The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-09-25

give me the name of the commanding
officer of this State p
mo, it would be impolitic.7
''Thcn suppose that there can be no
doubt of conflict If the militia inter
fere with the people; is that your view
s'Yes sir; if they attempt to carry out
Governor Brownlow's proclamation, by
shooting down Ku Klux-for he calls
all Southern men kR Klux-if they go
to hunting down and shooting these
men, there Will be war, and bloodier
one than we have ever witnessed. /
have told these Radicals hero what they
might expect in such ara event. I hare
no pOtcdeI' to burn killing negroes. an
tend to XII The radicals. haze told
them this and more; there is not q Rad
zeal leader IA this torn bit IS q marked
man, aud II q trouble should break oft
inot one Of them acould be LEFT. eltce I
have told them that they were trying
to create a disturbance and then Slip out
and leave the consequences to fall upon
the negro, but they can't do it. Their
ihOaseS are 2licketed, and tchen the .fght
comes, not one Of them sroutd ever get
out Of this torn afice. We don't in
tend they shall ever get out of the ooun-
try. But l want it distinctly under
stood, that am opposed to any war,
and will only fight in self-defense. ri
the militia attack US. we will resist tol
the last, and if necessary, I think 1 coatdI
raise forty thousand men, an fee days,
ready. for he feld".
'.Do you think, General, that the Ku
KluX have been of any benefit to the
States 2"
No doubt of it. Since its organiza-
ton the Leagues have quit killing and
numbering our people. There were
some foolish Young men who put masks
on their faces and rode over the coun-
4ri0, 7.
have been issued to stop that. and it has
Leased. You may say further, that
three members. Of tie Hu KtuT hare been
cOHft-mGFtiuied and shot for cioiotioaSI
ofthe orders not to disturb or modest PcO-
pie"
Are you a member of the Ku Klux,
General ~
q am not; but am i'll sympathy and
will cooperate with them. / know that
they are charged with many crimes that
they are not guilty of. a case in point
is the killing of Bierfield, at Franklin, a
few days ago. sent a man up there
ESPECIALLY to investigate the case, and
report to me, and / have his letter here
now, in which he states that they had
nothing to do with it as an organization"
"What do you think of negro suf-
frage?"
Il am opposed to it under any
and all circumstances; and in our con-
vention urged our party not to commit
themselves at all upon the subject. IF
the negroes vote to enfranchise us, | do
mot think would favor their disffan-
chisement. We Will stand by those
! who help us. And here l want your to
understand distinctly, i am not an enc
my to the negro. We want him here
among us; he is the only iaboring class
we have, and more than that, 1 would
sooner trust him than the white SCALA
wag or carpet-bagger. When L entered
the army L took forty-seven negroes in
to the army with me, and forty-five of
them were surrendered with me. l said
ito them at the start: This fight is
against slavery; if we lose it, you will
be made free; if we whip the fight, and
you stay with me and be good boys,
viii set you free, In either case you will
be free Those boys stayed with me,
drove my teams, and better Confederates
did not live"
''Do you think the Ku Klux will try
to intimidate the negroes at the cleo
ton =
Il do not think they will. Why, I
made a speech at Brownsville the other
day, and while there a lieutenant, who
served with me, came to me and inform
ed me that band of Radicals had been
going through the country claiming to
be ku kluX, and disaIining the negroes,
and then selling their arms. | told him
to have the matter Investigated, and, if
true, to have the parties arrested"
''What do you think is the effect sOf
\ the amnesty granted to your people Z"
81 believe that the amnesty restored
all the rights to the people, full and
complete. / do not think the Federal
Government has the right to disfran-
chise any man, but l believe the Legisla-
ture of the States have. The objection
l have to the disfranchisement in Ten
nessee is, that the Legislature which en-
acted the law had no constitutional ex-
istence, and the law, in itsef, is nudity.
Still l would respec it until changed by
law; but there is limit beyond which
men cannot be driven, and am ready
to die sooner than sacrifice my honor.
This thing must have an end, and it is
now about time for that end to come"
2 what do 70 think of General Grant 2"
I asked.
II regard him as great military com
mander, good man, honest and liber-
al, and if elected viii, l hope and be-
live, execute the laws honestly and faith
/ fully. And by the way, report has
!, been published in some of the papers,
stating that when General Grant and
l lady were at Corinth in 1868, they took,
u and carried of, furniture and other
I property. / here brand the author as a
: liar. ] was at Corinth only short time
ago, and l personally investigated the
: whole matter, talked with the people
4 with whom he and his lady lived while
L there and they say that their conduct
was every thing that could have been
expected of gentleman and lady, and
y deserving the highest praise. L am OPP
: posed TO General Grant in every thing,
but L would do him justice"
: The foregoing is the principal part OF
my conversation with the General.
= give the conversation and leave the
= reader to form his own opinion as to
Z what General Forrest means to do.
= think that he has been SO plain in his
:, talk that it can not be misunderstood
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u difficult TO point to a single instance Of
= great success in trade that has not beer
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u press. Our most famous houses ifi9ev.
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