The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-11-10
John ScOtt's Ku-Klux.

Senator Scott's insanity in regard to
the Ku.klux of South Carolina Is so
evident that 1t should excite pity even
In the breasts of those whom Ii Is most
likely to injure. When Governor Bull
ock, of Georgia, invented his tales of
southern outrage, and had them print.
ed in Forney's Washington Chronicle
at so much column, they were readily
set down to the INSCRIPTIONS mendaci-
ty of demagogue. But John Scott Is
not to bejudged in that way. He really
believes in the creatures of his own
excited imagination, and with lance
uplifted rushes among them with the
fury of Don QuiXote in his attack on
the harmless procession to Georgia.
Grant and his advisers anticipated
much from the report of Senator Scott
They expected sucn catalogue Of out
RACES as would justify them In sending
troops into South Carolina, declaring
martial law, suspendlng the writ of ha-
JeaS Corpus, and imposing all the rigors
of the force bill. Scott was closeted
with the President on his return and
vehemently urged the immediate neces-
sity of sending troops to the State to
which consisted of the incoherent jar
EOll vi silly ntElo MOiltus anu VIC OtN-
Ond.h hand stories of frightened carpet.
baggers, compelled Grant to hesi-
tate before putting the machinery of the
force bill in execution. lie is still hesi-
tating whether he shall take the fatal
step of making war on portion of his
countrymen on no other pretext than
| that which Is offered in this report of
Senator Scott. If he believe half that
| is put forth i'm tho report, or rely on
the wisdom of Senator Scott, Grant
would at once adopt his counsel and
convert South Carolina into theatre q!
| civil war. Yet all the statements in the
report gathered from slecp.walking ne.
| grOe5 and rOmancing carpet baggers
would not justify this step before the
| American people; and thus John Scots
policy is disgraced, and his rcpor. sinks
into deserved contempt.
| What adds to tho modification and
| discomiitureOf this fanatic is the letter
of Colonel Reno, commanding in the
disturbed district of South Carolina, or
which he has recently turned his back
Col. Reno reports that perfect order
and law reign in South Carolina, anG
the statement of this impartial soldier
who is on the ground, will be preferred
to the report of Senator Scott, support
ed by the witnesses of Congressman
Wallace. To the greater confusion o
the Senator, A. j. Ransier, the coloret
lieutenant governor of South Carolina
writes that it will be bad policy to in
troduce martial law into the State, ant
declares that the civil authorities ar,
fully able to vindicate the law and sup
press every disturbance. Senator Scott'
report is thus contemned, and his evi
counsels repudiated by those for who's
supposed benefit they were intended
The military authorities declare ther
are no disturbances in South Carolina
and the civil authorities earnestly de
precate unemployment of federal force
President Grant Is, therefore, reluctant
T ly constrained to forego the employ
ment of his force bill until some NOR
favorable pretext shall be presented.
The ku-klux investigation has pro,
! ed miserable failure in a double sense
. 1t was believed that it would make
good campaign document for the rad
calls of Pennsylvania and other State
of the north this year, and furnish
pretext for Grant to inaugurate in Sout
!, Carolina the scheme of military subjl
! CATION in order to reduce the souther
States to submission to radicalism
| 1917. Dut IL mas SeTNCu uCllueT pu
pose. The dreams of imbcrile negrot
on the Congaree, and the malicious il
ventions OF Whittemore and his cre'
have been pushed aside for the MOI
exciting revelations of Tammany frau
: and Evans, Hodge and Norton embe
. element; and Grant ddres not atteml
his conquest of the south while IL
whole nation is q witness of the perfe
tranquility and obedience to law whiC
: reign there. In the meantime CT
r comes from Washington that the fun'
: of Senator Scott's Ku-kluX commits
!, are exhausted, and that further excu
sions to the sunny south must be aba
} doned in consequence. This is to
g regretted on Senator Scott's accoun
I but the public will lose nothing. III
Southern Tales of the Ku.kluX thoug
printed at public expense and distri
} uted under the frank of radical mer
, bers of congress, attract no readers, al
, inspire no alarm.-PdtriOt.
II [GRANT has since declared marti
law in nine counties of South Carolin
by way of trying how the thing W
work.