New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-17
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FREE ONLY IN NAME
MRS. cHTsoLM APPEALS TO THE NATION
AGAINST THE MURDERS COMMITTED
IN THE SOUTH
TO the Edttor oJThe Trtbuns

AGAINST THE. MURDERS COMMITTED
IN THE SOUTH.
TO the Edtfor oJThe Trtbuns
SIR In answer to my entreaties to ind some mower
In him vested by which to mete justice to these best
citizens Of Kemper County, Mississippi who s spread
horror in the hearts Of men, President OF the United
States asked of me- Would their punishment bring
back your dead make your heart more happy IN In
my reply, besides other things, told him 1t would
arrest repetition Of like cruelties represented to
him that II that great outrage all laws both human
and divine provoked retrbution the spread of this
class Of crimes would become epidemic and in no
place or position, not in the White House itself
would safety be assured. Nothing so fattens on IN
diligence as crime Not long after this time Presi-
dent was assassinated cruelty without warning or
cause There men in the Congressional halls who
have proGted by these outrsges I'm the south and who
SIT IN seexalaton while the victims Of their Injustice
sleep under the grass exist with desoate hearts
Since the tragedy that at last report was the latest
serial crime from Mississippi the writer Of this has had
a number Of letters, all from who people, and which
relate with one accord the unprovoked brutality Of ts
nature Nicholson, the white who figured in
'front.' was an employe on the railroad, a section
hand,S beneath the social level of Manry by whom he
was glad to be recognized.
Maury, who bore HIS old masters NAME was A.
former slave Of tho family, part Of whom were among
the assaiants in this riot. Had warning been re
celved by Maury, and white man fallen in tho re-
pulse, venture the assertion the whole transaction
would have been merely item of local news. AS
In the case OF the Page murders the houses burned
were sacked. The lands were the property Of the
colored men killed. but under a mortgage in favor Of
the whites from whom they had been purchased
With the head Of the household dead his house burned
bis wife and children in destituon, hope Of pay
ment exists, the land reverts TO the original owner
with gain Of all previous payments No need Of
comment
One person writes: These negroes are more than
half white blood.n
Another says: Tho mob IS now known TO have
burned houses and live stock, and one negro was
burned in one OF the houses"
Another; " IL is not known nor Will II ever be
known how many have been killed. One letter says
Any man here who has the influence with this class
to raise mob effect any outrage he pleases with
out fear OF the result So far as the negro Is con-
cerned, this IS war" One writer ventures
to assert: There white men here who slcken at
the reputation the recurrence OF these things give
this country but they speak Of II In Whispers Con-
tnuing: This county was never in a worse condl.
ton, human life held more cheaply: no man
knows when he may fatally offend these people This
whole matter ought TO DO investigated
by IN honest committee by order of
the Government The facts awful. they
need no coloring- Once unlettered colored woman
after race cruelty said to me Free indeed Our
abuse, our murder Is no mans loss. when we were
slaves by law had the protection Of our masters
Interests in our value property. We free,
thank God but better dead than free in only.
without the common right Of security to nfeD
Her heart aohed within her and gave q pathetic
cloquence TO her words. The Republican party as
whole, In the South, the people who fear God
and regard man. The leaders have universally
counselcd them to struggle within tho law for their
rights insisting that a time would como when Congress
would enact laws 10 enforce the laws Of the United
States, even In the South. when the Lord asked Of
Cain, "where Is thy brotherI" the cupnt realized
once that he was responsible to his Creator for any
harm In his power to prevent which might befal
Abel
Gentlemen OF the House Of Representatives and OF
the senate, from Victims the voice Of your
brothers blood cries aloud from the ground 10 the
Lord Of Heaven At your hands hts safety Is de-
manded. Dare you ask OF Him who made you "Am
I my brothers heeperlD
EMILY S. NJ. CHISoLM.
Washington, D. c., Jan. 8, 1850.