Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-08-10


the acquiesence of nearly the whole
Party. sseisa -. si5..'s 'a5ial8
+ Is. That the direct and chief purpose
of the organization, as sworn by ali the
Victims, as the assertion uniformly
made to them by these midnight as
sassins, and correlated by the univers-
al testimony Of the Repentats and di,
vulging members of the Order, is this
The putting down of the Republican
party and the putting up of the Demo
cratic party 4;lezf -s-fz 5sf - q :
= z That while the Democratic and
Ka-klux Witnesses on their direct ex-
animation usually deny the positical
purpose of the Order, asserting that the
Ke4klux are social necessity growing
out Of the abolition of the old Patrol;
that they have to ride the country to
keep the niggers in their place. that
under the influence of Radical Legisia-
ton and Methodist Preaching the Mig
gers are liable to become saucy,D and
without an occasional Ku-kiux visit
would begin. to think. themselves as
good as white folks,,n and that these fre-
que1t floggings, and an occasional mnr-
del, are necessary to maintain such q
state OF morals among the Blacks as
Will permit the xiceshating Whites to
live instheir neighbour yet,soa the
Eeross-examination, these Witnesses also
very generally, as well as very reluet-
antly confess that the intimidation OF
Republican voters is a prominent and
not 10 be regretted result. s---'syois si,si'2
81. That to secure this purpose, the
pntfing down of the Republican and
the putting mp of the Democratic party,
Intimidation is the grand measure
the Intimidation of Republican voters,
black and white, but especially the
humble and defenceless, BY Midnight
Raids; burning Houses and Stores, and
the destruction OF Crops; by Whip
pings Of such extreme cruelty as often
TO end IN Death; by MOST indecent and
painfnf Maiming; by Assassination and
Murder in such c0wardly manner and
with such h9llish device as may strike
terror into whole counties, and bring
down the Republican vote from two or
three thousand to. less than a single
ii 9s THAT sSchooI-teaehers, ,f siaad
HPreachers of ihe Methodist Church
North, seem to be the especial abhor-
renee OF, these Democratic Assassins;
and hundreds of School l-houses and
Method dist Churches have been given
to the flames. and ChristondOH1 will
stand aghast when it is made known
the scores of Schoo -teach hers and Meth
odist Preachers, who, by this Demo-
cratic agency, WITHIN these three years,
have been Whipped! Shot IT, Hung !!
and, in SOME instance, it is believed,
,Bnfned at the Stake! .aHo5 .
DO. That in neaFly0ne4h half the States
of the Union this work of hell As, now
going on, by ynight--every month extend
ing The range of its Bloody operations,
and fearfnIIy muitiply ying' the number
lOf its victfmSt t-.-.--.--- Z ii;ia 900 1Ias
gsa11. That 1t is solely and immediately
In the service of the Democratic Party
ia large portion of the party South
heartily approvIng-large. numbers of
the party North attempting its pallia-
tim by excuse, and its shelter nom
seofn by covering up or denying its
crimes, as if cowardly Assassination
coald be palliated, and brutal Murder
excused the Democratic Party
throughout the land rejoicing in its
promise Of help. So. either by open
and acknowledged action, or by the no
less criminal and the more, cowardly
participation ofex xtenuating and shield
ing the crime, the. party, South and
North, becomes before the people and
before God equal sharers in the respon-
sibility. -
- Out of the months of more than two
hundred Witnesses isevery syllable of
this established; and more than ten
thousand of the shroudless Dead from
hidden places by Wayside, in swamp
and mountain, and from the sleepless
ashes of fired homes, shout their ghast-
ly AMEN s,agI fl,1li ii.,is
.r A single instance of these thousand
lOutrages perpetrated upon an Ameri-
can citizen. on. foreign soil, will be
thought ample cause for war and our
entire Navy would hasten to enforce
the Nations Indignation. And such
abuse as is. daily meted out to these
humble Method list Preachers, if offered
one Of our Missionaries on heathen
ground, would ar ouse the. whole
American church until every mind,
was laden with demands for Protec-
tion."
= The thanks of all citizens who love
Right and hate Rapine are gdue the
faithful men of this Committee. who,
forgetting their own ease, have sobia-
dustriOusly devoted these hot months
to the tlnearthing. of this giant Villainy.
ID Christian men of our country HUI
name men,t All decent men, we appeal
to you! Is a. Party worthy of life In
this land which seeks supremacy
through such hell-born measures?
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