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KYASSYILLF, J01T.XAL COSPANT,
Il KTU.iY. AI'lilL 2C, IS4O.
Insults to Dead Heroes!
Wilt soldi r and their friends read
the
following paragraphs.
"For the duration of the war, for Its cr.1
a well as lor it commencement, ti.e Re
publican party 1h iitone responsible. Lut
lor It, t hero would have hwn no war, and
bnt for Its shameful inrapnclty and mis
management, it would not have lanted a
yesr. It w8H carried nu appnrlent.y to
beni-fl' t hi vlK contractors. If thesouron
of uleRtltiK bed not dried up. It woold
probbiv have beeu lu eiLsknos now"
Cincinnati Jinipt rer.
The remains of (Jen 1 liotnas are now
being cart, d Irom (tie l'acitto to I ho Allan
tlo an a lduWiow, and evury dy furnlshM
n with twenty co'urnnsof telegraph as to
hia whereabouts. We hoie he may he
planted soon. tvaniiille Courier, Aj" it 7.
SENATOR MOKXON.
Kpcech Against t lie JJIiigliaui
Amendment.
Democratic Conspiracy to fefcat
Reconstruction.
conclusion.
Now. Mr. Prcbident, 1 corao down
later in point of time. 1 desiro to
read an extract from tho irjcsea.sro of
(lovcrcor Scnter, elected Governor of
Tennessee last fall, thia message be
lag sent to tho Legislature of Tennes
see in tho month ot l'ebroary last:
It is with profound regret I realize
tho necessity ot directing your atten
tion to the alarmingly frequent vio
lence to the peace and dignity of the
State, in the maltreatment and even
atrocious murders of her citizens, by
persons generally reported in disguise
or unknown. Many of tho States'
citizens have been outraged in their
privileges and persons by cruel indig
nitica; not a few slain outright, with
out charge ot having in anywise
oifended tho laws, while others, under
criminal charges, have been forcibly
wrested from the custody of the law,
and their blood deliberately shed by
bodies of men without the least
shadow of authority. That theso
enormities can bo in our midst with
oat the perpetrators, in a single in
stance, beir.t' even arrested to answer
for their lawless and criminal acts.
demonstrates the existence) of organ
izitiona on their part, not only dan
irnrous to the individual citizen and
adverse to tho public dign;ty, but
lormidablo even to tue puuuc peace
and safctv.
While tho law latoly enacted for
the suppression of these outrages must
do honor to tho purposes oi your
honorable body, I trust it will not be
accepted as an impropriety on my
tart to re-ncctfully sucrecst doubts o
its sufficiency to reach and remedy
tho evils aimed at. as not a single ar
rest has yet been inado for the gross
est violations of already existing
laws, although such violations havo
been frequent: and tho largest re
wards u'lowcu havo been often
if not invariably, offered to brine tho
offenders to justice, it may bo iairly
concluded that they are protected by
organizations adequato, by terrorism
tho force of numbers, or other means
to effect security against tho ordinary
civil process and olliccrs ot tho Jaw
The public misfortuno seems not so
much a want of law as lack of power
to enforco that wo have.
Tho Senate will take notice that in
tho report of the committee which
has just bcc.i read, while they admit
the imperfection of the information,
yet they put down the murders in
that Stato a? fit least one a day. The
evil has been -spreading hinco that
time. The messago of Governor Sen
tcr, his recent application to tho Pres
ident for military assistance, his
presence now, I believe, in this city
lor that purpose, and attendance up
on the Reconstruction Committee,
prove tEat thia stato of things is get
ting worso from day to day instead of
better. So bold has this organization
becomo in the Stato of Tcnncssco
that not very long ago they held a
public parade in the city of Nashville.
There they went under tho name of
"The l'alo Faces." They did not
call themselves Kuklux, but Pale
Paoes.
The condition of things in Tennes
see could scarco bo worse than it is.
There is a reign of terror prevailing in
almost every county ia that Stato. A
' free election could not now bo held in
that Stato, unless perhaps in some
portion of East Tennessee. I will
not refer particularly to tho Memphis
massacre in 1SGG, where some fifty
men wero killed, some seventy or
eighty wounded, and somo ninety-one
dwellings destroyed, and twelve
school-houses and a great deal of
other property. I am speaking now
of what has been done under the re
construction laws, and since tho Dem
ocratic party havo advised them that
thoso laws aro null and void, and
that thev aro not bound to obeythem
To show the extent of the revolu
tion that has been effected in Tonnes
sec since last year, I refer to the elec
tion returns. Gen. Grant in lbbb re
ceived 5j,7"7 votes, and Seymour re
ccceivcd 2t),311. Grants majority
was over 30,000. That was in No
vember, 1SG8. In August, 18C9, somo
nino months slterward, fcenter re
ccivod 119,835 votes; Stokes 53.1'JG
votes, beina within a very lew votes
of the number that Grant received in
1SG3. Hero wa3 an increaso of 91,703
votes in nino months, showing a com
plete revolution, that tho laws of Ten
nessee bad been broken down, and
hat tho men disfranchised by tho
laws of Tennessee all voted.
