The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1871-06-08
From the Washington Chroni,
Eu-KluV OutrageS

: We have received the followin
from Hon. ]. H. Rainey, representa-
tive in Congress from the First Dis
trict Of South Carolina:
"GEORGETowN, S. C., MayI II.
"Ar. John " Morris, Washington
d. c.:
"MY DEAR SIR-You have been ac
quainted with me sufficiently long t
know that 1 have never made YOU {
false representation, nor acted in any.
wise like an alarmist. / believe ]
love the truth, therefore would not
pervert II TO subserve guy purpose OF
my own at the expense Of another. /
am confident that what will say will
find acceptance with you, and will be
doubted by none who know me.
accompanying this letter I trans
NIT notification which received on
/ Wednesday last from the ku-klux; it
will speak for itself Heretofore this
country was noted for peace and order
I but, judging from the notice referred
to, 1 would say that the plOw and hoe
have been fOEsaken, and the sword
and musket taken in their stead.
81 send this to you direct, because /
am aware of the presence of many
around and about Washington who
are incredulOus on the subject of ku-
kluXism, believing the various reports
fallaciOus and entirely without fOun-
datiOn, designed only for the further
ance of party ends, regardless of truth
or justice to the opposition. For my
part, have no other motive than to
state the truth, and that correctly.
'The cause of the bitterness of the
ex-rebels against me is owing to the
speech made by me in Congress, on
the lst ultimO., in which / took the
occasion to Use the following Ian
guage: But with a spirit more de-
mOn-like than that OF Nero or a Cal
igula, there has been cOncOctedanOth-
eT plan destructive, aye, diabOlical, in
its character, worthy only of hearts
without regard for God or man, fit for
such deeds as those deserving the
name of men would shudder 20 per-
FORM Again, where l said, alluding
to the time elapsed between 1865 and
the enactment OF the reconstruction
laws: Previous to that time they felt
themselves regarded as condemned
traitors and subject to the penalties of
the law
''FOr these and kindred remarks I
have been made to appear obnoxious
and OdiOus in their sight, and my life
by an article which was
published in a democratic paper of
this town, and the notification receiv-
ed. The article referred to was well
to arouse the ire end vim
dictive feeling of the people toward
me. They feel chagrined and chafed
in mind because the truth has stung
them.
Each name mentioned in the alarm
ing document are republicans of some
prominence. Two of them are mem
bers of the general Assem- bly,, viz: w. |
H. jones and J. A. Bowley; S. r. Carr
is county sheriff; H. F. Heriot collec- !
tor of the port. We are all to some |
extent freehOlders and tax payers. So |
You can judge the animus of their ac-
ton.
81 saw poor man yesterday who |
was compelled to quit his home, his |
family and his crops because of the |
aspect Of affairs around |
him from day TO day. I will assure |
you that the poor people will not be |
able to Withstand the pressure much |
longer. They are kept impoverished,
and consequently in a destitute con- |
dition from year to year. Mark you,
not that they are lazy or Indifferent to |
their interest, but on account of not !
being allowed, with safety, to work
heir crops when most needing atten-
ion, or to harvest the same after ma
.urity,
'My fears are that want and starva-
ion will drive many a good republi-
IAN from our ranks unless they be Sc
cured in life, liberty and property.
Those of us who have been notified
nave come to the conclusion to re-
main, and, if needs be, sell our lives
lOOd.n
The following is the document re-
erred to in the above letter:
ROOD