Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-06
SOUTHERN TERRORISM
MARTYRS OF The RFPuBlI-
CAN PARTY.


"A northern man must never In word /
or thought refer to the atrocious barba-
rites by which Republicans are hi led In |
the South without being accused OF wav- |
ing the "bloody shirt" The Rel ublicans |
OF the North have almost ceased referring |
to that sanguinary garment, but still the |
murders 90 on. The late assassination |
OF John NJ. Clayton In Arkaneas recalls |
the bloody roll of assaesinated Rspubli- |
cans 10 Southern States. Let US looR
over the roll and pick out few OF the
prominent ones.
At Ysnceyvil'e, North Carolina, in
April, 1870, Senator Stevens was hanged
BY a mob in the Court house yard. He
was guilty OF the dreadful crime Of being
Republican.
In August, 1874, at Coushatta, LouIsi.
ana, an attack was made upon Senator
Twitchell, In which hts brother-in-law
was killed aud Twitchell himself was 80
| badly wounded that both of his arms had
TO be amputated, the crime being for the
purpose OF securing Democratic control
OF the State Senate.
In 1874, James L. Ivey and w. P. Bill.
liDge white Republicans, were atsasBi-
mated In Alabama, and In the same year
the Hon. John Patterson, of Mississippi,
was murdered in his own State by being
hung by a mob, aud S1400, which he had
upon his person and which he requested
should be given TO his sisters, was taken
by his murderers and was given to the
Democratic campaign fund.
In 1876, Dr. d. u. Dlnkgraye and Don
A. Weber, of Louisiana, white Republi-
cans, were atrociously murdered.
In 1877, Judge W. w. Chisholm, his
little GOD, u daughter and two friend,,
were shot to death by a mob In Kemper
County, Mississippi, and the leader OF the
mob was, the same year OF the murders,
elected sheriff OF the county
In 1878 Captain Henry NJ. Dixon, a
white Independent Democrat, was shot
in the back In the streets OF Yazoo, MS
sistippi, by man named Barksdale, who
wae Immediately elected county clerk,
and BarEsdRle's uncle now holds q seat
In Congress.
In 1888 |. Print Matthews. q prominent
white Republican merchant of C1piah,
Mississippi, WAS shot dead while attempt
ing to vote, and his murderer was elected
mayor of the town In which the murder
took place, and few days afterwards A.
w. Burnett at the -ame place was assas-
sinated, and A. W. Blair, of Camden,
N. G., shared like fate on July All, the
same year.
These are but few of the political
murders In the South, aud be 1t said rs a
mockery OF justice that never has man
T yet been convicted for q political murder
In that section. No reference whatever
is made TO the thousands Of black Re-
pubicans that have been murdered in
I that time In the South for their political
/ opinions. The roll would be ghastly aud
fickenlnB let the veil be drawn and hide
II from the public gaze.
The following, from the New York
T Tribune, enlarges the list OF outrages
that are now being perpetrated In the
{ south, and which promises 10 end a,
Clayton's contest ended, in assassin alton
There Is good reason to believe that the
assassination of Clayton In Arkansas and
the attempt TO lynch Pope in Florida a.,
features OF concerted plan to break
down by murder ard terrorism every at
5 tempt by Republican who was elested
to Congress In the South, and defrauded
: OF his certificate, to obtain the teStimony
necessary to establish hts tltle to a seal
In the House Of Representatives. Clay
ton was q contestant engaged In collect
!, ing evidence of the frauds through which
4 a certificate was issued to the Democratic
A candidate. Pope is engaged In collecting
like evidence In behalf of Republican
I contestant. General Chalmers the Re
l publican candidate for Congress in the
lid Mississippi District, was counted out,
I
) Democrat General Chalmers is engaged
.. in collecting testimony concerning The
Democratic frauds In his distIict, and his
footsteps are constantly dogged by Dem =
! cratic deeperadoes, who "spot" every
r man who dares to make an affidavit OF
the facts within his knowledge sho wing
:; the means by which Morgan was elect
! ed"
+ II is asserted that scores OF men who
( have such facts In their possession have
}, been deferred by fear and threats OF vio-
lence from giving testimony. In tha
. Hid district of Mississippi, q district In
= which, with fair election, a Republican
/, candidate would receive from 5000 tt
t l0,0 900 majority, James Hill Ia trying IL
obtain the evidence to show that he was
:, elected instead OF CathinRs, the ID, mo-
crat. His experience Is the same as thai
l. OF Chalmers. Not only are witncsse,
{ threatened with violence, bat the Demo
!, cratic newspapers TEEN with threats and
J. appeals calculated and designed to incitt
!. violence and murder. The following /,
1 an extract from leading editorial IL
"The VlcksbuTg Commercia. Herald" o
7 January 30, which breathes the true spin
= OF Mississippi Democracy:
The intelligent Southern people, having
been all over the ground, fully under
stand the harmless character OF the ne
groes without the selish, devlllsh leaders
n and II they have TO contend with the oil,
n troubles again they will pull them up b,
/, the roots. The schemers now working I,
e. secure Federal legislation so that the,
may fully utilize ignorant negro sutirag
0. and prostitute 1t TO their own base pur
poses, will be the frat to cry; "Ilold
enoughp There will be no more triiling
v. The more cunningly devised the Fedora
20 laws to put down the Southern white peo
!. pie, the more certainly will they put dow
!. !. the leaders The President, the Congress
r or the individual not aware OF this |
m hereby, In the name Of people OF tn
K. southern portion of the Mississippi valley
5, informed of 1t. We draw the line at whit
81 supremacy. II so-called radical whit
, leaders cross that line they will fird 1t TIL
IS dead line.