The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-05
THE KU-KLUX-kLAN.
CONCLUSIONS OF Il TRIBUNE HIN
INSOUTH C4ROLINA.

C0yCIESIOyS OF 4 TRIBUNE HIN
IN SOUTH C4R0LINA.
The Better Glasses SyrnpathiLing with
the &xIan-A Military or Territorial
Government Desired by Them-The
Coming Taxpayers Convention - A
Plan of Cancellation.
The special "ipycstigating'' correspondent
of the New York Tribune in South Carolina
writes from Columbia under Gate OF April 20
A few days. intercourse with the people IN
any of this part Of the State, Will convince any
one that public sentiment among the respecta-
Bile and influential class srstains the hli-hiuk'
Often I find q man who does not hesitate 10
aTow his sentiments. At dinner YESTERDAY
met 4 gentleman who said he was large
propertv.holdcr near Columbia, ard had been
q major in the Confederate service. Speaking:
nj the corruption of the State officers and
Legislature, he said: ;'We can't staLd this
oppression and robbery any longer. My God
sir we were poor enough when me war END
ed. Without having this swarm Of Internal car
net-baprers come down 10 devour what little
we had left" He went on 10 enumerate the
various rascalities by which he charged that
the SSate officers have enriched themselves al
the expense Of the taxpayers, and nnaliy,
leaning toward me. said ID a low tone, NOW,
I'll tell you what were going TO do II tnlS aon
There will be hundred outrages Tor every one
YOU hear of now. until the United States Will
be obliged TO put US under military govern
ment. That is what We want. The army oiE-
GERS are EOnest men. and won't steal from us
They will sympathise with Tue whlle peg,
ple.H | told him that the people at The Norm
generally believed that the disturbances IN Inc
South arise from a hatred Of the National Gov
eminent. That's mistake, he replied. I'VE
don't want any trouble with the General GoV,
eminent. We have had enough OF wal, ana
we want peace; but we can't sit sttll anu see
gang OF thieves, sustained by noroe Oh iSnoT
rant niggers, take our property from us. 4
ind this to be the general sentiment anon J. tae
,ohite population. They declare that they aoUe
no desire TO resist the federal authority. INC
that theirtroubles oil spring from Dad Sttte d,stt
local government. An Intelligent man, VINO
said he helrc'l TO fire the first gun on tofi
Sumter. ana wed through the war until
,Johuston's surrender, coming ont OF the wreck
of the Conlederacy with no other property tnan
a gray mule. talked with me the other DAY
with more moderation than IS usually sDoWn.
He said the white people OF South Carolsna
would be glad if Congress would remand tne
State to territorial condition, and send Gown n
good men from the North 10 govern II. Vt Il
they could have military government no one
would object, for nothing could be as pad as Q
government of ignorance, Indulgence, and
fraud. If the men in power would consent 10
some compromise that would give the proper
ty and intelligence of the Stale representa-
ton in the government, ne oehevea thcre tre
would be peace; but if not, he was sure there
would be bloody times at the next election.
EVERYBODY appears to look to the approach
innSaypayers' convention to devise some plan
of Cancellation that will bring harmony to the
State. 1t is believed that this can oe accom-
plished by au agreement between lne leadeIs
OF both parties upon the following course; l.
That the Ku-Klux outrages shall cease. There
is no doubt that the leading Democrats nave
power to stop them if they wish TO. Z. Tnat
the Governor shall. as far as is IN MS power,
remove incompetent and dlsnonest local uI 0lu,
GERS, and appoint in their places fespectaoie
men of moderate views. This he has already
commenced doing. 3. That nothing shall pc
done toward selling the sterling loan eonos
until there are further guarantees that the pro-
ceeds will be applied solely toward the eX-
tipguishment Of the present deot Oh Inc osate.
4. That an effort shall be made by the GOV
ernor and others to induce the Legislature W
pass a law providing Tor minority represeTTta Tsa
lion by system OF cumulative Young. ine
convention meets on Tuesday, May 9, and WIZ
probably be in session for three days. Dele
gates have been chosen in all the counties el
the State.
K,-Kiux no Bar to Northern Settlers.
The New York Tribune publishes the follow
inc card from Northern settlers IN virginia
and North Carolina, testifying that not only
are persons and property safe in'the sections
of those States where they reside, out that
they never lived in a more orderly and law
abiding community. Many Of those VINO lhus
testify are Republicans, and regular suoscrio-
era ia the New York Tribune. Such evidence
ought to have it's weight. The testimony
would, doubtless, apply to the South general
ly under similar circumstances:
Editor of the Trib,uae-SIR: We have noticed
recently a great many publications ID your pa
ner concernlnr outrages committed by Kn-
KluE in the Southern States. we know noth,
jng of the truth or falsity of these charges; ana
shall noU undertake their retutation except SO
iar as they may be understood 10 Apply 20 tne
whole South. The undersigned, all NoItheLo
men by birth and education, have, since Tue
war. D,irchased homes and settled, some III
pittsvlvania County, Virginia, and others IN
casWell and Rockingham Counties, North Caro-
Ina and many of us are Republicans and reg
Mar readers of and subscribers 10 tue IIloune'
We have reason to believe that large mum
ber of our Northern trends earnestly desire 70
emigrate to the South, supply themselves WIN
cheap lands, and enjoy this charming ciillate;'
and We fear that they may be deferred from
doing so by the publications TO which we nave
referred. 1t is for this reason we request
the insertion of this letter in your paper,
in the hope that such other papers IN tne
North as desire to do nsGs d2snalo to sysly We
~ oar 'r Gov in truth. that not only persons and
sa in The ssb sSsoRs Gt pfsa xsa sns
that we never lived In q more orde-iy OF law
ah;dinG community. We have been kindly re-
ceyed The sa1e people, rsscs oar as s%rre
shia oS we conld have desired. We have seen
no disposition to mlstrust or even sgn1 us on
account Of our politics-on the contrary, Me MS
respect pss T by every one win whom we have re
come in contact. It is but an act oi ns9Ice 10
ourselves aud to the people liv;ngin the States
nj onr adoption that We should say what we
have said, and We trust that you VIII give IL d
pida lanes M Robinson, Canada; Rev. John Branch,
Tioga County, n. Y; a. G: @ Newell, ,,ornss Ti0ga
CountyN Ys l. HltcScoSk, sS,n ss0wn contv HSuntS'
VI T Councilman, Tioga County, N. r.;