The weekly standard., 1869-10-13
False statement, Disproved.

| RAISE STATEMENTS O1sprOVeo'
T The Sentinel, not wishing to further and
more openly dsfend the Ku Klux, attempts
to do % in q covert manner by trumpine
up accounts Of crimes it alleges to have
been committed BY aloil Leagues" -
To this endit gives four instances of crimes
which it alleges to have been committed by
Loyal Leaguers. But 1t does not adduce
one particle of evidence to sustain its as
sertions And whyi Because it cannot do
so. There has never, in any of these cases,
been the slightest ground to believe that
the work was done by members of the
League, except such as was suggested by
the guilty consciences of men who knew
that they had abused men who were mem
bers of the League. In not one Of the cases
which the Sentinel cites is there q particle
Of evidence to sustain its assertion that the
crimes were committed by members of the
League. ,rf. d a.T e5..-i. .,...-...
H And further: u ssedf l1 aIIrt a- 90 a..
I There has never been case in the State
in which it has appeared that the League
has melted crime. 1t is not the object Of
the League to incite crime. The League is
not strictly party organization. 1t is not
bound to disseminate any partisan pol
itics. 10 is open to Democrats as Deu as to
Republicans, and any Democrat oho chooses can
join the League and still be a Democrat. nu
I The only oath it requires is an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States, which is an oath that every loyal
man, no matter what may be his politics,
can take. If the great body of the Dem
iocratsn keep out of the League, it is but a
sign that they are unwilling to support the
Constitution of the country. This. shows
how much probability there is in the stories
= of the Sentinel and kindred papers. %
!. Therefore, when Democratic papers say
that crimes are ever committed by the
League, it is the sheerest nonsense in the
world. ... ....-..,. a.... ..s-,..... d.
The Ku Klux is an organization whose
ayowed objects are murder, arson and vio-
lence, and whose members dare not avow
their membership, but try to keep them
selves secret just as do other murderers and
assassins. By SO doing they confess their
guilt, for il they were honest men, and if
their organization was for lawful purposes,
they would not be afraid to have their men,
bership known. A member of the League
is free to avow the fact, because the organ
ization is for an honest and lawful purpose.
! But the Sentinel, with even more than its
customary disregard of truth, says of the
crimes it mentions ''the STANDARD has no
word of condemnation for the actors in
these diabolical tragedies" That statement
is false, and the Sentinel cannot help but
know it to be so, for when the Democrat
was shot in Jones county few weeks ago,
the STANDARD denounced the murderers,
and urged that they should be brought to
justice. 4Ia 90 --.a. sI. -. ls.as.
No later than last week, in an article
concerning the Chapel Hill resolutions, the
STANDARD said:
We condemn crime, no matter by whom
committed, and wish to see it punished, no
matter whether the punishment falls on
Republican or Democrat. .f.....
And again, in the article entitled what
we shall do" the STANDARD said: a
We shall always oppose crime no matter
|. by whom omnitted-whether Republican
or Democrat in so doing shall never,
knowingly, be biased by political prejudice
Therefore the following charge of the
Sentinel is false from beginning to end
The Standard has no word of condemna-
ton for the actors in these diabolical TRACE
dies-the Governor sends no detectives to
bring them to the punishment of the law
The Standard don't call upon the Governor
to send out his ''loil militia" 20 catch and
hang the rascals; it don't tell the ''rebels" to
defend themselves against such crimes and
outrages; it is as dumb as an oyster on the
subject. The Standard is not against the
perpetrators OF these crimes, it is for them;
they are Of its party and therefore it is their
champion and apologist.
. 4. We have shown that we hage words of
condemnation.
2. The Governor has "sent detectives to
bring them to the punishment of the law"
as the report of detective Mowers and others
will show.
3. The STANDARD has not called upon the
Governor to send the militia anywhere, as is
implied by the Sentinel -...
T. 1t has never told the ''rebels" anything
as it never uses the word "rebels"
5. The STANDARD is against the perpetra-
tors of these crimes" as it has shown above,
and apologies for no person who commits
criminal deed. .. .....
Therefore the statements of the Sentinel
are wilful lies. - -t'- -..r