New-York tribune., 1871-12-28

about which your correspondent badly informeu "
basely ourying the applause Of the corrupt men "ns
| are DOW plundering South Carolina The quesaon III
South Carolina ia not Rspubcanism or Democracy;
not whether tho negro shall entitled 70 all tho priv
leses Of the white mss oenot We do not caro- anshins
abon, who ia in powef the DemocrAts or the Repubh
cana and vv ne thAs the lava a he United States
srant the negro ali the nehs and privileges tat they
grant the white man. Tho question toaay In eoutn
Carolina is Shall honesty or dishonesty prevah'
| You have fought manfully against tho Tammany
Rinc 7. from my very soul. commend you for It,
There IA Ring I'm South Carolina more Infamous than
the Tapmany Ring. Since the surrender OF Robert f.
Lee Mt Appomattox courthouse, have never heard OF
one finger being raised against the United States Gov
ernmeLt never heard but man say that ho desired
the negroes back in bondage, and that man Was ~ INC
time he made the declaration. and to-day supporter
Of the internal rng which Is ruinincno has runcd-the
state Of South Carolina. The people Of South Carolina
are taxed literally death. Do you ask for whati Why
Sir to make this infamous Ring rich. The point which
desire TO make s simply this The KuKlux organization
is not, and was, conspiracy against the uhteo
States Government; It was blow aimed at the State
Government You and those who are situated as you
are. will say 1t was wrong Admit It, Still tho same
principle that prompted the white men OF Boston, ds
gsed as Indians board during the darkness OF night
a vessel with tea and throw her cargo into the Bay.
clothed some Of our people in KuKlux gowns. and sent
them out on missions technically illegal Did the Kill
Klux do wrongi You ready to they did, and we
will not argue the point with you Did the disguised
RoStonians do wrong when they threw the tea over
boardf / think they did. On strict moral principles
no man can defend them But what, under
the circumstances, could they do Otherwises II
the tea had landed the probability is it would have
been sold and the duty collected. Under the peculiar
circumstances what could the people Of South Carolina
do hut resort to KuKluxng Do you say rely upon the
civil authortesi This was on impossibility. judge
. aapIo <n fbap pnnif apfi
Hon Robert X. Scott, Governor Of the State would
pardon him and turn him loose upon the community to
Cow scott Would reward him with the best Office had
crime and cause him to forget his guilt No has any
desire to prevent the negro Om v0ting IN tne
q' ey11 hS SsH snd s
and not for rogues You know. or az least tix
r tbs surrender are the vest adyenturers Would
you'll ask you the plain Question-et Robert N. Scot OF
Niles o. Parker have charge Of the monetary Affairs OF
THs TRiBrNEi know would not They would d,o Re-,
you in s aP so arSs SG1 Ss
Just think of the investments that Robert Scott the
aS s vou OF aG aed sYn. tell yo Mh
than simply to make the truth known that , we are
nnS Of "so %Ss no So
not care arhnc for her. any further than that they
may get rich by plunderlng her treasury.
In conclusion advocate for Ku;Kluxing. I
know it is morally wrong Permit me net to tel ,S You how
State Government of South Carolina exists, there will be
kuKuang THIS Is not said Doasingiy neither Is y
states can crush it than George lid could crush
the patriots that threw the tea overheard The name
may be changed and the mode OF different put
roGues and their tools will die Why does not the United
states institute search for the house burnersi The
civil authorities of South Carolina are insufficient for the
task The Union League is the mother OF al the house
burning took place n York County Why not ferret
out the nccndarlesH Why not pass law that VIII meet
the casci am no politician; ! never expect TO oe
tell YOU that the people Of South Carolina arc run to dcs
pcrato, not by Republicans. not by Democrats not by
the poor negroes but y set OF thievng adventurers
ana unprinciplcd natives who prOw the pCh Burns
says ike he hounds" around the treasury OF the state
IDrkrUt s. O. De-. "a 1871. L. LATHAM.