New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-07
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty Attempts Ku-KInx Enter
priss-The LamentabIe Failure of the
Eynedfrior

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= April TO- 1871.
We hev four distinct elemence witch 90
make up the sum total NV society in til
lmmeJit visinity, namely: Regler citizen
nlggers, carpet-baggers, and scalawags I'll
{ regler citizens are them witch are white, n;
tive and to the manner born, and vic
either served in or howled for the Confedrj
army; the scalawags are white natives IL
the sacred soil witch disgraced theirselve
sympathizin with the North doorin the lat
tratrisidle struggle; the niggers are niger
Nv all cOlors, and the carpet-baggers are u1
settled Northern men, witch come here an,
buy property and improve it and stay, VIII
are not in akkord with the prevailin sent
ment-wich is to say who are not Demo
Gratis. Joe Blgler is a scalawag, Pollock il
a carpet-bagger, and Elijer Lubbock. til.
postmaster, Is NV course Il niger, and thes,
are fair types NV their class.
The Corners hez alluz felt justly irritateC
aginst these last three classes, for combine
! them and give them a chance, and they
RELY hev majority III the township. Ii
took the most Vigorous and vociferous coun
| tin this spring to keep Issaker Gavitt from
bein beet for Assessor by niger named
JOINS, notwithstanding that our challengin
committee all stood at the polls with clubs
and kept more than fifty NV EN- from yotin
at all. The closenis NV this eleckshen and
other causes NV lrritashen determined us to
clean out the entire bilin Nv elm. We
| coodent live with EN-. They had got a
| Justis Nv the Peece and Constable over at
Garrettstown, and the niggers wlch workt
ior us wood sue us when we refoozed 10
| pay-they woodent paternize Rascom
and stubbornly refoozed to vote the
tikket we give EN-. We wanted no trouble.
we wanted EN- TO 60 peacea bic, and when
AFTER we give elm warnin to leave the coun-
Try, ana they refoozed to go, we improyized
a Temporary ku-klux Khan, NV witch | wuz
yoonanimously elected Chief With nv
accustomed vigger l called a council and
selected the ground onto witch we wuz To
operate first. The north road leadin TN
Garrettstown wuz settled for five miles ont
WITH nlggers, carpet'baggers and scalawags
exclusively, and it wuz resolved to clean
that out, and l summond the Khan for activ
dooty.
we presented a gorgus aspeck. We WIZ
clothed III long black robes with white
skulls and cross-bOnes profoosely stitched
on all over em--our hats wuz Nv the Con-
fedrlt SLOUGH style, with the same cheerful
insignia onto EN-, and our faces wuz kivered
Win masks onto witch wuZ the letters ny
the Order TX. X. X" We wuz armed with
rifles, shot guns and knives-eacb man bevin
Nv course bottle. We wuz all mounted.
ana That cussld idee Nv mountin was the ok
kaslon NV the fallyour Nv the EXPEDITION, SO
l am not a horsman-I desnise q borca
am afraid Nv EN-, and the broots. with a
sagaclty hard to account for, know it. and
take advantage NV it. l wantid Bascom's
mule, which is stiddy goin animal, but he
Wuz goln to ride that hisself. and | was
compelled to go to Pollock and hire a hoss
NV MN: Cusses on that boss cusses on
POLLOCK! and espeshly hot cusses on Joe
Biglerl WV
When Joe offishusly offered to saddle that
boss and bring him out for me. I in.
stinchvely felt that there wuz trouble |
ahead
He brought her out saddled She VIM a |
tan, gaunt animal, seventeen hands hioh. !
hard-bltted, hard-trOttin, and with no more |
Asea Nv gentle amble or gallop than a hog |
hez Nv Sunday. She trots-a hard. ugly |
trot-wlth the bit atween her teeth, and |
700 KIN no more stop her when she gifts |
agooin than 700 Good q crowd of Cross |
koaders when somebody SEE Lets take |
suthin."
mountld her, however, and struck out
at the head Nv the company. / he'd on a
Contederlt saber, and notwiths tandin the
TACT that he'd to hold Oh to the name NV |
my warlike steed with one hand, to keep
On, managed to ride out with tollable
narshel air.
Pride goeth before fall, We he'd
ridden four miles, when l observed a rest
essnls ON the part nv my steed witch | |
nan like She wuz shyin from one side
Nv the road to the other-she was histin
Up her hind legs, snortin es though she was
possessed At this mint Issaker Gavitt
eJested the propriety NV a halt for refresh
nents.
Certin," seq l, eff kin ever cet this
'ussed mare to stand still long enuf. Whoa,
700 brOotp
L he'd jist got my bottle out and had got it
lncorked, when that infooriated animal
ommenst series NV gyrashens SIGH ez the
World never witnessed afore. She wood
ieyate her hind legs-then paw the air
With her fore legs-then try to lay down,
no all THIS with runnln accompaniment |
" the most feendish snortin. | wuz COM
elled to relinquish my holt on the bride.
nd seeze her name to hold myself on, but
he kicked more than ever.
Here wuz dilemma. / coodent hold on
y grippin the name with one hand
ny longer-and my spare hand wuz
in holdin the bottle! / coodent
ork the bottle and put it in me
ocket, for in the melee | he'd lost
Ie cork, and to put it in my pocket
ncorked WAX to lose all its preshus con-
ents. Never wuz L in SIGH stzate afore.
i held to the bottle shood be throwd-
stayed on the Infatuated animals back.
d lose my likker. The boss decided the
latter for me. Takin the bit in her mouth,
ne started down the road on the keenest |
ind NV run. She made mile in about
We minutes, leavin my command far in tie
Ear. Another mlle-yet another, sped that
antlc animal, l holdin onto her name with
ne hand, and the bottle with the other.
ne wuz alredy in the enemies. country.
lte ahed NV me wuz Garrettstown, and | |
'uld see the niggers alreddy in the streets ,
atchin the strange apparition that WIZ
'mln Into the village l rode, when the
SINUS broot turned corner suddenly,
lngln me from his back ez a body thrswsa ,
un. over and over went, landin finally
ditch aside NV the road where Law
utchin my bottle, but unconscious.
There wuz about thirty or forty niggers
bout me. and | wuz a lyin in front nv the
wn pump, and immejitly under the spout
ereof. One gray headed niger, who
caches to the rest Nv elm, remarkt: l
Bredrln, dis yer miguided man is one :
dem dlsturbin ku-Kluxes. Wat shell we
wild himi' {
korus. "A- L
Mercy! mercy" l shreekt in agony. al :
Mt no Ku-Klux. l."
Don't go fur to add lies to yoor odder =
as, sed the old man; 'ef you amt no Ku- !. q
lux wat does you wear dar yoOniform +
1 why dis sword and pistols9" ii
i mere wuz brief consultashen NV the =
yer ones while the younger niggers wuz
gym a rope to a tree, | lawn the while
lverln with an ague fit of fear. @
Hang him ~ shouted one. g.
= burn him ~ shouted another is
bredrln," sed the old man, "dem pun G.
lments is too lite. I'll sarye him out | 4