The weekly standard., 1869-10-06
our Advice Re.arding the Ku Klu1.

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The Sentinel takes up the article publish
ed in the STANDARD of the 23d instant, in
which we advised men who are attacked by
the Ku Klux to resist. The affectation of
spirit of morality and peace with which
| the Sentinel endeavors to clothe itself is
laughable to those who know the disposi-
ton of that paper.
The Sentinel, with its usual obtuseness,
quotes the article of the STANDARD and
then without stopping to consider what it
means, accuses the STANDARD of attempting
to create "Loyal League war" And this
when the very article it quotes proves the
falsity of its comments! ....,
The article in yesterdays STANDARD, in
reply to the Salisbury Examiner, more than
answers the feeble attack ofthe Sentinel, but
to show it how foolish is the charge it
makes, and that it answers itself in its arti-
Gle, we will take the trouble to make the nee
essary illustration.
The Sentinel says:
"Now, is not this nice language for
newspaper, and that paper, too, the oIicidt
organ of the State? Is it not manifest that
this paper seeks to become the champion OF
the Loyal League" war upon the Ku Klux2
That is the cry of the STANDARD; but it says
nothing of the crimes of the Leagues. "LoiP
men are advised to become spies and kill
the Ku Klux; but what are the Ku Klux to
do when the sloil" men assail them !? The
STANDARD don't tell them what to do. We
tell them not to kill but to appeal to the
law; they can only be justified in killing in
self defense. r5
This is the charge of the Sentinsl-tnat the
STANDARD ''seeks to become the champion
of the loyal league war upon the Ku Klux."
And the Sentinel has the foolishness to make
such charge, when the very last paragraph
of the extract it quotes from the STANDARD
says: ~ r.
To loyal men we say, protect yourselves to
the best of your abilities, but do not commit
similar outrages in retaliation.
Is this advising war2 We think not. 1t
is but advising men who are attacked by the
Ku Klux to defend themselves. That ad-
vice is right, and the Sentinel acknowledges
it, and contradicts its whole editorial when
1t says, "they can only be justified in killing
in self.defensen
Well, that is just what We want them to
do, and the Sentinel, by the above assertion,
says that we say rightly.
But the Sentinel, blind in its selfconceit,
goes even further, and says:
This article in the STANDARD is in keeping
with the teachings of that paper, and those
who have kept up feuds for sinister purposes,
between that class of the community called
'sloiln men, and that other class, called by
the STANDARD and its friends "rebels'' 1t
ought to be condemned in the severest terms
by all good men of all parties.
The 'teachings, of the STANDARD have
ever been directed to restoring peace and
order that the business interests OF the
State may not suffer as they now do, from
the effects of such lawlessness and crime as
induced the writing of the article Of the
23rd. We have counselled peace and mod
Grafton, while the Sentinel has been doing all
in its power to injure the authority of the
State government, and has, by so doing,
done much to sustain the men who commit
the crimes it affects to reprobate SO strongly.
This is well known to the people, nd espc-
cially to the business men of Raleigh.
Furthermore, the STANDARD has never,
since under its present management, applied
the term ''rebel" to the opposition, and a
reference to the files OF the STANDARD will
prove it. Wegive this merely to show the
gross inaccuracy of the Sentinel.
And now we will tell the Sentinel that We
have heard its article condemned by men
of its own party, who knew that the
statements made by the Sentinel were false,
and who were liberal and fair-minded enough
to say so.
Our article of the 23rd we do not 90 back
from. Our advice was for loyal men to de-
tend themselves from the attacks of the Ku
Klux. We reiterate that advice. Men who
will go around in crowds of hundred to
kill one man ought to be killed, for, as
gentleman, a strong Democrat, too, told US
yesterday morning they are id scoundrels
who amt fit to liue!"