The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-09-07
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MIsrER EpIroR.-Ssr: take the libberty t.
send this to you, for the reason. that sent a
near as can recolect, the saim to our paper
the democrat but for sum reesOn it hahn
bin printed 1 am republican. and voted fol
Mr. Grant which you amt But believe that
you are in favor of free speach; at least yor
clame to be.
/ think have sum Information in regard tG
the Ku kiux, that but few has. think they or
ganized over 100 years ago; at emmy rait have
book that gives an account of them, but buy 8
different name. If you have never seen the
book will lend it to you jest as soon as Mister
Garfield gifts threw with it.
He thinks the majoriti of the Ku klux COM
nifty has never seen it, but mistrusts that Mis-
ter Van trump has, by what he says in his re-
port. Mister Garfield says he never heerd OF
the book before, but says some of the Mains ali
famllyer. According to this book the Ku klux
was doing jest such mischief 100 years age
as tha air dooing now down South; and think
if you Good see the book you would own it.
will attempt to Civ you a few items from the
book; but you must remember that Irite from
memory as the book is lent to Mister Garfeeld,
and he says he shall use it on the stump this
faul, to conyins people of the eXistance of this
korrupt asosiashun. will be breef.
In ITO, On the 5th of March this organised
band, had an Array with som government SOL
gers, in which three I'm klux was killed. This
Array was kaused by sum ku klux using disre-
spekful languidge to solger, bekaus he hap
pened to be little the wors for Ticker. They
seemed to increas faster after this, and grew
bolder and bolder jest as they have been doing
down South. In 1T72 they distroid government
vessil called the Gaspee, which had been sta
toned at Providence to help the custum oferser
collect the taxes from this sekret band of vii
lens The way they dun it was meen; you see
the Ku klux vessn refused to lower it kullers
when ordered to by the Gaspee The Gaspee af-
ter firing on the other vessil Civ chase, and the
Ku klux vessil instead of keeping in deep wa
ter, enticed the Gaspee on to shoal WHARF it
codent git of; then in the mite seeson the Ku
klux distroid the vessil.
The government offered 500 pounds if emmy
one wood ketch the yillens, and parden if en-
ny one wood konfess the crime; and committy
sumthing like our Ku klux commit;y, was sent
out to investigate the matter; but they reported
that they Good not find out emmy thing I tell
you Mr.. Editur, when reed the account of them
fellers doings it makes my blud boil 1 wish
that the committy that is now inquiring into
thare doings down South Good reed that book.
In 1T73 tha was moan as the suns of Hbberty,
and had sekret correspondents with wun a ndth-
er all threw the country; and when the guvern-
ment sent tea to Charleston, Filladelfy, New
york and Boston, this sekret order wood not let
the tea land; and in Boston Cumpanys of
Ku klux dressed like injuns, went in the day
time and threw hole cargo of tea into the wat
ter.
Thay kept getting more bold, and in APPEL
1775, the government solgers had to shoot sum
of them at place kalled Lexingtun, to make
them dispurse. But that dident do it; for the
cusses got behind houses, walls and hegges, and
killed several sOlgers. A short time after this
event, man by the name of Allen, with a band
of Ku kIux took government fort at Ticonder-
oga, very erly in the morning of May 10th. AL
len and his men was pretty drunk when thay
took the fort; for tina took it in the naim of je-
hova and sum kind of Congress. 1 don't now
egzakly remember, but the words jehova, &C.,
ware proberly the pass words of the order. Mis-
ter Garfield thinks so to. The government sent
several bales of stamps into the colonies in
IT'S. but on a sertain day not stamp Good be
found emmy where in the country. The Ku
clusks, had distroid every one of them. The
government kept sending out investigating COM
mittys, but tina coodent lind out ennything.
In Boston they toar down a bilding that was to
be used for a stamp offs, and Mister oliver the
stamp offiser, had to flea to save his life and
finally regined his offs. haven't time to. tell
you of quarter part that this book tells about
the dooings of these raskalls 100 years ago;
for tina had mobs and riots in all parts of the
country, and loyal people had to flea to save
themselves In Virginny the Ku klux drove
the governor ont of the State, and he took
refuge on board a government vessiI nearly q
100 years ago. And Mister Edfter how is thare
now.
A man by the naim of Marion had large
number of ansient Ku klux under his CONTROL
and kept them conseald in the swamps and at
every opportunita dun an immens amount of
damage to the government property and SOL
gers. But sur it is enuff to freZe the blud in my
vains too reed the account of a man named JAS
per, waylayin sum government solgers at a
spring, shooting them down and releasing some
prisoners the solgers were taking to execution.
Now Mister Eddetor 1 mite tell you CRATE
deel more that have red in this book of mine,
but think hev told enuff to convince emmy re-
sonable man that the Ku clucks is not recent
order. Sur, 1 believe that the same SPIRIT an
nermates them now that did 100 years ago.
believe that if the committy which is now
investigating thare outrages Good reed this
book, it wood help them to open thare eyse, and
the democrats eyse. and tina wood acknowledge
that thare is sutch sekret order.
Mister Edditor, the people is ignorant. tina
haven't red this book as mutch as tina ort. be-
leeve if the majority of that Ku klux committy
Good reed this book, it would help them to arrive
at a correct conclushun. don't know as you
will like these exposures, or not. When tauk
to the democrats in this town, tina tell me that
am damd old fool, and you may think so, and
not print what have writ.
But sur, if an anest republican like myself
cant be heerd, 1 don't want to heer emmy more
about free speech. REPUBLICAN,.
HIRAM, Sept. 3, 1871.