The Lincoln County herald., 1871-04-20
THE HER AID.
me- Ku.Klsx Rlll.

o. The ku klux bill 10 the senate under
ven, several changes, snd then passed B.
vote Of 45to 10. One Of the change
givss any person wto establishes legal
the fact that he has been injured 10 per
son or property BY the Ku klux, tn
right Of reclamation on the property o
others in tho county 10 which he lives
whether or not .hsy sro implicated II
the isjsry done him. The other strike
out the section Of tho house bill whicl
sboIishcs the iron-clsd oath for jurors
The effect Of this 10 to deprive nearl,
every white msu 10 the South Of tn,
right to cit On jury 10 federal court
and hence Il will be impossible to obtair
30 unprejudiced jury. Tho house bill
II wall be remembered, proposed merely
to exact an oath Of the juror tAst he had
not participated in any Of the So called
sutrages. The suspension of the writ ol
aAaLeas corpus is virtually extended be-
yond the presidential election, that Gran,
may use it for his own election. The
bill is pronounced far more restrinsent
Than when originally reported.
II is with pleasure that vs notice the
names Of five Republican Senators who
have the manhood to denounce this most
asgrant outrage upon the constitution
and liberties Of the people. These we're
Joshua Hill Of Georgia, Thomas s. Rob
srtson Of South Carolina, Lyman Trum.
bull Of Illinois, Thomas W. Upton of
Nebraska, and Carl Schurz of Missouri.
They fought it manfully because they
knew it to be at enmity with our repub-
lican institutions, and although they
could not prevent its passage in the Sen.
ate, We trust the inAueuce Of their exam
pie is not quite lost. t." ..i .lI .
1t may have been the force of their
infuence that cansed the House to vote
down the Senate amendments when the
DILL was sent back to that body. The
changes named above we're rejected with
out discussion, and . conference com.
nittee on tho disagreeing votes ordered
J But the bill in its mildest form is
clearly within the pale of Capitalization.
That it will pass with or without the
amendments made in the Senate We do
not doubt. Grant demands it the sue.
cess Of tho Republican party demands it /;
and with the President and his co work
ers, their success is paramount to the
country's honor, the peoples liberties, or
the peace Of the land. ...
So gradually and stealthily has CEN
tralisatiou been creeping upon US, that
We can hardly realize we arc within its
meshes. And yet it 10 true. Not only
is it true, but We have at the head of the
government man who has been proven
to be . usurper BY mombers of his own
party, and whose reelection this bill has
been passed to secure.
Think Of it! Is it not enough to make
any republic tremble for fear of its insti.
tutions? The Ku klux bill vests in one
man, and that man usarper, the power
10 suspend the writ Of haJeas corpus,
declare martial law, and send troops into
any section Of the country on the slight
est pretextof local violations Of state laws.
This bill vests Grant with "power
now only welded by the Sultan of Tur. |
key and the Csar of Russis. ."-[St. Louis
Dispatch. No. oven Queen Victoria, or
King William, or King Aosta of Spain, |
can boast Of such authority And ye.
We talk Of the tyranny of these nations,
aud call this q Republic. Wh.. mockery.