Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-04-16
For President OF the United States,
ANDREW n,
OF TENNESSEE.
lsub.ect only to the decision OF the National
Democratic Conservative Conventional


The New York Tribune, after "a care
ful study Of facts and sitting Of testi-
mouy," concludes that there is "solid
reality under the stuff and nonsense with
which the Southwestern papers mask
this rapidly spreading organization"
1t admits that it is not unnatural at
any time, that secret societies should ex-
list; and that men lOiU unite for protec-
ton or for congenial association.
1t proceeds to say:
Not only The ordinary hatred OF loyalty but
the remote hope OF POI teal advantage, mas le9
- a. eStshIisbmen OF the order here referred
ID. Known generally a. the hu-hluN Khan.
Their leading idea is. OF course the ce4saL %
aecOnsfruetiOn, and the pCstPonement oIahy-
thing ike admission 70 the Union uhuI lney
may realize The very lemJie cohLtLbehcy u a
grand Democratic triumph Ia tAS -No4sH. 2u
a triumph, they seem 10 Delieys, would restore
the now silent south TO ITS OLD potency II me
national counciis; then they coufd reduce Inc
niggeT 10 ms normal sphere; - the buEcear Of
uegro voting wCulQ vanish under a summary
Acknowledgement OF the enure race anu "a
fbougD absolute slavery mtght not De restored
the o 4 sristocTacy would De abe 10 hsIee the
heroes and poor whites Wltnlu sucA iabSL
TetuIaUions as practically to restore the pattl-
srchaI fustituLoB IN al things except auction
GALES Il human being.
a mysterious fellowship acJpl lI4shlluI CAS-
mise: scatter abroad horribly wO-u5u procla-
nations MAKE sudden IOrays at mluhlSAt5
ard do ali fantastic tricks thaJ may NJ tntlF
nurpuse. That pUrpOsS Il 10 brighten anu an
nov lOyal cOlOIed men tanu white Ael, 700. Al
fbsv an 30 that they wall leave TIE southern
Stafss. Thus, some 1ne ago, N mississippi
they circulated q ridiculous story abodl SINE
horrible monster IN the swamfA a creadIui
demon that had an Unsuitable appttie Ior ne
no nesa. a sImIlsr monster Wss seen IN Ar
EauE.s. and scarcely = week passes without
producing a laruitg account OF NONE OF me
brood in some ntlghUornk quarter. 1Ms does
very well rOr the cTeduIous CJIOred people, put
white men must have stronger doses ana 30
the X. X. X. favor peaceful ana ~hsIu-NOrALhs
I-u.On z4en with clOu3lS -Woroed WarElngsr
AID emphasize these warnings % Midnight
v~isitauOns, threats VI violence, and soLnellmes
acIual assault.
Il is useless to expect the Tribune to
be honest or yerseious In its accounts Of
ANYTHING In the South. Il has a mosO-
mania for lying. Everything is in the
plural, with it. A single outrage, reported
from Tennessee, one warning, probably
got up by some devilish boys to scare
some one not drawer than BOB ACRES or
Ancient Pistol, gets multiplied or breeds
whole litter, while the account Of it is
transmitted by wire or by letter of some
Dugald Dslgetty Of faIsifcation, TO the
Tribune columns. It was intended that
every one who might read the last sen
tence ge have quoted, should understand
that the warnings, visitetions and
threats spoken Of have been matters Of
constant and muItitudinous occurrences
bscsuse even actual assaults have been
sometimes committed. Intended to be SO
understood, it is,-slightly an exaggera-
ton, after tie Tri5uRe's hspplest msn-
neT.
But now the Philosopher lSGns Phio-
sophie Of the Tribune, gets 4" riled." He
rolls I'D his sleeves, sets "that hat" still
further back on his head, and demands
what shall be dOne9 Is Il 10 be tolerated
that M a land OF civil government an lrrespoh-
sibie gang of rufiansshau spread terror fai ano
wide oveT a third Of The National oomaln-or
even over a square mileo OF that domalaT mat
there r. y powerful organization, composed of
tps very worst men Ia the South, and aiming
AT the ends We have cescrrea, no one can
doubt. Gen. Thomas AID GoV- BroEhtoN nave
testified 10 It's existence, and warned rs OF can
ger. The loyal press OF The south give h&cs that
prove the great strength ana baSc purposes %
The Khan. while the FAINT atJero pts u the rebel
press to laugh al the affair are equally subs'an-
fial proOf OF lis reality and Importance. Gov.
