The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-01-24

PAPERS As TO TIE oflNibNS or
Mr.. JOHNSON AND HIMSELF, ETC.
TIE END or THE KU.KLrN TRIALS.
Tie ku-klu3 trials at Couln bia,
! S. c.. are At last at MI cud. They
! have been Il disgrace TO clvlilza-
, ton, and il is. perhaps, because
the administration pcTcclvcS that
! the country feels this that the
. prosecutions have been stopped.
, Instituted for political purposes,
they have aroused 4 lau@uid dis
gust for their author rather than
that veuomouS hate for the South
which WAS desired, aud. as having
thus failed Of their purpose: haze
been discontinued. In the next
Presidential canvass the ku.hlux
trials will he lar'll y al issue, save
in 50 far aS administration speak
rrS may be forced to paIIiatc and
apologize for the gross cutrages
upon law, justice and dcccncy,
which have marked their course.
Failing thus IL their intended ob
icct Of making party capital for
the Republican nominee in the ap-
proaching campaign for The Pres
idency, these trials have yet their
uses. 1t is impossible to review
them without exciting i whole
some horror'of cne Of the worst
! forms Of dcspotiSm-that which
cIoalis itself under the torms Of
law. 10 al outward appearance
everything was regular the law
WAS passed by Congress; the i'll
dictmrnts were found by a Fed.
cral Grand jury; the accused were
allowed couuScl there were wit
neS<cs and Judges, and pleas ana
verdicts. and all the usual PARA
phcrna!ia and incidents Of due
administration Of justice and to
Supplcm ent all this circumslan-
tiaIity there We're divers coutes-
sions OF guilt in open court, as if
even out Of the mouth OF the priS-
oncr at the Bar proceeded i tctli-
mony to the propricty Of his triaI
and the existence Of his crime.
Looking beneath the surface q
horrible travcsty Of justice ap-
pears. IN the first place, in the
eye Of Congress itself there ap-
peared no original necessity for
this ku.kIux Act. Tie Forty
first Congress came to al cad Oh
the 4th Of March, 1871, ana was
succeeded by the Forty-6ccond:
which speedily effected an organ.
iza,ion and stood ready by the eth
10 adjourn. Word TO this effect
was sent 20 Mr.. Grant, who forth
with urged the Two houses not 10
adjourn until he could call their
attention to some legislation they
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d2"e !" 'he premises E"l!i alter
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HTSt South ir",!na ProcIain"'! ION
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