The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-04
TIE NEGRO KU-KLU4.

TEE NEGRO KU-KLUI.
prrEcTs OF THE CONFIDENTIAL
CIRCULAR.
TIA Teac hfngs at Work'
voRE LIGHT UPON A DARK SUBJECT
~he Union Times prints an article upon Tue
Confidential Circular, which will open tne .Se'
of the scepi:cs. It shows that delegates nom
the Leagues were elected anu seu0 ~ 'l
Courthouse ito be murdered y as was uifee.eu
to he done in the circular. Tnls is, al ie~sl'
STRANGE coincidence. The Times says:
The course pursued by Scott's editor, with
regard to this infamous circular, is strong
proof to the mind of many, that tnaC aocu!nenE =
emanated from some OF the leading spirits OF
the Radical party, and the plan therein suge +
pested would have been partly carried OUT, II
the executive committee of the Reform party
had DELAYED it publication three days long
or It's nublication three days before the tlme
for any acLion. enabled the orginators to sena
to every League In the State TO stop pIoceSSu;,
ings. 1t came to this town In tne Soiu5auia
papers on Monday the ls[h anu On od LHu ~ uaS and
others. thai there was then delegatlon Oh
Ave members from.each League IN town; out
he said they were here, he understood, 10 Try
to reconcile the split that existed in the party
in consequence Of two sets OF candidates nav
ing been nominated.
Now, 1t must be borne IN mlnd tnat the sec-
ond nomination was made on Saturday AFTER
noon. and these delegates from each League,
in every part OF the county, had to oe elect
ed and sent here by ten O'Clock on Monday
following-for they were here at tnat tlme.
Before the delegates LETT on Monday tne puo-
lished circular had arrived. There mlsnt De
no connection between the convention tnat
met here of five delegates from each League,
and the circular, but II not, it was a strange
coincidence. and evinced rapidity OF action,
after the nomination, truly astonishing.
me circumstance OF o prominent Radlcai
and two colored men having been seen tIe
day after the circular was f0unu, US was uO puo-
lished In the Columbia and Charleston papers,
carefully hunting tor !ost papGrh hsin ssen 50
hunting near the place where the circular was
Ionnd We stated in our letter that IL was Oh
the female school lot, three squares from
Steen's Hotel. The great pains TAKEN oy Inese
parties to examine every piece Oh paper tneS
found created suspicion In those wno saw .aa.
them. We canddy confess our d oeaen Snen 'dsV deV
if the publication of the circular had oeen oe-
rerred until the goth, the leaguers Woul9 nave
elected their delegates. and the colored Peo-
ole would have then seen plainly the nenalsh
plot laid tor them.
or the men who found it, We will merely
saythey are men too honorable to have act OF
part in putting forth such an infamous doGu, Gu
ment for or from any party or source. and the
insinuation made against them by Governor
Scott or his hireliDgs, is malicious SANDER
upon three of the best men in this county.
THE NEGRO kU-KLuX AT WORK.
The Unionville Times says:
The more we see of the conduct OF the Radi-
cal partv in this campaign, the more are we
Impressed with the idea that the Conndentlal
cIrcnlor fonnd In our streets on the lsl, Il
trne paper emanatiDg from the leaders OF Tie
Radical party, and the Infamous murders there-
in proposed were to be committed. me loss
OF that paper together TLa 1:s chance their
nlan OF proceeding. Had the executive COM
mittee withheld 1t from the public a few days
longer. we feel confident its hellish plans
wotIld have been so far advanced that the COL
ored people themselves would nave oeen con-
yinced OF It's Infamous intention. instead OF
actually intending to murder, tney yo,;ne, now SEM
colored men around the country, representing
Themselves as white Ku-Kluxes, and at night
cali at the residences OF colored people, 1r1gH-
en- and even kill them, and then charge 1t 10
the Reform party. A case OF that character
occurred near Fair Forest, on SATURDAY nlsnt
last, but the devils were caught IN thear own
net, and have confessed 1t. =.
A reliable gentleman, living at that place,
has sent us the following circumstantlal ac-
cn1nt of the Saturday nights proceedings:
On Saturday night the following freedmen
10 mart # not all of them members OF the
Teaene.) Gilbert Chalmers. Horace Gregory,
benjamin. Parr, Robert Began and DICK liist,
under the name of Alabama hu-hlux, caiieo
first on July Gis coloTea, snG TSat saa atbev un
stood new league was held at MS mouse.
:Inlv's wife opened the door and told them that
no league was held there. Upon receiving this
answer one of the party raised STICK 10 ms
shoulder as II 1t was gun, ana poinieo IL at
her. Mistaking it fora gun, sb. closed tne aoor
quick and exclaimed, "Oh LORD protecl US
called for TRed-eyed Jim Gist.n They said they
knew him to be faithful Republican, and
thew desired to straighten him. He replied,
without opening the door, that he was any,
thing thew were-''he was and would be all
right They next called on Richard Sartor,
asking him what he was. Dick called I0r
LIGHT and his gun. when the party LETT. Iney
then went to a house occupied by Frank Chal,
mers There they said they 'were very tlred
had travelled ali the way from Alabama, o.,
way Of Clinton, South Caronha as, anu G1;nton hu9
and now come to straighten You. Open the
door. YOU id black rascal. We want 10 lisht
our pipes and are determined to stay al nigne @
shed blood" Tor take bloody By this time
one of the Radical Ku-Klux had climbed up to
the q The ch%ney and adrIaG dgSPRRsd R aFss
that thew ran ont OF the house in their night
clothes, and some of them ran halfa mile
through the dewy cotton. The Ku-klux dis
appeared Also
These proceedings were charged TO The Re-
form party, and came near causing terrible
disturbance upon Mr.. Gibbs plantation; out
fortunately the perpetrators of The deeds were
discovered, and those named first above con-
fessed the act.
We learn there are similar parties gong
around the county on the same mission. They
are all freedmen and they call on none put
freedmen, and make them believe they are
disguised Reformists and Ku-Klux.
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