The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-09-23
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| In large number, if not in a large ma
jority of the counties of this State, the es
! pionage upon the poor tctites and freedmen
and their Satjugdtt0R TO the dominant class
are as complete as in the days of slavery
and will remain so beyond the hope of allie
Walton. save through the active, positive
protecting character of republican meas
| ureS.
In several counties republicans did not
for fear of violence, dare to assemble as
| party to send delegates to the repu blicaL
State convention at jackson, and those coun-
ties were for that reason unrepresented Oh
that occasion. A republican in one of those
counties had kept his house barricaded fol
months. 1t would cost citizens their lives
| to make complaint.
The organization of the Ku-Klux Khan is
| still in active existence, with regular meet
i ings aud parades. / have knowledge OF
mem beers, some OF whom are il care of Uni
ted States mails. Proof is abundant If
witness can be assured of protection. Since
| the presidential election this Khan, within
| so miles of the capital Of the State, cisited
| an elderly pi0ds lady, t1id0t1 of a confederate
soldier, aeho had been teaching a cOtored Sab
bath school, for l0tich they took her out and bea!
her, as they did also some of her scholars
declaring her conduct TO be a disgrace to
the settlement" which claimed to contain
some of MisSissippi's most ''intelligent re-
| fined, high-toned, chiYalrous southern gen
| tlemenr' This old lady had no political
| purposes or associations, as she does not
even know what republican means. She
was acting without other promptings than
such as her Bible taught her.
One of the Khan has stated within a
| month that the writer would be 'shot
| through the head within a year." One of
the Khan has also within a few weeks offer
ed to be one of ten to take the Rev. James
Lynch, the gifted colored preacher, orator,
and editor, out and hang him. A prominent
citizen recently nominated JEFF. Davis for
President, amid the plaudits of the crowd.
Except at a few points, l am not aware that
the feeling towards republicans has improv-
ed or that their condition has been anchor
ated.
A presiding elder, in discourse to the
freedmen on the Sabbath during a revival
meeting, warned his hearers against Yam
KEGS who, he declared, were here to rob the
people of their money. He begged for mo-
new on that very occasioni A local preach
er said he did not care to preach to republic
cans, and would not send his children to
school with the children of republicans
His wife declared she would sooner associate
with satan than with Yankee.
4 pious lady of the first families said. II
wish the Yankees and niggers were all in
hell, and had the privilege of tOtthg light
GOOD to Keep EN- scarnl."
Another lady, member of the church, and
also Of the first families, expressed wish for
"a pair of shoes from Ashburn's hidei9
The head of one of the Christian domina-
lions of the State, while on an official tour.
stated to the writer, as a result of his travels
that there was a growing hostility to the
government. Many, be said, had declared
TO him the wish that the flag of Great Brit
ain might be raised in our harDors, as they
would enlist under it. He said furtherSeI
hate your government"
have now resided in this State with my
family for nearly three years, in which time,
though my wife is a member of the church,
only one minister has been in our house,
and he only twice. dis tcife e1cased herself
from calling through fear of persecution. Other
ladies haze sent the same excuse for not calling.
Attending an educational meeting with
my family, lady, who is said to possess
rare retiHeBaeats, very emphatically declared
in our hearing that Yankees would stand a
good while before she would give them a
seat While the writer was making some
remarks, a weli-dressed gentleman said,
Hear the God-damned Yankee lie; - and he
was silenced only by some friends, who he
knew would use their pistols. which they
exhibited to him, if he did not subside.
For a letter entirely temperate and mod
crate in its tone, addressed to Senator Doo-
little. and published in the northwest pend
ing the presidential election, a leading dem
ocratic paper advised the people of my
county to catch me and give me coat of tar
and feathers! No one doubt that, had Sey-
mour and Blair been elected, the recOmmen-
dation would have been assassination, which
would have been promptly acted upon as
suggested.