BrownIow Is widely oensured 1r bis denuncla
ton oftheSs Tascals, and possibly aus Language
Is OPEN 10 criticism in ne matter q epllhsts.
6uL NlE4. III any EENAANA Va Az N-AAAA % ~
uOssible Tor armed men taride abroad IN disguise
1heir faces closely concealed, and order tins
man 20 move, that otherto stay dragiorth and
hog one for loyalty burn Jls mouse o. another
drive unofending scho0lnistresse fTum theiT
homes, and gpread terror over q whole state II
Is high Tune 10 pull or the gtoyez.
Then he hits what be elegantly terms
"the Rebel Press" thus:
Il is significant CT trouble that the more vio-
lent Of tie rebel press favor the gruwth Of this
zor3ggg rome Of tkem pretend - Laugn al lie I
fears ofthe loyal citizens, but there Is a " covert
devil in fheir Sueer" that betrays both knoWI-l
edge and approved ofthe Rlan. Let them ali
members and BUpFOrt-rS-Ietau the late OF the
Knights OF the GCIden C1rc.es or sons OF l. d.
cry, and, whatever hdsh OF success may now
encourage their efforts, they maY be sue that
swift and speedy destruction VIII lall up'n
them shoul1 LLtf cpeEatlyh Iva .Le pIOnl~S
that the few tempt already on record appear
10 justify.
We do not suppose that the Ku-kiUx
Kan, with its masks aud devices to
scare sUperstitious negroes, and other
e-xtravsganzas, was any thing more than
a local organization, got up for fun aud
frolic; and we were Of course inclined 70
laugh at il, until it seemed about to be
abused for d~iscreditsble aud lawless pur-
poses. Associations Of that sort give a
power to individuals, which there is a.
ways too much temptation to use i'm
properly and they will, moreover, be
made use Of by those who do not belong
to them, who, committing excuses,
cause them to be imputed to this OF the
other suspected order.
There is not the least reason to sup
pose that the murder Of AsHBURN, in
Georgia, was the act of the Ku-Kluxes,
IL was Tor the benefit Of Rsdicalism that
this should be believed, and therefore it
was asserted. That is the rule, DOW. a
thing is not stated because it is true, but
because it ought to be so, for the benefit
of the liar. Almost as good s plan as
averrlng q thing as q fact, is to use some
such phrase as the Pecksniffian formulas
OF the TFiJune,-s.gr from certain de.
m~onstrations 1t is presumed"
The veritable original Kn-KluXes were
too demonstrstive and courted notorlety
too much, to have been much in earnest.
1t ia funny to hear the Tribune grimly
say:
on the whole, WaJuige that this Klan Is a re-
slity. and neans dangerous mischief II has
spread. il an Incredibly short time, from E9st-
ern Tennessee 10 every nook and corner OF the
Southern States. IT'S pstted in an Indirect
way by the most Of the lehel press, and hiuls
are given here and there d the graatd liver
anoe from Congressional rule thai the South IL
10 have at some futUre day through Its opera
lions. II Il is really another secession snake.
the sooner It's fangs are drawn by the iudiciluE
exhibition OF Loyal power ths better 10 viii he
cor al OF Us, moIe particularly, however, Tor the
Southern people.
We do not know what the Ku-Klux
organization may become, IL it ever be.
comes anything. 1t is quite certain that
II will never come to much on its erigi
nal plan. 1t must become quite another
thing to be efficient.
AS the APPEAL is OF that press which
the Tribune honours by terming it Rebel,
we do not at all hesitate to say this Tbs
expressions praetised upon the people Of
the South, especially by the officers Of
the Freedm ans Bureau, are daily be-
canning less and less tolersble, and indip-
mites are praetised upon the best citizens,
st the instance and on the lying state.