Year: 1868

oc,e, canals IN every respect For nearly an hour
nc continued in this stran when leis tls ss ccres
popdent OF Northern paper evidenty teInpefeSs os


the language but could not conceal al the - o% 10 u
this muatto. have gwen Senas nIe 0Im he


is undoubtedly one OF the most dangerous characters
IN the State. Possessing considerable influence over
tne Ignorant masses OF his race he has used 1t the
very worst purposes. BY the admissions Of several
negroes who were recently arrested in an adjacent
county ior Violence he was the nciter Of the disor
and other counties He boasted to your correspond
ent that although Houston county had gone demo-
cratc last spring 1t would never do SO again. as he
had liked matters down there. Now the fact Ia that
until Long went there the two living ami
cably, friendly and peaceaby together. His imam
matory harangues to the negroes have had the effect
OF reversing the condition OF affairs Houston county
being now one Of the most lawess localities in
Georgia The planter is reused from his sleep night
Dy tne crowd OF negroes engaged in drilling, they be-
ing already formed into companies all duly ofiicered
The result Is that the whites, who are In helpless
own Defence but also for the purpose OF protecting
those blacks who still stand by them. Here, then
ters' in Houston. 1t is stated that he has become
badly scared at the fruits Of his own teachings as
for several days past he has kept unusually quiet
His tailor shop s always filed with dozen or more
negroes, who act as a kind OF body guard. mere
look at Long will suffice to leave the Impression that
he s dangerous negro. AS he intimated to me this
afternoon, he will push his ignorant dupes into the
vortex OF insurrection II he can, and then desert
Of nap D n o e oSf FOR m can





troIs tne votes OF hundreds II not thousands OF


in pleasing contrast with Long and other negro
leaders are TWO coored men of this city, named Tay-
ior anu Butler. say pleasing, not because these
ject OF no Importance to your correspondent, but
because their influence is directed used towards
the work OF restoring cordial feelings between the
TWO races Both men are glad they are free, and
neither OF them would consent to be slaves again on
any conditions They also ask that the white people
OF the South protect them in their persons and
property, give them an equal chance before
the law and assure them that justice VIII be done
to the coored race. Further than these they do not
claim, and the constitution OF 1865 and the demo.
cratic platform come up to their views in these par
ticlars they have allied themselves with the whites
and are working hard among the negroes for the
democratic ticket Butler in particular is quite
outspoken and bold In his language. He says that
the white people OF the South ana the entire demo-
cratic party having guaranteed him his freedom he
asks for nothing more than to be allowed to remain
believes he will be protected by the laws lust as
the whites are, and SO believing he shall vote the
democratic ticket II the democrats get in power
and they choose to deprive him Of the suffrage let
them do it, His people are not 1t to vote, they never
expected any such power when the war ended, and
he thinks they ought to be very well satisfied with
their freedom for the present at least At any rate
he reels convinced that for the whites and cOlOred
people to oppose each other in politics will be dan
gerous to the latter and he shall do nothing towards
bringing on trouble which can only end In injury
to the negro. He knows the whites will never SUBJ
init to be ruled by coOred men, and when he remem-
bers that they have always been the rulers of this
country he cannot blame them.


PldcEK aslue party cOnsluerdIiOne, WHO CAN COI-
pare the sentiments of Long with those Of Butler
and assert that the former are to be commended in
place OF the latter? have given the views Of these
two men as specimens OF the arguments being used
to influence the blacks. On the one hand is Long,
teaching the negroes his high flown notions Of polit
cal and social equality and threatening the whites
with war OF races II they attempt to deprive his
OF the elective franchise On the other hand is
Butler pleading for peace and good feeling between
the two preferable to political power yet as
earnest and firm in his demand for the guarantee Of
his freedom and the protection OF his person and
ip tpl,V,n
avoid the conclusion that Butler is pursuing the
safest and most polite course Already there is not
q white man in Macon who would not protect him at
the hazard Of his own life or aid the negro should he
need assistance He assures me that no White man
ever Influenced him to support the democrats, but
that he Is doing from irm conviction that ii is
the best course to insure the future welfare Of his
race


In this county (Bibb) the negroes have several
hundred majority. Until within the past two weeks
the terror Of Long and his radical followers has been
great that the four or five hundred negroes who
am assured, Will vote the democratic ticket have not
dared to publicly express their purpose. To-day
negroes told contdentially that they intended
to vote with the whites, but they wouldn't 'et onr
about II account of JeIf Long and his crowd"
short time ago. however, Butler dehed the radical
bully ana organized colored conservative club,
starting with eighty members Long was present at
the first meeting and, IL Is said took down the
as fast as the roll called. Since then his tools
| have been threatening the darkies with terrible
punishment If they do not withdraw from the organ-
cation. But they stand firm, relying upon the
pledges OF the whites Tor protection. Indeed from
all can learn, II single conservative negro In this
city suffers violence al the hands OF radical negro
on account or MS political opinions, Long will he
the Drst to suffer therefor. He has already been
warned OF this and the warning may have the effect
oi preventing bl0Odahed ON Monday night next The
club again meets, when new members Will be admit
ted Efforts are being made to bring together the
largest possible number Of conservative negroes.