The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-02-19
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actment Of thelaw while a member OF
your honorable bod y and without any
hesitation or apparent egotism on my
part, T do not believe that any future
goyernorwill feel towards the law and
guard it as scrupulonsly as my prede-
cessor and myself. For these reasons,
I have endeavored to talk to YOU
plainly and point out what i SINGER.
lly believe necessary to perpetuate d
Law, so wise salutary.
Chinese Cannibnis. "
VIOToRIA, B. o.. Feb. 12. Dreadful
stories come from Yokohama Of the
treatment of japanese by Formosa
rebels, some correspondents going so
far as to say that the Chinese practice
cannibalism. EARLY in January the
rebels took possession Of the village Of
Kelung. a detachment Of Japa.,ese
was sent to attack the place and after
considerable opposition succeeded in
driving the rebels off and entering the
village, which was afterward fired.
The correspondent Of the Japan Mail
in speaking Of tho arrival of the Japa-
nese troops in the village says. "The
troops were Mortified at the ghastly
spectacle Of nineteen bodies Of their
countrymen beheaded and frighfuliy
mangled. They were railway work
mon who had met death at the hands
Of the flends. Many of your readers
may not be aware of the cannibalism
that exists among the Chinese, altough
thsre is probably not foreigner in
Formosa but knows Of the eating Of
PORTIONS of the bodies bye savages, on
of tho mrrkets In Formosan settle
ments containing human flesh for sale.
During tho outbreak Of 1891, so great
was tho loss Of life that savage flesh
was brought in and sold the Same as
pork in the markets. The mutilated
bodies of Japanese were found, several
of tnem disemboweled and with their
hearts cut out, also minus their parts.
Some were found who had been
burned at the stake. Oharred bodies
with hands and feet still fastened wore
some of the spectacles the soldiers
saw"
Another Bray.
LOWELL. MASS, Feb, 12. In the
course of his address at tho annual en-
campment Of tho Massachusetts Grand
Army of the Republic to-day, Com
mander Thayer alluded to the dedica-
ton ola Confederate monument in
Chicago on last Memorial Day. He
said: 'The lesson taught by the mon
ument is an erroneous one; this statue
Of q Confederate soldier, which they
placed upon it i'll brass with wasted
body. intended'a as an implication that
our government maltreated its prison
ers, is q standing falsehood aud the
dedication of the memorial upon a
day which we have set apart for mem
orial services in honor OF our fallen
comrades was an insult to every man
who wore the blue. My protest was
sustained by the posts Of this depart
ment and by thousands of loyal men
all over the country. Do not let them
use the monument at Chicago as an
entering wedge for other cities of the
loyal North. We may join with them
in extolling tho heroism of the people
of the South, but we must not be
asked to countenance or to palpitate
the gigantic crime which they commit
ted in seeking the destruction of the
Union, or to allow attempts to distort
the facts of history to go unrebukcd.
If they are as loyal as they say they
are, let them forsake the errors of the
past and not seek to perpetuate them"