Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1876 — Troops in the South. [ARTICLE]

Troops in the South.

Mb. Editor: I was pleased with what yon laid of the administration sending troops south to preserve the parity of the ballot box. I wish in connection with whai you did say, you had said a little more on the subject You remember that towards the dose of the late session of congress, the demo* cratic House of Representatives adopted a preamble and resolutions in relation to the murders of Coushatta, Hamburg, and other places in the southern states, denouncing those outrages in bitter terms, declaring their desire for a lair election and their fears of the murder and intimidation of republican voters, and finally calling upon the president to employ the army to prevent such atrocities and secure a fair election. I have not these resolutions before me but thia was the substance of them. Of course they were all for buncomb. They did not mean any such thing. It was sheer hypocrasy. They thought by their smooth talk—denouncing past outrages and making fair promises—to blot out the recollection of their horrible atrocities. But when the president takes them at their word and orders General Sheridan to so dispose of the troops as secure the object of their resolutions, oh I what a howl of disapprobation is raised from one end of the country to the other by the rebel press and politicians 1 It is military subjugation and despotism—the very thing they asked co have done. They meant to deceive the people by their fair representations and hollow pretenses, and keep the army away so they could have full swing and carry a solid south for Tilden and Hendricks. Thank God I Gen. Grant understood them and their motives, and gave his orders to Gen. Sheridan. Well done Grant I He understands them. R.