Pour months after that, in Decern
bc-r, I860, an election was held lor
members of a Constitutional Conven
tion. There wcro seventy-fivo mem
Let s to bo elected. There were Go,
G30 votes caaL The Union men did
not vote except in small numbers;
they could not. The votes were cast
chiefly by rebels; and of tho seventy-
live men elected to that convention,
eixtv-eieht of them tad been rebels
This is tho condition of things
brought about by this organization,
by this reign of terror in tho Stato of
lcnncsscc. If you force an election
in Genua next fall I call my lie
publican friends to bear this in mind
you will have just such a result as
f ou had in lenncssee last iall and
ast winter. Sir, tho Union men of
Tennesseo are to-day virtually dis
franchised by tho reign of blood and
terror that has been inaugurated,
while thoso who perpetrated these
villainies go unwhipped of justice;
and the Governor of tho State,
anxious as he 13 to enforco the law, i3
powerless to do it, and is calling now
upon tho Government of the United
States for protection for his peoplo.
I can not dwell very long on the con
dition of affairs in Tennessee, but I
may say that General Forrest himself
claims that there aro 40,000 Kuklux
in the State of Tennessee; and I no
ticed a very significant bit of evidence
on the part of Governor Scnter, pub
lished in one of the newspapers here.
I will read an extract from his testi
mony, given only a few days ago, be-
foro the Reconstruction Ccmmittoc,
for it is very Ficnificmt in one rn
Fpect. The following question was
a&kelby a member of tho committee.
ly Fernando Wood. "What pro
portion of tho entire population of
tho Stato have participated in theso
Kuklux outrage? Answer. The
only statement wo lave had that wai
looked upon as authentic, was made
by General Forrest, that there wcro
10.000 Kuklux in TcnnMSse.
Question. General 1 orrcst is not
generally looked upon as a rehabiC
man in his statements, is he: An
swer. He is a shooting man, and 1
reckon I had better not say much
about that; but my conclusion is.
reasoning upon the subject, that there
must bo a very stringent orpsnization,
not only well organized, but well
officered, from the fact that they havo
committed theso outrages, and neith
er money ncr hw has been able to
reseh theui.
"here aro two points in that to
which 1 call the attention cf the Sen
ate; First, that, accordingto General
r orrest, there are 40,000 in Tennes
see; and then to tho perfect illustra
tion that is given of the effect of the
terror created there, which has fol
lowed Governor Senter to this city in
his testimony before the committee.
for lie says ha reckons he had better
not speak very freely in regard to
General Forrest, because he is a shoot
ing man. W fc.cn the Governor oi tho
fctato can not speak freely becauso the
terror ot this organization follows him
to the Capital of the United States,
what shall bo said of tho people of
that Stato who live in tho midst ot
theso eneuiicj, who aro without cfu-
cial power and protection. They can
not epcak ireely, and they care not
testify to the nameless outrages that
arc commuted irom uay to uay iu
their neighborhood and in their very
presence.
Now. Mr. President, I coma to
speak very briefly of tho State of Ken
tucky, and I am very sorry that I
have any ground to speak in reuard
to that State at all. I shall refer to
the report of tho Frecdmen's Uurcau
in regard to the Stato of" Kentucky.
In the report ot the 1 reedmen 8 llu-
reau in Kentucky, in 18G8 I read
from tho official document it is said:
More than l.lOO colored soldiers in
Kentucky have received their bounty
through tho bureau dunns the year.
In many ca?cs delay in payment has
been unavoidable. It has been diffi
cult to reach claimants in remote and
mountainous districts. Having served
in tho Union army, they have been
the especial objects of persecution,
and in hundreds ot instances tiave
been driven from their honics. The
outrages perpetrated by the Kuklux
Klan havo caused a great exodus into
other States.
Tho report goos on to 6tato that
The numlcr of outrages reported
as committed by whites upon colored
people in the State cf Kentucky dur
ing tho year is : murders, "G; rapes,
3; shootings, 30; otherwise maltreat
ed, L'Go. Total, SSI.
. I can only my that the conrso pur
sued toward Union men in Kentucky,
is one, as I believe, of unrelenting
proscription; not. perhaps, bloody,
as in somo other States, and not ex
tending in this particular over every
part of the State. In the laud of Clay
and Crittenden, the Legislature ro
cently distinguished itself by refusing
to let tho people ot Cincinnati, with
their own money, build a railroad
across tho State. The stupidity
of that operation in a Stato whore
railroads are so much needed, can not
nave justice done to it by any terms
that are found in tho English lan
guage.
INow, sir, L come to the State ot
Louisiana.
Mr. Fowler. I should like to make
a word of explanation before the Sen
ate proceeds further.
iMr. Morton. Certainly.
Mr. Fowler. It ia in reference to
tho remarks of Governor Scnter be
fore tho Committe on Reconstruction,
as reported in the paper from which
tho Senator read. Governor Scnter,
n going on to say that General For
rest, being a shooting man, ho had
better say nothing about that, meant
simply to fay that ho did not want to
discuss General u orrest s character
beforo tho committee, as he was not
there: not that ho was afraid of him.
or anythingof thatkind, or that there
wa any danger about it.
