The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-11-09
RadfeaIism Illustrated.


New bury q. CO Cor OF n. II he,aiu,
October p. The proclamation susPehauln ~
the writ of hdbeds corpus in nine counties OF
this State has been a grave. though, trus,,
not fatal blunder Since my arrival IN Sohth
Carolina / have been engaged energeticAliA
in coming to just conclusion OF the rea'
condition OF affairs, and am eoInpellea ~
report that nothing has occurred which
iustifies the grave step taken by the Presi-
dent. In this county. NewberTy, the pco,
pie seem more stupefied than Indignant, anu
yet it j. easy to see thai behind thelE stupe-
faction there is a
FEELING or ExAsPERATToN
which may exhibit itself If the arbitrary
measures Instituted in Union SpArtansburg
and other counties are carried out in this
That there have been troubles In this see
tIon OF the State is uuquestionably true, Dnt
/ am inclined TO believe that they have been
more OF social than of a political character
Upon the incompetency and dishonesty OF
the State officials must be charged many of
the alleged outrages perpetrated by the hu-
KIux. 1t IL fact that in this county there
have been been more white men murdered
by negroes since the war ended than negroes
by white men. and vet only in the eases OF
Iemuel Lane and Samuel Dunwoody has
ever martial punishment been lnntcted upon
the murtlerers. | am assured by some OF
the most prominent citizens here that where
negro criminal belonged 70 the Union
League it was almost impossible 70 cow ct.
and although this is denied by Radicals, the
evidence of the acquittal OF the most
NOTORIOUS NEGRO scoUNDRELs
In the South by prejudiced negro juries
stands on the records Of the Courts for the
| ex animation of ALL lie is easy TO see what
made the Ku-klux possible, when IL i
known that murders, outrages upon woman.
| barn and house burning have been of COM
mon occurrence, while but few of the per-
petrators have been punished; and yet 1t Is
admitted by the Republican officials here
that there is no opposition TO the enforce
ment of the laws. asked the military COM
mandant of this place II any case had come
| to his knowledge of the United states Mar
shall being resisted. and he replied In the
| egative. l further inquired II there Was
anV organization. secret or otherwise, I'D
| the county inimical To the Government,
| and he admitted that I've knew OF none. The
Radical County Auditor. who told me that
| there had been great MANY disturbances
confessed that be could not give me the
| particulars of any single one which has
occurred since November last, and he also
| admitted that there was no opposition 70
the enforcement of the laws of the state.
have conversed with persons OF all parties.
whites aud blacks, and | can not discover
any evidence that the slightest resistance
has ever been made to the State or Federal
| officials. This is the truth-the solemn.
honest truth. A great deal Is said by the
Radicals about what the whites would ike
TO do. but of actual overs acte they can not
give particulars. Every rencounter between
| negro aud white man. growing out OF
personal quarrels. is magniiied into hu-
kux case. Thus far but one arrest for
| Gu kluxlsm has been made IN the county,
and that was made before the proclamation
of the President OH the eypdrte statement OF
| a negro. The accused surrendered without
resisting the Marshal. and protests his in
nocence. In the upper counties OfSpartans-
| burg, Chester, Union and York
PERFECT REIGN OF TERROR
Exists. Bands of soldiers traverse the
| country after dark. taking persons from
| their beds at midnight, and hurTying them
To Jail without explaining the cause of their
arrest Nearly three hundred men have
| been already arrested in this way. The
military authorities acting, 1t is said, under
! the instructions of Alderman, who is at
| Yorkviile, refuse TO permit relatives or law
| ,ers to see the prisoners. Among those
| arrested are some OF the most prominent
citizens of the counties named, some OF
| them old men. incapable of acting the part
| alleged against them. Hundreds OF families
| are moving into Georgia and North Caro-
! lima. Business houses have been closed,
! plantations abandoned and "A general gloom
prevails every where. To ado to the des-
| Deration of the whites, the Radicals have
begun promulg eating falschoods. The re-
ports of collisions beteen the ku-kluX and
| the United States soldiers are positively an
true as no band of armed men has vet been
met with any where. How much longer
can say this, however, is difficult To predict,
| as all accounts agree in representing the
| feelings in the upper counties as being very
intense. The worst feature of the whole
affair is the fact that any negro can have as
many white men arrested a. he desires by
simply swearing that he saw them with the
Ku-klux, and thus innocent men are likely
to be. if they have no already been, in
carcerated in prison.
NEwBERRY, >. G., Oct. ~. 1871.
NV investigations into the condition of
affairs in IaurenS county have tail0d To
discover any opposition to the the laws,
either State or United States. | have
certained, however, that not sidgle ku-
Klux raid has ever been made in the'countv.
the radicals themselves admitting this
fact.
NO KU-KLUx IN LAURENs COUNTY.
As showing how exaggerated and often
utterly false have been the reports publish
ed in the radical press of the outrages com
mitted upon negroes. have only 10 mention
that excepting in an election riot last year,
there has not been negro killed by a white
man in Laurens since the war ended.
There have been several cases OF whipping.
but in every case the victim had been guilty
of some offence against the laws and for
which he had not been punished by the
proper authorities. Ofcourse mob law can
not be justified under any circumstances,
but mention the cause solely for the pur-
pose of showing that politics had nothing
whatever to do with the troubles.
SOME NEGRO oUTRAGEs.
While no negroes have been murdered
white men have. The most notorious one
was the assassination of DIR. C.. Shell by ne
groes in 1868. In this case one Of the as
sassins was convicted and hung, and the
others were permitted to escape. Further
more. I have before me the story of an at
tack by negroes upon the residence Of Mr..
Harrison Scott He was absent at the
time. and his wife was most brutally treat
ed, after doing which the negroes robbed /
the house and marched off. An attempt
was also made on the life of Mr. Shaw,
which, however, fortunately failed. Ii il
not my purpose TO say anything harsh
about the negroes of Laurens county. All
the whites agree in representing the ma
jority OF them az orderly and well behaved.
and certainly the negroes do not com plain
of any ill-treatment at the hands of the