The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-04-25
The " KIm KIur Kinm.v

mon enemy.
The kim kiur Khan"
This Is tue name Of secret political society
which seems 10 have been started in Tennessee
short time ago, aud which has rapidly extended
iis organization through the States lately In &c.
bellion. I, seems 10 be composed exclusively Of
the most desperate characters Of the late rebel ar
my, and lis object 10 be the determination Of all
Union sentiment In the South, TO effect which
object the most lawlcss deeds are accomplished,
even to the free shedding Of human blood. Fur
some time mysterious murders have been perpe-
traied In Tennessee. lnotiensIve, harmless ci,i-
zens, white and black, would be found murder
ed In their beds, with no clue to the perpetrators
OF the horrid deed. Il was noticed also that
the victims were uniformly those who had dis!
tneuished themselves rs opponents Of tho late
rebellion, aud an Official examination into sew
eral oil these has proved that these murders are
the work Of the secret society named. Mysie.
rious symbols are blazencd TO the public, calling
the members Of the land 10 secret duty meet
ings Of the ''order' are known 10 be held In out
of-ihe.way places; warming are sent TO oh.
needed by their recipients, the knife OF the hal
ter or some other violent death Is sure 10 follow.
The latest outrage Of the "Klan" Is the wan
ton murder Of Hon. Geo. W. Ashburn, mem.
Der Of the Constitutional Convention now set.
ting In Georgia. Mr.. Ashburn was an old cIi-
zen Of the State and was distinguished through
bis long life for pie,y and good deeds. but he
In Ia -. A
and during the late war was one Of the few who
looked for the coming Of the old flag and when
IL did come rejoiccd. lie advocated the recon-
slrucIion Of the South 10 accordance with the
Congressional plan, and willingly accepted
scat 10 the body that was 10 make an organic in-
strument for his State, in accordance with that
plan. Ills great abilities at once gave him u
commanding position in the Convention aud he
was looked up 10 by the loyalisis Of the State as
one competent 10 lead and advise them through
their presen, political troubles. For all this be-
was marked !" the khan" warned him TO
leave the State but he remained true TO duty,
and for IL has forfeited his life. lie had on the
evening Of his assassination attended aud ad-
dressed a meeting aud bciweeR - aud O'Clock
ON that night his house was surrounded by u
gang Of masked ruiiians The doors were forced
the old man sought out, aud his body liter
| ally riddled with bullets, there being no less
than fourteen bullet holes in his person aud
clothing. This diabolical deed was perp"tratcd
on one of the principal streets 81 Columbus, and
yet not policeman was visible until after the
crime WAS fully completed and the scouudrels
had fed
Such are The aims and ends Of the "Klu Klux
Khan and usder il the Johnsonian policy
Is well illustrated. BY Mr.. Johnson's lcRiency
towards traitors aud his manifcs, sympathy with
their cause the fires Of rebellion have been re-
XII died all over the South, and are now sweep.
ing onward. The most malignant rebels
aud the vilrsi traitors have been pardourd with.
out ever making application, and by the defer
ence with which they have been treated by the
President have been made to feel not only that
their attempt 10 destroy the nation was houor-
able, but that the head OF the government. and
I through him popular sentiment fully ju.iifcs
their infamous conduct, Tuis state Of Affairs l..
there Is such a thing as Justice remaining ia tie
land We hope it will De mricd out to this ina.
nous band. aud TO its great head centre. An.
drew Johnson. The military authorities have
taken the one in hand, aud, we hope, will soon
bring 1t TO justice the Senate OF the United
States has the other in charge, aud, We doubt
not, will soon render him incapable Of oifeiiily
wronging and insulting the unioris,s Of the ma.
I tion.
To show the style aud spir; Of the vain.
ings' sent forth by this infamous band, W.
give the following. being rcrJqiim copy OF one
sent 10 Hon. Benjamin T. Wade, on Monday
last, posimarked Winchester, Kentucky:
B,a. Wads Hon. (so-ealisd):
This communication IL 10 notify YOU thai Won
are maTksd aud rgfeAsd by the X r. X. * that
should you and your Infamous associaics succeed
in your fanaical hellish design offois'iny your
self rs so-called President, on an unwilling people
by actual force, that your fate will be, before oSE
MONTH, that Of "the late lameniei A. L" You
may not heed this warning but 20 your course
and yonr fate is sealed by u bullet by s. X X
X. Eges are on your track that never sleep; and
this will be your portion. Thai. Stevens Is
doomed General Grant Is watched also You
think yourself 10 security but there Is vengeance
arGl''Hg you Mrse grand eoHsPiTdiors As for
Butler, the X. X X. OF New Orleans will take
him In charge at the proper time aud his portion
will also be bullet. An indignant people will
no longer bear what you demons In human shape
are preparing for them. Go on and you will ser
whether the 2 s, X. X. X. will he. Be psrHsi
ia time
BY order Of the Grand Commander OF the
". c. C. X, April u, 1868 SIS. X III