The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-05

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srAl .oE fall details Of Tie OpsF1ii0ns o.
last year, and fOg Comparative Staiements
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Ku.KLUx MRIsUKEL
There has been imposai upon the III.
tIsIliJs brAnch u the government the eI.
eealI11 q The act Of CO5gTess, APPROVED
April %. 1871. and commonly kD1vu a.
tie K1.KluI hT-
InGTaEtiou Of The State Of South Caro-,
liza, the necat.iiy d the course p1rs0ed
will be demonstrated By the report Of the
eOmmiiiee 70 investigate the Southern
OutrlgeA Under the prOTisio1s q the
above sci, Issued proclamation calling
the GttenliOD d the people OF the United
states 10 the sane, and declaring my re-
l1ct1ncs 70 execute any a the e1uGOrdi'
nary pOEerS thereby Conferred upon me
except in Gaze Of imperative necessity,
bat making known my PuTpose 70 eIer'
cise such poSeTS Whenever it should be.
come Necessary W do 50 Tor the purpasG
Of securing " al Citizens Of the Uni.
ted State tie peaceful enjoyment ot
the rights guaranteed To them by the
Constitution 1nd lbe laws. Aiisr the
passage Of this lAv, Information was re-
ceiVed from time 10 time that cOmbinA.
tiOns a the character referred TO in this
Law existed and were powerful in many
parts Ol the southern States, particularly
in certain counties in the State Of South
Carolina Careful investigation was
made and II was ascertAined that in nine
counties Dt that State such combinations
were active and powerful, embracing a
sufficient portion Ol the citizens 70 con.
trnl the loyal authority, and having,
among other things, the object Of depFiY.
ing the ernADcipated class Of the suhstan.
tilI benefits Of freedom and u preventing
the free political action Of tLOse citi.
zsn5 who did moi EympAthiLe with their
own views, Among the Republicans
there were frequent scOurgiDgs and oCca.
siODAl AssassinaliOns. These were gen.
orally perpetrAied at night by disguised
persOns, the victims in almost al Cases
being citizens Of different political Senu.
mens from their own, or freediperSons
who had shown a disposition 10 claim
equal rights with other cilZenA Thou.
sands OI inOfrnsiYe and well-disposed
citizens were sufferers by this lSwless
violence. ThereupOn on the goth Of OctO-
Der, 1871, q proclamation was Issued 10
terms d the law, calling upon the mem.
bers Of the combinations " disperse within
five days, and 70 deliver 70 the marshal or
military officers Of the United States
all arms, ammunillOns, uniforms, dis.
guises and other means and imple.
mens used by them Tor carrying out
their unlawful purposes. This warning
not having been needed, on the 18th Of
October another probation was Issued,
suspending the writ Of hdleIS corpus In
nine counties in that State. Direction
was given that within the counties 30
designated persons supposed, upon rella
bic information, 10 be members OF ouch
unlawful combinations, should be arrest
ed by the military forces Of the United
States and delivered 10 ihe Marshal 10 be
dealt with according 70 law. In two Of
said cOunties-YOrk and Spartanburg-
many arrests have been made. At the
last account the number Of. persons thus
arrested was one hundred and sixty.
eight several hundred whose criminallty
was ascertained 70 be Of an inferior de.
gree, were released for the present
These have generally made COMES.
sions Of their guilt. Great caution has
been exercised In making these arrests,
and notwithstanding the large number,
II IL believed that no innocent person Is
now In custody. The prisoners will be
held Tor regular trial before the judicial
tribunals Of the United States. AS soon
a. II appeared that the authorities Of the
United States were about 10 take vigorous
measures 10 enforce the law, many per.
sons absconded, and there is good ground
for surprising that all such persons have
violated the law. A foil report Of what
has been done under this law will be sub.
milted TO Congress by the Attorney Gen
eral.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
In Utah there still remains remnant
Of barbarism repugnant 10 civilization,
decency and to the laws Of the United
States. Territorial officers, however,
have been lOnnd who arc willing 10 per.
form their duly In spite Of equity and
with a due sense Of sustaining the majesty
Of the law. Neither pOlygamy nor any
other violation OF the existing statutes
viii be permitted within the territory OF
the United States. Its not with the re-
ligion Of the seli.styled Saints that we
are dealing, but their practices. They
will be projected In the worship Of God
accounting 70 the dictates Of their con:
sciences, but they will not be permitted
10 violate laws under the cloak Of re-.