The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-01

tue perpetrators. rhey are often advised
by professed friends that they had better
| leave the country-better say nothing about
it-that it would be dangerous if they
mention names without absolute certainty
that they would be liable to prosecution for
perjury, sc.
The victims are generally negroes, but
| not always; nor arc all the punishments, in
all the cases, undeserved in the abstract
These latter cases of meritorous punish
ment are feac, and from the character of the
men supposed to be engaged, these excep-
tional cases of meritorious punishment are
made and used as o corer and virtue to con
ceal the deeper and more dangerous designs
of the organization.
am not prepared to say positively, that
this organization here is wholly political or
partlzan. though am strongly inclined to
think it is mainly so. think bnt few of
the respectable portion of the community of
any party belong to it, though fear they
give 1t a tacit countenance, and are not
slow to take the political benefit of it. On
the whole, am satisfied that as a lao off,
Ger can do nothing through the ordinary
channels of the courts. ut ,i5s.n is''
In my judgment there are only two ways
of arresting the evil First by arousing
public opinion to put it down; second, by
invoking the aid Of the United States troops
and making some sharp and decisive exam
piles. should be slow to advise the latter,
and certainly not till the former and more
legitimate course is effectually tried.
would make the effort to call the atten-
ton of our better citizens to this matter, but
l am satisfied that, coming from one of my
| political status. it would do no good
Isincerely hope that their eyes will be
opened to the danger before the evil is, so
| great that the sufferers will take the remedy
in their own hands. ,- .,.-f .5...,f ga.
Anything in my power l will cheerfully
do to put an end to these outrages.n va =
In further confirmation of what we have
read concerning these outrages, we copy the
following letter addressed to the Governor,
under date of May 18th, suppressing the
names of all parties for obvious reasons. a
Cannot something be done to put down
the KukluX organization in this County
1t is getting to be past endurance. They
| are shooting down men in cold bfQodSwhip.
ping both men, women and child rcH, and
committing other acts of the most disgust
| ing character, on par with the Indians OF
the plains bti'lE
1 send you the report received for the
week ending May the 18th 1ff y. -
| One colored man was taken from his bed
and tied to tree while fifteen of the saw
| ages, in succession, committed rape on his
wife n9. ..i.' 20 ,r'a 0a ii 7Guiiai
Another was taken from his house and
| led in the woods mile or more, and was SO
badly whipped that he was left for dead. 30
Another had his house broken into, and
while one party whipped him the other stole
his money and part of his clothes nN'
Another was shot down in the public road.
The party that shot him told him that they
shot him in mistake for another man; and
the only comfort he received from them
was to be laid on some rails in fence corn
er, and told to yell until some one came
One colored woman met party of them
on Friday evening. After committing rape
on her, they stuck their knives in various
parts of her body.
A number have been driven from theil
homes, and their crops left to waste. 1t is
dangerous to say anything.
Threats have been made to burn my
buildings. 1t keeps my family uneasy al
the time
The Republican party here is too feeble tc
make stand. There are but three or foul
of US who dare maintain our ground openly
and above board.
They are so strong and bold that they car
ride in the town of - before the
people retire to their beds, and ride Out
again, and no one will modest them. Every
Democrat in the county belongs to the or
ganization. Ifnot belonging to it. they al
wink at their hellish work. Not one O.
them has denounced it. We know great
many of them, but we cannot bring any.
thing home to them unless the county is put
under martial law. -7rr-
hope, sir, you will do sotAething to re
lieve the distress that our colered citizen:
are thrown into. Two hundred colored PEG
pie have left our County in the last sly
months, and at least seventy-ive to one han
dred whites. If there Is no protectfg4 ex
tended to us, l am afraid the Republican
party will find but few to adhere to itshert
or elsewhere in the State. Ay life stSulO
aoOUid not be soorth mach If they kzaep I aorot.
this to yOu. Something must be done with
out delay. have to lay On my arms every
night, expecting raid on my property. Il
| proceedings in it, t--rsfas.'aisla 80
We could pile the proof mountain high
against these bands of outlaws. They have
cast all virtue to the dogs, and flung out
upon the breeze the black flag of the ncgro's
skull and bones, and the emblem of three
walls of the scallawag's blood. Sickening
and horrible, il is astounding, that apologists
for their crimes should be found in every
public place In North Carolina Outrage
succeeds outrage, and still with hypocritlcal
faces, the friends and sympathisers of the
Kuklux offer excuses for deeds of the most
daring atrocity. st.t .-t .,
| We tell the people that they are upon the
eve of scenes of anarchy and resolution
most direful. The next election will bring
to light all the hideous paraphanalia of a
perjured Khan of demons; and as we march
along, with blood sprinkled about our skirts
like dcws from Heaven, we will see the skele.
tons of dead friends and acquaintance by
the roadside, and behold the glare OF the
inceudiary's torch ilumining the horizon
Dreadful as this picture may appear, night
more dark than that which settled over ex-
piring Rome seems to threaten the security
and safety of the great Western Republic.
We conclude this article by saying to
Wilson Carey, of Caswell, to keep intact
the organization of the Republican party in
his County To yield and refuse to vote is
to submit to political slavery, and it is the
point to which the Kuklux have sought to
drive the people In all ages, the blood OF
the martyrs has been the seed of fine Church.
Therefore, let the banner of the party be
kept unfurled in Caswell county Republi-
cans ought to vote in peace at the next cleo
ton at all hazards lt.Ig 81.
| The subjoined testimony has been on file
in the Executive Office for many weeks. We
give it to-day for the further cdifcation of
our readers:
Daniel A. Graham being sworn, testified as
| follows: !,
| Ques-.Have you ever belonged to an organiza-
| ton known as Ku Kluxs ssr'J
| AnS-l have. a3.r .5,-, -..-.f -
| Ques-When were you initiated?
AnS-In the latter part OF 1865.
Ques-How many Councils do you know Of in
| Moore county? 1855 IS. nG
AnS-Ninc .. ....rY -.-S s4L g
Ques-.Is there a chief officer belonging to each
Council?
Ans-Yes, to-wit: j. B. Cole Chief; w. p
Cameron, Murdoch Furguson, Glen Riddle, Geo.
| Mccullough, James Oates and James Cole, w.
| K. Munnissy, Howard Gillian and Gilimus Mill,
Ham H. Riddle, = Butfaloe, Fred Swan at
Swans Station ]. o. Bryant, at Jonesboro' ,;
NJ Blue, at Union; VIM. Mclean, at Cedar
Grove; D. c. Cameron, Poly Branch. ~ E
| Qucs-Do you know anything about the depre-
dations that have been done by this organized
band?
| AnS-I do. l heard them say that they went
L n Ral-nr1c md tor q he roof OF his