfrI nj aa1 Tin -. ~, ~ ~ sne p'ace ne
ibis Thing our own way; vol, eS S1p1c,S ~ s1,,1 sa11
th|nEs your own wy long enough, and Ne rhitu
ati you DID, Ncn,httcnn rin,+,r. ~ " "'41
Lewis Woods says: In Mo,,,xSn Parish a.
the election Inst fn{, We wore nIiowr to vot1 ~ ~
VIC ploasci, because tic whites wcro afroii tn ~
come on nccount Of tic yc.ow-fsyer. In the
allowed 10 vptc lhc RcpubIican tfclrt' il 1'S'
j. D. Dautele speaks of liz Doinn,rat. tb,,u,-
Ing ballot-baxce in The river In 18S4s mi snvs
negroes could not hold their club meotsnEs; tRe
negrocs were Republicans, A"o
JOHN Massey says thu Democrats would o5vo
t1,rlu ticEcis sni sov # +hn.s iii nut4n ~ Efe
thcy would xiii them: ties wrr" % ~ u, oH f1't ~
co!orctl n.an dared not speak aboye fs breasl', III
was tolI II hc told tho nc6e how ~ VII "i,'t
would be shot. '~0F'' "'' ~ 'o'' ne
r, j. Watts saws M Ranuh,tcon ttcto+ ,,,s
nominated It, June 1873. bccn,,Ec ths I,cmn w.s
crats would not al}ow It, '' 'D' A''n'e~
Jet tiibLs snys coIorcd man wcrs u,,,.a ),
prcYcnt their voting thn Henml1i,a,, ti,nt 10
jacob Stevens snya: .s'Thn cnn',i,i', tvAss ~ ..
colored ueopie in tic Snutl, is nwfnl haa ,n., .v
arc trcatcd uwfnl bad Ly tic whitrs: ,mv thy
aul brotcr werc kfjlcl by ill., ,yin5s 5 ,1snst nnnt
two years nro bsra,tse tioy var. mafa aoout
cl-ct!oM.day black n,nu ~ot 1'ioi Rcnni'ioo. "n
ticket to yptc. tl,nv wo,,iI saS ho va. spnocatt %
nnd that meant they wcro going to xiii him.
they would
NOT ALLOW TIE coLonED PEOPLE 70 VOTE
as they wan,cd. After tI,c n,cn hsd ,,i,,oa 49,.
brother tGy wcuI 10 ,c vii ~ uaa ~ Sa et, ny
water, a,ld the wnter was ntlav mi tha,, ~ u
tu my mother: sTbts wutcr sn'e1is ns II L FAY ha,
strvckninn in H. ani II Il iss , ,s 10 y Aau
ior ttl' Thc poor willie nao,;Ie in M ~, eut Sat,h ns
In lust as Ind condtion "a III, nncrn.s 1an.,,
beiuE Killed. Coultl nos rnrrv I'M hs Il, paS.ut
tnIoss llcy would chain lnc." 0 '"S' |'@''"
We submit that the rrrnt mfc,ot,,, ~ -.
groes from tin south n itsc,f faa. H. ~ a ~
bears n contradiction. md nroyca .y .ono1.;se
,lu, causes must cxtat at lila Sonr ~ ance,,nt
for 1t. Turc thcy arc In l,litnda. ,ua
njonn Int wnTnci, nnti " ohit.iro.s men
aro, a, yuunu.-wiih com,nn,,' o,t ous ..i'auie 1a
liz tAelr old homes in unt,,roi cli,nat 4sns ,,
facuc storms Md unEnnw,, i,nrara +est ~ & atns
Northern Kansas. Nhvi Annnv th";,, a,. - ~ ~
II,tlo eafd of topn IN III. t,t,,rr II "a III ~
lie past. They ars mi rnwn i,x the ~ sra'.i
Of Ru,,sas,-try arc driven by Ii,c 'nf ,crrora ~
Ajissfssiuni nnI Inni.ans uHotnv,s o .Iaosn ha ~
of frn,. Ii,r nrt. 1'"ni"nu. ,sass i, ,S ueeones
6le determination not to reiur 81 % rhnpn 9ptesu, arc
oti,rrs rnnim. Thnse via ~ ,.,a,. .unu 4Me1e ate
fcar,--at ali eycrts. nor" tsn o,~ Hosv ~ w.