New-York tribune., 1870-08-08

conservative that he is not hu-hluh
,s remarkable TO say the least that NUMBER OF .no
,s,s ,o,,t to Andrew Johnson the head OF the
80, and the statements made are importmeh' enough
Nj for card at least from the exPresident denying
nv connection with the White Brotherhoou' '"' No
stitutional Union Guard, or the Invisible H'ii' -,
which names the KuKluX are known AMONG .h . ,
Tho charge that Josiah Turner OF Tht Seh'"o' ' q" %
head Of the order In the State Is proOaog 80
,spunciations of those who have revealed the Soo VI
- 49,, -, o NOT easily expicable upon any other ny
,besis than that he belongs Of the order hSen' 'n
Turner is the man who sent circular 10 Nor"ol"
@,apers short time ago requesting " " =, -,
their opinions till time and opportunity eno"u nam
pain the villany and corruption OF 'no ~ -, -
h state Since the publication OF the mahieStS rcIoiou
% ,,oos have been indeed pregnant Win rcVeiaVohS'
", aot % = character TO satisfy Mr. Turner and his
friends ,-., 49,
Tu,o conservative and Ku-Klux party is animated by
atred Of the Government Of the United states, ana Oh
be negTo enfranchsed by that GoVerhmoh' Iho spni'
- ~, Rebellion t lives in the hearts of many, ana IL
80, hoor ,pgcpdered in the minds Of some who were
IrioD mon during the war, Union men from interest
h desired 10 secure their property If the South lost the
v and who when their slaves were freed, turned into
he hitterest haers Of the Government IL Is not 10 DE
,oDdered at that the Of the old Shareholders now
rate tbe Government; for their slaves have not only
aeon takcn from them, made voters their former
Masters, heads The political equality of the negro Il
l too bitter for the Old aristocracy to stomach ana
ere is little prospect that they will ever become in this
eucrson fully recOuced to it. This spirit of hatred to-
ward the negro which brood in the minds of the old aris
rots displays itself actively in the younger mem
er Of society who make up the body of the KuKux. 1t
the negotiating society As heard it put by young
country pumpkin the other day the ku-kluX Is good
hing TO keep the niggers down" And it did keep them
down for time most cruelty In certain districts OF the
State the negroes have been perfectly paralyzed with
terror and have hopolessly waited TO be whipped ana
1,f wifi
~ escape
I have conversed with numbers OF the negroes here
and in the insurTccuouary district. In almost every
Instance they hesitant and noncommtsl at nrst'
as though they feared might bc some sort OF an IN
Former hut gained their confidence their stories all
agreed. and were TO most satisfactory evidence
against their oppressors.
To-day the election is quietly going on In Raleigh.
st night large meeting held III front of the court
house where the negroes were collected and intended
staying al night Speeches were made by Tim Lee, the
Republican candidate for Sheriff. and by his Democratic
aud Independent opponents with whom he appeared on
he ioest of terms II was thought advisable to enter
ain the crowd with speeches to very late hour, and
after the Shcrs and others through Gen. S. a.
Douglas who is g8der of the militia and Governors
Az, years old, and the image of his father, CALAMITY
himself the breach and spoke for nearly an hour
eft at II and Mr. Harris the coored candidate for Con-
yress was addressing the crowd at that time What
nave Of the Oes thus far mpresses me favoraby
Considering the education they have had and the wrongs
they have suffered the only wonder is that they not
altogether demorazed But they patient 10 the last
degree and only after the most cruel and persistent
abuse that they turn violently against their oppres
ors The stories of negro Outrages which have flooded
he North appear 10 be a gross libel on the race OF
course among blacks among the whites there are
bad characters and have committed crimes, but
been extraordinary outbreak OF crime
among them since the and the formation of loyal
is /
Aved among them this State that there is no more or
crime outrage among them now than when they were
aves When negro does anything deserving Of punish
nent TO get it but KuKlux has hitherto al
ways safe from punishmentand the only instance
sf the punishment Of KuKluK that OF those negroes
bo had allied themselves with that body and they were
,ot genuine article The genuine KuKlux caught and
.hrashed them saying that when there was any ku
lXluxng to done they the X. X KS would attend 10
~ Thus perished a melancholy example.
What the future the state will be is matter upon
hcb there are divers opinions here The editor OF The
tandard thinks that the South needs repeophDg that
ne present generation of Rebels merely raising up
another generation fight the old battle overagan It's
fact that niuetenths of the white school children in Ra
igh are bitter Rebels and hate the Government as yehe
nently as their parents. Others take more hOpetul
rev of affairs Col Clark thinks that with the occa
ona conversion Rebel and the soothing influences
tf tme may hope for better state OF feeling In the
ature Scott, the candidate for Congress IN the
9Th District told he hoped that the continuance OF
he liberal policy of the General Government toward the
state would in time have effect upon the people,
and cited the fact that the land tax had not been col
.scted In the state since the 1t Is i'm
,ossibIe that Government should continue to do
,oOd 70 the Rebels and they forever continue OD-
vous OF the fact had hopes of the rising generation
and though they were made bitter by their parents
against the Government, thought that as they left them
aud became independent they would in many cases.
,radually lose their former feelings OF enmity and
become good citizens Of the United States. For the
present however, it is impossible to expect great
.hanges in the sentiment Of the old save-holdng class
who have lost their wealth and social influence through
che enfranchsement of their former slaves With the
negro vote the Republican party hope 20 have con-
nued Of the state unless the party shall lose ITS
principles and become too corrupt for endurance The
,barges Of corruption made against the Republican
-caislature are partisan TRADE. A conservative
Investigating Committee was unable to fasten anything
lpon a Republican member; it did, however, md a
Conservative member guilty of corupton but the in
.vestigaton stopped at that point The frauds which
nave undoubtedly occurred in Legislative financial mat
er are OF individuals not parties andOf the individuals
concerned larger number are in the Conservative than
n the Republican party
The Republicans of this vicinity feel that great inus
ice ha- been done them the reports which have been
.itey published in a NewYork paper. The cOrIespOn
3cuce OF that paper this quarter is continual us
sue misrepresentatiOs made by man whose ~ hPa
.hes are with the Ku Kux, and who may pos Dy be one
II them. BY special dspensaton am Pei1ntt;eo 10
end one Of the numeraus confessions made 10y prominent
member. Of ihe KuKlux. 1t deserves most cafeiui
,eadng. -
CONFESSION OF JASPER y. WOOD. go
Jasper y. WOed, citizen OF Alanance county itshs
Albright Township. voluntarily, and OF his own az
That some tune during the year 1853 before the election
le was initiated the order OF the White BfOthcI
lood." by one Michael, or McMichael. from Guford
County in Jacob Longs room in the town OF GRAHAM
aaying been carried there by person from fGrsOh WHO
the time a buggy-uaker In the shop OF Henry 10y,
iOnt rccOllect name. That he found assembled an
-Ougs room, Michael, named above, Jacob Long, Joe
Ereeland, Geo Ellington, SeymOre COble and one Moore