Mr. Morton Now, Mr. President,
I come to speak of tho Stato of Louis
iana: and this furnishes ono of the
strongest illustrations of tho effect of
Democratic tcnchings and iostruo
tions. for what I am going to speak of
chiefly occurred alter tho .Democratic
Convention in New York and within
sixty days beforo tho November elec
tion in 13G8. I havo hero the report
of the committee appointed by Con
gress to investigate tho riots and mur
ders and violence committed in Lou
isiana proceeding the Presidential
election of 18G8. It is a large vol
ume. It contains the testimony of
ono hundred and seventy-eight wit
nesses. An examination of this vol
umo will show that there were eight
hundred and ntty-nino murders com
mitted in the Stato of Louisiana with
in about sizty days before tho Presi
dential election.
Mr. Casserly How many?
Mr, Morton Eight hundred arid
fifty-nino.
Mr. Casserly Within sixty days?
Mr. Morton Just before tho elec
tion, and it is. generally put; within
that -time. I will not be certain.
nowever, on tnat point. They wero
murders of a political character, and
springing from tho organization to
which I havo referred. This evidence
discloses tho organization of a
secret society iu the Stato of Louisi
ana, sometimes called by ono name
and sometimes by another. As I be
fore stated, tho whole number of mur
ders was 859; Kanshot wounds in ad
dition, 85; otherwise whipped and
maltreateJ, 3G5; and I will stato that
there is evidonco outside of this vol
ume, outside of tho examination of
tho committee, goiDg to show , that
the whole number of killed and
wounded there was over 1,800. .
Tho committee state distinctly that
their evidence does not extend to the
whole State, and they do not pretend
that they havo gathered up evidence
of all tho outrages committed in that
State. There is reason to believe
from the report itself that the num
ber of murders committed in Louis
iana beforo tho Presidential election
in 1S03 wcro at least 2.500. I might
read the declaration upon the part of
this secret society. It does not call
itself the Kuklux in Louisiana; but
the witnesses declare that it was the
Kuklux tho same society that ex
isted in other States; that the men
killed wero Union men, Republicans,
black and white; tho murders were of
a politieal character; tho society was
of a political character; and we all
know what was the result of the elec
tion in Louisiana in 1SG8. Sir. if you
want to hold on election in Georgia
under tho same circumstancos, you
will have the same results, and it will
bo acompanied with the famo bbod.
I do not speak in this connection of
the New Orleans riot which occurred
iu 18GG, where thero wero some three
hundred persons killed, including
thoso who died subsequently of their
wounds.
I come nov? to tho State of Texas.
I will rend an extract from the report
of tho Frecdmen's Bureau for the
Stato of Texas in 18G8:
A fearful amount of lawlessness
and ruffianism has prevailed in Texas
during the past year. Armed bands
styling themselves Kuklux, Xc., havo
practiced barbarous cruelties upon
the irceduicn. Murder3 by tho des
peradoes who have long disgraced
this Stac, are of common occurence.
Tho civil authorities havo beca over
awed, and, in maDy cases, even tho
bureau and Kiilitary forces havo been
powerless to prevent tho commission
of these crimes. From information
on file in the office of the assistant !
commissioner it appears that in the
month of March the number of
frcedmen murdered wa3 21; of white
men, 15; the number of frcedmen as
saulted with intent to kill, 11; white
men, 7. In July the number of frced
men murdered was 32; whito men, 7.
It has been estimated by reliable
authority that in August, 18G8, there
were probably 0,000 indictments
pending in tho Stato for homicide, in
some oi its various degrees, in most
cases downrightmurder; yeteince the
close of the war only in one solitary
caso (that of a freedman who was
bung at Houston) has punishment to
the full extent of the law. been
awarded. t .
Mr. President, I have the authority
of tho Senator from Texas (Mr, liam
ittoa) I did notspeak with the other
Senator for the statement, that from
the best evidence be has been able to
collect, there have beensinoe the war
more than three thousand murders
committed in the State of Texas.
I will pow state what I believe
to be the condition of Texas.
Owine to tho fact that Congreis ro
quired that before she should come
in she should ratify; tho l nteentn
Amendment, both parties in Texas
were compelled to place themselves
on that basis. The result was that
the rebels in erpat part took no part
in that election, i hoy wanted lexas
to come in. and thev were willing
that tho Republicans should
oarry tho election for that pur
pose; end It wa a contest between
two good Republicans for Governor.
