New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-22

and sentenced in his court" remarked off this was So
what was tho for the Ku-Kluxf fes' ne
oonldn't help conyicting great many, though many
moro escaped and the authors Of many onrages were
never discovered But the thing did there Tour
gee and Holden put their heads together and In
weeks ss many hundreds OF prisoners wero pArdoneo
out and sent home. The burnngs and murders sui ooh
tnued and tho people, seeing that they could nope or
no protection from tho Court. took the law INTO tne
own hands know that there were abuses Tor 'noso
are inevitable whore lynch law prevails mo
Ku.Kur doubtless did punish somoiinnocent persons
and many crimes were committed in the name OF tho
Ku-Klux by desperate fellows. for which the huhluA
wero in no way responsible But, Sir, something hao W
be DONE 1t not In the nature OF the Angosa1oh race
to stand quietly by and see his property destroyca
and his friends murdered without seeking redress We
went through terrible experience here ana thousn
never Joined the Khan could excuse those who dlo-
HOW THE NEGRO oUTRAGEs COULD HAVE bbES Sioi,ND
"Did your people think that the Union Leagues hau
anything TO do with tho outrages OF which you
asked. =, On.
Leagues set tn negroes though some OF our pcopio
believe 40 IL has seemed to be the policy OF many ol
the unprinclpled carpet baggers 70 prevent KnuJ o
inc between tho negroes and their late masters. ~
only by constantly melting the blacks against '"o
that the Grant hope TO Keep con'roi VI w., Tm
negro VOTE and thus retain any power tnemselso'. -
all w
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS could have prevented the ouss's
a, which We complained had they been 80 ulSpooeu'
lived in wilmington while sincei the war In 1000 .N
colored men got so disorderly whenever tney "
political parade that 1t was unsafe Tor VINO pofso
90 upon tho streets. They nreo in'o 49,
brote windows, and committed many V
excesses Finally some Of the leading merchants 'onS
10 Nav York for 400 OF the most improved musKets, anu
then dispatched secret committee to seVerai oi so
most influential white Grant leaders. Iney "o'o IN
formed what preparations had been made 70 stop o'
outrages and told that unless these Things "oie
stopped they would be the first victims But saiu
tbesa gentlemen you don't suppose we ap-
nrova OF anything Of the kind, and you ought
not IN hold Us responsible Tho only reply was
that the white Grant leaders could prevent the recu
renee OF such things, and must do 1t OF suner INC
ouences We'll. Sir, the next negro process'ou 'n"'
turned out passed quietly through the streets noe's
no one 80 believe that the negroes might nave peen
controlled in Alamance."
There has not been in eithor Alamance or Cas-
well County a single Ku-Klux for more
than two years Other counties in the same
judicial district suffered less than those nameu'
and though there were branches OF the ku-hiuA
In all OF them have been unable TO hear OF any uhia"
full acts committed by them. am also assured Dy gen
temen of both parties in several Of those counties that
the Khan never inundated negro OF sought 70 innu
ence his vote except in a legitimate way
THE BREAKING UP OF THE ORDER
Rutherford and Cleveland tho counties in which
the KuKlux last appeared In North Carolina ha'o
been in neither Of them but have visited Oaston LIN
coin Burke and Mcdowell counties which adoin them
These are in Judge Logans district and, though inc
Khan In these counties seems to have mad no connoc
ton with tho order in other portions, OF inc
state. but rather TO have been an QnshoQt or
the South Carolina KuKlux which was most active ID
tho adjoining county OF Spartanburg, believe that
Judge Logans Incompetence and his failure u give e
people Justice alone made its existence possible. Is
no doubt true that I'm most OF the counties where the
Ku-Klux Aourished it was impossible 10 convict
man OF Ku-Kuxing; but It must be rememOefeo
possible to convict o Republican, white or black,
Of any crime, or If they we're convicted, tney WIZ
S Gre slS Ts Of tho Khan ed Of the
KKuS law and the pe9Pss em Ds guilty Of
participated In raids. such was not tho case
SMParaYstE few about tS the o
ted and yet It was only necessary, unu n
her OF Klan even though he had Joined long before
any violence had committed or thought OF ana naa
bim Of conspracy and to send the Pententiary
do not think strange that under these circumstances
There is not to-day in the whole State Of North Caro-
lima single & a bea w .a a restofed that While
the negroes very generally respect the rights and
angper any dsposon to take the law into their own
hands From one end OF North Carolina to the other
regret itbat the KuKlux ever existed. They do not
Justify they only claim that there were ex
have never known which Justice requires should be
published and they do protest that IL - unfair anu un
ust to peaceful awabding state that the respecta-
| bic white people the Conservative party
as such should be held responsible for every
misdemeanOr which bad men commit within Its borders
IL can show past year. good record Tor peace
and good order any Northern State Of the same SIZE
and Grants Administration has no right even Tor the
purpose making political capital TO turn the TIDE OF
Immigration which 10 earnestly invites, away from us
borders by grossly disappearing the state OF society
here The subject Of labor In this State Will DO treated
| in another letter.