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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-09-28

A little thing in a Sabbath school
was asked by her teacher if she said
her prayers night and morning. "No,
m'm, I DON'T" "Why, Mary ! Are
you not afraid to go to sleep in the
dark, without asking God to take
care of you till morning?" "No,
MN, L ain't-'cause I sleep in the
middle.P H
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THE KU-KLUx KHAN.
SPEECH OF
HON.. JOB E. STEVENSON,
At Delaware, Ohio, September
5, 1871.

At Delaware, Ohio, September
5, 1877.
The Hon. Job E. Stevenson made
a speech at Delaware, Ohio, on the
5th instant, devoted entirely to the
subject of the Ku.Klux outrages in
the South. Mr.. stevenson's oppor-
tunities of forming a correct opin
ion in the matter whereof he testi
fed may be gathered from the fol
lowing description he gives of them
himself: HAND
SIT has been my fortune for sev-
eral years, and especially during the
/ past spring and summer, to devote
much time and attention to the con-
dition of the South. Serving in the
last Congress on the Committee of
Elections, sent into Louisiana in '69 /;
appointed on the Joint Select Com
mittee Of the present Congress
to investigate the condition of
the Southern States; present
and aiding in the examination
of scores of witnesses, both in Wash
ington and South Carolina, my
means for information are ample,
if not complete"
OF the extent Of the Order Of Ku-
Klux and its object, he says:
"From the testimony taken by
the Joint Select Committee it ap-
pears that the Ku-Klux Klan is or
ganized and active in every, State
we have touched--North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and Mississippi. We know it is in
Florida and Kentucky. We know
it exists, and what it has done in
Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana and
Texas. We know it exists, though
not active, in Virginia.
Here, then, is an organization,
either active or dormant, in every
late rebeIIiOus State. 1t is composed
mainly Of such young men as were
in the rebel armies, and those of the
same class who have grown up since
the war. It's numbers probably ex-
eeed two hundred thousand. There
were over fifty thousand in Louisi-
ana in 1868, and General Forrest
said there were forty thousand in
Tennessee, and they were such
young men as he commanded in the
rebellion. 1t is to be hoped that
they are not so numerous now, but
members of the Klan have sworn
that there are thirty thousand in
North Carolina and over twenty
thousand in Georgia. A leading
Democrat of South Carolina testifes
that there are a thousand within
days march of the town in which
he resides; that every respectable
unmarried white man belongs to the
order, and that it is organized all
over the State.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1871-09-28

Ten years ago, twenty of the lead
ers and pets of Tsmmany were
bankrupts or poor. Now they have
splendid city and country residences
with fortunes varying from $1,000,
900 to $40, 100000. No wonder the
debt of New York has reached s12O,
900 900.
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A man by the name of John Tur
ley, who is fifty t'OO years of age and
living five miles east of st. Louis,
Miami county, Kansas, had the fu-
neral sermon of his deceased wife
preached on the last Sunday in July
and married the same evening to
blooming lass of fifteen.
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THE uRaANIzATIoN.

The Klan is secret, oath.bound
and armed. The members are
sworn, on penalty of death, not to
reveal its existence or its acts; to
execute all orders of their officers,
and to defend and sustain their fell
low members under all cireumstan-
ces, including trials in court, where
they must commit perjury as wit
nesses or violate their Oaths as jurors
to acquit an accused member. They
are armed with revOlvers, shOt-guns,
m1skets and Winchester rifles.
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Paul de KOck, it is said by b
intimate friends, died of grief b
cause of the destruction Of his beat
tiful home at Romanville. Tn
house was a marvel Of beauty.
contained a private theatre, and W
filed with some Of the finest WorI
Of art. It is de Rocks distinctic
that, among all literary men Of !
country, he received no decoratil
from any Of the many GOVERNED
he saw come and 90.
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The Desert News reports that
eFal places in Utah are taking b
Of the silk culture. A letter 4
Spanish Fork says about fifty IA
lies have been engaged in
culture this season, and nearly
with good success, the number
worms raised BY each varying f!
1000 to 10000.
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Enigma.
am composed Of % letters.
Ny Is 10 II is mans name.
My % 2 2l II is 3 musical instrument.
My 75l47 Is the .6ams Of a river.
Ny l II ls is very useful.
Ny IS ls ID II Is kind Of goods.
Ny 3 10 II IA what some people carry.
My 20 p Is the name Of river.
by whole is the names of handsome young
couple Of Leesburg. PED.
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THE EFFECTS.

