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June 1, 1876
The Post
Middleburg, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial condemns the killing of twenty defenseless Black men by a Southern sheriff's posse as butchery to secure Democratic votes in upcoming elections, criticizing the normalization of such racial violence.
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THE OLD, OLD STORY.—Again the
country is shocked by the same old
story—twenty colored men killed by
a sheriff's posse, and no white men
hurt. The Associated Press dispatch
calls it "war." It should be called
by its right name, an inhuman
butchery of defenseless men by the
white savages of the South. Democracy
thrives on murder; its majorities
in the South are based upon
it, and present indications make it
apparent that the process of securing
a full Democratic vote in the
fall elections has begun. It will call
for the murder of a few hundred colored
men, but this, among the chivalric
Democrats of the South, is a
commendable virtue.
Now that the butchery of the
blacks has commenced we may expect
to see the record questioned,
and its effect on fair minded men
neutralized by the cry of the "bloody
shirt" again, from the opposition
press. Can it be possible that justice
no longer influences the people,
and that these crimes against humanity
and civilization are to be
passed unheeded?
country is shocked by the same old
story—twenty colored men killed by
a sheriff's posse, and no white men
hurt. The Associated Press dispatch
calls it "war." It should be called
by its right name, an inhuman
butchery of defenseless men by the
white savages of the South. Democracy
thrives on murder; its majorities
in the South are based upon
it, and present indications make it
apparent that the process of securing
a full Democratic vote in the
fall elections has begun. It will call
for the murder of a few hundred colored
men, but this, among the chivalric
Democrats of the South, is a
commendable virtue.
Now that the butchery of the
blacks has commenced we may expect
to see the record questioned,
and its effect on fair minded men
neutralized by the cry of the "bloody
shirt" again, from the opposition
press. Can it be possible that justice
no longer influences the people,
and that these crimes against humanity
and civilization are to be
passed unheeded?
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Racial Violence
Sheriff Posse
Colored Men Killed
Southern Democrats
Elections
Where did it happen?
South
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
South
Outcome
twenty colored men killed by a sheriff's posse, no white men hurt
Event Details
Sheriff's posse killed twenty defenseless colored men in an incident described as inhuman butchery by white men in the South, linked to securing Democratic votes for fall elections