Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-03-24
ourRaeEs In SOUTH CAROLINA.

. The newspapers have been filed for some
time past with stories of Ku-Klux out
RACES in South Carolina, many of which,
we have no doubt, were exagerations; but
that deplerable state of affairs exists,in
that State, as well as in portions of North
Carolina, we think is indisputable. Gov.
Scott has been doing all in his power to
suppress these outrages, for which he has
been cursed and abused by Democratic
politicians generally. Last week, he in
yited number of leading men of the State,
who differ with him politically, to meet
him at the State capital and give him their
views as to the best manner of restoring
peace and good order in the commonwealth.
A number of them went, and treated Gov.
Scott with that consideration and respect
to which his position entities him. But
among them was man named Kershaw,
late Major General in the Confederate SER
vice, who made an insolent and insulting
speech, proposing as a remedy for Ku Klux
outrages that all Republican officials
should resign their positions, and thus con-
ciliate. the masked gentlemen who have
assumed the task of controlling affairs in
that State by violence, murder, and out
fages generally. Such advice is not likely
to contribute much to the improvement of
society there. Two days after Kershaw's
insoIent speech, posters were put up in
Union county, warning certain county Of
feers to resign. lssr.r,,ei
Here is copy of the notice posted up,
which we clip from the New York 75i.
6nne:. : So i7 --. Eas
HEADQUARTERS NINTH DIVISION, S. c., SPE.
cIAL ORDERS. No. 8, K.K.K.-"Ignoranee il
the curse of God" E4ssaasfr 80 81
=, For this reason we are determined that mem
bers of the Legislature, the School Commission
ers, and the County Commissioners of Union
Fifteen (l6l days notice from this date is
given, and if they, one and all, do not at once
and forever resign their present inhuman, dis
graceful and outrageous rule, then retributve
justice viii as surely be used as night follows
day.
Also AN honest man is the noblest work OF
For this reason, if the Clerk of the said Board
cfGounty Commissioners and School Commits
sionsrs does not immediately renounce and re-
linquish his present position, then harsher mea-
surss than this will most assuredly and certain-
~ be used. For confirmation, reference is
made to the orders heretofore published in the
Union Weekly Times and Yorkville Enquirer,
will more fully and completely show our in
tention. By order Of the Grand Chief aa
A. o., Grand Secretary.
March 9, AID, 1871. So
In obedience to this order, the Sheriff,
County Commissioners and School Com
missioners resigned, leaving the county
without officers, and the Democrats have
asked the Governor to order special cleo.
tion.g We copy special dispatch to Wash
ington, and copied in the Tribune. =
sfs'ss 0rrTcE OF TRIBUNE, CoLUHBrA.s sc. :
March 10, 187N930 PM
? l. Cess Carpenter, Bigger and A. Parker. Of
Clarendon, were taken to the swamp on We'd
nesday night, by disguised men, tied to trees,
and were about TO be shot, when they saved
themselves, as did at Laurens, BY Masonic
signs. The leader told Bigger and A. Parker
that he could insure their lives but "a hours in
the State. They have lain out nights. and
finally reached here E. w. EvERsoN.
The correspondent of the Tribune adds
-Bisger's property, consisting of store, house
stock. &C.. was burned by the Ku-Klux last
Decenber simply because he bought and
traded In she produce of the negroes while hs
was tied to tree and made to witness it. He
had been to Columbia TO obtain relief from the
Legislature, and had just returned home when
a The latest news from the capital of South
Carolina is that GOV. Scott State Treasurer
Parker, and Comptroller General Neagle, re-
ceived notice from the Ku-Klux, on Friday, To
quit the State. Attorney General Chamberlain,
OF South Carolina, will meet the President To-
morrow, and ask that troops be sent to the State
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