Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1886-03-30
boston Journsi.l
ECHOES OF THE CARROLLTON
MASSACRE.

Nh N1hAttia
A dispatch from Carrollton. Mi.iaip-
pi. after reeiiing the details Of the recent
massacre Of Negroes In the Couf, House
., that place. closes with the naive re-
mark; "No inquest Vas held. a. the
Coroner recently held O In = case OF
violen, death and the county would no,
pay for Il. on the ground tina, the man
ner Of death Was known TO everybody
This remark goes veil with Governor
fovp's statement, tha, 'there vas no
need Of Executive interference. because
everything VAS quiet there now" In
other words. because all the Negroes are
either dead OF dying. the Governor sees
no occasion TO Interfere. and because the
massacre took place In broad daylight,
the Coroner concluded tha, the facts were
TOO well known Il call for IN inquest.
The killing Of Negroes, even when Il 10
done without p~rovOcs,iOn and by whole
sale. IL no crime In Mississippi. Tha, i'
The one fact which seems TO be clearly
established by the Csrroll,on and similar
episodes. II any paper Published any
where in Mississippi has lifted up It's voice
in condemnation Of the Caroll,on muir
derer.. We have yet to be Informed OF Il.
The New Orleans RonyuHs attempts
to defend these marderrrs IL admits
tia, 1.-THE occurrence IL to be deplored."
bu, thi. Is Chiefly because cit viii be
handled in an unfair way by the No,hern
pres. and the fact. be misrepresenied by
their orators" Bot. proceeds the hea.
yuns. "ihs white people Of Mississippi
AMI Of every other Southern State are
here ard there exposed to peril. Of this
nature. Aad Ar, justified "a dJnd'Hg
Acm,olr,, agains anarchy. in taking all
necessary steps TO aver, the domination
Of isnoran, oOlOred de,PeradOe.."" VIA,
was the "anarchy" involved In the Car
%rOllion case. Asd urged by the RoayuRs
in Justification Of VIA, was done Slmp'
IL this. ,hl, the Negroes weie about 10
appear a. witnesses sgains, . young
white lawyer who had shot q OF their
number. ThA, 1. all there was TO IL. a.
the Rcayrns', own dispatches would
show. some Of the Democrats psPer'
struggled TO make /, 81, ,hs, the first
.hO, va, fred by one Of the Negroes at
the defendant. Even were this true. II
would be 10 dsfenoe. Coz II the 'ho, were
fred At al. Il was only after the gang OF
armed white. had surrounded the court
house and we're preparing TO khl the
blacks. Bat IL was not true. The
tro,hsr Of The white defendant, Liddsll.
informs the New Orleans Tme'-Dcno'
erui ,ha, be VAS sitting near hi' bro,her'
and ,ha, no ,ho, VAS fred at him. The
case va. proceeding quietly. and the hr'
thing that he noticed ~As ,hA, q yoapg
Negro man 20; up ard moved hurriedly
20 the door. lie returned Immediately
and talked and s,.,ieal.,sd to the others
and they vent on, toward the door,
Then The mI,sAer, began. i, i' s%niirely
certain that that alarmed the yoang
man Who fr, vsni 20 the door was ID,
noise made by the one hundred armed
White. a, they catered the ooaf, house.
Liddelr. brother beins asked II be could
see any ,ason OF justification for tbs
slaughter Of the Negroes. said promptly
81 DO not. Ani oOndsma !, Ia the
s,ronge., terms.
Several Of the ablssi aud mosi repre-
sentative southern paper. do ro' hesitate
20 speak plainly .bog, this tragedy. Th'
Atlanta Constitution say' that III eoald
no, occur ia any community uadsr tbs
sun where there !. the 'lsh,s', respect
for law OF the f.in,es, love Of justice.
The birmingham Ala 1gs says thai
10, Mississippi Only. bu, the whole Sou,t
and every State Ia The union -ill Zee.
the evil Of ,hi. crime. and that mo, M
al every one % the guilty participants u
arrested. tired. convicted aud subjected
TO the u,mos; penalty Of Outraged las.
-iil the State Of Mississippi escape The
righteous condemnation Of all men ~h'
hay, the leas, spark Of humanity Il
them" These ATE refreshing words. AnS
they make /, The more singular ,ha, 10
editorial writer. in the Mug-amp paPer
seem 10, 10 have heard Of this Csrroll,o'
affair At all