The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-08-26
From the Daily Union.
FROM ORANGEBURG.

nc Hundred and ftf6y Mask
ess Ven Ride into tIlc Town.
ytssi'nfngs II os Q d ON the
Doors ofthc Public Officers
Fungesit questions.
0EASaEBuRa, S. G., August %, 1871.
E1tl1itoy loagy !: u,ao,i:
Our whole town is a furore of excite.
ment this morning. Hero and there.
upon the streets, may be seen excited
groups adiscussing the cause thereof.
Never before has such intense uncasi-
ness pervaded tho hitherto tranquil Sc
renify OF 0rangeburg. You will be sur
prised, Mr.. Editor, to learn that tho
dastardly Ku.Klux were in our midst
| last night, lam not writing this for
sensational purposes it is truth of
which, Isspeals. Here, in the dull SUM-
mcf, when everything was as quiet and
Peaceableas one could wish, this Khan
mast needs come from their miserable
lurking placerto upset and throw iuto
confusion every department. OF life; and
our town, which but yesterday was n
| place oftranquiiity, is now like half
pent vclcano-alnost ready to boil over
with foar aud excitement.
But let me to the ku Klux. Last
| blight, about one o'clock, colun of
men, all disguised, entered Russell street,
| (Which IS the main street leading from
the depotD and rode lcisurely up it to
| tho Court House square. Here they
2ialtcd, and posted one of their nantes
tues uponth door of Mr. Bolircrs (thc
| !Cierk of Court tfI;ce; next they wont
| to tic postofiico, and there they posted
ano,ler
l would serd those notices along with
this, but, as they are very long, dem
it that you viii not have room to pub
iish them entire, and will, therefore,
give yuu u asynopsis Of them
| They commence with an cxordium,
telling the citizens of Orangcburs that
they are in their midst; that their mis-
sion is one Of peace o.; that ,lcy-the
Icitizens-are oppressed, and they cor
here to see them ri.hted, etc
Now comes the warnings"
These arc all made after this manner
/ lst. Carpc, bsgccr'. wio are ofii,c
holders, are commanded 20 leave tl.is
county for y healthier cim,ic, nr tllcy
will meet with The 3 rcryst Sc ten c
known to tbs Klsn.
! | 2ls Se,lsilassars enioined o,,es IN
liciTtofircs, an,l retife from politics, of
else receive at tho hand, oi' this klan
tho doom Of the traitor.
81. The colurod rc,i'o arc TIL 70
behave themselves.
II Now Mr. Editor as haycn'l much
himo to write, | will sum UP in u few
words what thccc three commands
mean.
i The first one Clearly show. that these
people are determined h. prevent, if
possible, any man from taking an oacc
who WAS not born upon the soil Of Sluiir
Carolina.
| The second one mani,csls plainly their
intentions to prevent natives from hold
/ ing Office, unless elected by the so-c7llci
Citizens party.
The third demonstrates their purpose,
whose end is to persecute the negro as
long as he votes ior Rcpubicanism. For
he will never be behaving himself
until he renounccs his party, aud votes
with his enemies
These are facts, SIR. Editor, against
which we cannot shut our eyes. And
now l ask Will not Governor Scott,
with the power given him 10y law, seek
to conntcract the dannablc dcsigus Of
this Khan? Will he sit supiuely and
inertly down and await until scores of
men arc killed and butchercl like dogs,
before exercising his power of protec-
| tion Let his cnnduct answer
| You know me, Mr.. Editor, and yon
know | wouldn, write you an untruth.
Wh"n I a"~ ,hnrn wore one hnndrah and
fifty disguised men here last night, l
mean ii, aud only write what one can
hear by walking oat of his Office, from
fifty different groups.
Il Republicans here arc not scared, but
while the Government has the power to
Nprotcc; them, they hate to take meas
urcs into their own hands.