mmitted against the citizenship, the lives, and the personal
rights of these people, and which have finally driven them in
utter despair from their homes, will stand forever without a
parallel in the annals of Christian civilization. In discussing
these sad and shameful events, we wish it distinctly understood
that we do not arraign the whole people nor even the entire
Democratic party of the States in which they have occurred. The
colored and other witnesses all declare that the lawlessness from
which they have suffered does not meet the approval of the better
class of Democrats at the South. They are generally committed by
the reckless, dissolute classes who unfortunately too often
control and dominate the Democratic party and dictate its policy.
We have no doubt there are many Democrats in the South who deeply
regret this condition of things, and who would gladly welcome a
change, but they are in a helpless, and we fear a hopeless,
minority in many sections of that country.

The unfortunate and inexcusable feature of the case is that,
however much they may deplore such lawlessness, they have never,
so far as we can learn, declined to accept its fruits. They may
regret the violence and crimes by which American citizens are
prevented from voting, but they rejoice in the Democratic
victories which result therefrom. So long as they shall continue
thus to accept the fruits of crime, the criminals will have but
little fear of punishment or restraint, and the lawless conduct
which is depopulating some sections of their laboring classes
will go on. There is another unfortunate feature of this matter.
So long as crimes against American citizenship shall continue to
suppress Republican majorities, and to give a "solid South" to
the Democracy, there will be found enough Democrats at the North
who will shut their eyes to the means by which it is
accomplished, and seek to cover up and excuse the conduct of
their political partisans at the South.

This is well illustrated by the report of the majority of the
committee. In the presence of most diabolic outrages clearly
proven; in the face of the declaration of thousands of refugees
that they had fled because of the insecurity of their lives and
property at the South, and because the Democratic party of t