Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-08-31
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UATE STRIFE
Yesterday morning the Press and Time,
published the following: aft

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Yesterday morning the Bsss eild Time
published the following gi
LYNYvILIE, GILES County,, TENN.
August %, 1S67-GEN. CooPER-Dear
Sir: Last evening | received letter from
Capt. George II Jndd, Superintendent
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen aud Aban-
loned Lands Pulaski, Informing me that
there are very severe threats made against
us, and that they expect 10 be attacked on
next Saturday night / believe it to be
my duty, and seek the earliest opponunity
to let you hear Of it, and hope you will
not think me troublesome. I hope Gen.
Cooper will notlcall the militia from this
county, for we cannot live without them.
Capt. Judd is no coward but as brave as
lion, and know there is danger, for you
have no idea how hard they tried 10 get
up a riot on last Saturday, and the leader
was one Of the Deputy Sherilfs, too. They
commenced on me, bpt paid 10 atten.
ton. Hope yon win give special orders 10
the troops at Pulaski by Saturday night
All is quiet at this place. will send this
by special friend and not wait for the
mail.
The Pulaski Citizen Of yesterday, without
reference to the above, makes the follow
ing statement ra
LOYAL LEAGUERs CARRYING OUT THEIR
DIsLOYAL PROGRAMME.
On last Saturday night, considerable
number of the Loyal League, black and
white, We're seen parading our streets,
armed and equipped, apparently bent up
on a bloody collision with somebody
Their reason for this demonstration, as
given by the Head Centre, Capt. Judd.
Freedmen's Bureau agent was to protect
themselves against violence from the Knk-
lux Klan Mayor Ballentine, upon ma
king some inquiries from Capt. Judd. was
informed by that funetionary that preyi-
ously he advised the negroes to attend the
meetings of the League unarmed, but on
that occasion, having been informed that
the Kuklux were going TO make an attack
upon them, he did not advise them to come
unarmed-and although he didn't say so
directly, we have no doubt that they were
acting upon his advice on that occasion.
When further interrogated by the Mayor.
he said he had no doubt that the Kuklux
Klan was a secret political organization.
opposed to the Loyal League, but could
not give a single reason for thinking so,
and acknowledged that so far as he knew
they had always conducted themselves
peaceably and quietly, having nothing TO
say to any one when observed upon our
streets. The Mayor told him that he
didn't know what the objects of this mys-
terious klan were, but they had as much
right 20 hold secret meetings as the League
or Odd Fellows, or Masons, and that he
had never heard one of them, although oh.
served upon our streets quite frequently.
being guilty OF any misconduct whatever.
but upon the contrary never had ANYTHING
TO say TO or molested any one.
Mayor Ballentine promptly told Captain
} udd that the appearance upon our streets
at such an unusual hour of large number
of armed negroes and white men would be
taken as an evidence of hostile intentions.
and calculated to provoke breach of the
peace, and upon its repetition every one of
them should be arrested and lodged in iail.
If it required the assistance of every man
in town to accomplish it
The truth is, the cowardly leaders of this
hell-born rotten League, now that the
election is over, are compelled to resort to
such dastardly means as this to keep up an
interest and hold their tumbling concern
together until after the March election.
caring not for the public peace and quie-
tude or the result of a collision which such
denominations are likely to provoke. The
leaders who would encourage their igno-
rant and deluded followers to such unWar,
rantable deeds, are base-born towards.
afraid Of their own shadows, and deserve to
be scorned and frowned upon by every
honest man in the community.