Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-03-23
The Carroliton Slaughter.

Tn0 O0fEohlbon btAuBhhDh.
At last the truth Ia coming ont about
the Caxrollton Mississippi slaughAr,
In which twelve negroes were killed on
the spot In court room right beneath
the shrine Of justice, and nine more
havO been mortally wounded. on
course the blame has been put upon
the poor, helpless negro, and yet 1t lie
. fact again, a. In many former instan-
ces In that blood stained State, not o.
single white man was injured. When
the smoke Of the massacre and the|
cloud OF Mississippi lies that envel-
oped the case cleared away, II was
found that the negroes were unarmed
and were quietly awaiting the progress
Of n case In which they were interested,
WHOM more than ono hundred "Regu-
lators'' who did the shooting, premedi-
tAtedly came rushing in and 6red right
and left until not q live negro was TO
be seen In the court house. A CORES
pendent writing from that place TO the
New York Tribune" says IL Ia false
hood to say that there was any provo
cAtion from the oolored men. A dark
background to this bloody work 10 the
accredited report that Governor
Lowrie deems 1t unnecessary to take
any action In the case and IL 10 not ex-
pected that q single white man will
ever be arrested for taking part In the
bloody deed, and even II arrested his
trial would be but travesty Of justice
"A mere farce, Is were the trials Of the
assassinators OF the Chisholm family in
Kemper County, Of Barksdale, the
murderer of Dixon In Yszoo city, and
Of Weaver, the man who wantonly
aud in cold blood shot down Matthews
ut the polls in Copiah County. Mis-
sissippi is the dark and bloody ground
Of the Union, fitting residence for the
arbitrator JEFF. Davis. 1t Is equalled
but not exoelled by South Carolina.
Not q Senator nor Representative in
Congress from Mississippi but has ksen
elected by bloodshed and fraud, and
with one exception the same may oe
said of South Carolina. Were an
honest election held to- day not Demo-
crat would be elected to either House
Of Congress from either State, aud 1t is
by murders and frauds In those States
that Cleveland sits the Car OF the
United States. The cause of the Car.
rollton massacre Is more properly
traced to the steady increase of the
Republican vote In Carroll Comfy.
Something had 10 be done to keep COL
ored men from voting, and we have not
the least doubt that the 90. called
Democrats OF that county will have a
regular walk over" at the next cleo.
ton. The correspondent already al.
luded to saysi IAN important cleo.
tion 10 coming on and 1t was thought
necessary by the Regulators to teach
lesson in advance and TO put stoI
10 the colored Republicans organizing
for the coming contest" Before the
1000 Republican majority of Missis
sippi was subjugsted by sho. guns and
Winchester rifles, and turned into q
Democratic majority of that much
sometimes twice that much, Carol
County gave about 1000 Rep1blica
majority. After the subjugatlon, II
1876, there were less than 100 Republi
can votes polled. In 1880 the vot
stood, Hancock, 1926; Garfield, 26F
In the Governors election In 1881 tn,
vote stood, Democrat, 1,l3l; Republi
can, 259. In 1884 the vote stood
Cleveland, 1854; Blaine, 637. The las
vote alarmed the Democrats. They
saw that the Republicans were becom
ing assured and IL let alone woulC
carry the county at the next election
Something had to be done to checl
this rising Of Republican voters, ant
something was done in Carrolltol
court house. The Republican uprisinI
10 no doubt checked and Mississippi
will still remain solid for Lamar an
Cleveland,