Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-10-08

compare with II in atrocity; II is
.he very quintessenee Of villainy;
Il stinketh in the nostrils with a
stencil to which the odors arising
the Augean stables, we're as
the delicate b~reathings Of altar Of
roses. The '.loiI' everywhere
their benevolent palms
roll, in agonizing effort, their sane
timonious eyes, while their pure
and incorruptible hearts overflow
with prayers that this, the Gland
Of the free ~ and the home of
the Kaace! shall be rid of this
moral lcpcr. Don't talk about
Judas, who betrayed his master
with a kiss: observe endless ST.
lcnce Of Benedict Arnold, who
sold a nation struggling for liber-
ty; let your sensibilitics be not
aroused by q recollection Of the
cool inhumanity of the French as
sassin Traupmann, for these men
and their deeds are but as the
light Of a candle, deep, expiring
in the socket TO the ciIulgence Of
4 noon day sun, beside the Ku
KluX Khan and their unuttcrablc
misdecds. If any doubt the eXis-
tence Of this organization, let
them consult the published rcye.
lations chokcd out Of the Khan By
the good, ''loil'' and pure militia,
sedentary Of North Carolina. ii
that does not satisfy the doubling
Thomases Of the age, let them Wis
it the Capital of this State and
there see one of the dread gar
ments, upon which the curious
and timid are wont daily TO gaze
with awe and fear, but which our
valorous and "loil' Governor
keeps ever near him without a
sign of tr%epidation. Oh! that red
night gown is an awful engine OF
destruction it has caused the
breast of many Of the tribe Of
the "loil to quake and shake
with anguishing fear. 1t is the
Great Skeleton in the closet OF
"loilty," and it is said there are
none who have not their closeted
skeleton, This red wrapper is the
skull and cross bones of alright
to the "loil'' Of Mississippi-the
veritable "raw head and bloody
bones with which they were
frightened to sleep in their infant
lie days. The most indifferent
beholder of it would at once pro-
nounce, in eulogistic and precau-
tlonary favor Of the militia, sc.
dentary.
Now, as We understand Ku
Kluxism, it is a political organiza-
ton which is given to the unalter-
able system of methodically blow
ing out the brains of those who
vote the Radical ticket, By which
cheap and expeditions means it is
sure to decrease Radical and in.
crease Democratic voters. 1t is
what might be termed the Coer.
Give System of Politics.
The Radical party differs from
the Democratic, in that it has
adopted the Persuasive System,
and instead or killing outright its
political enemies,it a~ssassinates the
leading members Of its own organ.
ization, and thus arouses the sym
pathy Ofthe people, and by throw.
ing the blame upon the Democrat
make them responsible for thu
murders, and arouse the just indig
nation of the world against them
They take special care, however
in selecting the political martyrs
to choose them solely from thu
family of the imam and broth.
err" as appears by the fol
lowing confidential circular pick
ed up in front of the Contra
Hotel at Union Court House
South Carolina, where it had beef
accidentally dropped. We wonde.
if our negro friends are not de
lighted at the idea of alone being
permitted to furnish political mar
tyrs that through their violen.
taking Off the Radical party is t.
be continued in power and thu
Democratic oppressed and mana
cled by a centralized tyranny.
But here we present the circular
and the accompanying afldavits