But when the next election comes,
tho State, having now got her Sena
toraand her Representatives ia Con
gress, thero will be a development of
ail these devilish and murderous ele
ments that have made Texas 60 ta
mous for the last three or four years
That society exists all through Texas
Tho Stato u honey combed with its
lodzea. They are not dead : they are
only suspended, and they will develop
into full and murderous life unless
this Government shall extend its
protecting Dower to the Union men o
that Stato. I have not timo to dwell
upon tho condition of Texas
I come now to the Stato of North
Carolina, which has been rcgardod, I
believe, as the soundest and the most
reliable oi all the Southern States
arxl what is tho fact there? Why,
sir. tho evidence is furnished to me
and it is strong and overwhelming
that within the last few weeks the
Kuklux have developed in various
counties in North Carolina I am
told in somo twenty counties and to
show that it is a political oreaniza
tion, for political ; effect, the counties
in which it appears are the doubtlu
counties, which it is necessary for
them to carry in order to control the
Stato Government. 1 have the au
thority of tho Senators Irom that
State for this statement. Numerous
murders have been committed; men
arc whipped from, time to time; and
the same reign of terror ia now
being established in North Carolina
that already exists in other States. 1
havo not time to dwell upon the con
dition of affairs in North Carolina,
but Iftato the general situation; and
if I do not state it correctly, tho
two Senators from that Stato aro
amply able to eet me right.
Now I come to Alabama:
Alabama, too, has had a large
Union majority; but, sir, that major
ity 13 to bo overooixi; it 13 to bo de
stroyed in the same way that it was
in Georgia. The plan is to destroy
tho Union majority in every, Stato in
tho South by this reign of terror, to
make men afraid to go to he polls
and express their sentiments, to make
them understand that their lives are
at hazard, and their property is at
stake if they dare to express them
selves on tho sido of the Government.
A 6mall minority can do this. Why,
sir, they paralyzo tho cqurts. They
officiate as sheriffs and bailiffs; they
enter tho jury-box; they aro' the
ready witnesses; and punishment can
not bo administered in the common
courts of thoso States.
How is it now in the State of Ala
bama, which has hitherto been com-
fiaratively peaceable? , Within the
ast few weeks: a number of most
diabolical murders have been com
mitted in that Stato.. I was thia morn -ing
visited by Major Haves, who, I
believe, represents tho Fourth Dis
trict of that State in the other end of
tho Capitol, a; native of Alabama, a
man of unquestioned character, and
ho' laid ' beforo mo - tho condition
of thirgsin that State, no says the
bloody epidemic is advancing rapidly.
Recently a nuniboij'of; atrocioes mnr;
dors have been committed, and he
submitted a statement that, made my
blood curdle. Ia -the -county of
Greene, in which ho lives, he Bays
there havo been sine murders com
mitted in. the last two weeks, in tho
county of Sumter there have been
three murders committed in tho last
two weeks, in the county of Tusca
loosa four murders havo been com
mitted in the last two weeks. Nine
murders have been committed in
the county in which,' he live3
in fourteen days, and' he has!
been notified by this infernal organi-!
ration that he must not return to the
State. If ho does, it is at tho risk of
his life. Ho says that a court officer,
known as tho circuit-clerk, of hia
county has been notified to leave tho
State within fifteen days upon the
peril of his life; and withia a few
days, I believe, the prosecuting attor
ney in that county was murdered ; and
I think a Judge Charlton was murder
ed only a few days ago. . I forget the
name of tho town where ho was mur
dered. Here, sir, in this tono Con
gressional District, the strongest Re
publican district in the State, for Ma
jor Hiyes received 1,000 majority,
fifteen murders have been committed'
within two weeks in four counties
and . still tho . bloody work goes on'
Ihe collector of customs at Mobile
has been notified by tho Kuklux that
ho must not visit tho County of
Greene, where he proposed to go up-
business, as . I - am informed.
While this nas been the number of
murders, the number of whippings
of outrages of various kinds is almost
innumerable, showing that the Ku
klux in Alabama are spreadiDr rap
idly. . havo here a report made by a
joint committee of the Legislature of
Alabama showing the existence of
Kuklux outrages in that State, from
which I will read an extract:
. v : I
.Luui uuiuuiincc uitvu examined a
large number of witnesses from mnnw
parts of the State, of intelligence and
unquestionable veracity, whos3 testi-
mony abundantly establishes the fact j
that there exists, at least in many
portions of Alabama, a secret organ
ization of men, who disguise them
selves with masks and other costume
for tho purpose of committing crimes
and outrages upon pcaceablo and law
abiding citizens, and thereby escnpo
detection and the punishment which
their villainies so justly merit.
Thi3 organizition i3 commonly
known as the Kuklux Klan. They
generally make their appearance in
the still hours of the night, mounted
on horses, also disguised in like man
ner, and armed and equipped for
their murderous work with guns, re
volvers, knives and ropes. Under
tho cover of their hideous disguises,
and the darkness of the night, they
go forth from their secret haunts to
perpetrate the most inhuman ana
brutal outrages upon those wnofo on
ly fault is that they have ever been
true to their country and loyal to its
government. lour committee beg
cave to say that they have the best
evidence to believe that this organi
zation is purely political in its char
acter. None but thoso of one partic
ular party are known to belong to it,
while Union men and Republicans arc
made the special objects cf their
fiendish abuse and violenoe. Almost
tho only charge they bring upon the
victims is that they are Radicals, or
that they have voted for the Republi
can candidates, or that they hold
Bomo office under the reconstructed
government of the State. It is a re
markable fact that no Democrat or
Conservative, so far as it has come to
the knowledge of your committee,
has ever fallen by their murderous
bands, or been interfered with in the
enjoyment of his rights and liberties.
