The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-12-06

klhd. Besides, tho party IN power,
as woll as large portion of tho
Northern people, aro apt to regard
the unlawful conduct OF tho South
ornors, however much provoked,
rs sprinHinG from tho same robcl-
lious spirit which brought on and
maintained the rebellion. Tho
pooplo Of any part Of the North
acting in similar manner to tho
ku Miux, undor like provocAtion,
might be tolerated Not 80 with
! the Southeruers. The late rebel
lion places them in different
light. They have to suffer for
tho errors Of the past, and ought
to submit patiently and act with
moro prudence. Time, and timo
on y, can bring thom remedy.
1t ID useless to resist The federal
government and the party in pow
or, to which tho negroes and tho
carpct-baggers that oppress them
belong.
1t Is clear that q socrct oath
! bound organization, commonly
known rs the Ku KluH, or lnvisi-
! bio Empiro exists. Our corrcs-
| pondcnt shows that. But its OBJ
.jccts woro or arc local partly po-
litical, no doubt, and partly to
correct abuses or to punish crimes
against society whore tho law
proves imperative, either by in
limitation or by actual punish
mcnt. Thoro is no evidence to
show and no reason to think any
rebellion or organized resistance
to tho federal government has
boon contemplated or likely to oc-
cur. Partisans Of tho federal
government, or Of tho dominant
radical party, havo attempted to
make it appear that tho Ku kluN
had ultcrior rcbniious vicws but
thcrc is no reason to believe that
Indeed, such an idea would be SO
uttcrI J. absurd and impracticablc
that no sensible porson will think
it was over entertained. Tho Oh
jocts Of tho ku kIux werc local
only and partly political, and all
tho resources Of tho local author
tiles should have been exhausted
TO suppress the evil before the
federal government ought to have
exercised its power and suspended
the civil law. Evon the carpet
bag Governor Of South Carolina
declared tho laws of the State
equal to tho emergency. After
all, tho lnwlcss acts Of tue ku
KluX wcro confined chiefly to
sparsely settled, small sections Of
the Carolinas and part Of Coor-
gia bordering South Carolina,
where there havo always boon IL
degraded and unoducatod class Of
poor whites. Throc-tourths or
moro Of tho crimes committed in
these parts have boon wrongly at
tributcd to tho Ku Klux. Many.
in fact, hnvo boon committed by
tho negroes and their radical car
pct,bag allios who pretend 10
have such u horror Of the Ku
| KluX.
Apart from somo outragcs com
mittcd by the Ku Klux-by q few
degraded and ignorant whites or
misguiGcd young mon Of parts OF
the Carolinias and Georgia, the
whole trouble is political. First,
the radical party in power at
Washington and their negro and
carpct-bag allies in tho South have
combined to opprcss the Southern
whites and to hold the political
power in that section. On the
other hand, tho native whites,
who arc for the most part demo-
Gratis, have run INTO cxceptiouablc
or even lawlcss means to ovcr-
throw radical rulo. 1t is q dread
full state Of things, and both re
tards the peaceful development OF
tho South and cndanycrs tho fun
damontal principles Of liberty on
which tho republic rests. AFRO VIC
TO have chronic Ireland or Po.
land on American soil Is sec
tional animosity or trouble to be
| HSpo u T. loi PolttiSal oulS tt
dominant radical party is strong
now, and there is ovory prospect
that General Grant will be ro.clcct-
cd. Why, then, cannot tho disa-
bilities OF tho Southcrnors be re.
moved and a kindly hand be OK
tended TO them? Surely it is
timo TO bury the sad memories OF
tho war and to roDtoro tho South.
Surely thero should 10 somo CON
sidcration for and somo Nbatomont
Of soverity to tho peoplo Of our
raco aud blood. Evory right
thinking Northornor must rogrcL
to 500 tho Intelligent pooplo Of his
own raco in tho South placed un-
der tho hcol Of ignorant and scmi
barbarous negroes. Wo do not
| think General Grant and tho rad
icnl party can mako anything po-
lItically by their policy Of ropros
SION and by attempting to make
tho negro rulo tho white man. II
~ broad and liboral policy bo inan-
rated wo shall hear no moro OF
ku K!ux, federal bayonc,s may
be withdrawn, tho civil law will
be found sufficient oncugh, and
bn SDuIb will ,.;c, ir,,,, , h., ,l;,,,..