The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-07-19
& Comparison.

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told Of bloody Ku Klux, and the siren
nous efforts made TO convince the world
of the North, that the South is still in
rebellion, AID utterly demoralizcd, and
that mordcr and midnight deeds Of
darkness are Of hourly occurrence, yet
the fact must be patent 10 all unprejn-
diced minds, and to all who read the
columns Of the daily papers, that South
Carolina, as compared with the more
fortunate States Of the North, which
are not overrun with foreign ad.
venturers, thieves and carpet-baggers,
exhibits . record which should set at
rest the lies which are printed in her
midst, and scattered over the borders
with villianous zeal. What can equal
in atrocity the wife and child murders
which the telegraph brings accounts Of
almost every day, as occurring in the
moral cities of the North and West p
As one iustance-what can equal the
cruel whipping of the Meara child in Hi
nois-,he particulars of which are so re-
voting that we hardly dare repeat them
in which an unnatural father stripped
his boy, only II years of age, and SO in
humanity beat Tim, and then placed his
naked body On 3 s,ot stove, that
the poor little sufferer Utmost immedi-
ately expired, snd his body yet ps1pita
ting with the agony which destroyed
his innocent life, thrown under the bed
on which his mother lay in confinement,
and who heard his cry for mercy, but
was unable to extend any relief? Can
anything more horribly brutal be con
ceived Of. than this? Are the an-
nails Of South Carolina blackened with
the,record of such s;ckening crimes?
In the same State Of illinois, We read
that beautiful young lady Of II years
ofage vas cruelty murdered by farm
hand, while seated at her window. In
Cincinnati, we hear of the mysterious
murder Of two men who occupied bed
together, and in the morning were found
both dead, one shot near the ear, and
the other at the base Of the skull. And
so might we lengthen out a catalogue Of
horrors which happen at the NORTH
Every days column Of telegraph fur
nishing its quota Of brutal murders, the
equals If which are unknown in the
abused and prosecuted South. in this
land abound;ng in violence, and in
hich, according to miSchierous and
perverted Communications, every other
,ran is ku Kluz, we are-when all
the circumstances are calmly viewed
strangely quiet, and comparatively free
from crime. We do not deny that crimes
sgainst the laws are committed, but they
are infrequent when compared with
more favored sections Of this best gov.
ernrnent the sun ever shone on, and 3
majority OF theus are the results Of the
present misrule. 1t is impossible, under
the circumstances, when there is only
name Of fsovernment,. no justice,and every
encouragement for the ignorant, the
;fievish and bad to break the laws and
disturb the peace, to prevcut the occur
renee of deeds which are wrong, and cal
cuiatcd to produce greater evils. But
tia, South Carolina is demoralized in
her natural heart, and still rebellious, is
Lase lie, and only such an one as rene
sade could utter.
The following paragraph from a
kyng,hr srticse in the New York Herald,
o. Southern troubles, very truly says:
"3:as wonder * that SO few exist, and
ard tbs IS the beHt evidence that the
snsss Of -tae Southern? people are law
abiding. asaen brave and bigh-spiris
cd people Sahais so weii TO, and make
. the hcs. OF, sthey huuiliatii>S situation,
we haze the best guarantee Of their 'o'
,tu-e gocd coad1et Snd Of peace. Let US
DE Just and masnanienous. Let US nave
some consideration fox >as people Of our
own race and blood, and not crush the,7
;,ene,tb. the ignorant asd seui -barbarouS