Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-10
LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PONDER.
KU-KLUX DIABOLISM.

KU-KLUX DIABOLISM.
Eleven Pregnant Facts Brought
To Lig nc by the Congressional
Investigating Committee.-ItS
Democratic Paternity. its Hell
hsh Party Features and Pur-
pose.
The Congressional Committee in
vestigating ihe Ku KluX viliainly-
ub-cummitten in Washington. aud
another sub committee in South Caro-
liua-have now been in daily session
more tLan two months, and have had
before them many scores of witnesses
fIom all sections OF the late Insurrec-
tionary States-men Of both high and
humble station--Presiding Eliers.
Preachers, ex- Members Of the Federal
Congress and eX Members of the
Confederate Congress, eX Generals of
both armies, Governors aud eX Gov
ernors, Judges, Solicitors, Sheriffs,
Revenue Officers, Officers of the
Army, Post masters School Teachers,
Rcpentant md Nonrepentant mem
bers of the Ku KiuX Klans. and doz-
ems of their manned and suffering
victims, black and white.
And what has this patient and
thorough investigation established
and established beyond all future
cavil and question? These atrocious
Facts:
l. That in all the late Insurrection-
ary States, and generally ditrused.
though not found in evelv County. is
an oath bound Secret Organization,
working only at night. and its mem
hers always lu disguise. with officers,
Signs, Signals, Pass words. Grips,
and all the necessary parapherualia,
W til the Pledged and Sworn purpose
of putting dorm tie Republican aud
puttiny up the Democrat C patty; ;
known in different localities among
the initiated by different names, but
everywhere recognized bv the gener
al cognomen 'ku Klux."
2. That the organization came into
being Il few months previous to the
last Presidential Election, during
which canvass il was in its most Wig
olous condition. bus is now thro lgh
all the South, with more efficient dis
Gil line and effective direction than
ever, reviving, in preparation for the
next Presidential campaign, when. as
they told one of their victims in Ten
nes>ee a few weeks since, mo id
Radical voting is to be allowed in any
Southern State, by black or white"
3 That this Ku KluX organization
is the preneditated and determined
scheme for carving the South ut the
next election of President, and so,
10y securing the entire electoral vote
OF that section; making sure the eleo-
Cion of Democratic nominee
4. That the officers and establishers
ol these ,'Dens' as they appropriate
lv call their separate band') are the
.ading and active politicians of the
South
3 That the scheme has the hearty
good will OF a large :ection of the
Democratic party in all those States,
and the acq iescence of nearly the
entire party.
6. That the direct and chief purpose
at the organization, as sworn by all
the Victims, as the assertion uniform
ly made to them hy these midnight
assasslns, and corrobOrated by the
universal testimony Uf the repentant
and divulging members of the Order.
is this: The putting down of the Re
publican nd the putting up of the
Democratic p ,rty'
z That wnile the Democratic and
Ku Klux Witnesses on their direct
examination usually deny the political
purpose of the Order, asserting that
the ku kluX are social necessity
growing out OF The abolition of the
old Patrol: that they have to ride the
country to keep Niggers in their
place :" that under the influence OF
Radical Legislation and Methodist
Preaching the Niggers are liable to
become saucv,. and without an occa-
sional Ku KluX visit would "begin to
think themselves as good as white
folks = and that these frequent flogg-
ings and an occasional murder. are
necessary to maintain such a state OF
morals among the Blacks as will per-
nit the vice hating Whites to live in
their neighborhood; yet, on the
cross examination, these Witnesses
also very generally. as well as very
reluctantly. confess that the intimida-
ton of Republican votes is a promi-
nent and not to be regretted result.
s. That to secure this purpose, the
putting down Of the Republican and
the puttiDg-up of the Democratic
parry, Intimid; on is tie grand meas
ure-the intimidation of Republican
voters, black aud white, but especial
ly the humble and defenceless, by
Midnight Raids; by Burning Houses
and Stores and the destruction ol
Crops hy Whippings of such extreme
cruelty as often to end in Deata'
by most indecent and painful Main.