The weekly standard., 1870-08-24
a Il'rom the Kennebcc Juurnal.l
mic TrOubIes in North Carolina

A --tCEEIltl WEEKS pdSl tcttSiuhh
;yCarolina to the press OF the country
'fuwn q bad condition nt affairs in that
tHf Indeed, 4 no time since the war has
If II Car1linr bocn in completely settled
n I nj son, ard ueeds of'yiolencc lave been
Ekimingly frequent Officers OF the law
iltre betn murdered by concealed assassins,
n peaceful ci izens have hrn shot down
Ill the thresholds of their dwcllings. Tic
| let that Rll the victims of these sssIssira
\ bus were Republicans was Significant MS 10
Z bee tire belief that the murders were for
Nt'itical purposes, and were done by order
{ scre secret organization.
ltIhc Safe government through its detec.
hes, NJ last definitely ascertained the fact
4 the existence vi this organization, which
II Mis- itself the Constitutional Union Guard,
1Nthc Fu klux Klam. In the counties OF
lNi pcs, enoir anJ Craycn the operations of
III 4 ku hlux bad htCn extensive and bold,
4 Ed MAJ murders aud outrrges had brGn
A fmmi,,d 10y them. The sheriff OF che
A tsnty OF Jones, while riding home in the
H tght time was killed by men ambushed
\ 4 the side of tho road. Col. Shepard. u
hding Republican OF Lcnoir caunty, while
tting VI his door was killed by persons
Eho iircd At him from across the river. Jas.
lfant, e colored man who was a leader
nnng his people, was also assa'sinatcd.
t-o detectives after working up these cases
Y u sr.licicnt evidence 10 warrant the ar.
4 I've mon. Three yi the five turned
iSxen r, tnora... ...j ~s'n, fI,at tl,oY ,s,
I'd "a 59js i1itd II ISts'.ic43 - z. -
in these murders by order of their SUI
iors. They fully exposed the workings
| designs ol the organization, whose chief
Get was to restore n white mans gnv.
munt," and . to accomplish, so far as pos.
le, that winch the rebellion failed tu nc
nplish." With all this evidence no Jury
uld u. found u convict the accused.
cad the vengeance of the secret nssss.
Is, ani the presence of members Of the or
|nizati : upon the jury, prevented justice
ing dtue. Other similar trials resulted in
0c SANE npinncr. So extensive were the
ramiiicg'inns ui the organization that no
Jury couId he summoned which did not in
clude members ni The Ku KluX Klan. More
than thi +, in many of the counties u large
prOporti Il of the officers of the law were
themsclv IS members of this traitOrous soci-
city.
Such state oi affairs could not fail 10
work iia rider. 1t did not. In the counties
of Orange, Chatham, Alamancc and Chswcll
the Kukliv inauguratOd u reign of terror
Bands Of masked men roamcd the coIntry
nights, langing, shooting and whipping
every Republican who had made himself OBJ
noXious to the Democracy by zeal in oppos-
ing them. At last 50 powerful had the Ku.
klux become that the civil authorities were
impotont to protect the citizens of these
The State government was forced
90 declare d portion of the State to be in
state Of instruction, aud to use the military
arm TO pu. down the traitors and tn protect
the life and property of loyal citizens. This
has been uone, and tho kukluN have been
and defeated in their endea-
yors to carry the State ilI the Democrats by
their opponents by murders
and outragcs.
And these arc the " Troubles in North
Carolina of which 81 much is now being
said, and Of which 50 little is known 1T the
North Aud in conclusion, il would be well
for the decent aud moderate men who have
been auting with the Northcrl Democracy
to consider whul u they can, IS true men,
aid party ~hlse tsiumph IN the North
would 'ut into power such villains iN the
South Every uipu il the South who is true
to the government IS now acting with the
party To this rule there -,
there can b. no exceptions. The "DcmD.
cratic plr.y of the South is not ,he trie
Democratic party. IL bears the maine, hut
that is al. It is II party composed equally
of Whil;. nj Democrats whose very Intense
principle ia hatred OF the government, and
sass--4aian,s 4s-,Essnsotwr,nltitt that wus done
any cY.ioldiGr, hOw any true man cun work
inr, or even desire the ,GoCcss Of such Il par.
ty Is inoo nprchcnsihl, Let every such man
;rllJct uV'n his position.