Now I come to the State of Geor
gia, the &tato we bare in hand, and I
call the attention of the Senate to the
terrible condition of things in that
State. To show how far back the
Kuklux were established in the State
of Georgia, I will refer to a letter
from General Meade to General Grant
in lboa. lni3 letter is dated Atlanta,
Georgia, April 4, 18G8, and it begins
thus:
There are unmistakable 6igns cf
disorder in this State and Alabama
from secret organizations, such as
have disturbed Tennessee. I am
about issuing a very stringent order,
and Eball take very summary meas
ures to eheck thi3 evil, if practicable;
but the forco under my command is
insufficient to control all parts of
theso States, and in view of the ap
proaching elections 1 would bo much
relieved if the forces hero could be
temporarily increased; say, an addi
tional reiziment for two months.
refer to that letter ta show that
as early as April, lbbb. General aieado
believed in the existenco of the Ku
klux organization in the State o
Georgia, and asked for military force
: i now come to the evidence in ro
gard to what took place in Georgia in
18G8, after tho Democratic Conven
tion in tho City of New York. J
have already shown that the revolu
tion that took place in the Legisla
ture of Georgia could perhaps be
directly traced to tho influence and
tho teachings of the Democratio
Convention in the city of New xork
1 now refer to a report made by tho
Judiciary Committee in 18G9. In
that report they give a statement
from the report made by the Frecd
man'a Bureau. I have not been able
to find the report, but I find an ex
tract from it in the report of the
Judiciary Cqmrnlttco. it is as fol
lows:
. It certainly furnishes a stronK rca
son why Congrc&3 should not at this
time overlook the irregularities in the
organization of the Legislature of
Georgia, and admit her Senators to
representation. And this is not all
Your committee have examined the
official reports of the various officers
connected with the Frecdmen's Bu
reau in Georgia, and find reported 33G
cases ot murders and assaults with in
tent to murder upon colored -persons
by the whites, from January 1, 18GS
to November 15 of same year. For
all of whioh there has been no lega
redress and scarcely any effort what
ever on the part of tho authorities to
punish tho criminals. And it is stated
by these officers that thy aro unablo
to report fully as to tho number an.
charaoter of these outrages on ac
count of intimidation .of witnesses,
which is practiced by tho perpetra
tors of crime.
: Three hundred and thirty-six mur
ders and assaults with intent to com
mit murder in Georgia, from the 1st
of April to tho 1st of November,
18G8:and,. as I am advised, nearly
all of them occurred after the 4th of
July, 18G9; another item to eet down
to the credit of the National Demo
cratic Convention.
j Now, Mr. President, I will read an
extract from the report of General
Terry, made on tho 5th of August,
1SG9:
In many parts of the Slate there is
practically no government. The worst
of crimes are committed, and no at
tempt is made to punish those who
commit them. Murders have been
and are frequent; the abuse, in vari
ous ways, of tho blacks is too common
to excite notioe. There can bo no
doubt of the existenco of numerous
insurrectionary organizations known
as Kuklux Klans, who, shielded by
their disguis?, by the secrecy of their
movemonts, and by tho terror which
they inspire, perpetrate crimo with
impunity. There is great reason to
believe that in some cases local mag
istrates are in sympathy with tho
members of these organizitions. In
many places they are overawed by
theai, and dare not attempt to punish
th om. 1 To punish such offenders by
civil proceedings would bo a difficult
task, even wero magistrates in all
cases disposed, and had they the
courago to do their duty, for the saino
influences which govern them equally
affect juries and witnesses. A con
versation which I havo had with a
wealthy planter, a gentleman of intel
ligence and education, and a political
opponent of the present national
Adtninistra'ion, will illustrate this
difficulty,. While deploring tho la
mentable condition of affairs in tho
country in which he lives, ho frankly
admitted to mo that, wero the most
worthless vagabond in the country
to be charged with a criina against
the person of a Republican, or a ne
gro, nei'.hcr he nor any other person
of property within tho country would
daro to refuse to give bail for the
offender, nor would they darejto tes
tify against him, whatever might be
their knowlcdgo of his guilt.
I propose now to present some
cvidenco to show the progress of ter
rorism in Georgia from tho l3t of
April until tho election on the first
Tuesday of November, 1SG8; and to
have my statements understood, I
will first premiso that tho white vote
registered in Georgia was 102,411;
the colored vote registered was 98,
507. In April. Bullock, as Governor,
received 83,527 votes; Gordon, the
Democratic candidate, received 7G,
350. Bullock's majority was over
7.000. In the month of November
following, somo seven months after
ward. Sevmour received 102.S2S. and
"(Irftnt received 5G.3SG. Seymour's
' majority was 4G.000; making a change
of over 53,000 votes in Georgia in
peven months. IIow was that chango
brought about? Was it a chango of
opinion? It was brought about by
the terror that had been inaugurated ;
and I will present you some figures
thst go to show it. I refer to a doc
ument printed by tho House of
Representatives; and this ill show
how this great change of 53,000
votes in peven months had been made
I have a list here in this document of
nineteen counties and one city the
city ot Savannah. In the city ot faa
vannah tho number of while votes reg
istered was 3,000: colored, 3,900. Of
that number Bullock receivod 2.851,
and Grant received 400. The terror
did its work pretty wellia Savannah.
