The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1871-05-05
The Eu klnx EalSehOOdS.

1t is a fact that all the demonstrations
of the Radicals about Ku Klux are
mere fustian, gotten up solely for po.
litical effect, to turn the heads of ignor-
ant and mush-headed people in the
North who are simple enough to believe
them, and Of this we have presented
frequent proof. In addition we now give
the following from the N. Y. Tribune.
The North Carolina counties named in
the letter quoted, are those in which
the Ku KluX were said to be most ram
pant and in which martial law was pro.
claimed by the impeached radical Gov
ernor of North Carolinia. 1t will be seen
that the denial comes from men who
live in the locality, and who belong to
both political psrties-men who volun-
tarily came forward to do justice to
their neighbors and who submerge
every other consideration to the inter-
ests of truth.
From the n. Y Tribune OF May /, ISL.
KU.KLUX NO BAR TO NORTHERN SET
Tiers.
To The Editor Of The Tribune:
SIR: Wehave noticed recently a great
manypublications in your paper concern.
ing outrages committed by Ku-KluX
in the Southern States. Weknow moth
ing of the truth or falsty of these char
ges, and shall not undertake their re.
futation except so far as they may be
understood to apply to the whole South.
The undersigned, all Northern men by
birth and education, have, since the
war, purchased homes and settled, some
in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and
others in Caswello Rnd Rockingham
Counties, North Carolina, and many of
us are Republicans and regular readers
of and subscribers to the Tribune. We
have reason to believe that large num-
ber OF our Northern friends earnestly de.
sire to emigrate to the South, supply
themselves with cheap lands, and enjoy
this charming climate and we fear that
they may be deferred from doing so by
the publications to which we have re-
ferred. 1t is for this reason we request
the Insertion of this letter in your pa
per, in the hope that such other papers
in the North as desire to do Justice to
every portion Of the country will give
IL circulation. We can say in truth that
not only persons and property are safe
IN the sections of Virginia and North
oarolinla IN which we reside, but that
we never lived in more orderly or
iaW'aDiding community. We have been
kindly received by the entire people
our Intercourse with them has been in
all respects as agreeable as we could
have desired. We have seen no disposi-
ton to mistrust or even slight us on, ac-
count OF our politics-on the contrary.
we have uniformly been treated with
clvility and respect by every one with
whom we have come in contact 1t is
but an act of justice to ourselves and to
the people living in the States of our
adoption that we should say what we
have said, and we trust that you will
give 1t place in your paper.
James Robinson, Canada; Rev. John
Branch, Tioga Co, N. "; a. G.. New
ell, Tioga Co., N. Y; S. j.. Hitchcock,
Brown Co., n. Y; Fred w. Hitchcock,
Brown Co., n. Y; j. f. Councilman,
Tioga Co., N. "; Austin II. Prentice,
Tioga Co., N. Y; James Hutchinson,
Penn; John Hutchinson, Penn; VIM.
II. Davis, Indiana Co., Penn; n. S.
Davis, Indiana Co., Penn, G. Hinkley,
Steuben Co., N. Y; ii. Hingley; ii. b.
stephen, Steuben Co.. N. Y; Chas. II.
Rodgers, Waverly, Tioga Co., N. ";
James Ogden, Penn; William Lander,
Steuben Co., N. Y; Jonathan Bitner,
Westmoreland Penn; w. p. Spaulding,
Michigan.
New YORK, April 27. 1871.