The New York herald., 1871-12-01

c0nciscly possible, precisely as ottainea u from
| the most reliable sources or Information m this
! town. NO amount OF ingenuity torture It into
| Ku Kiux outrage. Upon wn0m the responsibility
iay all the blame The whites. II were 10 yield
| to their representations | would report any number
OF no rors ana charge the entire white population Of
/ South Carolina with beng liars, thieves, murdere,s
1 ana hard hearted brutes But | will not
hence i have no doubt that every one OF them
/ RYsIER wARvEn.
The man Ryster. whose name have mentioned
| In the preceding sentences, was one or the worst
| men In ihs county. He was unpopular with every.
| body in Chestervllle. Al the election for Mayor.
previous TO the riot he received only thlrty-six
/ OF LOT negro radical vOtes the ma 0rity OF the me-
| groes voting for the democratic candidate. nave
not heard even rad cal say anything favorable Of
! Rysler. He possessed cons ideraLle influence with
the country negroes ami was persistent Ills Efforts
| to STIR up strife between the races. The Ku klux
| brought his career TO q sudden close BY ordering
him 10 quit the county. fyster obeyed the orncr
Iawless ACTON Of the Klan but no person wll DENY
| that 1t rid the county Of . very bad character.
SUMMING Ur.
TO sum up the record OF Chester county must
condemn the ku kiux anu repeat that their organt-
cation was due to bad government. lpcend, ,arism
and threats Of incendiarIsn, dishonest Ofhclals,
! wholesale pardontng o. criminals. roDberles the
armng OF the negroes and refusal arm the whites
| all these combined Win hitter opposition 10
| the negro government Of the State 10 produce
state OF affairs IN every the word deplOrabic.
by the Ku Klux Some OF Inc outraVes were most
damnaby brutal; but have neither pity Tor sym.
pathy for the political party which has suffered oy
them.
Alarming Accounts Of Inccndia rism-Negro
Insolence tho Provoking Cause Of tho Ku
Klux Outra zas-iSnnds oi Bogus IA KIux-
Good Treatment OF the Prisoners by tho
United States Authorities-.Yhat viii Be
the End Of Ice
Y0RKvILLE, 8. O., Nov. l6 1871.
The famous declaration OF Lord Palmerston In
relation 10 the Schleswig- -iIosien question, that
but one man understood It thoroughly, and lie was
dead, may be justly applied to the social and poll.
cal question In this county. What with the asser.
tons OF federal officials, white and black radical
leaders ana negroes on the one hand, and white
cllizens In general on the o'ner, one is put into
about as wolul q quandary as can be imagined.
ORGANIZATION or THE KHAN.
On cne point only Is everybody agreed ana It Is
that since December last this county has been IN
terrible condition. Sitting Us well AZ cau out of
a tremendous mass OF conflicting evidence, ali the
facts that seem truthful, am able to send you the
following recOr las Tar back as 1858 Of
a secret organization was formed IN this count,
which, however, did practically nothng In The way
Of ntimidating voters or perDetraling outragcs 1t
continued To exist In semi coma'ose state until
shortly prior 10 the election OF last year. when 1t
suddenly reused Itself into terrible activity, effect
ing litlle 1t Is true, until after Scott
and the radical county candidates nai been elected
L
awaken it to life. but shall conllne myself this
and the succeeding paragraph to its operations.
Soon after the election rlmors became current at
intervals that a secret Organization, known as the
Ku kiux Klan, was engaged In whipping negroes.
In December negro, namod iioundtrce, was mlr.
dered In the northwestern part OF the county, aDa,
although some men were arrested. the legal eXanl
nation whicn followed resulted In their acquittal
and discharge During the following month the
OutraQes Increased IN number, the mysterious Or
ganzation acting with the most rcmorselcss activity
and with the utmost secrecy
NEGROES MURDERED AND WHIPPED.
Every succeeding month until early IN May wit.
messed in the number Of these oulragcs.
Negroes were whipped-s0me In most brutal man
ner; q few women were also whipped and i've
other negroes murdered AT the lncipiency OF the
Ku Klux operations numerous citizens OF the county
openly denounced them. Alter q while these citi-
Zcns became silcnt-a few from terror the great
ma ority from causes which shall hereafter men,
ton. Negroes and a few whites VINO had heretofore
acted with the radical party suddenly published
cards in the Yorkvillc EnQuir.r announcing that
hereafter they would vote with the democracy
Meantime the iashing, shooting and hanging went
on. One night the Ku Kux made big raid into TINS
town anu tried 10 get hod OF white man named
E. NJ. Rose then County Treasurer, and negro
preacher, named Tom Wright, IN boih or winch
enoris they failed. Whatever the motive which
prompted the Ku Klux in their RAIDS. 1t Is certain
that politics had something to do with It, The Tats
were numerous; sometimes failing To elect the OBJ
Ject sought; most frequently resulting IN more OF
less aDominablc outrage. Occasionally the Ku Kux
Khan promulgated orders and other documents
which the pubIc were permitted see. al OF which
expressed the determination 10 punish crime anu
fraud anu to put an end to negro rule IN South Car
DINA think that even Colonel Merrill and District
Attorney Corbin will admit that have adhered
most mnexbiy to astatcment OF what occurred in
two foregoing paragraphs.
THE CAUsEs-lNsOLEACs or THE NEGRO MILITIA.
If had stopped with the last paragraph but one
IMPRESSION could lie formed, and 1t would be inat
some hundreds Of vile semi bal bar0us wretches,
filed with spirit OF political intolerance. had
vented their hatred upon delenccless negroes. be-
cause these latter wond not vote rs they demanded
ana 'lnauguratcd help in South Carolina. Here Is
precisely where Colonel Merrill District Attorney
Cornn aud all the radical leaders IN the state would
have ne stop; but here is precisely the point at
winch l dare not stop, without doing violence
to every scntmeps OF Harness and impair
iiality which the HERALD imprcsses upon
the minds OF Its correspondents ! am
assured ,nat probably fifteen hundred
IN York couaty were members OF the ku Kiux klan
and 800 more In lul sympathy with II. Now, as
there are only 1855 hte men III the county, am
to conclude that 1000 Of them are savagcss This Is
rather sti, to be sure; especially as have Already
met large number OF decidedly well educated ana
cultured gentlemen here Perhaps ! am old.iaslt
toned in my IDEAS, nave iah III tile white race
Well, that faith prompts to hea the other side.
II Is singular coincidence that the outbreak by the
ku Klux last year followed the armlng OF the
negroes 10y the Governor ana his refusal to arm the
wnIes Breech-loadlng r,nes OF the most approved
pattern, with an abundant supply OF metallic car.
trdges OF the proper callbrc. were sent to YORK
county aud placed In tie hands Of negroes. Six
companies OF back militia were organized, nearly
every one OF their officers being negroes. Depend.
Ing entirely upon the statement OF gentleman Who
IL very bitter upon the ku Klux, ON compelled to
report that the negro militia were exceedingly ins0.
ie.,. tnat they threatened the whites and INDUCED
IN dcmonstiatlvss admirably calculated 10 excite
..- Af no NIL