/
You can not realize the condition
of the loyal people under the Ku-
Klux In many neighborhoods they
lie out at night-whole families in
the woods-the men to avoid scour-
ging or murder, and their wives and
children, because when the Ku-Klux
miss man they punish a woman
or child. Thus thousands of peo.
pie passed last winter and spring.
Women have sickened and children
have died from exposure.
or course, citizens so persecu ted
can have no political rights. They
can only hope in the Government
and pray to heaven for relief. The
Ku-klux Klan is the most powerful
political machine ever invented. 1t
has conquered several States, and
may, if not checked, rule the whole
country. Tennessee was a firm Re
publican State. The Ku-Klux car
ried her over to the Democracy and
there she remains. North Carolina
was Republican. The Ku-klux cap
tured her, and came near driving
Iher into another revolution. Two
Congressional districts in South Car
olina were swept in 1868, over
twenty thousand votes being chang
ed. In Georgia two more were car
ried in the same way, and the State
was thrown TO Seymour. Alabama
was lost last year. But the supreme
triumph was in Louisiana, at the
Presidential election, when the State
was carried for Seymour and Blair
That event is worthy some study
/ There were registered in 1857, 3D.
431 colored men and 45, ,199 white
At the spring election in 1868, fol
the new Constitution, the Republl
cans cast 64,901 votes against Al,
636 for the Democratic Republican
majority, 1896. At the Presiden
tiaI election Seymour received 80,
225; Grant 33,263; majority fol
Seymour, 46,962-a change in sil
months of 7O,227 votes
In 1870, with peace, the Republi
cans cast 65, ,532 votes against Al ,O2t
. Democratic; Republican majority
24,512i change in two years, Il AZ
"a restoration to the relative posi-
tioD of parties in the spring of 1868
Nineteen parishes, containing 80,
291 registered Republicans cast only
1926 votes for Grant. Two parish
es gave but two votes each, six ont
each, and eleven none. fifteen par
ishes gave an aggregate of ter
: votes for Grant. At the spring
election of 1868 these same parishes
> had given 24,725 Republican votes
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Aunt Jane is . Dooat bnsv- Z

Aunt Jane is most busy, eneE
.getic woman, always bearing a bill
lock Of cares upon her shoulders. Il
one of her overwhelmed moods, sh.
exclaimed
"FOreyer it's hurry, hurry, work
work. Never will there be any res
for me !"
Uncle Elihu mildly suggested
"She was daily drawing nearer
place of long, quiet rest.
"Rest ? rest ? No, indeed. If
should die tomorrow, the Resul
reetiOn would be sure to come ne1
day, so there would be no rest I'd
me. 1t would be just my luck p
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The Ohio State Journal says that,
doubtless, God might have made a
meaner man than General Geo. W
Morgan, but feels quite sure he never
did.
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Select Miscellany.
FRIENDsHIP.

A tiny. slender, silken thresd
Is friendship, and We make it
Bind. hearts and lives 90 hearts and lives;
Nat Sen breath may BhaEsit,
And Oft it takes but one wee word
Butons- -Nss zord--to break it
It draws the lips in smiling shapeS
u drnNB the look Of pleasure
From eye to eye when hands touch hsndsp
When two hearts beat one measure;
And draws meaning from q word
which makes that word . treasure.
Like strings Of tunefuI harp or lutte
Between glad souls 'tis holden,
And loves fond fingers on the threads
Mako music rare aud golden
Make music such as tender hearts
Could live, and ne'er grow old, in.
But ifa breath nay shAksit, let
Thai breath come near It never;
And never spoken be that word
which friendship e tie might sever;
But let the cord grow stronger till
The dawning Of Forever.
FRED. ". WEBBER, in October Galaxy.
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Asa lived evil
A live devil.

