Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-24

respective of color and irrespective of DO
litical sentiment; that is. from private per
sonal spite. Colored men have whippe,
colored men, and assumed to themselye
the name of Ku-klux, and some of then
are now IN the penitentiary OF Raleigh TO
| that offence.
Question-Have you such persona
knowledge. or reliable information from
those whom you know to be creditable, a.
will enable you to state the true condition
of affairs in any part of the State
Answer think have.
Qoestlon-State it as briefly as YOU can
Answer-With regard to the people o
North Carolina-and have had grea
deal of intimate, close conversation will
gentlemen from various parts of the Stat
I regard them as an extremely kind neo-
pie, mean kind toward the colored peo
pie; they have kindly feeling for them:
nave evidence of it on all sides in expres
SONS and in acts. I find that the relation
ship which formerly existed between mas
ter and slave has left feeling of kindnes.
on the part of the master toward the slaves
nnd masters continually recognizing the
Ola relationship, and aiding end assisting
tnelr former slaves. know of no feeling,
upon the part of any one in North Caro-
lima that [ have ever talked with and met,
| OF antagonism toward the colored people.
QuestIon-Was your communication, IN
| your position as head of the normal school.
principally with the former slave-owners
or with the colored people? With which
| OF them had you most conversation?
Answer-Wlth the colored people and
members of the Legislature who were in .
terested 10 having them educated
Qnestlon-Do you know anything of
wrongs inflicted npon the colored people,
derived from the same information. by
bands Of disguised men in the night time.
Answer have heard there were such
things; know nothing of it, except as T
have heard of it: as | have stated heard
there was Il band &c colored persons; nv
own impressions | give from what I hear,
that there Is no organization called Ku-
klux throughout the State. bat that per
sons in neighborhoods, Wishing to punish
, individuals for offences, or to crafty per-
Ronal animosity, band together and put on
d4sgnises and commit these acts.
| Qneetion-Do We understand you as
giving it your opinion that there is no
organlzAd band known as Ku-kux?
AAnsWel-Throughout the State?
Guest1oL-Yes, sir
Answef-Aost decidedly; [ do not think
there Is such society throughout the
State.
-, Qnestion-Annthat they are not bound
together by Oaths
Answer-IheIe mag be III certain locAl
tiea individuals who cOnmit these acts
Qaestion-YOu think il does NOT nnrva1o
the whole State
Answer do not think i. neyvadee the
State.
Qnestion--You mean. not any counties
in the State?
Answer. Not many counties.
Question. How many counties does ~
pervade in your opinion
Answer. I have heard of it in four, [
think.
By Mr.. Nye:
Question. Is it not matter of public
notoriety that they exist in those counties,
and have existed for some time
Answer. As a regular organization ?
Question. As Ku klux, no matter about
the organization ?
Answer. have given the answer, that
coiOred people b nd together, wearing
DISCUSSES, calling themselves Ku Klux-
members of the Union League, as they
were proved to be, and are now in Jail for
whipping persons of their own race.
BY the Chairman:
Question: institution over which
you preside, Is it under State or individual
Answer Under individual control of
trustees.
Question-O organized by trustees?
Auswer-Yes, sir.
Question-For what purpose?
Answer-The education of colored leach
ers. was secretary of the board of mis-
sions of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
and was requested to undertake that work.
have done SO, and established this insti-
tuition, school with boarding-houses,
where we give the pupils their board and
education, and the free use OF books. 1t
is the only school of the Protestant Epis-
cCpal Church in the entire South.
Question-How old are your pupils
Answer-From IA to 80, and even 40
years.
Question-Have mono Of these pupils
ever complained of wrongs committed
upon their race by the Ku Klux Of North
Carolina q?
Answer-NeUer.
Question-Not one?
AnsWer-NOt one.
Question-With what political party
have you acted since you went to North
Carolina, if any
Answer-I voted for General Grant. I
never have acted with q party in my life.
I was reared O Wing; my father was q
Wing.
Ouestion-In the division of parties ex-
listing in North Carolina at present, do
YOU act with Or sympathiZe with the Con-
servatives, or Radicals, or Republicans?
Answer-With the Conservatives.
Question-Has the question of the treat
ment of the colored race and the outrages
| of the Ku Klux assumed in any form po-
litical aspect in that State
Answer have stated that numbers of
the Union League assumed the badge of
the Ku Klux, and whipped eolored peo-
ple-their own race so that do not be-
| Iieve. from the information I have re-
ceived, the organization has any political
| character whatever.
Ouestion-Which organization
Answer-Any of these clubs that exist
| in different localities.
Observation-Disclosures the Union League
nor the Ku Klux
Answer say the Ku KInx, I do not
think they are political in their character
in other words, that tho design is po-
litical design.
Ouestion-You do not think it is
Answer-No, sir merely to punish steal
ing and other crimes.
Question-Upon what do you base that
belief?
Answer-Upon the fact that persons OF
both parties have been punished by 1t. l
have no knowledge of their efforts having
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