The Montana post., 1868-10-09
HoRRIBLY FUNNY.

If the Gazctfe is not veracious, It is at
least witty. which is more than we can
say OF the greater portion of ihe Demo
cratic press. since from P0HaCr0y's libel
on journalism TO that initiative son of a
.'Brick" ION wheels" the Frontier IRder
il has neither truth nor humor TO rec
ommend il. But the Gazette is sadly
wanting in taste in the application OF
its Jokes as was evidenced in its horribly
funny editorial on the Ku-hlUxes of
yesterday morning. Marching in streets
without the least regard to weather; sit>
ting on cold tomb stones entirely un-
mindful of the fact that trowsers have
been left at home, and picaninnies all
branded * h X" several months be-
fore their first birthday. are all very
lauEhable ideas in themselves, but when
used In connection with an organization
which is making open and secret war
upon the government in hslf the States
OF the Onion. which. in Missouri, is as
sassinating the officers of the law, and
which threatens 10 hold the polls by
force of arms at the coming election-a
secret band Of cut>throats that is killing
not less than one man per day in Ten
nessee, as is proved by the official inves-
LEGATIONS of the legislature of that State
"A society of sclf-appointed tyrants,
which, rs in Georgia, chains the tongue
of all differing from it in opinion, and
pronouuces the death sentence on all
who dare TO disobey its mandates
an organized mob which obstruets
the operations of the courts and
retains the country in a state of
anarchy, as in Kentucky-a band of
hunters making their sport OF the chase
and shooting of Radicals, as in Ar
kansas-an army of rebels openly defy
ing the Government, capturing its
trains, besieging its forts, and murder
ing its citizens in the most atrocious
manner, as in Texas-when applied to
such an organization, we say, the jokes |
of the Gazette are of that horrible ma
ture which is not provocative of
laughter.
The day has passed when the ku-
KIux can be made to vanish into thin |
air by puff of satire, for they have |
themselves made undoubted record of
their existence by their deeds of blood. /
While wearing the FOOLS bells, and at
tempting TO force upon the world the |
belief that they are but silly harle- |
uuins, they have thought TO conceal the /
knife of the assassin in the ample folds |
of their clownish costumes, and cover, /
with the cloak of ridicule, their deeds |
of murder. In this. they for a time sue
ceeded, but the outrages now committed |
by them are so frequent, and of so
bloody a character, thak. they have |
served TO tear away the mask, and re-
veal, in all their hideousness, the fea-
lures of this secret rebellion. But the |
Gazette, blinded by party prejudices, af-
fscts a disbelief in its existence. and |
saws that General Forest denies having /
acknowledged that there was such a |
thing as the ku-klux. General Forest !
is capable OF almost anything. falsehood |
not excepted, and we are ready to be- |
lieve thaI he has published such a card |
as that mentioned by the Gazette. Will |
our cotemporary please print it for US |
AS for the Gdzette'S belief or disbelief, |
nothing but a practical emersion in the !
sea OF ku-hlux outrages which now
rolls over the South could effect its con
version. and even then the tombstone
Jumpers would not have ceased their
would relapse into it's old way OF think
ing. and back slide 10 the Devil and the
Democratic party.