Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-03-24
WO CES Err.
FRIDAY. MARCH -, 1871,

The kuklux conspirators in North Carolina
have succeeded in their attempt to impeach Gov.
Holden. Controlled by their influence, that
party in the legislature with which they act, has
voted him guilty on part of the charges, and
removed him from office. Fortunately, the man
who will take his place is republican, and,
consequently, not a supporter of the kuklux.
The charges against Gov. Holden were as fol-
lows:
1. That heintended to create civil war, by de-
claring<aiamance county in state Of insurrec-
re2tf|bn. 2. That he sought to su6yert personal
Ind civil liberty, by declaring Caswell county in
III State of instruction. 8. That he imprisoned
TrJosiah Turner, Jr., ten days. A. That by his dr.
recfion. four citizens of Caswel county were de-
pFfved of liberty one month. 5. That he sent an
armed force into Alamance county, arrested
man. and held him in defiance OF the writ OF
habeas corpus. G. That in another case he ar
rested and held men in defiance of the same
writ. T. That he arrested certain other persons,
and paid his armed force out of the state treas
ury. 8. That he made other unlawful drafts
on the treasury in support of the men employed
against disturbers of the peace.
The "high court of Impeachment" report
very remarkable verdict They find the gov
ernor "not guilty" on the first and second
charges, and guilty on all the Others" That is
to say, there was so much lawleSs disturbance
and bloodshed in the counties named, that it
was right to declare them in a state of insurrec-
ton; but it was highly criminal in the governor
TO arrest the anarchists and assassins and seek
to have them punished. The bloody reign of
the kuklux in those counties was too notorious
to be denied; therefore, ii was not a crime to
make declaration against the instruction; but
TO touch the kukluX, in order to destroy their
power and bring them to puaishment-this was
crime, and for doing it, the governor has been
impeached. Nothing else is alleged against
him. His prosecutors were kuklux lead
ers; and it has been proved that the man, Strud-
wick, who introduced the articles of impeach-
meut, is not only member of the bloody khan,
but also one of its designated asSasSius.
In view of the facts brought to light by this
trial for impeachment, it can no longer be de-
MED that there is, in North Carolina and else
where at the south, rigidly organized "kukluX
khan" nor that the aim of this "klan" is to
make war on republicans and drive them out of
the states These atrocious kuklux villains en-
ploy arson, assassination, and every kind of VIC
lence, to effect their purpose; and they are en-
couraged and defended, north and south, by the
party that would profit by their success. 1t is
honorable to Gov. Holden that he has the hos
tlity of these men. He could win their favor
only by tolerating their scoundrelism. 1t is
known that seven of the senators who acted
with the kuklux, on the trial, are disqualified by
the constitution for holding Office in the legisla-
ture, and that they are, consequently, liable to
trial and punishment for misdemeanor. Allow
Ing them to sit as members of the thigh court
of impeachment" invalidated the proceedings;
but the kuklux fraternity do not allow them
selves to be obstructed by facts like this.