The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-11-23

MONY.l4he iCOlumOla correspondent 'OI Une
Charleston Ne,uslshows the manner of getting
uptesemonv; upon which ito convict respecta-
BILE citizens of belonging to the oKu., Klux or
ganization .i''Ha,unf .''''7'i ~
A'@% mere Of the alleged Ku Klux prisoners
have been brought to the Jail in this CITY, and
thet arrests I'M York, Spartanburg and Union
cohhties are becoming more fapidand numerous.
ThsIlaEe arrivals at the jail are from Spartan
b,irGpahd they oraanifestithe7 same cl1rf0as ca
gcrness to accuse ther1selves96f the most horri:
Bile crimes that has been remarked in the other
voluntary Victims from from that ateounty. An inter-
siewwith ,few,of them.to=day, resulted only
in arepetitiouidf the fanciful stories of grips
and oaths and. eonntersigns with such elahora-
tions as their Imagination (ot may it not be,
theifiihstructions, could supply. The sight Of
these poor wretches and the rehearsal Of their
storiescahnot fail to convince any one; t.lat
their organization, whatever it may be- is not
the organization commonly understood as the
Ku Klux .Klah;. Many !df them are colored
half OF, them are Radicals, and most of the lat
ter are members, and no doubt tools, of the
Loyal League, a far more dangerous organiza-
titon to the peace of South Carolina than the
Xii Klux bogy. One fiction that is maintained
in regard to these selfaccusing marauders is SO
transparent as to be an insult to the intelligence
of the people Of this State. This nction Is
that the so-called confessions of these people
are voluntary and genuine. All of the officials
take pains TO tell me that they do not invite
such Confessions, and that indeed, they tell
each candidate for nartrydoni that If ne makes
confession II must be of his own free will and
sccord, and not from hope of pardon; but eve
iy6ody knows that by the old common law, on
Which. theipfaGtiee of the UiitedISta Courts
is based, this is a necessary legal formallty
which must be observed TO- enable, the COMES
sons TO be used in court, and it is necessary for
the purposes Of this prosecution that these con;
fessions should be used in court, not as against
tile confesssing parties, but for the purpose Of
conyictine other and .non-confessing citizens
whom these cow1iardly and peTured wretches
almost invariably implicate in. their athdav1ts
The. Whole trick and device Of this gigantic
process of suboInation of perjury Is garlng-
" 2aipopasrent A full and honest investigation,
if such a one could: be hoped for, would show
that process is as follows is doze93 Ct We low
est members in the Loyal League a flnb Of GER
selves as repEentant. Ku. Kslux, and furnished
WITH stories te repeat ia the form Of confessions,
Which. being iinyented in colllsioa, bear enough
siImiarriik TO be somewhat plausible, and which
include lists Of alleged members ofa "K9u Klux
Dem among whom are such Of the decent men
Of tRat ~ continuity as have had the misfortune
and q the. honor TO, be, hated by the Loyal
Leagues The confessing leaggIers are then in
most cases thrust into jail for the sake of con-
sistency, and the arrest Of their neghbors be-
gins. No, writ Of habeas corpus can be inter-
posed to save the latter; they a!e crowded IN
suited and starved in filthy jail for weeks, puy
ghrough. mockery of a trial before a jury Sc.
leected by other Loyal Leagpers (coliectorss rs Of
Wits Of the original confessols, whe, it is need
less to add, will be discharged. Could the hate
Of party, the prostitution of power or the in
genuity of demons go further il, -