The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10

W iheluue, besides neglect of dutyo
and "leaving home without permis.
slon," such offences as ''impudence. y
swearing" Indecent language in
the presence of the employer, his
family or agent" or "quarreling or
hghtlng with one another" The
agent" whe will be better known
by his title of overseer. is placed un.
der no restrictions as to his own Ian.
guage or conduct, but the law would
not tolerate any 'impudencen from
the freedmen to him. Similar meas.
ures were adopted in Texas, where
the Confederate General Throck
morton was elected governor. and the
Union n EN- were subjected to out.
rageous persecution. The effect of
General Hancock's "statesmanship',
was to subject the negro population
toa harsh and bitter serfdem as a
| substitute for slavery. and ta-sI.--
triumphant dlsl0yalty.
The case whose presentation to
Gen. Grant was the immediate cause
OF Gen. Hancock IS summary removal
from the command of the department
is Interesting, as showing the sort of
civil ordor which was set up and sus
tanned by his craftsmanship" Act
Ing in accordance with the Demo.
ocratic theory that no great civil war
had disturbed the relations between
the Southern states and the national
government. he refused to pay atten-
ton to the appeals and petitions of
Union men, contenting himself with
handing them over to the civil au.
thorities, which, as a matter of fact,
was simply betraying the writers in
to the hands of their enemies. A
young man named Lindsey, a native
Texan, whose family were Unionsts,
and who. when conscripted into the
Confederate army, escaped to the
North and Joined the Union army,
had with his father taken an active
part in opposing the peonage laws
and got up petition to General Han
| cock citing instances of 0utrages per-
petrated under them. This petition
General Hancock referred to Cover
nor Throckmorton, who in turn re-
ferred it to the county authorities,
and the Lindseys became shining
mark for the prosecutions of their
neighbors. They abandoned their
old home and removed to Atascosa
county, over hundred miles away,
! hoping to get out of trouble in this
manner. But warrant was sworn
out for the arrest of the son on the
charge of horse stealing, based upon
the fact that during the war, when
running away from the Confederate
draft, he caught up a pony running
wild on the prairie and made use OF
it to effect his escape. A warrant was
also issued for the fathers arrest as
an accessory, and the two were brougt
back to Bell county and confined in
the Jail. A prominent lawyer, eX-
Confederate Major Il. II. Teal, drew
up statement of the facts, and en-
deavored to secure the interference of
General Mason, who was in COM
mand of the district, on the ground
that the arrest was fraudulent and
was for the purpose of assassination.
In accordance with Gen. Hancock's s
Instructions, General Mason declined
to interfere with the civil authorities,
and so one night a KukluX party
entered the Jail and emptied their
shot guns into the bodies of the two
Lindsys. This was the eliminating
point of General HancOck's admin
istration of the Department of the
Gulf, for as soon as the details. of the
outrage were presented to General
| Grant, Hancock was translated to a
field where he would have no oppor-
tunity to display his statesman
ship"
1t has been the popularity of the
Democratic party that, while they
have manifested intense sensitive
ness oyer various acts of the Repub-
lican party during The reconstruction
period for which there was no ex-
press authority in the Constitution,
they are callous in regard to the tre-
mendous assault upon and .infraction
of the Constitution committed by
the seeding states, which made ne.
cessary the assumption of the power
necessary to effect the reformation of
their political condition that was
essential to wise and just restora-
tion of the Union. General Hancock
allied himself to those whose foolish
and distorted views of constitutional
duty exposed the nation to great peril
during J0hnson's administration and
/ upon their measures and objects the
nation has heretofore passed its en-
phatic condemnation. While that
portion of General Hancock's IS career
may be grateful to the Bourb n mass
of the party, yet, ii in the coming
election he shall command only the
support of those who endorse his
statesmanship, he will find himself
in Il feeble minority in every North
ern state. If the Democratic party
is wise it will have as little as possible
to say about Hancock's statesman
ship, and base their appeals to popu-
lar support solely on his reputation
as a soldier.-Bdto. american.
Do young persons ever think how