The New York herald., 1871-11-15

present movement OF the government is that the
arr ests now making are not for offences OF recent
years ago. Last spring. when the Congressional
Ku klux Committee was here, Senator Scott OF
the oSrases were not stopped No sooner had the
departed than ex-Leutenant Governor
Cannon began stumping the county against the Ku
warning the people that they were bringing trouble
upon themselves by not energeucaly suppressing
thing rather than give tho government an
law 0r state Senator Foster unsfs ma
Ku kluxism almost entirely ceased. For four
months past there has not been an outrage COM
admit ihls statement to be true. Tney add. how.
ever that the present crusade Is necessary because
sns mnss s beg
and Orderly the military and other S federal ocers rs
Is made TO deny what have written wtl give the
names OF those VINO have made the adm ssion. At
normal condition; at the the very Soar when Better
ieeing was manestlng itself among all parties the
Presidents proclamation appeared. arrests began
past years were reklnded into q blaze.
NO RESISTANCE.
In this county, as IN all the others have visited
cannot ind any case Of resistance to the State or
United States authorities. Two years ago . couple
men N VINO we're engaged in illicitly Disabling Wits Wits
key. No one pretends however tnnJ they were
9 n
Ohio and other States North, and who resist the
revenue oicers This Is the only case o. resismncs
on record. II never give them chance TO resist"
send an overwhelming force 70 arrest them"
osseaa Su' any g0u essr ed Geso o
make arrests without an overwhelming force ~
Major are you not aware na sna sherr Of n
county-a one-armed man-has gone to remote
paris o. % the county nnatssnded, arrested men and
opposltlons" $50 have heard: but did not risk
finding the same submission" put II TO your
readers whether 1t Is fair to assume tnaJ people
Will resist until they have resisted am assured
by OF the most eminent cLizcns that there has
ieueral deputy marshal could not have arrested any
citizen In the county unaded BY the military.
m, a,ss STRANGE xoS rlSeT Man, ~ ,ne
arrests In this county were made before the Presl
dents proclamation appeared. "why, tnen, Major,n,
haSess corpus ~ DS 1T was not suspended because
we could not make arrests" was the reply, "Dut
@ 10 ge h On wa
from u.s." This Is ccrtauly wretchedly poor ex
PLANTATION In the rst place the state courts M nave
state courts are in the hands OF the radicals. But
II the leason here given were the real one why Is 1t
that onena the prisoners have been sent to Column
bia, where the writ OF habeas corpus has not been
suspendedf
CONCLUSIONS
must postpone some other things 1or another day.
My Investigations into the condition Of affairs here
have resulted in my discovering the following
First-That Tor four months past no Ku Klux
outrages have been committed In Spartanburg
Second-Inat the Ku Klux organization was
originally formed Tor the self protection OF Its
members and not lor any special political pur-
1hird-That men OF infamous character entered
the Ku klux organization and perpetrated series
OutraQeS
Iourtls--TLat IN many instances white and black
radicals borrowed the disguses OF the Ku Klux and
outraged their neighbors, knowing tnat the blame
would not be laid upon them.
FJuh-That II the state government OF South Caro-
rupt and infamous political adventurers, aud had
the laws Of the State been lariy and mparttaliy ad
x m ~ Toca nave
Sizh-Tnat there was not any necessity for thesus-
pension OF tine writ OF habeas corpus because there
the citizens resist the warrants Of arrest Every
white man in Spartanburg county could have been
Ssrenhas - % tns Ku Kiux, wSiie formidable in
numbers perh aps never entertained the idea OF re-
ss Mere eas i coaid in single night, asVs
overpowered and annihlated the entire military
| Eigian~That the erect Of the present movement
Is dangerous to the future OF the Union. 1t has
vived old animosmes Ieawakened . e sum6ering SEN
nine counties. but throughout South Carolina and
the South generally.
PUBLlC FEELING.
And now, before close, let me write few pain,
candid words. SO far as the federal authorities
here are concerned 1 have heard no complaints
SON een
man in his manner and behavior, ana all parties
agree in representing hm as performing his official
Reno tne ne military sUoxen Of All
the white citizens as courteous, high-toned gen:
consideration exhibited by these oicials the feet
Of the Presidents proclamation is Still The same.
do NOT hesitate to declare tnat Il President Grant
Congress an increase Of the regular army he could
not have found better one than In this movement.
Thus lar the submission OF tho people has been al
most ab;ect but It does not require unusual pene.
trarlon to perceive that the humiliation Is keenly
fenceiess people today may become fearful strug.
gle with insurrection tomorrow. ] do not say 1t
viii become one but 90 say tnat It VIII be best for
stop to this miserable business before submission
becomes reckless desperation.
The Ku KIux In Union County-Their
Operations Mainly Against CriminaIs-The
Murder Of q Mornonic Negro Preacher
Killing Negro MiIitiamcn for tho Murder Of
a While lIan-The Most Dang crous Ku Klux
Orgnnization Headed by Governor scott
Radical Outrages.
UNIoNvILLE, s. c., Nov. 9, 1871.
Those OF your readers who may have thought that
my previous letters leaned too much on the side OF
the white people OF South Carolina had best under
stand my position now. When enter a county
seek out all classes Of citizens. Suppose radical
offce-holder or politician makes statements to me
damaging TO the peope-I promptly inquire into his
character, for the purpose OF ascertaining II can
place reliance in him. Now, suppose learn that he
was suspended by Methodist Conference Tor
defrauding college, that he had broken up
female seminary because OF his committing
certain specified beasty acts or that he had robbed
the government when he was q revenue collector.
would you have me believe the statements OF such
man in preference to the statements OF citizens
against whose characters not one word can be ut
teredi ] think not When the correspondent OF
ra dical newspaper comes here he never seeks the