The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-10-24
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people Of South Carolina, is truly won,
derful. The exposure of falsehooi after
falsehood, as they appeared III its 90.
lumns, seems to have operated asino
check upon its conrse. It1is. still the
vehicle of slander, and the mouth. piece
Tor all who wish to malign and traduce.
Its correspondents find in the editor of
the Union an able ooadjutor, who, with
sacred care, guards from public view the
treasures Of his choice. No one can
succeed 30 we'll as he in aggtnvating and
magnifying difficulties of private cha
raoter into sensational crimes and Ku
Kinx horrors. His success, however,
has lost him the esteem and respect OF
every reputable gentleman. This rene.
gade of his kind has only dipped his pen
in the bitter hate of the New Epglander.
and written the record of his own infa.
my. But for the sweet morsel of offul
presented to its renders as .'fresh ont.
RACES" from Luurens County, the Union
and Its satellites, who feed by lying and
siake their their thirst with evil-spenk-
ing, would have received no attention
from us. But the insigni6canoe of the
accuser is somewhat lost in the mapni-
tude of the accusation.
The Union says:
while the United States Marshal is
at work arresting Kn Klux in Spartan.
burg County, the Khan ore busy with
their operations in Laurens County
Yesterday, ooiored man reached this
olty, from Laurens, who had been bru-
tally whipped and ordered to leave the
Oounty; and intelligence has reached
here to the effect that outrages by whip
ping are, common in many portions of
that seotion.'' ,i i i'ns-s,E,Il
Grnnting that negro man was whip
ped aud abused; where does the Union
get the right of charging it to the ac-
count OF supposed secret organization,
known as the Ku Klux KIan? Why did
not the Union give the name of the in
]ured party, and the circumstances
accompanying the ASSAULT Because
neither the one nor the other would
have answered the purpose OF the writer.
The name would lead to the truth, and
the circumstances would not sustain him
IN the false allegation. Now, we have
been at considerable pains to ascertain
the amount OF truth contained in this
sensational ''outrage," and we think the
following will shear it Of all its horror:
few mornings since, we are told
that party Of men were engaged in O
fox hunt. In scampering over the coun-
try, one OF the party came across negro
man with whom he had had personal
difficulty. Words soon led to blows.
and we understand that the white man
did strike the negro few blows over
the head with pistol or stick, we
couidn'e ascertain which. But another
one OF the party, who also knew the ne
gro well, coming up, Immediately put q
atop.to the difficulty. It is also proper
to add that the assailant was under the
influence OF liquor at the time, and
there is no telling what kind of language
ne may have used. We will state still
further. that the assailant, Us we are in
formed, is not Of this County The
difficulty was altogether of a private and
personal character, yet the Union pro-
claims it to the world as an outrage
committed by the mysterious Khan. So
much for the truth and go much for the
Union. AS to ''outrages by whipping
beihg common in this section, the asser-
ton is totally and malioiously false.
We challenge the Union to the enumera-
tion. Either make the count or back
down from the position. I
The Union again saye: stt
'One man, accompanied by his family,
from the neighborhood Of Clinton,
reached here yesterday. having been
compelled to leave on account of his Re-
publican sentiments."
:;tAgain We ask, why did the Union with
hold the name of the man who carried
thib' piece of delightful information to
Columbia? To give it could result in
no lbjury. and it would certainly open
up q path to truth. But here we will
COME to the help Of the Union. Was it
not one ''Mr. Kearns," known in this
section as ''Josh?" Previous to his de-
parture, Josh was engaged in the neigh
borhood OF Clinton in picking cotton ut
seventy-fiye cents per hundred. He was
neither abused nor denounced for his
political opinions. Josh gave his reu.
sons for going to Columbia. He said
that he could not get along with his con
cnbine-(he is not married to the wo.
mani THAT he intended to sell his plum
der and go off, leaving the woman on
the hands of her mother. Good men
will testify to the above. So ends an.
other sensational COURAGE" Is the
Union satisied2
Again the Union says:
'.Ths better way for the colored men,
thus prosecuted. is to leave the County. y
Six or eight months ago it wonld have
advised q connter-organization to the
Ku KiIv ronnu tho l,InuI,c