posed into the Latin, Honor est q Milo Honor is
from the Nile. Il Is not absolutely necessary that
the letters should be transpOSed. In the lines
Asa lived evil
As live devil,
the latter is an ansgram from the former no word
in the frat Is found in the sseODd yet transpOsi-
ton
Z An anagram should contain all the letters IN the
word or combination from which it ia made, aud no
others, and should employ each letter but once.
Some words have been called anagrsms which
spell forward and backward the same, as Madam,
Bannah, &C, but the real name is palindrOme.-
And some sentences also which spell forward and
backward alike, as Napoleon is said to have an
answered to a question: cable was ere saw
Eliza"
Some people have been fond Of forming pleasing
auagramis from their own names or those Of their
friends and some in forming iguOminiOus names
out of those Of their enemies.
More anagrams:
statssman-A mans test.
Petrolsum-Our pet elm.
Africans-In scarf
Senator-Treason. On rest.
Retaliation-I retail ton.
helpmeet--Hsld me, pet.
Funeral-Real fun.
Ornameut-Tar on men.
Noah's Ark-On a shark
.Abatemsnts-Meu eat bats.
I'M ,rietta Register. X. 7. z.
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The Hon. Schuyler COlfax has
once more explicitly declined to run
for the Presidency. He says he is
for Grant and nobody else.
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Ladies used to pride themselves on
making their dresses last a number Of
years, but now when any one says to
them, "How we'll that dress has lasted, f"
they consider it more in the light Of an
insult than a compliment, and a reaec-
ton on them for having appeared in it
In public so many times,
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Youths Department.

G%originai Enigma, ChhFades, Problems, etc.,
are respectfully solicited. The answsrs must al
ways accompany them. together with the real name
Of the writer.
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no peace yet in any Of these coun-
ties.
THEIR OBJECT.
The purposes of this organization
are manifest from the actions and
words of its members. Their vic
Tins are generally all-most univer-
sally-colored or white Republicans,
or members Of their families, or per-
sons whose occupations relate to the
colored people and tend to elevate
the raee-as teachers and preachers.
When they visit man they usual
| ly tell him, or his family, or his
friends, if he be slain, that they have
come because he is & Radical. They
generally require Republicans to
promise not to vote the Republican
ticket again, and often compel them
to promise to vote the Democratic
ticket. They have caused over forty
white and colored Republicans of
ISpartanburg county to publish in
the Democratic paper cards re-
nouncing their party, and in the
same county a white man, a native
of the State, seventy years of age,
feeble, and tottering to the grave,
was dragged from his bed, scOurged,
and compelled to go to the Court
House on sale day and publicly re-
nOunce his party.
They have driven out of a region
Of country in South Carolina, con-
tanning FIVE thousand square miles,
every leading Republican, white
and colored, and in one-third of the
State they have paralyzed and si-
lenced the advocates and organizers
of the party. They prevent Repub-
lican officers elected by the people
from taking the offices to which they
have been chosen, and compel off,
GERS to resign and leave the counties.
They break iails and murder Repub-
lieans whom they suspect Of ofens-
es, and to rescue and discharge Ku-
Klux convicted of crime. They
ride into a county town in military
order, take possession, establish Ku-
Klux Law, do their viii, leave their
orders, written as in blood, on the
Sheriff = board, and then ride away
unmolested. And their commands
are implicitly obeyed. Thus they
show by their own deeds and words
that their leading object is political
to destroy the Republican party
and aid the Demoeratic party.
After recounting numerous we'll
authenticated instances of outrages
perpetrated by bands of the order
of whippings, scourges, murders,
church and school house burnings,
&C., Mr.. Stevenson sums up as fol,
lows
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and in 1870 thev gave 9O.444.

