New-York tribune., 1872-09-28
THE RESULTS OF MISRULE.

y tho idea OF force. finding warrant Tor its exercise IN
the sentiment OF hate and as forco ia Without aw 80
hate is lthout morality. Where restrained by the som
blanco OF public opinion you find tho pt GcFelopns IN
on official dictaon 20 The people, where all Hhtago~
ia crushed n onacs conquest and riots In fraud ana PHI
ago It's sign OF ascendency at tho North patronage
at the South punder Dscords arol essential 10 lts su
premacy as tho food feeds on md accordingly IL AIMS
TO revive anita gonsms rather than alay them DSruse
IA tho creed eccs TO the masses monopoly tho pre-
sentiment made TO capitalists, place the reward 10 lS
own following. Whatever OF prosperity exists III
business it claims credit for in tho namo OF order
where failures ovcrake policies 1t excuses them IN
the interest Of peace and yet both peace and prosperity
are wantonIy trafIlcked for power. In the remarks
which shall mako to-day, my purpose Is 10 enter
pleading before you In behalf OF friendly union ana goou
will among all the citizens OF our common country as
against the longer encouragement OF an aenauon SUM
uated for political ends and that would precpae o
posing parties into hostile camps. That the polcy OF
the Administration has not been success In accom-
plishing the great and controlling demand Of the people
for reconciliation Is admitted on oil sides save thoSe
OF bg0ted partsanship Tho evidence 30
convincing as to havO satisfied the most skep-
teal H. IS shown in the revulslOn OF the
sentiment Of Southern communities from respect and
Difference toward tie Federal Executive to the o
posite manifest in the bitterness which Is breed
Ing there and everywhere between tho white and black
races II displayed in the call for and harsher
legislation from Congress- Ia the exposure OF that ruin
wrought by the carpebag governments and In the re-
volt of large section Of the Republican party from
lead so destructive all future hope and faithess to
all past profession. Nothing can be clearer than the
fact whatever may be the excuses set up, that the
President and his party have not been equal to the task
OF restoring cordial relation toward the Government
and harmony between The races, and oven party
leaders concede as much when they propose TO con
tho present old issues to kndle again
sl,a fiaV Of
this failure that has thrown them back on the necessity
Of celebrating campaign out OF past passions NO
more complete proof Of delinquency in the conduct OF
national affairs could be set forth than Is thus furnished
out OF the mouths OF its most pronounced advocates
Wendell Phillips dlscOurses incendiarism to the black
population; Senator Morton decaims malignity 20 the
white population. The one wants the President re-
aned power until the COnfederates at the South are
all buried the other until the poor relations at the
North all surfcited with Office. As TO the means OF
doing they alike indferent-proyided only be
harsh and unrepublican
TIE POLICY OF DIsCORD.
with this appeal OF theirs wish Irst to deal. and shall
ondeavor to show you that It has ess foundation in any
justice is scarcely less criminal and infinitely more dan
gerous than oven the neglected duty and demorazed
rule that has preceded. Trade and commerce and
finance withstand social convusiOp, aud yet ii is
the old antagOnism OF sections they invoke by parade
ana exaggeration OF whatever viii revive resentment at
should the agricultural product Of the Middle
States cannot be founded when strife is brewing,
and yet is the memories Of Slavery the battle
and prison life that cOujuTed up To disorganize
all labor the cotton States and iufame the sodery
the Union against the surrender OF the Confederate
cause Aud than all else is the occurrence of any
disorder past present the pretense of any conspiracy,
or the allegation Of any hostility to tie settlements that
is seized upon with aydy unworthy Of true courage
spread cloud OF terrorism 0nchalf the land,
and the other into acqescenoe in misrue This
is the old device of tyranny to nrench Its power-as
to-day of Amadeus in Spain as but yesterday
OF Louis Napoleon France not that plots and violence
may not have occurred, but they do not touch the
great body OF the people, are no warrant for re-
stTctedberes, and always signs OF danger to free,
dom. In the present emergency the most potential OF all
rected is that known tho kuKlux Klan, which has
been and Is still being made 10 do tue same duy by the
nation which goblin and ghost do for restless and mld
children. It's organization has been magnined into
great political treason To its instigaOn has been cred
ited every wrong ard outrage thaI was pelpe-
tTated, In tie crusade against rs eXl;tenge 81
crecy OF assenbage has been held TO Justify Invasion
OF citizen rights, overthrow OF state governments Sus
pension OF very bulWafk OF individual liberty For
the North II has been dramatZed passion piece, aud
stage politicians with theatrical properties tread tue
boards 20 Ttenact IN mimcry its accredited cruelues
No barrOom fight no crossroads quarrel no midnight
murder no threatened retaliation, bat has been em-
braced in its attributes, while no vast scheme OF con-
design. Aud to-day. out OF the buried past the hu-
Klux Kan Is brought TO life aud pronounced crownng
the rule VI the caTpct-paSgers still maintained at tue
South.
anywhere. Crime should be punished what form sOeyer
it takes, and justice administered though the heavens
outraees have been inflicted on the one Side ana the
Qther, under yiops dsguse IN regions that knew the
necessarily lett behind. The records Of crime
dismal enough In every country, and where they CON
to be attended by absolute barbarities. That
secret orders will follow IN the wake to screen
the lesson OF all history and cannot doubt that such
has been The experience at the SDf ewi,e For these
things upright cuzen can have sympathy OF paila-
On lar the wrongs concerned any more than
Tor those atrocities outside the operations OF
legitimate warfare by predatory bands distinct from the
armies But when they have ended when The OrganiLa-
tOns have dlsbanded, when public sentiment has re-
sumed It's control ana epudiates such sinister courses
IL would that other aud profouuder teaching might
be gathered even IlOm lhe calanllles that nave
befalien than the superficial one encouraging Il
dispensation Of bitterness and gospel OF hate The
latter can only serve 10 DIng Daek tha very condition
pretends To deplOre While partisan prejudice prolongng
ITS outciy can DC no sac gde Ia sucn crave concern
shall therefore in discussing tls subject when threat
from the use being made OF its Illustration 10 affect
seriously the attitude vi national administration otter
no apology for dlsrcgardlng sensational reports and
basng remaTks entirely upon documentary evidences
and the sworn statements laid before Congress
HISTORY OF TUE KU-KLUx.
Senate Committee was organized during the Sc sion
of Is6S69 to inquire into the security Of person aud
property in North Carolina. Upon Its report in March,
1871 joint committee OF the two Houses OF Congress
was form to prosecute the investigation in other
States and in February 1872, this committee reported
vouminOus mass OF testimony which has been printed
under the title OF "KuKlux Conspiracy" III embraced
wide range Of investigation, but Is far too elaborate for
any general reading The most prominent feature, how
ever, may be thus set forth: First detail 10y many
witnesses of the condition OF the several communities
prior 10 and at the time OF the reputed conspiracy,
involving the sentiment prevalent with the
people, the advent OK the carpetbaggers, the means
TesOrted by them for getting possession OF the local
governments and official exhibits showing the spOliatiOn
they naugurated together with vivid pictures Of the
msIule that ensued. second Tie origin OF the
Kukux, under its different Names in different states,
1866 osensbe object OF local protection which
int,