Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1871-08-10
Let the American People Pom
der

the last lnsurrectlOnary Statesmen O
both high and humble station-Presidin
Elders, Preachers, ex-Members of til
Federal Congress and ex- Members of tn
Confederate Congress, ex-Generals o
both Armies, Governors and ex-Gover
nors, Judges, Solicitors, Sheriffs, Revenu,
Officers, Officers of the Army, Postmas
| ters, School Teachers, Repentant and
Non-repentant members of Ku-Klu,
Klans, and dozens of their manned anC
suffering victims, black and white.
And what has this patient and thorough
investigation cStablishcd-an established
beyound all future cayil and question
These atrocious facts:
|. That in all the late lnsurrectionary
States, and generally diifused, though moi
found in every county, is an oath bound
secret organization, working only al
night, and its members always in dis
guiSe, with officers, signs, signals, pass
words, grips, and all the necessary para
phernalia, with the pledged and sworr
purpose of putting down the Republican
and putting up the Democratic party
known in different localities among the
initiated by different names, but every
where recognized by the general cogno.
men "kuKluX."
,. That the organization came into be
ing few months previous to tile last
Presidential election, during which can.
vas il was in its most vigorous condition,
bat Is now through all the South, Will
more efficient discipline and effective di-
rection than ever, reviving, in preparation
for the next Presidential campaign, when
is they told one of their victims in Ten
neSsce few weeks since, mo id Rad.
ical voting is TO be allowed in any South
ern State, by black or white"
3. That this Ku-klux organization i,
the premeditated and determined scheme
for carrying the South at the ncxt election
OF President. and so, by securing the en-
tire electoral vote Of that section, make
sure the ciec,;o.cf :l.c Democratic nom
inee.
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4. That the officers and establishers ol
these "Dcns" (as they appropriately cal
their separate bands) are the leading and
active Denocraiic politicians of III,
South.
D. That the scheme has the hearty good
will OF Il large section of the Democratic
party in Ill those States, and the acquies
cence of nearly the entire party
q. That the direct and chief purpose o.
the organization, as sworn to 10y all tn,
victims, as the assertion uniformly mad,
to them by these midnight ass;lssins, and
corroborated by the Universal testimony
of the repeniani and iivul2ing member.
Of the Order, is this: The putting dowr
Of the Eupu5lican and the putting up o.
the Democratic party.
:. That while the Democratic and Ku
klux witnesses on their diicci examina
ton usually deny the political purpose OF
the Order, asserting that the Kd-Eldx a.e
Il social necessity, growing out of the abo
liiion of the old patrol; that they have Il
ride the country To keep the niggers in
their place :" that under the influence oi
Radical legislation and methodist preach.
ing the niggcrs are liable to become
saucy, and without an occasional ku-
klux visit would begin to think them
selves As good as white folks" and that
these frequent fioggings, and an OCCASION
al murder, are necessary To maintain such
state of morals among the blacks as will
permit the vice-hating whites to live in
their neiglborhood; yet, on the cross-ex-
animation, these witnesses also very gen
orally, as well as very reluctantly, confess
that the intimidation of ofRepublican voters
is prominent and not TO be regretted
result.
s. That % secure this purpose, the put
ting down of the Republican and tic
! .Ts;'ing up of the Democratic party, in
timidating is the grand measure-the in
timidation of Republican voters, black
and white, but especially the humble and
defenceless, by midnight raids; by burn
ing houses and stores, and the destruction
of crops; by whippings OF such extreme
cruelty as often to end in death; by most
indecent and painful manning; by assas-
sination and murder in such cowardly
manner and with such hellish device as
may strike terror into whole counties, and
bring down the Republican vote from two
to three thousand to less than a single
dozen.
.. The "school-teachers," and preach
ers of the methodist church NORTH" seem
to be the especial adherence of these
Democratic assassins; and hundreds al
school-houses and methodist churches
have been given to the flames: and chris
tendon will stand aghast when il is made
known the scores of school-teacliers and
methodist preachers, who, by this Dem
ocratic agency, within these three years,
have been whipped, shot, hung, and, in
some instances, it is believed, burned at
fhe stake
TO. That in nearly one-half the States
of the Union this work of hell is now
going on, night by night-every month
extending the range of its bloody opera
tons. and fearfully multiplying the nam-
Der of its victims.
II. That it is solely and Immediately
in the service of the Democratic party-a
large portion of the party South heartily
approving-large numbers of the party
North attempting its palliation by excuse,
and its shelter from scorn by covering up
or denying its crimes, as if cowardly as
sassination could be palliated, and MUIR
der. excused-and the Democratic party
throughout the land rejoicing in its prom
ised help. 81 either by open and scknowl-
edged action, or by the no less criminal
and the more cowardly, practicc of ex-
tenuating and shielding, the crime, the
party, south and north, come before the