New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-18
THE KU-KLUX.
oc,ANATIoN BY THE PRESIDENT
I'LL. LAW PROCLAIMED IN NINE Co0NIih'
AHlAA- OF SOUTH CAROLINA.

hANi- or SOUTH CAROLINA
,,,.,,,,,crox Oct, 1.-THE previously notlneu
-, notice 10 dispersc given to the ku-hluA
=. Sr,1tanbr-g anG cigt other counties having
!" the follow ing proclamation was Issued troin
che Executive Office to-day; -. %
1r1xr,a, Ry Gu act Of Congress, entitled An A'' "
,,,-ce the PROV i>uu, Of the Fourteenth Am'Au'o"
10 Cns.i; utiun Of the Uaited States ana lor V'u.
orrncses" approved the 2O,h day OF April - 49,
nomini 49, power ia cvcn to the lTeSu, - .,otv
,r,J,od states when in his Judgment the pupii0 81 =,
h.l, REQUIRE II to susp"nd Inc privileges ol
-. oor,,,s in any STATE or part Of state "neno,.
rlnatious and cCpsp:racies exist in sucn 0'''O -
:, STATE for The plrposc Of GorrynS h9 -.
IS ~ two pcopC = saci - nc o! the rEn'' :,
,,,muOites and protection named 10 INC 80 rress
the United States and secured ny INC ~" -. "a ec,D
Aforesaid and Whenever such '"u, tior NJ the
,r.,os 40 so o,,iyuci and hinder the cA'cu''oH "
r'''' -. -, :, ,tc and Of the United e'aVee' %
s-s,. tlo people RfoTeSlu Vi t"0
.-roecs immunitics, ana WoVo'tto"
,.aaid and do oTnose ana op'''"
IT, of the United states AMI th'r uue I 49,
,,ode and ob.truct the due Cour' oil Jus'Ace n"o ~
- nd wherever such combinations shau % organ
SAM on q, numerous and powerful as to be
49, .pv vioI.ncc eitLCr 10 overthrow OF set at den
e constitute authorities of tile said State ana OF
49, initial states within said state. and whenever by
u" - sotJ canss $ tho conviction Of such offenders
,no ~. scrvat.on q the public peace shall become
g, such state or part Of n state, mpractcabe; and
Wb,r,os. such unlIwfu combinations and cOnspira-
% FOR the purposes aforesaid declared by the act
a. congress Aforesaid ~ be rebelhous against tho HON
--,,ueut oE The United States and
r1crc1s ~ sail act OF Congress IT ia provided that
ore Tie resident sla suspend the privileges OF the
writ OF haNcas corpus nc shall first have made proc4s
nation commanding such insurgentstO disperse; ana
WherroS On the 18th day Of the present month OF Oc
tobr the President Of the United States old issue MS
PROCLAMATION recing therein. among other things that
such combinations and cOnspiracies did then exist III INC
Couat.cs Z, spaTtauburG York Marion Chester LaureS
Ncwbcrrv Fairfield Lancaster and Chesterfield In the
state Of South Cirolna and commanding thereby al
rersOns composing such unlawful 0oDlOinS
t,ous and oonspiracies 10 disperse ana
retire peacefully their homes within nve oaye ir"
fine dac thereof and deliver either TO the MARSHAL VI
,e United states for the District OF South Carolina or TO
v Of his deputies or to any military officer Of the
United States within the said cOuntiesal arms ammun'
ton and uniforms disguses and other means ana impe
rents used kept possessed or controlled ny them lor
carving out the unlawful purposes for which the sara
comlIat ions and conspiraCes are organized; ana
V5,r,gs The insurgents engaged in such unlawful
combinations and conspraces within the counties aiOre'
aid bave not dispersed and retired peacefully TO their
homes aud have not delivered to the Marshal
OF the United Stacs TO any Of his deputies, or to
any military officer Of the United States within said
counties all arms ammunition, uniforms, dsguises ana
other means and Implements used kept possessed or
controlled by them for carrying out the unlawful pur-
poses for which the combinations and conSpraces are
organized as commanded by said proclamation hui DO
stu persist In The unlawful combinations and con-
spraccs aforesaid
Non therefore, l. Ulysses &. Grant, President OF the
United States Of America, by virtue Of the authority
vested in Inc by the Constitution Of the United States
snd the OF Congress Aforesaid do hereby declare that
in my Judgment the public safety especially requires tha
the privileges Of the writ Of hsbeas corpus be suspended
u the end that such rebellion may he overhroWn and
do hereby suspend the privileges of the writ OF habeas
corpus within the counties Of spartanburG, York,
Marion Chester, Laurens Newberry, Fairfield,
Lancaster. and Chesterfield in the said State
o. South Carolina in respect TO all persons arrested ny
the Marshal Of the United States for the said District OF
South Carolina or by any OF his deputies or by any mill
tary officer Of the United States, or by any soldier or
citizen acting under the orders Of tho said Marshal
deputy or such military officer, within one OF the salo
counties charged with any violation OF the act OF Con-
ress aforesaid during the continuance Of such rebellion
In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand ana
caused the sea- Of the United States to be anlxed.
Done at the CITY Of Washington this seventeenth day
day Of October in the year OF our LOTd one tnDust
eight hundred and sCvcLty-Une aud OF the indepenu-
erre Of the United States Of America the nnety-Si1In'
0' j G. B4ScEoF1 DAVIS, Acting Secretary Of state
Letters from that portion of North Carolina which
bas suffered most from Ku-klHx raids, and from
which most of those convicted come, speak In
alarm Of the bitter hostility manifested to all friends
of the Government, hostility likely to produce
Lloodshcd and maTder whenever the protection OF
the United States troops and officers ID Withdrawn
One reason of this is the fact that far the chiefs
Of tho Ku-Klux have escaped discovery and convlc-
ton II the South Carolina troubles result lin the
arrest and punishment of any leaders of this con-
spiracy that fact will greatly strengthen the Gov
eument and its supporters by overawing those who
have sustained the Invisible Empire" AT least
this 10 the opinion Of prominent UniOnsts in North
Carolina.
IMPORTANT ARRESTS IN MISSISSIPPI-FINE DIS
GUISED MEN CAPTURED.
WAsuINGToN, Oct. IA dispatch from
Cormtb s from the United States Attorney there to
the Bureau of Justice states that United States Marshal
Pierce nnd himself had returned from Tishoningo
County, where they captured Ave KuKlux with com
es dsguses and would return for others Their secret
grips &c .have been found out. The appearance now
that the entire den" would be captured. The gang
shot and wounded white man and woman only two
weeks agv.