and in 1870 they gave 9O.444.
It became my duty in 1869, to ex.
anime this question on the ground.
The testimony shows that over two
thousand persons were killed,
wounded, and otherwise injured in
that State within few weeks prior
to the Presidential election. That
half the State was overrun by vio-
lence, midnight raids, secret muir
ders, and open riot, kept the
people in constant terror until the
Republicans surrendered all claims,
and then the election was carried
by the Democracy bloody trophy
of the Ku-Klux Klan. Let me call
your attention 10 several parishes.
Orleans contained 29, go voters, 15,-
O2O black. in the spring of 1863
That parish gave 1S, ,973 Republican
votes. In the fall Of 1868 it gave
Grant 1,178, falling off of 1875
votes. Riots prevailed for weeks,
sweeping the city of New Orleans,
and filing it with scenes of blood,
and Ku.Klux notices were scattered
through the city, warning the color
ed men not to vote. In 1870 the
Republicans carried this parish by
a majority of 9,O79. In Caddo there
were 1887 Republicans. In the
spring Of 1868 they carried the par
ish. In the fall they gave Grant
one votel Here also there were
bloody riots. In 1870 the Republi
cans carried this parish again.
But the most remarkable case is
that of st. Landry, a planting parish
of the river Teehe. Here the Re
publioans had a registered majority
of 1,O71 votes. In the spring of
1868 they carried the parish by 687.
In the fall they gave Grant no vote
not one while the Democrats cast
4,7s7, the full vote of the parish, for
Seymour and Blair. In 1870 the
Republicans cast 3O4 votes, and the
Democrats 2, Al. an E
Here occurred one of the bloodi-
est riots on record, in which the Ku-
Klux killed and wounded over two
hundred Republicans, hunting and
chasing them for two days and
nights through fields and swamps.
Thirteen captives were taken from
the Jail and then shot. A pile of
twenty-five dead bodies was found
half burned in the woods. Having
conquered the Republicans, killed
and driven of the white leaders,
the Ku-Klux captured the masses,
marked them with badges of red
flannel, enrolled them in clubs, led
them to the polls, made them vote
the Democratic ticket, and then
gave them certificates of the fact.
This parish has not yet recovered
from that massacre, for though no
Republican voted the Democratic
ticket in 1870, only 3O4 of 2,1O2
dared vote the Republican ticket
No natl on governed by the will Of
the majority expressed at the ballot
box can tolerate such an organiza-
ton, so destructive to the freedom
of elections and the liberty of the
people.
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Few PnAIN FACTS.

A FEW PLAIN FACTS.
Mems fool
When it's bot he wants it ssol;
WHEN it'S osid be VsntI it hoti
Ns'er contsnted with his lot.
When it's dry. #EE
BE for showers q sure to tigh;
When-to meet his wish-it rains,
ofths wet the fool complains.
hot or cold, or dry.or wet,
Nothing suits that be can get;
consider, a. q rnle,
Mans fool.
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MARTIAL LAW.

There remains martial law. Let
them have that. They will live in
peace under no other. Dire as is
this remedy, it is better than none.
Better martial law for them than
Ku-Klux law for US. Better rule
them by the bayonet than have them
rule by the revolver.
Let the President exercise his
powers, and do his duty for the
protection of the people. Let him
''nOt bear the sword in vain," but
make sit terror to them that do
evil"
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THE DANGER.

If the Ku-Klux are left uncheck-
ed, it may make our next President,
and settle for us all questions Of re-
construction, of equal rights, of lib,
erty and of union in ways we do
not dream of-whirling US down the
dizzy height which we have climbed
with so much labor and pain, into
the gulf of revolution and anarchy.
What if the next Presidential
election should happen TO depend
on the votes of several close South
ern States, and each of these on q
few close counties a.? The .KIuz
could carry those Ststes as they
have done North Carolina, Tennes
see, Georgia, Alabama and Louisi,
ana. Then We should be ruled by
the Ku-Klux in league with Tam,
many and its mob, or would we take
arms again ? In that event the Ku.
Klux would have the forms oflaw
and the fag. The Northern De.
mocracy would join them, and to-
gether they would enjoy what they
Lave long desired-an opportunity
to fight US with the law, the Gov
eminent and the hag on their side
With what savage joy would they
welcome the wager of battle | Wal
within the Union, not for secession
but to conquer and crush "Radical
ism," re.establish "the old order oil
things" wipe out our debt, or pay
the rebel debt, with compensation
for slaves ; nullify the amendments
which they hate heartily as ever
and remand tho races TO theiI
"normal condition"
For US to submit would be ruin
to resist would be war, aud if il
comes to war, then we shall see ir
this pleasant land the horrid front
erect of medi@val, savage, barbar.
Gus war, with fines, penalties, and
con6scatiOns, imprisonment, banish'
ment, executions, for all who oppose
or question the authority of the
bloody conspirators. All that wa:
done by the Government agains
Northern traitors to save the UniOr
would not be to what would happer
then to US, a drop of ink in the pl
of darkness.
Let US take counsel in time, and
suppress this organization while VI
have the power. Let US put it dow
now, so that there will be no neces
sity to grapple with it next year
pending Presidential election.
THE REMEDY.
There are three remedies adapteI
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Enigma.

