Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-04-04
STATE GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC ORDER.

STATE GOVERNMENTS AND PUBLIC ORDER
On the 10th inst. gang of striking Crisplns
attacked working shoemaker IN Hopklnton;
Mass and tried to stone him to death. when
the victim shot two or three OF the coWardly
n,ffans, and scattered the rest. All Hopklnton
Wal; in all upr0ar; for 1t was currently repor1cu
That other murders would BIZ attempted anu
that the boot and shoe factories would be burn
| ed. The citizens met Ill the evening anu ch"Sc
fy, specirl constableS to assist in keeping, the
,e,cn but they were afraid to serve and refused
r. be sworn. What will be the end OF these
o,tr,rns we cannot conjecture, but We do not
demand of the general government to send sol
dcrs m there. Massachusetts, has had her dis,
graceful union riots before, as ut Fall River anu
| North Adams. and at last her regular coStaDu-
| ,rv and militia have been able 10 put them
down. and So probably she will be equal To the
Hopkinton emergency \ San Francisco tee
cram of the both. says that the ~ lgllantS
Iwho are the local Ku-Kluxcs) OF Nevada, are
ordering suspected persons suspected OF what;)
out of that Scute-that eight have already
been bauishel from Virginia City and six from
Cold Hill. We read this with i Shudder put
W., do not straightway pen Il fierce request that
the President shall put the land of Nyc under
martial law. for we have faith that these de-
nlorable excuses will soon cease Terror rclgns
IN the anthracite district of Pennsy vanIa. Men
are not often murdered there only because they
dare not lift Il pick or uttera word against tile
Robespierrian DEGREES of the master OF the
grand council. If they did. they and all their
household goods would be blown to atoms ny
barrels of powder ut midnight. But W.; make
no pctition that President Grant shall bayonrt
the outlaws believing that finally by local means
,l,,; prn
So when the sans cmioHr< of California mob
Cinnamon in the streets in open day horrible
as these outragcS are, We have faith that State
laws and city police will eventually restore the
balance of order In precisely t he like spirit CT
confidence in the power of State Legislation and
the average good sense of American citizens: we
would leave the sporadic manifestations Of mob
violence at the South to be crushed out BY the
State authorities. and believe that the work will
more quickly and ctirctrully be done by them
than by Federal interference. The ku-klux
infamieS always exaggerated are fast dlsap-
bearing from Southern society. Senator Bay
ard 4 member OF the Investigation Committee.
who has had every opportunity to get at the
facts. said on Monday that newspaper clippings
were the only evidence before the comhllttc"
of the k1l-klux vioences i'll eleven Of the
Southern States. and that no testimony, IN,
| partial ana worth. Vi the ldlllc WIS pioduNei
except as to 4 single State-N0rth Carolina
The refusal Of radicals like Ben. Butler 10 serve
on travelling committee to the South show:
that they dare not put the tales Of ku- kIuX
atrocities to the test of actual observation and
inquiry on the spot. We maintain rs L general
proposition that the property holders. the hon
est laborerS, every man rich or poor who has an
interest in the wcll-being Of the State and the
security of life and goods, cln he trusted to root
out u-Kluxcs and all other vIolators Of the
law if L little more time is gwen them. 10
put the South under what is equivalent to mar
tial law, would not destroy the Ku-kluxcs Any
more quickly than they are HOW being eXtirpateI
by local agencies, and would have the bad effect
Of dscouraging citizens Of the several disturbed
States from rel wing on themselves. ScItrcll,
ance is always heathtu and noble virtue, and
should be strenuously cultivated and cllc"nr
aged In the organization of States like thn*''
that compose the American Union it it the
very lte-blood which if allowed to stagnate,
will produce only disease and decay. To MAKE.
the South feel strong and vigorous: once more
her :clf:lcancc should be given the fullest
play. That being done. We have no fears ii
the rcsult-N. ]. Jonr"nio t' Commerce.