National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1886-03-27
What Should Have Been.

What Should Have Been.
When, on the morning of the 18th inst,
the news OF the awful massacre of peace
full and law-ablding colored citizens OF
Carrollton, Miss, by an armed brigade OF
white Democrats, was conveyed to the pub
lie through the telegraphic columns of the
daily press, 1t was, as matter Of course, eX-
pected that resonant roar Of righteous |
Indignation would burst from the swelling |
throats Of all the Mississippi Democrats
officially resident IN the national capital. ,f6S
1t was known that these gentlemen M
been inexpressbly shocked at prSSs'Aad
political murders perpetrated die 'eVious
brethren and friends. They.b<he ny their
and cried aloud and sparead ' 40, .',en UP
OCCASIONS when on the pr NV va ", Various
+be niooor Iessonu -. 'eleEt oil teaching
'he niHsor iesson me or Of 0wing white re-
puoieans into Wig uolcsomc submission, tFir
ne'ghDors anafMcir, constituents had put ,fflets
through w re brains or hearts of Jack or
wmte Republicans. They lad dadc the
h911dc as OF Congress echo with lerydenuncia-
y don of iazoo, of Kemper, anaof Copiah,
ana the great heart of the Amt can people
had been saturated with TOUCHING, tender
sympathy for statesmen dodhed to un-
deserved aiiliction by the ipghscretiou OF
friends
! Perhaps the student of American history,
; If asked where he had found the most
pathetic incidents and episodes in our polit-
that q nTRtRg YHat oRGnsa R& &drt sH dsaPg
than the inconsolable grief of Mississippi
Democrats in this city over the crimes
committed by Democrats at Monochrome
icides not justified by law" albeit sancti-
fled by the noble purpose Of securing and
maintaining Democratic solidity!
II there should come time when
American art shall have attained sufficient
power to be able to wrestle hopefully with
the grandest themes, may we not safely
predict that some Of the walls and inches
Of the capitol will be adorned with paint.
! ings and statuary illustrating the grief,
horror, and Indignation Of southern sena-
tors and representatives over the political
murders, retail as well as wholesale, which
have made their section solid and have
made possible the "electlon" of Demo.
cratic President?
) Nay, more, may not the patriotic mind
indulge the bright and beautiful hope that
the art genius OF our great and glorious
country will yet be able to grasp so sublime
theme as the sympathetic grief of northern
: Democrats with their southern brethren
Q when, in the course Of political events, II
has been found necessary and deemed cx
: pedient to murder few pairs or dozens Of
, southern RepublicansS
\ But we have wandered from the line sug
G gested by the initial sentence of this article
e to wit: the happenings in certain circles II
b this city on the morning of the 18th instant
: The reader will not be surprised to learn
G indeed he, or she, as the case may be, would
be astonished not TO learn--that Secretar,
1 Lamar, on hearing the newsfrom Carrolltol
!. on that memorable morning, retired to tn,
y seclusion Of his closet, that he might in
Y dulge in unscon tears. The reade
will he prepared to hear that, afte
this indulgence in grief, Mr.. Sec
rotary Lamar walked, with bowed head
= to the white house, sought the President
and thus poured his woe and indignation
into the presidential ear: 1T Is local In
:. fanny, a national disgrace, foul reproacl
d to our civilization. ] am ashamed of IN
Q state, Of its brutality, Its cowardice, AM
lhI lOGlllCo Win WHICH my lTlbuu
, persist in shocking the morality OF our age
q 1t is true that blood-lettlng was necessar,
s to put the Republicans down, and occa
h sloDOl murders may have been needed I,
- preserve Democratic supremacy. This 1
: what they tell me. But am tired OF It
Your title, Mr.. President, and my it'll
;. smell OF blood Our party came In through
a the gate Of murder. BloOdBhCd and fralIt
+ mark ourpathway. The trail Of the serpen
/ Is over us all. But my soul is sick of this
I When think of that charge OF one hundred
o armed Democrats on the court house n
T Carollton yesterday, Of the slaughter OF a
> dozen ortwenty unolrending aud defenseless
! men, Of score OF wounded aud bleeding
/. men fleeing TO the woods Of the fright and
horror that has come on thousands Of col
4 Ored familcs-when | think of all this aud
recall all the crimes that have made IN,
, state Infamous, say to you, Mr., President
, that would rather be earning my bread
by practiclng my profession in the court
OF Ope-horse town than 10 be d member
} Of the administration that owes its exist
ence TO such crlmes.n
The reader will expect to hear that SGna
tor George was no less Mortified than Secre,
tary Lamar; that he sought Senator Wal.
thall and the twain wrung each Others
hands In agony while tears Of grief coursed
down their manly cheeks, Nor will the
general public be fully satisfied till told
that there was u meeting of all the Msslss,
ippi Democrats in the city on the evening Of
that day at which Secretary Lamar presided,
and by which resolutions were unanimously
adopted condemnmg In unmeasured terms
the massacre at CaTollton and calling on
GOV, Lowry to use every means in mis- pos