Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1871-12-13

the militia. Meantime the cry of Ia.
timidation Of voters went on 10 tho
very day of election. Whether tho
negroes were intimidated / explain il
my analysis of the vote cast in thesp
"ihsurrectionary" counties.
RADICAL PARTISAN MALIGNITY.
Relying upon tho support of the
government the negroes ran to federal
civil and military officers with com.
plants in any number. If ho got into
quarrel with a whito man and was
beaten he hurried to report u Ku Klux
outrage; il he was threatened with
violence he was off to make a com
plant. Triyial,ics which no Justice
of the ponce in the North would no,
lice were gravely listened 10 by par
tlsnn officials and made the burden of
long'windcd official reports. Full
faith was placed in his er parte state.
men,s. Only this day negro rushed
into the presence Of II federal official,
with whom | was convcrsing, com
planning that his employer-a planter
living twelve miles from ChesleryilIe
-hnd swindled him out OF the fruits
of his labor by not giving him his
righlinl share Of the crop Upon the
mere statement of the negro the Off
ciaI in question decided that he had
been swindlcd. There was no reser.
walton Of opinion until the other side
OF the case was heard. | suggested
the injustice of the thing. "Why not
wait until you hear what the employer
has TO say 2" "Of course ho would
have story all ready TO tell me-"
was the reply. No explanations will
ever satisfy this individual that tho
negro lied Full of prejudice against
the Southern whites he will not be-
lieve anything they say. 1t is this
blind partisan hate which has enabled
the press to record an enormous mum.
ber OF outragcs. When the Ku Klnx
Committee of Congress was in this
part OF the State it received the er
pdne statements of hundreds of ne,
grOcs, aud left it to the solitary Demo.
cratic member (Mr. Van TRUMP TO
ascertain whether or not they waro
true. Of course one man could not
perform the work, aud thus hundreds
OF outrages were reported to Congress,
many Of which had no existence. As
you are probably aware, the witnesses
before the committee were paid 81
per day for their attendance As
soon us the fact Of such payment was
made public the committee was abso.
lutely besieged with negro witnesses.
At Spartanburg the jam was abso,
lutely tremendous, and sin less than
no time" record OF 500 outrages
which had been perpetrated within
four months was obtained. have
not the slightest idea that there wero
l5O bona fde outrages perpetratod by
the Ku kluX within that space of
time. UnquesliouabIy the federal
officials here will deny these things,
but the men who will unhesitatingly
declare II white gentleman guilty Of
theft because negro says he is, and
without hearing what he has ~ say,
are not the men in whose denial much
reliance can be placed.
NE0WoEs "DENoUNCINo" WHITE MEN.
in Chester county ! hear the same
complaints against Governor Scott,
the same story of corruption and tho
same reports of outragcs by the Ku-
Klux ns have found elsewhere. Up
TO the present time no arrests havo
been made, but | understand that tho
work Of taking prisoners will begin
in few days, probably on Monday.
No sooner had the arrests in York
county begun than panic broke out
here. Between forty and fifty resi-.
dents Of this village left ami went
elsewhere, declaring that they would
not remain and risk arres,. Quile II
number OF planters u 50 went into
voluntary exile, which fact is spoken
of by ;he official. rs unimpeachablo
evidence OF their guilt. The names
of men to be arrested have all been
obtained. For weeks past four negroes
of this village are known lh have
been actively engaged in denouncing
white men To the authorities. Tho
chief of these iniOrmerS is notorious
negro named Ben Michael, who holds
the position OF free school commits
sioner. lie bears the reputation of
being one OF the most dangerous black
sooundrels in the State. Three dis
tinct attempts have been made TO
burn the town Of Chcsterrlle, which
contains more whites than negroes,
aud ia each attempt Michael has been
something more than suspected OF be-
ing the leader of the incendmrics. lie
has, besides, been conspicuous for his
efforts to stir up strife among the
negroes aud whites, and is an exceed
ingly insOlcnt fellow The next in.
former is Il negro named Major Brown.
OF this mun ] need not say anything
more excepting that he was convicted
OF rape ia this town aud sentenced to
the pentenliHry, and that Governor
Scott pardoned him The other two
intormers are named Tobe Lee and
George Mills, both worthless charao'
ters aud excessively insolent IN their
manners. All OF these negroes were
once slaves, aud all are influential
among men of their own color 1t is
not unlikely that dozens OF white
men will be arrested upon their state
mcnts. Those Of thc citizens who
have remained here are calmly await
ing whatever fate may be in store for
them. Almost every man has made
up his mind that he viii be arrested;
hence it he is not the disappointment
will be an agreeable one
INSTANCES OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The records OF this county abounds
in cases showing the prostitution of
Justice by aud maludminisuation Of
Governor Scott. One OF the most no.
toriuns cases is that of u white Radi-
cal named Mcmillan, who was con-
victed by Radical jury of stealing
cotton (tho principal kind of theft in
this county, Before sentence was
passed upap him Governor Scott sent
him pardon. Heaven knows this
vas bad enough, but the Governor