Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-06

Are THERE KuKLux Is The Scum The
Greeley orstors and organs yociferste loudly
sgAiutt tie charge thst the kuklux are stlu on
tie var path in the South, and declare that AL
part, of the confederacy are .s quiet and peace
able as any portion Of the North. But reliable
accounts from the South tell very different
story.
TIE Troy Times ny, young lady Of that
city recently undertook .journey to Arksnssf,
where her brother. loyal citizen resides. Since
her arrival she hat written home AMI thefolowing
is su extract from the letter. 1t give, fearful
picture of the condition Of sasirs that would En-
cue in the event of Greeley's election:
- must tell you we are one hundred and
twenty five miles from railroad, and fifty
miles from telegraph station. The roads here
gre fearful. In all the distance from Little Rock
there is not .n inch Of plank they are just rs
the wagons make them The country is noun
tainous; it Is up one hill and down smother all
the way of courte streams abound, and in al
that distance there lie but one bridge We ford
ed river, CT ferried over. We started before
dsy-bre.k, rode all day, only stopping to water
the hortes and kill monstrous snskes, rattle and
meccasibf, through woods infested with bear
and p.nthers and Kuklur. Night comes and
We sleep for few hours on the floor Of the frat
cabin where they will take us in then up and
on again All the wsy " Jack (brother of the
wrter) and the driver rode with each Of them
loaded revolver on the seat, and Maud carried
hers in her s.tchel in her lap. When we sleep
the reviewers are by the aide Of the pillow. We
are in the mid,t Of rebels, and they are rebels,
lust st much =, they ever were, and only wasn't
The chance to show it. This country Was the
scene Of come Of the fearful kuklux outrages IN
'GS In this immediate community there were
three hundred killed, and there is the same spir-
it here now, and we zee il every day. Not
solitary whine WOMAN will fpeak to us. They
shun us AZ if We had the plsgue. But enc has
entered the house in over year. There are but
three white radicals here,-the Sheriff, a" jack
and young fellow. They are all in ihi, house.
| suppose there ia no man in the country hated
as Jack is lie is the leader in the radical party,
and Colonel Of 4 regiment Of rtste militia CON-
po,ed Of colored men. He has stood right TO
the colored men here, and believe they would
die for him. He has been Nominated State SEN
stor from this county, snd think he will be
elected II he liVes. The rebels have sworn to
hang him. They take tie mos; fearful oaihs
agslust him hat you ever heard. | don't think
it will ever come tc hsnging, because they would
Dot dare DO ii. IL would arouse the colored men,
but they will shoot him from behind tree if
they get . chance. There have been sixteen
suen murders in THE county within few months.
Some Of the coortd men here do not feel much
love for their old masters. and | should not
think they would il 10 fearful the things have
heard them tell. expect times are going to be
pretty hot here this fall The election means
lots tc u,. If Grant should not be elected we
shall have TO leave or die, that ia sure One Of
the rebels stood Up in Greeley meeting here
last wetk and said they were going to "a hang
the white men up here and kill all the uggere
who voted for them after election"