Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-11-09
THE KU KLUX REIGN OF
TERROR.
Synopis Of portion of the Testi-
inony taken by the Congressional
Inv Ncstigating Committee.

MISSISSIPPI CONTINUED.


Ion Joshua S. Morris, jackson, At
torney General of Mississippi (native of
Tennessee and resident Of Mississippi for
the last twenty years. testifies that there
is a prejudice against Northern men Which
is very natural after such war;" and
that this prejudice is intensified and some
times grows into hostility and persecu-
ton when Northern man interfcres with
politics adversely to the views of the peo-
pie by whom he is surrounded. But if he
is Il Democrat, or does not interfere with
politics, they treat him well, or ''passably
well, at least" Witness thinks this pre-
judice is fostered by leading Democratic
politicians. He has been present at pub
lie meetings where Republican speakers
were subjected to insult or violence.
Two teachers from the eastern part of
the State came to jackson 10 complain to
witness and the Governor of outages
which had been perpetrated upon them
by armed and disguised bands of men,
'swho had beaten and maltreated them to
such an extent that they could not CON
tinue their schools" Witness has never
heard of any one being molested or threat
ened except Republicans.
The next witness is Cornelius Mcbride.
He opened a colored school in 1870, about
three miles south of Sparta, in Chicka-
saw county. In March last there was a
raid made by the KuKlux over several
counties in that part of the State, and a
number of school houses were burned
but having commenced his school with
the general consent of the white people of
the neighborhood, witness felt secure, and
continued teaching. On Thursday night,
during the last week in March; the house
where he was boarding was surrounded
by Ku Klux. He jumped through win
dow and ran for his life, being fired al
several times. He concealed himself in
a negro cabin, but was dragged out anf
taken to field about half a mile from the
house, being struck several times on tn,
tways thitliers withfhe flat of bowie knive.
4 and the but end of a pistol. Ills shir
(the only garment he had on) was thel
torn off, and two men held him dowr
while a third ceinmenced lashing hin
With black gum switches. one hundret
and seventy-fve lashes were administer
ed, and they threatened then to hang him
He saw rope suspened from 4 tree nea
4 by, and, concluding they meant to execute
ltheir threat, darted away, the shot whiz
4 zing past him as he ran He made hi
escape however, without further injury
and a few days later left the neighbor
hood. These men charged him with la
boring ito make the niggers the equals o
the whites" saying, Cd d-n you
don't you know that this is white man
country?" They informed him that the,
were not going to allow such thing as
colored school in the county Witnes
had voted with the Republican party ant
had advised colored people to vote SC
but had never taken an active part il
politics.
Witness knew of several other teacher
who were shot at.
An old man named Burt Moore, a South
, ern man, had opened colored school as
: means of earning a support for himsel
: and family. A notice was placed on th
school-house door as follows: "Mr. Bul
Moore, we do not want to hurt you, bu
you must stop teaching this school, Fl