The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1868-04-04
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E1osFnlow and lhe 81 K1e1
The AeAe his Public Lsaseraf the 2lst
inst savsthat tie fulmnaEioa Of Brown
low throueh tie Knoxville WAs g which
be ioeites to mob violence tie secret Union
LeagQers, IS condemned BY all tie fespeeta-
bic Republican, joarnals Of the North, such
as tie New FORK Times and Cincinnati
Commercial, for instance. They say that to
ineite one irresponsible Organization 70 Eio-
lence against another, IS 10 initiate disorder
and mobs, and leads 10 civiI war-that such
thing cannot be done by good man NOR
4 by any Governor rot a demon. Let the
/ streets Of Nashville Knoxville and Memphis
run red with the blood Of their wiekedly
DISTINGUISHED people, and Brownlow will
lick his lips and exuit like ghoul. There
is 10 harm in thefts. robberies, rapss, arson
and murder by Loyal E.eaguersi But let
single hair or lock Of wool of one Of the
murderous fends be touched and the mad
man, who governs Tennessee by the amer
aB,pled for6earance Of It's citizens, at once
lets slip bis dogs Of war and proelaims as
Governor, by his advice to murder that he !
will pardon and deliver from all exactions OF
justice every murderer of a Conservative in
TENNESSEE In all seriousness, VIZ. ask, is |
not something to be done in such state Of
things as this2 If there is no secret organ
ization for the purpose of self protection i
may be time to ask whether there ought not
to be an organization, secret or public. We
are free to say that we think so Men have
: been frequently sent to jails and peniten-
= tiarics and hanged for murders and other
eeimea But We are unable to name any
Q one Of them all whose crime was equal to
= that Of their Governor, or against whom the
d same essentjthingredient of malice could be
" SO concIusively established
II The following IS taken from the Knoxville
L, Wing, and its senior editor is well known to
Y be W illam Brownlow:
.g That there is in Tennessee such an organ
Re | izatirn "a the one above named no doubt
can be entertained. It's true tae Conaer5a
in rive press aud party attempted to ridieple the
idea, and 10 deuOunce and stigmatize rs weak
and over cFeGHlOus those who believe In. the
Il existence of the Ku Klux Khan; get does
"a such ridicule disprOve their existence ?
=, Does it disarm them of murderous intent
~ and wicked purpose Can the rebel and
es Conservative press whistle high handed
he murderand terrorism down the wind? VIII
10 derision and sneers give US back tn life the
pale victims of their fendish wickedness ?
~ y es, the ku kIuX is IAN exist They are
OF known to be formidable in Middle and West
ee i Tennessee. Their murderous, bush&hack
al ing cOuductIn the counties Of Dyer, Lincoln
and Rutherford are now matters of history.
nc Their organizations have not appeared in
ey force in East Tennessee, -hut they are evI-
&c IDENTIFY organizing As they borrow in dark
ness and skulk behind mysterious names and
forms, they may think to, escape detection,
ar and even to elude suspicion. Yet they are
y observed, and their movements more known
- than they themselves imagine.
1t Who make upthese organizations They
he are rebcls and COnServatiges-men who
ho fought in the ranks of the rebel armies dur
n ing the war, and those who then sympa,
- thized with them but who, through sheer
II cowardice, gave the battlefield a wide berth.
sr, Those Conservatives fully sympathiZe with
the q lost cause now. They work for 1t,
vote for it when they can, plan for it, and
d, now at last, go into Ku Klux klans, to help
= By lawless violence, riot and murder, what
y can.no longer be kept ALIKE by fair, legitimate
nd methods
.p- What are their objects Precisely the
ed objects that have minated the whole rebel
"a crew, from jeff Davis down to the veriest
~ pimp that huzzabed for the rebellion al
M along during the war They hate loyalty
is and The men who uphold and eInbody It
LOYALTY in black or white Is SO odious &c
them, and especially in black men, that they
,w cannot refrain from venting their hell in
=. spired malienity npOn them. They seek tc
81 compass their objects 10y intimida.iBg col
be ored men, and by breaking vengeance upon
* white Radicals. Their objects are the over
-ts throw Of loyalty, which they loathe and hate
!: by any and every means, whether right OF
- wrong, lawful or unlawful, honorable OF
despicable, true or false, and more generally
Dy the latter than the former
IN Union men, lcaGUers, beware OF them
nd watch them SPOT them In nearly every
"a county you have strength sufficient to make
yourselves terrible to these midnight assas
0SI / sins and hwiess despeTadoes, and to visit
of swift and signal punishment on those fend.
cir in human form who may break the peace q
the country and mob and terrify honest, IN
nGcent citizens and If in any case you !acl
% the numbers or the means to Go thIs, there
are more chan million swords ready to be
ursheathed to avepge your fall, or to lacill
etc tate your victory. Especially in East Ten
IRE nessee are you numerous and strong enough
re- to hold the situation. Our counsel, once fol
* all is, that whenever these vile miscreantt
make their appearance GmGng Us, mounted
booted and spurred, and however disguised
IS letthe white and col0rcd radicals meet then
ug promptly, aud, in the spirit Of their own law
mr. less mission, disperee them, and If need
=, require this in dispensing them, ezterninate
- them At all events, and ut WhateYer cost
az let these inhumau scoundrels learn chat il
East Tennessee, at least, they viii not be
allowed to carry forward this cowardly
ok miserably speaking kind Of warfare.
nd We speak earnestly, because the occasion
- demands il But We are calm-we were
:, reyer more so Desperate cases requirt
D'' desperate remedies If the Ku klux Khan.
lc- attempt to run rot over cur law, order, and
the public safety by these midnight raids
IN disguise and darkness. then let force be
r. met and punished by superior force. Pul
r.. OF their visers aud expose their faces auC
II their foul crimes at once to the light of tbs
sun and to the gaze Of the merited scorn O.