Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-24

the reimbursement of the Germans and
Irish Of Rhode Island is petted and fostered
by Useless S. Grant
HOW HARD 1T rs TO MAKE A CASE.
The Radicals have hard work to establish
even the semblance of facts to justify Grant
in issuing proclamation declaring martial
law in a portion of South Carolina. The
Radical paper at Columbia, (the UniOn,)
has been industriously at work for con-
siderable time trying to show that reign
of crime and terror existed in most of the
counties referred to by Grant as containing
Atinlawful combinations and conspiracies,
organized and armed, and so numerous
and powerful as to be able to overthrow or
set at defiance the authority of the United
States" Nearly every case of alleged out
rage produced by the Union, either on its
own responsibility or by correspondents,
has been shown to he utterly devoid of any
thing partaking of Ku-Klux. Wherever
the Bnion1 or its correspondents have To-
Gated case Of alleged crime as commit
ted by the Ku-Klux, the Democratic papers
of Charleston or the interior have shown
that the charge was without foundation.
For instance, the Union declares that one
Ben Hare was diabolically murdered in
Newberry county by party of night riders.
The Charleston Neers points to the fact
that the murder Of Hare was perpetrated by
three negroes, all of them Radicals, whose
names il gives, and who were arrested for
the crime, and are now in Newberry jail
awaiting their trial.
The. Union states that one Nc
CIure was murdered in Chester coun-
tv, and intimates that it was the work Of
Ku-Klux. The Chester Reporter
states that Mcclure was muir
dered by his father-inlaw, who is now in
Chester jail, awaiting trial. EET.
The Union states that one Lewis ThOmp-
son, a negro preacher was foully murdered
by Ku-Klux near Jeter's plantation, on Iy-
qer river, and that the friends of Thompson
were prevented BY Ku-Klux terrorism, from
giving him Christian burial. The Charles
ton -Ne,cs replies that Judicial investigation
showed that Thompson's congregation (col-
ored) objected to his preaching and that as
they were unable to silence him otherwise,
they made away with him.
a correspondent of the Union charged
that the Ku-Klux were riding in Fairfield
county, and committing divers outrageS.
The Winnsboro Netrs denies emphatically
the statement of the ELECTROMAGNETIC.
The Union points to the outrageS COM
mitted by Ku-Klux in York county, and
cites the statements made to Senator Scott.
The Charleston Ne1cS replies: "The Grand
jury of York county brought Senator
SCOTS infornants before them, and, after
an investigation, which lasted eight days,
reported that. since last July, there had
been only one case of violence Ghe
.chunking of two colored mem which
could be truthfully attributed to the ku-
Kluk" @
The Union states that a colored
woman was burned in Fairfield county, and
attributes her death to the Ku-klux. The
Charleston Ne,ys shows that when the mat,
ter was investigated it was clearly proven
that the murder was committed by negroes
A Radical, said by the Union to have
been attacked in Edgefeld, comes forward
voluntarily and swears that no such attach
was made, and that he had heard OF nc
outrage in his neighbOrhOOd. Twenty citi
zens of Edgefeld also testify TO the fact
that peace and good order prevail through
out the county.
The Union stated on the authority Of {
letter from citizen of Sumter, that %
store-keeper by the name of Rythenberger
living fifteen miles from Sumter, was takeI
and terribly whipped by the Ku-KluX, anj
for no other reason than his being Repub
lican.r Mr.. Rythenberger writes lettert'
the Sumter Nelrs denying emphatically thai
he has been whipped. He says he wrote
the editor of the Columbia Union denying
that he had been molested aud demanding
the name of the person upon whose author
ity the charge had been made. But he ha'
refused to give the name or correct The
statement.
Mr.H.E. Hayne, (RadicaD Senator from
Marion county, has addressed letter to
the United States District Attorney fol
South Carolina, in which he says:
..AIy attention has been called to the
proclamation of the President, calling Of
the Ku-Klux, in certain counties, TO Surrer
der. etc. Among them the county o.
Marion appears. This may be a typograph
ical error; if not, desire that you have thi:
changed, if possible, as it is but just ant
fair to the people of Marion. as no Ku-KluA
oguraGes have ever been committed in tie
county"
There are numerous other instances d
outrages alleged to haye been committed by
the Ku-Klux, which investigation has shown
10 be wholly without foundation, or to hay,
been committed by parties in no wise con
nected with the Ku-klux. 1t is clear ;ha
Grant has relied upon the testimony manu-
featured by Radicals for the purpose ofGail
or of wrealling revenge upon men who vii
not recognize them as gentlemen. 1t i
upon this sort of testimony that Grant ha
declared martial law in nine counties q
South Carolina, and denied the writ Of Ina
beas corpus 70 innocent parties whose al
rest may be procured through imprope
motives. Where is this thing to end? A
ready has Georgia been threatened. an
there are those who are clamoring for Tel
nessee to be thus dealt wish.