The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-03-20
Still Think Hard of Us:

Maj. L. NJ. N. Jones from a gentle
man at Baraboo, Wis. From tn
tone of his letter and the sensibl
way he writes we infer that he is
leading man there, and certainly al
intelligent one. He is interesting
himself in turning emigration thi
way and thus writes:
There is in all northern states a large
restless population, young men married
and single, pulling out from the ole
fresides, seeking homes elsewhere. From
this county alone not less than 1000 per,
sons, in two years, have gone to the
northern part OF Wisconsin, to treeless
| Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon and Wash
| ington, knowing full well the priva-
tiors and particularly the severely cold
| winters they must pass through. The
latter, no one particularly seeks, but
| freedom of thought, speech and all rea-
| sonable protection of life and property
are necessary requirements. When
| this is assured by all sections alike ,and
! the laws are enforced upon all alike,
regardless of standing in society, poll
| ties or religion, then will the tide flow
| ing towards the north turn southwark
| and find homes in climate more con-
help build up that section as the north
and west have been built up. Your
section may be entirely free from those
disgraceful regulators and night raid
ers, and the statement of Mr.. S. o. Mar
shall assures me of that fact. 1t is also
well known the better class of people
deprecate such proceedings; but do
they, is asked, do their duty by ferret
Ing out these miscreants and having
them punished? We all know that the
robber and the murderer stande on eve
ry corner, but the political regulator
and assassin is confined to one section
OF this great country. As against the
attacks of the former, we are always on
guard, in all sections, but few there are
who will court or emigrate to a section
where the. latter is the rule. L have
read your paper, THE CITIZEN (Feb. 14)
with much satisfaction. Its contents
are newsy, showing good use by your
citizens of the printer S ink in advertis-
ing, good home and market quotations,
ETC., and if it reflects in small way
your thrift, growth, etc., l have no
doubt in saying you may see some par
ties from this section next fall.
We have worn out so many pen
ellis denying and disproving the re-
ports of lawlessness and outrages at
the south that it seems idle repeti
tion to do so again. We want to
assure this respectable and intelli-
gent gentleman, and ask him to
take what we say as candid and
honest and counting investigation,
that there is not one single syllable
Of truth in such tales. There is
not a political regulator or night
raider in Tennessee and no kind OF
crime or criminals except such as
he describes as common to all sec
tions. He to ought know, for it is as
true as aspiration, that these tales
are gotten up by politicians for po
litical effect. Along directly after the
war, when this country was smok-
ing in ruins and men were in want,
and restive under de-
feat, when their homes were desc
lated and their country dominated
by a horde of hungry carget-bag-
gers who came to take what they
could get, it was natural that some
should resist such spoliation by
force. This has all passed. There
is no necessity for it, for men can
now obtain their rights and defend
their property in the courts and in
all ways that were denied them
then. There is an absolute su-
premacy of law here, maintained as
rigidly and respected as profoundly
as anywhere on the face of the
earth, and men not only discounte-
nance laWlessness and ferret out
law breakers, but the idea Of regu-
Iators and raiders is as abhorrent
to us as it is to this gentleman, and
they are not here and cannot live
here, and shall not live here. We
care not for your politics, your re-
igion, your opinions. Are you
honest and strong armed, and will
you use these God-given powers to
5he upbuilding of our common
We ask this intelligent gentleman
TO test these asseverations by any
manner Of crroboration he may
be able to obtain, and he will find
hem as true as heaven. And then
We ask him to tell his people.
Whether it brings them here or
not, it will at least shake the scales
from their eyes placed there by de-
politicians, who care not
how it hurts and disgraces us and
1upes your people, if it serves to
their power. OF course
we do not pretend to say that there
are not sometimes great crimes per-
petrated at the south that came
from political differences, and they
may be little more frequent in the
far south (not here than north, be-
cause of the peculiar relation of the
races, but we call the history of
every one of them to witness that
they are always fomented by polIti-
clans and are then magnified a
thousand fold. If a man comes to
90 into such business as that, he
can do it successfully; but if he
comes to be a law-abiding citizen,
be need never be found mixed in
such transactions. And we further
assert the same character Of deeds
are as common at the north and are
passed over because they cannot be
warped into a significance that
suits politicians. We have said
more than we intended, but we
to make it plain. This
will meet that gentleman's eyes.
Please see that others know these
facts. They are not written
or in spite, but in
the interest of pure truth and JUS
lice.
Worse than Southern Outraees.