Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-04

Is an inallenable right, to assert ou
political principles wherever We are
not even doing that, never having on
tered political meeting or cast a vote
but sternly standing by tho faith 0
his fathers, which sooner than give VI
hc would burn at the stake, he resoly
ed that he would give up no conviction
OF bis, political or otherwise, and il
this struggle he has at last given over
and taking what little is left of tha
hopeless enterprise of his, and leaving
three or four hundred men with thei
families whom he had employed thes,
thirteen years, TO seek u livelihood
elsewhere, or migrate to your State
sir Mr.. Ingalls, in the chairl, or to tht
State of tho Senator from Indiana, Of
some other place, he has gone North
and the North will listen to him be
fore they will ask the Senator from
Mississippi to repeat again here hii
platitudes about North and South
Sir, this is not the only orator tha
comes North"
THE TRUTH.
The New Orleans Democrat publishes
a statement received by telegraph from
r. D. Bridger, Judge of the Fourth Ju
dicial district, in relation to tho publ
cation made by Mr.. Charles Heath con
corning the burning Of his property ii
Caldwell parish on the night of De
cember 2j, last. Judge Bridgor says
"l will state that Charles Heatl
owns no property in this parish, anC
that he has never owned any. Hi
brother, Edward Heath, owns plan
tation in this parish, situated ten mile
below Columbia. The property wal
given in and assessed last Fall IN th,
name of Edward Heath, being giver
in as two hundred and sixty acres o.
land, and valued, including all tht
buildings thereon, at $500; the value
of horses, maI es, mules, neat cattle, &c.
was s565 the cash value Of all car
riages, wagons and vehicles of al
kinds was SIS the cash value of al
merchandise or stock in trade wal
making total appraised value
of Edward Heath's property in thii
parish of $3.50, which was n liberia
and fair appraisment. Charles Heath
usually visited the place and managed
it for his brother. lie was never on
the place more than three or iour
months during each year, The place
was generally leased to, or worked on
shares by laborers"
The Judge further says:
"Tho ward in which Mr.. Heath
place is situated il controlled by the
colored population in it. 1t is repre-.
sented in tho police jury by colored
man who is also a member Of tho par.
lsh school board The Justice of the
Peace and Constable are both colored
The statement of Charles Heath in re.
lation to tho alleged troubles and the
causes thereof are false. In the first
place every one in this parish man.
ages his property or plantation to suit
and | have never heard any
objection or protest to their so doing.
1t is a fact that plantations are leased
in various parts of the parish to color.
ed laborcrs, with not single white
man upon them, and | have never
heard Of an objection or difficulty in
thereof"
The Columbia Herald publishes an
lccount Of the burning of Heath's gin
house at the time The Judge further
says: "There having been several fires
in the parish and all of tho
burned being insured, ! dc.
.ermined TO have the matter investi.
gated. Our District Court met on the
irst Monday in January and in my
'barge to the Grand Jury / called
heir attention to these facts and in.
'tructed them TO investigate the matter
'ully. directed their special attcn.
ion to the Heath burning and direct
I'd them to investigate tho affair" The
is an extract from the re.
port OF the Grand Jury at that term /.
That they have made special inquiry
nto the burning Of the gin and mill of
Heath, situated on tho Long Lake
plantation, and find that the general
opinion of the persons residing in the
Of the said plantation is that
he burning was the work of an incen.
iiary, but they find no clue to the per.
'ctrators Of the act, 1t is reported
hat the property was fully covered by
insurance"
In conclusion Judge Bridger saws
i have converscd with an eyewitness
'f tho burning Of the Heath gin and
he circumstances attending it, and
i'm fully convinced that tho property
vas burned to get the insurance money.
The foreman Of the jury informed me
hat, while they could not get sufIl.
lent evidence TO authorize them to
Ind bill, yet he was fully persuaded
nd convinced in his own mind that
he property was burned to obtain the
insurance money. This is the general
pinion Of those in the parish who arc
cquainted with the facts. Indeed /
blink evidence had been obtained sufli.
lent to justify the Grand Jury at the
nly term in finding a bill. Our jurors