I come now to Jones county. The
number of white votes registered in
Jones county was 4SG; colored, 1.073.
Of that number Bullock received 718;
Grant received not one. The terror
did its work pretty well in that
county. I come to Columbia county.
Iu that county the white votes regis
tered was G59; colored, 1,851. Bul-
ock received 1,122 votes and Ueneral
Grant received one. I come to Ran
dolph county. The white vote regis-
r , a . m - 4 nit Tr I
tered was 9a4; colored, J,ii. unl
ock received C87; General Grant re
ceived ono. I come to Baker county.
where the whole number of colored
votes was 1.0a3. Bullock received
255 of that number. Tho tcrror.did
its work pretty well there, ai Grant
received only 33.
Then, running down through these
nineteen counties and this ono city,
we find over 22,000 voters who were
prevented from going to the polls, or
were compelled to vote the JJemocrat-
io ticket. Here was a revolution
brought about in seven months in the
State of Georgia, resulting in a change
ot DJ.000 votes, our distinguished
President, in some counties, not being
permitted to receive ono vote. This
will give you, sir, a torctaste or what
are to be the results oi an election
forced on in that State next fall.
In the city of Augusta, in 1SG8,
there wero registered 1.8G7 colored
voters. In Decembered, 18G9, some
four months ago, they held a munici
pal election, and the whole number of
colored voters registered was q( AU
the rest were deterred Irom even put
ting down their Games upon the reg
istry.
Sir. the Kuklux are spreading In
all the Southern States, and the idea
is not original. There was such a so
ciety in Europe in the sixteenth cen
tury, to which the death of many no
ble and good men is acoredited by
history; ana i una on looking over
the ritual of tho Kuklux Klan that
many things are borrowed from that
celebrated assassination sooiety,
And now, Mr. President, for I do
not wish to detain tie Senate, allow
ma to oonsider very briefly what
should be done. In the first place
there must be a lw of Congress
authorizing the Jrcsident of the
united etaie3 to extend the power
and protection oi tnis Government
into .all tho States, and that law
should be framed so as to enable him to
do it where thoro may be a weak or a
disloyal Legislature that refuses to
act with the Governor, as in the State
of lenncssee. Iherc must be 6omo
such law put upon the statute book
to protect the lives of Ioynl men in
tho late rebel States. 1 will not now
stop to discuss the features of that
measure. They will, perhaps, coma
up for discussion on tho amendment
nrcnosed by me senator from Mi3
souri (Mr. Drake); but I stato that
as being one of tho measures which
must be passed by this Congress if it
intends to do its duty toward the
loyal men ot the South and the peace
of the wholo nation.
And, sir, I would not now refer
Georgia back to military authority
and keep her in her present oonai
tion. ' I do not think that itisiho
host way. I think that she should b
admitted: her Senaiora should bo al
lewed to take their seats, and she
should bo authorized to organize
militia,' and that militia, organized by
the present zealous, bold, and active
Governor ot Georgia, would bo an
omnipresent lorco existing in every
county, existing i every township,
while the military force of tho Uni
ted States under the present law
would only be established at a few
points would not have that omni
present character which is necessary
to afford complete protection. I
might refer to tho result in the State
of Arkansas, whero the militia or
ganised under Governor Clayton
has proved most efficient in pro
tecting that btate Irom ivuklux out
rages.
To remand Georgia to a military
government, I think, would not now
accomplish it. It would be a repu
diation of the loyal men of that
State. All we ask is that they shall
be allowed through their own action,
or, if you please, by the express ao
tion of Congress, to , continue the
present loyal State government dur
ing tho term for which they were
elected. The Legislature elected for
two years was cheated out of the first
two years very nearly. It was revo
lutionized. They havo but just come
into power; indoed, hardly yet, a loy
al organization having even effected
for the first time in the month of
January. What wo nsk is that thay
shall be allowed to servo out
tho two years for which they
were elected, that these men shall
not bo allowed to take advantage of
their own wrong. First, by usurpa
tion. they kept the loyal men of Geor
gia out of authority for two years;
and now I say they should not be
driven to count that usurpation upon
their term. Thero is no justice, and
there is no law in that.
Mr. President, tho Union men of
the South are everywhere falling
silently in most cases their fall no
ted only by their Father in Heaven.
There bones may yet be found, like
those of tho murdered traveler, but
there will be no epitaph to givo their
names, or to tell by whoso hands they
havo fallen. Tho timo has como to
bo done with trilling. Away with all
trifling. Tho time for action has come.
