The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-08-31

when you get chance, AKuklux him; and
Judge Brooks will turn you loose on the
community once more"
Ramsour and Turner.
Within the last four months, in the County
of Catawba, some thirty or forty men, in
disguise and armed, and calling themselves
Kuklux, went to the house of A. L. Ramsour,
took him from his bed, and, in the presence
of his wife and daughter, tied him up ana
inflicted severe whipping upon his Dare
back-disregarding the tears and entreatieS
of his weeping family. Even Josiah Turner'
Jr, was compelled to admit the truth Of lhe
facts in this case, because they were iu''y
proved before Judge Mitchell, few days
after their occurrence. But he had tue
basencss to suggest. in his paper, that Fam
sour procured himself to be whipped IN
order that he might charge it upon the
Kuklux, for party effect This suggestion
OF Turner's was treated by his associates as
a choice piece of wit and an ingenious mode
of turning the outrage upon Ramsour lnto
ridicule. Bragg, Graham & Co. smiled az
it, and poor Ramsour was sent, trembling
and bloody, to his humble home, subject 10
a repetition of the outrage whenever ms
political enemies might see fit again to make
him an example for the intimidation OF the
other Republican voters of the County. Il
No man, not even Turner, could saya
word against the character of Mr.. Ramsour.
A strict and enthusiastic member -oi the
| Church-an avowcd non-combatant from
Christian principle smitten upon one
cheek it was his habit to turn the other.
He has ever been respected and beloved by
all good men who have known him, because
of his meek virtue and piety. and his active
usefulness in his humble walk. But he was
Republican,, and he openly condemned the,
Kuklux and expressed the hope that the law
might be executed upon them. .,.sy.
Within the last month, in the County OF
Orange, Josiah Turner, Jr., has been arrest
ed by the authorities of the State, upon
well sustained charge Of completely in nu-
merous horrible crimes and outrages perpe-
trated upon peaceablc citizens of the State
He has denounced and abused the State au-
thorities, even up to the Governor and Chief
Justice, in the most foul and vulgar Ian
guage. He was not even committed to prl-
son, but was kept under guard in comforta-
BILE quarters, until by his insolence and coarse
insults to those guarding him, he had so
enraged some of the more thoughtless, that
there was danger of their inficting upon
him summary chastisemcnt He was then
put in Jail to prevent an occurancc so i'm
proper under the circumstances.
Turner is a man of turbulent and viudlct-
i've character. Not even Bragg, Graham d
Co., deny this in relation to him. He has
been engaged in publishing newspaper, in
which he has abused and slandered almost
every prominent man in the State who diff
fered with him in political views; and he
has done more, in the last twelve months,
. |
tizens than was ever done before by any
single man, in the same length of time. But
he is Democrat, and is useful to the in.
fuential leaders of his party. 5.-.a
Bragg, Graham 6 Co. simply smiled in
derision at the scourging of Ramsour, and
pronounced the hanging of Outlaw and the
assassination of Senator Stephens, and the
other Rameless horrors perpetratcd by the
Kuklux, ass a species Of wiM justice some.
times necessary to preserue proper su6ordinatiOn
in society,"" ADD. .r ..........
But upon the arrest of Turner and others
these men rushed forward to defend and
rescue them, and have raised such an excite
, ment as was n,ver before known upon any
such occasion in the State of North Carolina
, Their silence and encouraging acquiescenct
! in the outrages upon Ramsonr and others
and their overweight zeal and wild enthu-
i siasm in behalf of Turner and the other ar
rested Kuklux, can be accounted for onl,
upon the supposition that Ramsour was thei
, appointed victim, while Turner and TIL
Others have been their emissaries and tools
, engaged in the execution of a common pun
, pose, in the benefits of which they were t.
share. . ....... .
The Kuklux proper had their part assign
ed to them. Turner, as editor of the organ
had his part assigned to him. And in cast
the hands of the law should be about to ful
upon those whose part it was to use TN
halter, the dagger and the scourge, Bragg
Graham & Co., had their part assigned t,
| them, which they are now performing. l
was to use their influence, position ant
money to defeat the ends of justice ant
screen the murderers and assassins by eva
sion, bubble, and every subj rfuge known
to the intricacies of the criminal law "'.
The eyes of the people arc upon them anc
they cannot long deceive the public as t,
the nature of the base conspiracy in which
they have been engaged. They have brough
reproach upon the character of the Stat,
and upon society in the South.
= They pretend, speciously and loudly, tina
they arc contending for the legal rights O
the parties. What quibbler in crimina
court ever failed to max, this pretence tc
cover up his sharp practice in cheating ju.
tice and setting the criminal freel VIII,
was none of this zeal for the legal rights O
the citizens shown by them in the case O
Ramsour, Outlaw, Stephens and the othel
victims of Kuklux infamy The good peo
pie of North Carolina ask, why The friend.
of North Carolina, in other States, ask, why
The friends of Justice and order throughout
this great nation wonder and ask, why?
Within fifteen miles of the residence OF
William A.. Graham, Wait Outlaw was
! hung by band of sixty disguised men, to
a limb of the tree before the Court House
door, that the, law, and the place Of its ad
ministration might be the more signa.ly set
at defiance, In the county adjoining the
residence of William A. Graham, Senator
Stephens was assassina;ed in open daylight,
while public Democratic. meeting was
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