asrwo want fresh supply of Enigmas, &C., as
our stock is getting low.
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ed from the county every colored
man who had attempted to resist
them. In Laurens county, on the
day after the election, they assem-
bled in the county towns by hun
dreds, wantonIy attacked the Re-
publicans there and marched thence
through the county, killing and out
raging as they went. And there is
no peace yet in any of these coun-
ties. -s@
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Why are the pimples on drunkard's face like
the cuts in a certain London paPer2 They are the
illustrations Of Punch.
Which is the largest room IN the city Of New
York ? Anawer--Tha room for improvement at the
City Hall.-TNsW York Tribune.
What word can be pronounced quicker By adding
two more letters to It Quick.
What Is that which Is so brittle that If you name
it you are sure to break It Silence.
How was Jonah punished2 Whaled.
Solution to ''PuzEls' in last weeks News:
az 4-s
% $40
100
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Answer to Enigma in last weeks News: Abnsr
Smith and Lyde Holmes.
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"Hsil TO the Chief who In Triumph Advances.
"The Eighth Wonder of the World"
Nesmith's Great Rheumatic and
Neuralgia Cure, and Magical
pain T1wero f,fovs
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Moro abont Anaarama.

Anagrsms sometimes consist Of more than one
word, as the famous Que, HOraliO Nelson, trans
posed into the Latin, Honor est Nilo-HonOr ID
from the Nile Il Is not absolutely necessary thai
the letters should be transpOssd. In the lines
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It will remove al pain ct once, and immediatelY
cure Neunlgia, Lul1bago, Goiatiua, Pain q the
Back lud Side Piles, Froaan Linbss odiihlains,
Bnrn1, 8eids, Tooth-Achs, BAR Ache. Bead i-Ac Ache.
20 didera1ce how bad nor what i pg5aeeil from, ,
Chappad Lips. Qhspped Hands, stiuei q B0ea'
Ezttlral Pains md Achsu 9Eai ths hunrn fEily .
heir .. nd 0 vi specify nure Ri61latisEli
ffresh 1s immetleteg,) y Paral3liS, GOUis EpFliul.
etih Joints, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises, Fever Sores,
and Bed Sores. By applying It freely to the part
affected without rubbing. For TOoth-Ache, Gatu-
rate little cotton With Il, and place &c in the
hollow 0l the tooth, aud for Ear-Ache, drop or 8
instantly cease.
Forssle b J, ,. Brown, at bis Drug stora d
HIErtorb, Ohio. and by n. squisr, a. his DTug
stare, q GrsBnleld, Ohio. jyf0gl
L =
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to the suppression of such an organ
ization. The first and best is public
opinion. If the Northern Democ-
racy would unite with US in apply
ing this great force, it might be sufi-
cient ; without their assistance it is
useless. While the North is divided
the South feels independent. And
Northern Democrats deny, OF ex.
euse, when they should eondemu
and denounce. The weight Of their
opinion is with the Ku-Klux, aud
this increases the burden of the Gov
ernment.
The second remedy is the civil
law. But this power, sufficient 70
grapple with Ordinary crimes, is
Paralyzed by perjury. Ifa Ku-Klux
-be identified and arrested, he proves
by a cloud of Ku-Klux witnesses
that he was "twenty miles away"
when the deed was done. The tes-
timony against him is limited to the
victim and his family, or friends
The Ku-Klux bring scores Of breth-
ren to swear him of. His alibi is
always ready. He never leaves
home without it. But if these
weapons fail, Ku-Klux jurors are
found to acquit him. And when
released by perjury, he prOseeutes
his victim, cOnvicts him by renewed
perjury, and Furnishes him for ap-
pealing to justice. A Ku Klux has
actually convicted his victim of per-
jury for daring to identify him!
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THE REMEDY.

Tbere are three remedies adapted