Thero is tho smell of blood in the
air; it is sprinkled all along tho
pathway through which wo aro march
ing. Why, sir, tho commission of
one murder by a secret organization
will terrify a wholo county, a wholo
district. When men go to bed; at
night apprehensive that before morn
ing they will be aroused by the smell
of fire, or bo summoned to tho door
by tho hoarse voico of the Kuklux
Klan, all resistance, all endurance
give way: tho father trembles for his
family; ho will abandon his princi
ples; ho will surrender his property,
pcrhap?, and fly to a more hospitable
clime.
No one has been punished yet; no,
not one; not for treason, not for mur
der, not for all tho nameless crimes
committed by the rebellion no one
punished yet. Oh, what weakness!
(Jan you find in all history Buch
weakness as has been shown in refer
ence to this matter. Mercy to tho
criminal has been cruelty and death
to the innocent. If there is ono duty
resting upon this Congress more sa
cred and more solemn than every
other, it is to protect the Union, tho
loyal men of the South,
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Lead Pipe, Sheet Lead, Water Closets,
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,AJL t'UMl'3.
WKOUOHT. IRON PIPES, AO.
Water introduced luto country ' dwell-
Iuuh from cUterusor well. Klvinx all the
eouvenleuctttt of a city auppliud with water
works. ISo chauge oi range oa stove re
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GEO. TilUUNlIILL,
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KVANSVILLE, miJ,
ii of flno Saddles and Harness
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REPAIRING done In
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mb6 ctSrn
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Charles Babcock & Co,
tMPOKTElta AMD DBALKKS
Coach & Saddlery Hardware
Springs, Axles, Wood Work, Dam-
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Leather I'ad tSkint 8kirt- '
ings, tfce., c, ., ..' .
INfo. aifiln Mtreot,
Dr. Jas. C. Bier bower,
OJJlce Ho. io Fiiiax ax.,
elween Main and Loeutl,
Returns his thanks for the liberal
patronage received during the pant
nve years, and hopes by fair deal
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INSURANCE.
NEXSEN & BAKEtt,. .-
deneral Insurance Agents
AMU
ADJUSTERS OP LOSSES,:
No. 10 Main Slrcctv Up-Stalrs,
EVAN8VILLK, IN1.
Ilwelltng Hou3PB insured for a term
of
years at great! reduced rated.,
Three Yean at the Price of Two
Vive Yean at the Price of Three.
I.ir Insurance a Specialty.
Total Caali Assets Represented
Oier Twenty-Seven Million Dollara.
The following are among the Companies
represented :
A. Insurance Co. of Hartford, Conn.
Caah AweU S,5O,OO0.
P1KOIX Ins. Co. of .Hartford, Conn.
Cath Assets 91,700,000.
CONTINENT At, 1ns.
Cash Assets ,
Co. of New York.
. tM.liSO.OOO.
NOKT1I AMKltlCAN Insurance Coo.:
Hartford. Conn.
Cash Assets 8500,000.
M KHCIi A NTS Ins. Co. of Hartford, Ct.
, Cash Assets ............. ........560,UO0
HOHTII AMERICAN Insurance Co. of
new xorK.
Casta Assets ... ..gS00,OOO.
IMIOXJIIX Ins. Co. of Brooklyn N.Y.
CufcU AjisoU ..........l,HOO OOO.
YONUKUN A N. YORK Fire Ins. Co.
Cau AsMd ......fcOl,OOV.OO
iETNA MI'K Ins. Co. of Hartford. Conn.
Cash Assets ........I.,000,00O.
NEXSEN & BAKER, Agents
10 MAIN STREET, KvA'isrllle, Ind.
' JanJd dly
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Florists and Nurserymen,
FKOPuiETOjta or
x'liiij FJLOUAL, ami.
LOCUM r ST K EET, '
Bet. fciecond and Third.
Garden and Greenhouse on Oakley Ave
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Our leMcjlpllve Catalogue ot i'lants.
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Mnrtlnnlt nr&i aud Ornamental UooiH. Ac.
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sent free Lo all who will send ns ILelr ad
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ff3d3m Kvansvllle. Ind.
DENTISTS.
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Over Find, National Bank,
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canTte.CoraUte, and Amber Plates, Carve
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(an excellent and safe anaesthetic). Call
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NEURALGIC Affection treated.
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establishment as Large (consisting of Wl v.
rooms) as any In the United blaLoa.
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EVAN8V1LLE. INL,
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short notio ind reasonable term .
lanlAdlf ... ... . ,
E7ANSVILLE GROCERY,
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a loll stock of staple and fancy Groceries,
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To Contractors and Builders.,
First equality Building Sand
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Constantly on band. . . .i
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m h 17 6m J AH. CKOFT3.
V r
1- HOWES.
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HOWES f WO OLD RIDGE
COTTOI7 PACXOHS,
PRonrt'i: 'a.vii
Commission Jlcrcli'is
283 FROST STIZHHT,
Liberal Cash Advances
Produce.
on
Cotton and
! ill-J c!!;m
HOWARD & PEE3T0NS,
Cons tniHs 3:j 31 roll' 1m
NEW .U1:LI JAiWS.
