The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-06-29
The ku.Kluy Investigation.

The ku.klux Investigation
If any considerable number of honest
cluzens ever did believe that the Jacobin
pretence of a klu Klux rebellion" in the
Sooth contained any grain of truth, the
developments of the Congressional inves-
ugatng committee must, ere this, have re-
moved from their minds all such mistaken
Ideas. The general purport OF all the tes-
timony and of all the facts which the id
vestigation has brought to the public
knowledge, is to the effect that society in
every part of the South is as orderly and
as well behaved as it is anywhere else All
the sensational stories of organized resist
ance TO the State authorities are proven to
have been mere moonshine invention of
disreputsbie partisan scalawags for the
special uses of the reasonable revolution
lists who were seeking for pretext upon
which to maintain by force a corrupt and
infamous partisan and personal dynasty.
The Personal Government act-the most
revolutionary enactm' Mt that REASONABLE
men ever attempted in the United States
is the worthy. trl1I:.tt OF wholly partisan lies,
told by p%ldsan villains and traitors
Ch'cag0 Tunes, June IS.
WASHINGTON, June IT.
The subcommittee on Southern out
RACES is making better progress than the
members expected when the session bepan
The full committee meets here the 26th of
September, and in the meantime it is ex-
pected that not only the committee now
IN session will complete It's labors, but that
the subcommittee which will be sent South
within month will also have finished its
iabors and be ready to report by that time.
trustworthy accounts of the situation of
affairs IN Georgia are at hand 1t appears
that the hu-klux organization does not
exist in the State. There is but little vio-
Ience and that not OF an organized politi-
cal kind if indeed it has political origin.
Virginia and North Carolina are in a
somewhat similar condition In Georgia
the placing of the State in the hands of
the very best element seems very hopeful
Gov. Lindsay, of Alabama, concluded
his testimony before the Ku.Klux Inyesti-
eating Committee to-day, having been sub
3ected to searching examination of seven
or eight hours IN relation to the condition
OF affairs in his State The details of mis-
evidence have not been made public. but
it is known that he gave an unqualified
denial to the reports of political outrages
and organized resistance of the law in Al
ALBANIA, and expressed the belief from the
sources OF information available to him
that the SAID State has not been so quiet
orderly and peaceful for twenty wears as If
Is AT present. Abundant means for free
EDUCATION have been provided and are i'm
pafualy accessible to all classes, both
Whlte ana colored, and in no part of the
state is any one in danger of molestatiOn
OF violence on account of his political SEN
uments
WASHINGTON, June 10.
General James III. Clinton, of Alabama
was examined to-day. lie did not believe
any regular ku- klu8 organization ever ex
lsted IN Alabama. He had heard of out
RACES IN few localities by disguised men,
out Alabama was as peaceable and quiet as
before the war. No more violations of
law had occurred there since the war than
IN any Of the Northern States. The
greater part of the crimes in Alabama had
been committed by members of the Radi
Cal party The Democratic party of that
State were in favor of the education of the
negroes. The only intimidation he knew
OF at the last elections was by Radical
coioreu voters against those of their own
Color VINO wanted to vote the Demo-
tIatic ticket The cause of all the
troubles was not the brave men who
w dAloAHtI III lIlG idIG war Dllf
pollllcians, suffers, and horse holders who
followed the two armies. The true men
OF each army respected one another. and
were were wiling to meet, forgive, and forget
me leaders of the Radical party in
Alaoaha were, with but few executions
uescitute OF moral chaTacter-mere regular
9PolisLheh Most OF the negroes had be.
ia 'eu well a generous policy on the
part OF the government would best sub
serve The interests of both races in the
SCUM, and soonest restore the fraternal
teellrg and affection which once existed
Tor the Union. The South loved our form
Vi government but abhorred its malad
hliihsIalon. lie had always cOunselled
SUBMISSION to law and order, but believed
y could and would be preserved in his
state without any outside interference.
WASHINGTON, June %.
Judge Busted, of Alabama, was ex-
ahmed, to day, by the Southern Outrage
committee. Tie said he did not believe
any such organization as the Ku- Klux ex.
Eied IN Alabama, and that person and
property are as safe there as in anv State
In the Mon Having been questioned as
10 the testimony of Rev. Mr. Lakin parts
OF which were read to him, he said it was
ehllFe.y untrue. MIR. Lakin had repre-
scented that thiriythree indictments had
Deen found In Busteed's court, for viola
tons OF the Civil Rights bill, and had
oeen tired, but the truth was that only one
Indictment had been found, and that had
not yet been tried In reply to the oues-
ton, he said he knew man named Wi
iara Warner, who applied for exemption
from jury dutyin his court in 1867 or 1868
on the ground that he (Warner) was a citi
zen OF the State of Ohio at that time.