National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-09-27

by mn1orities as follows: Alabama, 1O,S2S;
South Carolina, 1857; Arkansas, SAG; Florida,
1886; Mississippi y, ss7; North Carolina, 2i675;
Louisiana, 1861; Virginia, 1874
IL now bec6me the settled purpose of
the southern leaders to reclaim these
states to the Lost Cause. Hero follows q
chapter upon Louisiana in 1873 and 1874
containing an account of tho Colfax,
Grant Parish, massacre aud the Coushatta
murders:
1t Is probable that the annals of Chrlsten-
| dom would be searched in vain for the record
| of a more treacherous and coldblooded assas-
| sination than Is presented In the shooting down
| OF these unoilending citizens and dofenselcss
| prisoners ut Coushatta. IL is safe to say that
| In no other corner OF the civilized world could
such deeds be done without an effort to bring
| the perpetrators TO condign punishment, or
where the niurdcrers would hold up their heads
Meanwhile the victims sleep in their un.
marked and bloody graves. Their only offence,
the only charge preferred against them, was
that they were republicans from northern
states. They had identified themselves with
the interests of Louisiana by becoming its
| citizens, by investing large sums of money In
lands. houses. and machinery, and one of
them had married wife who was native of
| the state. If they had been democrats they
would have been safe, honored, and courted.
| But they chose to be republicans and they
were slain for their opinions. They died mar;
| tyrs TO the cause OF truth and liberty, and
their names should be held In enduring honor
by all who love Justice and hate oppression.
Chapter 12 explains the "plan Of tho
democratic leaders to capture republican
states by sitting republican majorities,"
and succeeding chapters show in detail
the success of the plan in the various
southern states. The narration of the
methods employed sounds like story of
the Spanish inquisition, or some hideous
nightmare. On this basis tho state Of
Alabama in 1874 replaced its government
in the hands Of the minority, and by
inaugurating the race issue" enabled
her sister states to follow in footsteps
marked with blood.
allow Mississippi was revolutionized in
1876" forms the subject of chapter of
unusual interest.
The state of Mississippi, according to the
census of 1880, contained population of
| 1,l3l ,597.
| OF these 4793oS are white and 65O,20l are
black. Excess of blacks, 170.S93. The num-
Der of male black persons over the age of 81
years was 130,2IS. while the number of white
persons over that age was 10s,25i; excess of
black persons ofvoting age 22,02i
The shotgun and revolver had proved such
| weghty arguments in the campaign in Ala
bama the previous year, and the democracy
had achieved such satisfactory results by that
| election, that the leaders In Mississippi deter
mined to snatch that state from the grasp of the
| republican majority 1t Is true that the repub-
lican majority overcome In Alabama was less
| than IL 900, and that In Mississippi was almost
| $1,000 In an aggregate vote of 10000, yet the
| democrats were not to be deferred by so trivial
| Il circumstance as that. The plan of operations
having been decided upon, 1t became simply O
| question of organization.
A bloodier story was never written and
the name of Yazoo county has passed into
history. Mr.. Raum passes in chapter II
to an account of tho election of 1876 in
A I.ha n ,sas. ots.tx t,tr
significant figures how effectively the
shotgun was REINFORCED by tissue ballots
and the fraudulent count. He details the
organization Of the rifle clubs and their
missionary work in various quarters. 1t
was in Louisiana that tho "bulldozing"
rufiians employed their peculiar methods
in attempting unsuccessfully to carry the
state for Tilden in 1876.
The action of the Louisiana returning board
has been much criticised for partisan purposes;
but there can be no doubt that the impartial
historian will record that Its action was strictly
| legal and wholly just. 1t was, however, only
a partial measure of redress that 1t could apply
to the great wrong which the republicans OF
the state had suffered 1t was authorized to
lawful republican votes which would have
been cast except for democratic violence.
And so the. twenty thousand republican ma.
jority existing In that state largely disappeared
when II made its returns.
| 1t was in the power of no earthly tribunal
| to redress those other terrible wrongs-the
whippings, the woundings the murders, and
the nameless outrages to which the republican
voters of the state and their families had been
subjected during that democratic saturnalia OF
crime which preceded this election; but as sure
as there is Justice in Heaven they Will moi
always remain unavenged.
The election of 1876, in Mississippi and
South Carolina is narrated in q very in.
teresting manner in chapter IS, and the
Hamburg massacre is recorded. The
status Of South Carolina ia thus de-
scribed:
The state of South Carolina has a population,
according to the census of 1880, of 995, 5T; OF
these 39l 1O5 are white and G0i, 1888 are colored.
The number OF colored persons ofyoting age
was lis, $50, and the number of white persons
of voting age was $1,000, giving majority Of
1859 colored persons of voting age.
The Chisolm massacre in Kemper
county. Miss, in 1877, is told by Mr..
Raum with q directness and pathos which
render the narrative one of the most
striking in his book:
The Judge and Cornelia suffered and lin.
gered from the effects of their wounds for
some time. He died on the 18th and she on
the 10Th of May, 1877. From Wellss history of
the massacre the following extract is taken in
respect to the burial of tho judge and his
daughter:
"'Thus, within sight of three Christian
churches one after another the victims sank
and died, and not minister of the gospel nor
a member of the congregation with which tho
mother and murdered daughter worshipped
ever offered to cross the threshold of the house
of mourning. One after another OF the man.
gled forms were carried out and buried, with
just enough hands to perform the manual
labor incident thereto, and not n requiem was
sung nor benediction offered, save only the
prayers which came silently and spontane-
ously from the hearts of the faithful few who
stood around"
A crime more atrocious and cruel has never
stained the annals of mankind Gilmer, un
armed, defenceless, in the hands of the law
was shot like wild beast, and when bleeding
and wounded cried out: 20 Lord, don't shoe,
any more! gave myself up, and you promised
to protect me-" No mercy was shown him
he was shot down and his body filled with
| bullets
Mcclellan, unaccused of crime unarmed,
and quietly returning to his home, was ruth.
lessly slain simply because he dared to be q
friend of Judge Chisolm.
But what shall be said when hatred and
passion are turned loose upon an innocent boy
and upon Il beautiful, accomplished, aud
heroic girl, and they shot TO death or MORALLY
wounded? Words are powerless TO convey the
sense Of horror which must fill every humane
and Christian breast at the recital of such
deeds Chlsolm is dead; his daughter and son
are dead; Mcclellan is dead; Gilmer is dead
their untimely taking of. But the assGsslns
live and for their cruel deeds have the plau-
dts OF their fellow citizens
Chapter 90 is devoted to the history OF
the read ulster party in Virginia, its rise,
purpose, and success, the Danville massa-
ere and its results.
The effect Of this riot and the gross misrepre-
sensations made of 1t by the democrats was to
excite race prejudice throughout the state, and
the result was victory of the bourbon democ.
racy.
Az this point Il is proper to say that the
! pledges made by the readluster party TO the re-
pubicans TO secure their support have been
amply redeemed, wherever their power eX-
tended, in protecting the rights of the people,
supporting the cause of popular education, and
advancing the material Interests of the state.
The laws of tho country have made the ne
! gro free and have conferred upon him all the
rights of citizenship.
The conduct of the colored people since
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