The weekly standard., 1869-10-13
ne r.ne 8 Coning.

The SsntinsI an6ing that its Ku Klux
friends are somewhat alarmed at the out
spoken manner with which the STANDARD
has denounced them, comes to their rescue
by representation Of what the people Of
Chapel Hin are not AFRAID q, and whst they
are willing to do. - - ssssss s...;;
The Sentinel says the people of Chapel
Hill "still think the Governor committed
an outrage in sending spy in their midst. !"
This is strange confession, and one which
makes the motives Of that "people" very
suspicious. The sspy" was q sdetectiss sent
to ferret out crime, and for that purpose
only. 1t seems strange that any who were
not criminals, or who had not aided and
abettcd criminals, should be opposed to an
officer of justice being among them. It
would seem that good men would rejoice in
the hope that crime would be put down and
punished. is'FtG'4 '4i'e s' ~ 'i''9 ''f
There is hardly city in the world which
is of any Importance which has not detec-
tives, yet no one except the criminals object.
The good not only wish for detectives
but demand their employment that their
lives and property may be protected and
the wicked brought to punishment. Why
do those citizens of Chapel Hill-those
pastoral innocents who know no guile
those who think the Ku Klux "good citi-
zens and true men object to having de-
tective sent to punish criminals He is
not after "good citizens and true men, not
at all. He is after MURDERERS- men
who come in the darkness to MURDER
or maltreat peaceful citizens and to drive
them from their homes. Men who would
commit such crimes as these are the vilest of
criminals, and no Christian, no respectable
man could support them, even by sympathy,
without defiance of the laws of God and
man, and the sacrifice of honor and self
respect. 5b.fl .. a..-gT .aa.ta. grrH
The article then goes on to tell what these
peaceful citizens who respect the Ku Klux
know cannot be done, and what they are not
afraid Of The account runs as follows: r
They know that Gocernor Holden dare not
send foreign militia among them except in
compliance with the forms of the law. They
know that under the law they have right
to bear arms and, if need be in self defence,
to use them. They know that Gorernor
Holden dare not openly touch hair of the
head Of the humblest Of them except in
compliance with the forms of the law. They
know that his or any mans secret unlaw-
full attacks they have right to resist with
force and arms, even so far if need be as "to
meet murder with DEATH" h.
Knowing these things they laugh to scorn
the impotent anger of the Standard and its
party, and go on their way rejoicing that
weapon has been found keen enough to
pierce the hitherto impenetrable armor of
Radicalism . h"..s F.a'
Gov. HOLDEN would never attempt to do
that or anything else except in compliance
with the forms of the law" But if the
troops of the State were resisted by force of
arms after being sent they would be sus-
tanned, even if it took every loyal man in the
State to do it. w- -oI .s I.rs b.
These men may rejoice that the Ku Klux
has been found "keen weapon" but before
long they will be made to realize the truth
of the adage "it is dangerous to play with
edge TOOLS t. l' aT-
We tell these men there is another power
taking cognizance of their crimes-a power
which they can no more resist than they
could stop an avalanche power which is
quietly but surely preparing to crush them.
Each day new links are forged in the chain
of evidence against them and soon they
will be bound hand and foot. We warn
them in time. A while longer and it will
be too late. And when the day of reckon
ing comes, as it will, there will be many a
man in Orange county who will bitterly re-
gret that he ever allowed scheming men to
put his neck in the halter.