The New York herald., 1868-03-28
P5litical Miscellany.

| engec any gentleman In Mississippi to canvass the
State with him and discuss universal suffrage. He
says:-'My color alone should be no objection to an
acceptance Of this challenge, inasmuch as 1t will
| take no part In the task will opy use my heart
| my brains and my tongue"
| The Cincinnati Gazette radicaD states that bill
has been introduced into the Legislature of Ohio to
rearrange the First Second and Third Congressional
districts for the purpose OF making district for Val
| landigham. It Is intended to add about six hun.
/ dred democratic majority to the First and twelve
hundred republican to the Second, In order to make
1 the Third democratic by about thousand 10 Tx 1t
| for Vallandigham.
Hon. Henry d. washburn,. radical representative
in Congress from the Seventh Congressional district
| OF Indiana announces that he will not be O.
candidate for reelection. This is the Wash
burn whom the Hartford Times says delicatey
| describes q democratic speaker as o 'man so low
down that 1t would require miracle OF the Almighty
| to raise him to the level oftotal depravity.'
The Concord (N H. Statesman lradicaD gives the
| following specimen Of sharp practice, which oc-
| Cured during the recent election:-In town
adjoining Concord the Board Of Selectmen, In which
are democrats republican OF that class who do not
refuse the gifts OF their friends going into his
house few days since was informed that some per-
sOnal apparel had been brought there for him. Sup
| posing the garments were present from some un.
known republican friend, he dOnned them on election
day and proceeded 10 the town house, where he was
| informed that he had been helped by the town and
could not vote. The present" came from the Select
i men.
The white population Of Memphis is about so oOo
The negro population is about $4,000. The negroes
gave 42oo votes at the late city election. There are
1000 white men In the CITY, but 1900 Of them were
disfranchsed, so that they poled only 2,4oo votes
| Only one white person voted out OF every twenty
whilst there was negro vote for every four negroes.
| Thus 5000 white men In great City put under
! the control Of Is, 900 negroes.
Governor BrOwnlow, OF Tennessee is out with q
long address to the radicals OF that State. He says
he Is no candidate for office and shall not be; that he
may have offended some Of his radical friends by not
setting aside certain elections and not dismissing
certain officers; but he lacked the power to do so
AS for the Kuklux Kan he could not send the militia
out to suppress it, for the Legislature had repealed
| the military law and passed new one which was
not effective. He regards the day Of sectionasm to
have passed. In relation to the Presidency he looks
for the approaching contest to be as one of the most
bitter and exciting that has occurred in this country
within the recollection OF the present generation.
| He believes that General Grant will be the nominee
Of the republican party and President Johnson that OF
the democratic. He firmly believes the former ticket
| will prevail and that the country will be SAFE
| After denying statement in republican paper
that the question Of negro suffrage not before
the people OF Connecticut the present canvass the
| Hartford Times says
| The constitutional amendment comforting Suffrage
upon negroes is before the people of Connecticut this
| spring. The amendment was passed by the radicals
OF the House last summer, and under the constitu-
ton, II must be acted upon by the Legislature now
about to be elected No voter can cast ballot for
Senator or Representative in any town in this State,
on the 9th OF April without voting for or against
negro suffrage The radical party, In its PLATFORM Is
committed to negro suffrage. The democrats Op-
pose It, with all the hereses and destructive mea-
sures that cling to that corner stone Of the radical
party.
The Radical Convention at Lumbarton N. c., on
Wednesday nominated Oliver II. Dockery for Con-
gress from the Third district.
The radicals Of the Seventh Congressional district,
Georgia. have nominated Colonel James Atkins, OF
Fulton county, as their candidate. The Atlanta Neao
Era, radical, says Colonel A. is 81 native Georgian
gentleman Of fine attainments, and II elected will
faithfully represent the interests of his constituency.
lie take his seat under the test OATH and Is tit
person for the position to which he has been nomi-
nated."
A workingmen's ticket has been nominated in Gin
cnnah for the local election on the 9th April.
Political Violence in the soutI,-secret socie.
ties Denounced and Defended-tiovernor
Brownlow's Manifesto Against the "Kuk.
lux Klnn."
From the Knoxville CTenn.) Whg-Brownlow radi-
cal-March IS.
That there is In Tennessee such an organization AZ
the one above named no doubt can be entertained.
1t is true the conservative press and party attempt
to ridcule the idea and to denounce and stigmatize
"a weak and over credulous those who believe in the
existence OF the Kuklux Kan; yet does such rdi-
cule dsproye their existencel Does IL dsarm them
anS wckea Can
handed murder and terrorism down the windf
| win derision and sneers give us back to life
fhn raon isfl NJ wi nj
Yes, the Kuklux Klans exist. They known to be
1 formidable In Middle and West Tennessee. Their
OF Dyer, Lincoln and Rutherford now matters Of
history. Their organizations have not appeared In
force In many pons In East tennessee put tney are
and skulk behind mysterious names and forms, they
may think to escape detection, and even to elude
suspicion. Yet they are observed and their move
| ments more known than they themselves imagine.
Who MAKE up these organizationsS They are rebels
| and ryatiyes-men who fought In the ranks
of the rebel armies during the war, and those who
then sympathized with them but who through sheer
cowardice, gave the battlefield wide berth. Those
conservatives fully sympathize with "the lost causev
now They work for II, vote for 1t when they can,
plan for IT, and now, at last so into Kuklux Klans,
| can no longer be kept alive by fair legitimate
methods. What are their objecs2 Precisely the OBJ
jccs that have animated the whole rebel crew. from
| Jer Davis down TO the veriest pmp that huzzahed
for the rebellion all along during the war; They hate
loyalty, and the men who uphold and embody II:
Loyalty In black or white Is so odious TO them, and
| especially In black men, that they cannot re-
fran from venting their hell-nsplred malignty upon
| them. They seek TO compass their objects by In
tnidating colored men, and by wreakng vengeance
upon white radicals. Their objects are the over
throw OF loyalty, which they loathe and hate by any
and every means whether right wrong, lawful or
unlawful, honorable or dcspcabe, true or false, and
more generally by the latter than the former. Union
| men, eaguers, beware OF them watch them; spot
them. In nearly every county you have strength
sufficient to make yourselves terrible to these mid
night assassins and lawess desperadocs and to visit
swift and signal punishment on those fends In hu-
man form who may break the peace OF the country
| and mob and terrfy honest, innocent citizens,
| and II In any case you lack the numbers or
the means TO do this there are more than million
swords ready to be unsheathed TO aveDge your fall
or to facilitate your victory. Especially In East Ten.
nessee are you numerous and strong enough to hold
the situation Our counsel for oil is, that when
| ever these vile mscreants make their appearance
| among u.s. mounted, booted and sprrred, and how
ever disguised, let the trhite and oOiored radicals
| meet them promptly dnd IN the spirit OF their 0tcn
ldc'ess mission, and dtsperse them, ana " need re-