Vicksburg weekly herald., 1870-08-13
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Federal Ku Klux and "Rebel" Ku
Klux: The FIRST material differ.
cnce is in the name. The Federal
Ku. Klux is known as the Grand
Army of the Republic What is
it; 1t Is simply q combination
to keep alive the prejudices and
bitterness Of the late war. A po.
litical organization, based upon
the pleasant "reminiscences Of the
soldier, which uses this soldier
basis to bind and cement the or.
ganizatiou, which through il he.
comes an immense machine Of tor
ture and outrage TO be used
against a people defenseless and
daily wronged and outraged. An
other characteristic Of this favorite
Ku Klux Klan is that 1t does not
attempt to conceal its existence,
but blazons its purposes and plans
to the public without fear Of cen
sure or interference. Is it an or
ganizat.on which tends to heal
the wounds Of the late war and
cement the people together as
one American brotherhood? Ask
the world what is its re-
sponse when it reads tue
edict rendered by this order
relative to the ceremonies at Arl.
ington, a few months since. What
is this organization in the South =?
Simply a combination Of individ-
uals banded together for mutual
protection in q district where they
know their conduct makes them
detested. On the other hand,
what is the Rebel Ku KluX? A
myth. An hobgoblin conjured by
such prolific brains as that Of Hor-
ace Greely, and other great lights
of the Radical party for political
effect. Its only existence is in its
name. 1t has no habitatiOn. With
the great power possessed by mil
, itary satraps in the South, can il
he pretended for moment that il
T such an organization existed, and
was guilty Of one half the crime:
, charged to lit, its mysteries and
secrets would not have long since
: been wrung from some member %
. the order. There is no such or
der. Its very name was created
by the Radical party, and out
RACES were attributed to it tha
were never perpetrated, ali .
which was for political effect, AnC
yet upon the rawlings Of these po
. litical maniacs the Government
: keeps the South under the heel o
. a most CALLING despotsm. In tn
Radical party, Of the leaders
e there are none faircr than Horac
i, Greedy, Of the New York Tribune
I yet even has he lent his aid to thi
diabolical outrage.
q We all know somewhat Of til
c condition Of affairs in North Car
), olina Immediately preceding th
: recent election. This condition
Governor Holden justified upO
J. the ground that it was necessar
Il to enable him to crush out tina
:, myth, the Ku.KluX. but Horac
" " Greely as early as the 22d O
May. last, gave the key to the in
:, iquitous proceedings Of Governe
3, Holden. On that day there al
. peared in the Tribune all cditoria
). from which the following i
/; taken:
l. ut is believed that the ensnin
u elections in the South will resuI
in some instances, not perhaps i
D. the defeat Of the Republican pal
!, ty, hut in the defeat Of certain il
u dividuals who are aud who hay
IL been using that party as q mean
ie of their own selfish advancement
s. Foreseeing this, the effort is t
IL get up an excuse to declare ma
c. lial law. and local newspapers i
IS the interest Of the men alluded I
le are teeming with accounts Of "ou
IS RACES" This is particularly III
p case in North Carolina, and II
u surprise need be felt at daily dis
'd of horrors from that State, serve
rs up in the Chronicle; "for,' sal
c, one of the North Carolina sen;
* tors, I'VE intend to use the milit;
IL ry, and in justification, we mu'
IN get these statements disseminate
'd through the North
ID ID Here then the honest Greel
ne declares the plan of Congress
A "series Of outrages" must |