The New York herald., 1871-11-15


lection. the burning Of the barn OF ono OF these sms
,armers !, would be temporary ruin to him, and the
- That the criminal would not be punished
tsxng tne law INTO mis- own hands. The motives OF
me me wn,sxey dstllling element were undoubtedly
9 awlcss, .low down" set it is not denied by tue
federal authorities mere that all the filthy atrocties
and not Re surprised Il 1ner cDs os wsr
formed Tor the purpose or wreaking private ven
attempts TO arrest illicit disers ann ~ .hs tn
stills. But leel satisfied that the arrest and nm.
easily without suspending the writ OF habeas cornms
entire communities as lawess and in
counties into exile and paraiyzns the industrv 81
the state, 7tm
II Is worthy OF remark that large number of tha
two classes first mentioned have voluntarily sur.
na they seonged
eviaence against the radical party which has SUP
ported the existing State government OF South
amount tos VIZ Whipped John aG sms
negro, because he stole hog; NE whipped Tom
whipped jun Robinson tnegroj because be tried 10
kill white man. Ask them why they did this ana
T 5s " we %npea
make them behave tnemseives.n In response to
this you VIII hear the federal ofricIas glbly say.
So say 1; but it enters ditniy into my mind
Ss hsnco il ne i nSs nSss possible for me-
know bow man ieeIs when his hogs are stolen or
tnoriilcs % win nos punish Ine rosues. And these
federal oficias are precisely 10 my position: Sup
pose thai IN westchcsser county there lived 9
democratic ticket and which persstentiy stole Mr..
Gieeley's hogs and burned ar. Greeey's barn. And
arrested packed democratic jury acquitted themi
or, By chance they were convicted, Governor
q law abiding CITIZEN quietly submit to be robbed
ana TO be burned out. Or would he feel like dong
SOME Ku KLux scouNDRELs
Striving earnestly 70 bs truthful and impartial !
shall now consider wnat are genuine atrocities.
bers OF the Ku Kiux organzatlon; hut even the ted
eral officials here agree with me In the opinion tnat
Turks" "Grand Cvclops' and other Grand Mognis
OF the Blue Bottle OF the Invisible Empire. Inc
oeasay minded wrstcnes VINO co1,d "a lnaui:e IN sn6n
deserve severe punishment, and 1t is 10 be hoped
tnat they viii spend some years In the Penitenttary.
Jury Of the better class OF Invisible Impertals VINO
would convict these scoundrels. must do the
wretches justice by saving tnar they would not have
confined their operations 10 the negroes had
not the negroes been less Deiigerent material
to operate upon than their wnite neigapors. Bus
these rullans were shrewd enough to perceive that
the better classes were groanlng under the mal-
admnistI alton OF the party IN power and would @ .
ragged those who supported the radical party.
Hence It was that they directed their operations
however; for 1 know OF one white man-a demo-
crat-who was most brutally beaten by them These
brutes. Hating the negro, even when he was slave
though not daring then 10 harm him. his 0llcs have
had very little 70 40 with tne anamossy Inc mere
OF superiority maddens them, ana then f0ll0ws .
brutal whipping. So long as the negroes looked
TO their old masters for protection they were safe
from ill-treatment, but when. led away By "a.
venturers, they assumed position OF hostility TO
selves. Some OF them have been brutally whipped,
others have been worse treated, aud one or TWO
@ s
to discover the guilty parties. II they had been
caught the whole machinery Of the state state govern
conviction Radicals have the manipulatlon
Of jurIes. and, ! am told, Il is ro easy enonss
70 convict Mmte sSnah man m convic. ren"1licsn
Why. there ls . radical IN jail here charged with
murder, ana the evidence Is SAID 70 Do overWnen.
the Jury disagreed. He Is prominent radical, and
the drawing OF jures was, as 1t srAi i In the hanos
ANOTHER SUFFERING UNIoNrsr.
or the "reveread" individual whom described u
formation After he had Joined the radicals he went
security on the bond OF the radical tax collectols
perform the duties Of the ONCE himself Ine rev.
erendn gentleman did the work. HIS mode OF pro.
Sedare was novel and call the attention OF ths
TAXPAYER lenterlnR the on1ce,-what are my
taxesW
Taxpayer hands him Sl20 and gets q receipt.
Reverend enters the amount In pencil on the book.
Taxpayer retires. Reverend individual coolly ruba
out Inc gures In pencil and enters $6J In INK. Re
sult:-The county gets s6o reverend gentleman
coms snis Is getting slanderous" By no means
my dear reader. Reverend gentleman was caught
and made TO dsgorge some 2, the punder onta,neo
the reverend rogue to Inc Columbia radical paper.
Poor. downtrodden, pe.secuted republican Un.
the street but he expects to be carried homo Q
corpsa Send on your soldiers, U Grant and keep
this man and his party La power
sPARrANBuRG, 8. G., Nov. g. 1sn.
Iperceive that the Ku Klux organization, frou
having been league to deprive tine negroes OF ~
political power. has grown into conspiracy 10 70
new the secession movement In spite Of tneR
troubles the people have TO laugh when they ars
told that they are organizing to renew the war.
This evening o federal 0f1cial asked me seriously
whether would not be surprised to learn that the
consprators contributed money 70 the cause, and
that siuking fund had been established. or course
such information would surprise anybody; bus
where's tho proof. The story about the purchase
OF arms In large quantities Is all moonsninA
have no doubt that comparatively large numbe!
OF improved sporting rlAes have been sold since
1906; but to make war breech-loaders without bayo
nets are not sufficient Where the artillery the
ammunition, the commissary and quartermasteR
stores necessary Tor hostile campaign The fools
are not all dead yet admit, but question II . ma
jority Of the Southern people fools enough to at
tempt another revolution within the next nfteen
years unless driven to It BY unkind treatment. But
at any rate, the Ku Klux organization Is treason
able, why are not the prisoners arrested tried for
treason instead OF simply for violating the rights
&C., OF American citlzensf
''iNrTNrDATrNG' VOTERS.
m ~ot1 IN TYpsr nyI1lo onA ehaUA
cross the country Chester Court House. While in
Unlonve win obtain the oficial ngures-promised
me on Friday last-which viii put an end to the
charoes Of intimidation OF Yntera From the incQm-