Pi
III. i t li li
Bianrueuts of
cash advance iiv,on
VOUS, CORN, VI. ' UK. TUiiAt'CO, Ac.
&cH to the above boune, and also furnlsli
gunnies lo shippers. InovJ dlf
ftlSOtL H. KR.iSKiiy. iiilii; vaip.is
i-AUI. JE. UOItTIMKK.
1 S. If. KENNEDY r TO..
ComniiHion 52e.rel5'Ifi
Foil THK V.( T v rv
FJour, PrcvLsious. Corn. Vlmiv
Aud Western 1 'rod nee ceuera'ly.
55 aud 57 i'OYIHt AS. STRKi:T,
JN&.W UilL.l3.AiSa, LA.
Conslcrnmenl Mil it.i nn.i mroi
advano mnile on snlpim-nts to the above
oca ut m Kvanhvii.i,k, In
, FOSTE B & GWTN,
COMMISSION LIERCIXANI3.
07 MAGAZINE JiTIllIIiT,
Ehi'ec iai. A'rri:TiN aixr.n to
Wfcsteru Jprod-acw.
Oonslenniean of Klonr, Corn, 1'ork
aud all klndH or Wi Hlern Produce bollcIUnt.
Liberal chmIi advance made on all bhlp
mnU, either for nt la In New Orleans or
shipment to New i or.
FOSTER, tail 'YN at CO.,
Commlisnlon MorohnutM
4HVATOI STKIIKT,
noVl-d3m NEW YORK.
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, U. K. DUNKE11S0N Z CO.
Forwarding & Commiiou
IVIorcliJxritFx ,
AND GENERAL AO K N
SOUTH SHOB2
' FAST FREIGHT LINE,
C VEB TBI
kyansvilIjE . CBAwroiiDSTiiir.
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BKLLEFONTAIXK,
LAKK S HO UK it EUIE KAILE0AEU
; E VANS Y1L LU, INI),
Liberal aali advances mado on coiKh;n.
meuta. mit5 t. ; f
F. 8. DC30UCHJCT. n. oOILIiEST;
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CKNKRAL
COMMISSION M Eli CUA N TS,
No. S3 Toydrss Street,
NEW OHLEANH, LA,
Ordors and coiiSlsnmon; solicited.
JySdtf
Haklow J. Phhxph, of New Orleans.
J. O. MuCuxi ocu, of LoulhvliJo, Ky.
E. Nott, of ew Orleuus.
Phelps, MeCuIIeeh C: D.,
PRODUCE, PROVISION,
A! D aXNXBAI.
Commission Horclianta,
. m.bBAYIEB STEEKT,
nov2 dtf
NE V OUl.t;ANH.
. Vvll. G. MOWN
CO.,
Forwarding and Comais
1
! ' M.e:rcIi.&itM,
WHAKFEOAT PKOPEIETOrA
Railroad and Fast iYaisrht Lira
and Fast Freight
Amenta,
K VA IV S VILLI:, IAJ),
Jan8Uy
It.
BTA?
M
A2
n i i n it f, r-i
U M 1 li 1' .4 k) 1 ii
Gr.XEH.4I. .lUKXTH, PilODl'3
Forwarding and t'oiamiiKtnn m .
enants. EvaoHvl. le. Indlann. K'f-r
Q. Wheeler. Prej-'t. First National I
and Ham '1 Orr, Vice Jf resident LvJkav.i
National Bank.
AxenUforMaaonClty 8&H Co. n&U-i
: ivociD a k si i u n o v it
lends and former patrons that w
are on hlHHT tJ ItJbEP, one door bilov
Vine, nejet to L. jPlerHou' Tin Hiion "htm
.lu the trade of IIQUORX, FL.OVH i'O f.
MliWIOA'ij. die, ttnd sbooid be Ti,,L.,.i' ,
I see them. K. U. ALLld & it.
n. i. AiiZi.is & co
FORWARDIN AND C0EH2HC;
MEIICIIATS.
KKCTIFIEItH, a ad Wholesale Uealeti
L1QU0LS, FLOUE, &cn
F,J II S P S TR E E T
One door below Vine, next to L. I'lersoa',
EViSlVTT.T.. Tw
Janldtf.
A. S. UAYIIUKST,
PRODUCE, COMMISSION AND rn n..
WA.RDI.yii MKIICUJlNT,
No. 8...
Eonth Vater Ci.
Dealer In Flour. Rw u.. -.-
andCoantry Frcdaco. vuic
S. 1L BARTON,
Commission Blorclin-n-
Ko. 83 Wast Second Street,
cinczswati.
LlM7rdtfadvaflC4va maae oa conslgnmonia
r, it.
HUMPHRXY.
GEO. J. LEfI3
KEE3TKY.
nUMPnSET, LEWIS C: CO.
i"0EWAEDI.Q A5D C01I1I1SSISX
MERCHANTS,
Proprietors of ivhnrnt
m. ry t a
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lysi
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