The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-04-22
He May Proclaim Martial Law Deny
the Writ Of Habeas Corpus and
Make Arbitrary Arrests,
The Most Infamous Surrender OF
Civil Liberty Ever Made
by any People,
Full Text Of the Ku-klux Bill as
Passed by Congress Last
Thursday.

ing is the full text OF the hu-hluX piii :
AN ACT to enforce the provisions OF the
Fourteenth amendment to the Constltu-
ton of the United States and other pur-
poses.
Belt enacted by the SeLate and House
of Representative Of the United States
of America in Congress assembled,
That any person who, under color OF
any law, statute, ordinance, regulation,
custom or usage of any State, shall
subject or cause to be subjected any
person within the jurisdiction of the
United States to the deprivation Of any
rights, privileges or immunities secured
by the Constitution Of the United
States, shall, any law, statute, ordi-
nance, regulation, custom or usage OF
any State to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, be liable to the party injured in
any action at law or equity, or in the
several District or Circuit Courts Of the
United States, with and subject to the
same rights of appeal, review upon err
ror and other remedies provided in like
cases in such Courts under the provi-
sions Of the act Of April 9, 1866, entitled,
An act to protect all persons in the
United States in their civil rights and
to furnish means for their viadication,
and other remedial laws Of the United
States, which are in their nature appll-
cable to such cases.
Section 2-That if two or more per-
sons within any State or territory Of the
United States shall conspire together to
overthrow or put down or to destroy by
force the Government Of the United
States, or to levy war against the United
States, or oppose by force the authority
Of the Government of the United States,
or by force, intimidation or threat to
prevent, hinder or delay the execution
of any law Of the United States, or by
force to seize, take or possess any prop
erty OF the United States, contrary to
the authority thereof, or by force, in
timidation or threat to prevent any
person from accepting or holding any
office, or trust, or place of confidence
under the United States, or from dis
charging the duties thereof, or by force,
intimidation or threat to induce any
officer of the United States to leave any
State, district or place where his duties
as such officer might be performed, or
to injure him in person or property on
account of his lawful discharge of the
duties Of his office, or to injure his
property so as to modest, hinder or i'm
pede him in the discharge of his official
duty, or by force, intimidation or threat
to deter any party or witness in any
court of the United States from attend,
ing such court, or from testifying in any
matter pending in such court fully and
truthfully, or to injure any such party
or witness in his person or property on
account of his having 80 attended or
testified, or by force, intimidation or
threat influence the verdict, present.
ment or indictment of any petit or
grand juror in any court of the United
States, or to injure such juror in his
person on account Of any YER
dict, presentment or indictment
assented by him on account Of his
being such Juror, or shall conspire to-
gether or 60 in disguise on public high
ways or premises OF another, for the pur-
pose either directly or indirectly of de-
priving any person or any class Of per-
sons equal protection Of the laws, or
equal privileges or immunities under
the laws, or for the purpose Of prevent
ing or hindering the constitutional au-
thorities Of any State from giving or Sc
curing to all persons within such State
equal protection Of the laws, or shall
conspire together for the purpose of
in any manner hindering, impeding, OBJ
structing or defeating the due course Of
justice in any State or Territory with
intent to deny to any citizen Of the
United States due and equal protection
of the laws, or to injure any person in
his peason or property for lawfully en-
forcing the right of any person or class
of persons to equal protection OF the
laws, or by force, intimidation or threat
to prevent any citizen Of the United
States entitled to vote from giving his
support or advocacy in lawful manner
towards or in favor of the election OF
any qualified person as an elector, Presi-
dent or Vice President Of the United
States or as member OF Congress OF
the United States, or to injure any such
citizen in person or property on account
of such support or advocacy, each and
every person so offending shall be
deemed guilty of a high crime, and
upon conviction thereof IN aSy District
or Circuit Court of the United States or
District or Supreme Court Of any Ter
ritory OF the United States having juris-
diction in similar offences, shall be
punished by fine of not less than FIVE
hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment with or
without hard labor, as the court may
determine, for not less than six months
nor more than six years, as the court
may determine, or BY both such fine
and Imprisonment as the court shall
determine; and if any one or more per
sons engaged in any such conspiracy,
shall do or cause to be done any act in
furtherance Of the object OF such con.
spiracy whereby any person shall be
injured in his person or property, or
deprived Of having and exercising any
right or privilege as a citizen Of the
United States, the person so injured or
deprived of such rights and privileges
may have and maintain an action for
recovery Of damages occasioned by such
injury or deprivation of rights and
privileges against any one or more per.
sons engaged in such conspiracy, such
action to be prosecuted in the proper
District or Circuit Court Of the United
States with and subject to the came
rights of appeal, review upon error and
other remedies provided in like cases IN
such Courts under the provisions Of the