The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-04-18
x.,u,,tcn In south Caroline.

-. >,..h Carolina Ivy the Cincinnati
.,,.,,5, seems 10 he n fair-miudcd
IL SAYS there arc kukluX societies
>. Nm read his story for Yourself. 1t
,,,rrh, Of attention
Tho prc-rnt state government Is mis-
49, r,furr and u fraud. II is rotten TO
4 is corrupt in every branch. II
.~.hy of The support Of honest men.
,.ti tarrfhrr hvihn "cohcSivc power
. .,..r., ,.f,n,lcr." IL high places are oc-
81 t'3,, rarr,I9; and incompetent men to
~ .',,,,,.r extent. " Make hay While the
,t.rr>'' i the wat,hwora OF the OFF,
While their handSarr into the I'reaSu-
Co.,, the elbows they divert attention by
Inc rcnr'. and getting sympathy ut the
..t under The plea ot being prosecuted
... Tr,y >..> thai tho opposition TO them
........>. hey ayC loNal, when, III !ac!. The
nv mar; j. because they are dishonest.
n., STATE VAS ruled lv the frcSfonS and
i. ....,ar,. ana! they conducted themselves
80, ,sr,.,,u, rulers do, there would be As
...,4 ,.-> - Heaven for relief by the tan
...,,~> ~, there is now. The pocket nerve
... -rnllrrg>t in the human anatomy. aud
,,~,.,, touched tAc result i much the same,
-. .,r,,sr>> vi what party does il.
,..., whereof speak. or | should not
....,, - irl4.nly. That there is an orSani-
,a,, called tnn kukluN is trUc. That it
E. viIr>nrcu.l. compact, oath-bound, dis
o.. ,n,i. r.>olut". ana determined. is true.
r... # .,'s Al defiance the civil aud mill
..-y authority Ct the Ntatc is true. That
,ray have been the authors of hundred
,,..-.'c~> is true. and that not one has been
..~,..,rG j. tfue. That the militia could not
-, with them. and had TO be diSbanded.
.. '.a unfortunately true. That there were
.rar.> between them is true. and that the
ia ;gvaria " lost men and arms. while
..,. ls.h'uX lost neither. i true. That they
..y no attention 10 the Presidents procla-
nation :or them 10 dispense" and that
,g,y ride about in the counties where
9,i"i states troops are stationed as much
r., formerly. i true.
THIS, are unpleasant truths. but we
h.yra good deal Of that sort OF thing to
:,H with On this planet OF ours. OF all
-. gr0Hirm- presented to our t,encticcn.
r.vr:nm"nt In solve. this one of the krl-
t..y i among the hardest. it is not re-
90. lion against the United States. for they
r.y-r interfere in any manner with the
,-nporty. or III" soldiers. or the flag oc the
G.y~erm"nt. They never select Federal
Hers a. the object of their vengeance.
h~y never insult the flag. nor lay in com.
wants against the General Government in
srl o, ,lc!r numerous orders and NANTES.
.,r,.
Fat they whip and murder Union men
~ negroes. command state officers to re.
~. order certain men obnoxious to them
=. teavt III" state in SO many DAYS, and
,.rfr out their orders to the letter. They
ID nj Shr har Sa1x ~,
mystery n much ~ possible.
! h"licv" they have an object TO accom-.
11>h in this state, and in conjunction with
49, taxpayers | believe they mean TO ac-
r"mp}j>h II. That object is to carry the
st: Tor the Democracy at the next cleo
'.au. That is what they are up 10 now,
ma considering the powerful aid they
are receiving from The bad actions
ana dsrcputable conduct of the Re-
M.blcan- III power here. | believe they
NH accomplish it. South Carolina has
zone Republican for the last time, mark it.
tue ouiv possible way for the party to
80. the state t. their ticket in 1872 is for
h. President 10 declare martial law, "a I
a'.n'N" he has authority TO do under the
-VahIX hllI, and meet force by force. II
would b" Gis-iaCciUl TO see two parties
wi.'n2,iu: over the electoral vote of the
= :" IN that manner. bit il i wrat we arc
.rmng 10. J he Democrats VIII cry out
'.tt the President l. irwin, h carry the
SIT" ~ the liberal Use OF the haynuet, and
,nr Republicans Will yell kuklux and rebel,
ar| another rebellion and the spirit OF 1861
a""oaa in the land. and all that. Times will
20" lively. and poor Carolina will bleed at
''"rv pore, especially the pocket pore.
h" calling out and armiEg Of negro mi
la.
t'r> worse. The hlundcr WAS in calling
I'm out III the first place. The pretencc
"H> that they would suppress the kukluX,
aat the result was that the kukIux SUI
.@~S>,d them. Several companies were or
StHlzcd in each of the upper counties.
They were provided With the best OF arms.
an! mt every Saturday 10 drill. After
ditl they returned to their homes with
their arms. Then it was that the
"sjuX had the advantage AID used
IL. lIIcy would 20 in a body TO the
h'l>r Of militia man and demand
~ cum II he gave it up, all we'll enough;
bat ii !lr refused, they would break into
H. house, beat him numerically, and take
p, cUn. In this way they di>armed a large
Proportion "f the militia. There WAS 4
"ntiuUed demand on the state for more
t!u>. In this way about $50, 0DO was eX-
j. G""5i. 1t was found expensive business
=" am the kukluX and negroes also. In
every conflict the negroes got the worst OF
u. III Union county, where | took par.
'.ruar PANS 10 inquire into this matter, /
na.nd that fifteen negroes had been killed,
al belonging TO the militia, and not single
aukiuX Killed or captured.
lA> would not do, and the stupid blunder
EARNING negro militia in the first place was
iH.tlaily rcctitied byrccallne them. To re-
call tAeu was the best way out o! u biunder :
IN while il has had Il tendency to stop
'"odshed ii has greatly embroidered the hu-
ntdA and their allies. who consider it Il back
Gown on tn par, Of the Radicals, and pre-
i'Ar"> lAcm 10 take still more decisive steps
u The work OF oycrthrowing the present
State government. A. for the Presidents
Proclamation. il amounts to nothing in the
way OF dispensing the clan. He had as we'll
have Issued ono OF Wat,s's hymns for all the
good II VIII do. IL j. not long until the
twenty days will he out, and then what !
\ GREAT ESTATE AWAITING News FROM
,'NE "F IT. HKiRs.-lhc officials Of the War
Department are prosecuting inquiries to
h''aIA evidence Of the death or wherca-
''1'S 81 Frederick William keyser, ma
III" o! Germany. and formerly a Union sol
''' - Hch !ast hcdTu from he was Il PIT
'"l'd PRISONER at Wilmington, n. c., lying
lex ""G not expected TO live but whether
il" u!cd urfccovcrcd is not known. Inquiry
''f more definite information a. to his fate
.- hoW made at the instance OF the Prus-
,i"n Government, who have applied,
through the Consul at Hesse-Darm-
>iAlt, TO our state Department. 1t ap-
pears from the correspondence that this
A'.Gifr l. one Of the heirs OF an estate
'atUed al Il million aud half of dollars, q I'd
IL" singular feature OF the case consists in
~" 'act, IL stated on the German side, that
"a" estate cannot be divided for seventy
!'a'h at.cr the dcceasc Of its former owner,
'IIess The death or whereabouts of this one
't'lf can bt established by satisfactory evil
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