The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-17
The Kuklux Tyranny.

Tho k,,klux legislation was 4 scheme 10
hind The negro vote to the Radical Admins
traiiou and weaken the voice of the south
crn white people ty oppression ana ih'i'h''
dation.
The uro.sss has been ~fcarfully ruthless ana
distressing. The laws rendered every "h''
man ,u,ru,bie to arrest for threatening Il
h,oct ,otcr or ot;cInpting to influence his
vote in any way. or for d'ScilarglhG h'm
from cmplovmcnt on account OF the '"'c
riyen Nv him. Furthermore, the mal'rra''
inr Of a negro or white man on account ol
his political, opinions (tnd every such a' was
assumed 30 lc IwIltictl) Wa made I crIh'' ~
which were assessed cAc'>>,'" r"i'"'>'
Indeed. nj! The penalties for kl'kluA "h'h''s
arr excessive, and there are .t"'s III a"'i''o'
to IMPRISONMENT in every case. >ih""i"- ii'
ever uprcrmo>t idea of pilindcrlhG the lHo-
,.,ty or the accused. The certainty "i con-
,irliou WA. secured 10y giving L" ihe com
,l,inant u reward equal 10 the time imposed
hy the Government.
The first step was 10 drag the accused
many mi!cS->omCiimCs one t" two nun
drcd-trom their homes. and immune them
in prison for months before their trial. ~"
southern prisons were lIli"tl with them. HE
march Of these poor wrctchcS, who looked
forward with despair 4" Their c"l'lrlio'l
through subnrnation of perjury and arbitrary
rulings Of corrupt judges. was sad enough.
Their families accompanied them III many
in.tancc~-wirc> and helpless little ones l"'-
lowing their husbands and father. with wan
and wo"->trickrn cnlntcnliIcc> tlid weary
feet. TO bid them. possibly, 4 last 2dIcu II The
prison doors.
After a trial, which ha> been almost IN
~yarial,ly Il lmnckrry Of Justice, In" ACCUSED
have lccu. in lar-c proportion, convicted ana
sent from five hundred Ia Il Thousand lHitc>
from home to bc shut up IN the Federal pr
sons OF the North. there possibly L" die ANA
almost certainly 10 he forgotten. Their
terms of imprisonment are long. ami When
they are ended which way can the discharged
persons look for consolation and peace. liI'l
lrit families. often dependent. who were roE-
bed of the means OF subsistence" 10 pay llilc>
anu ~ I'IN tiiN wv y" l'i"''N W. ''''''
done 10 pcriurcd villains. Those %Iilnil'c,
must in II few years hc scattered like The
brood whose guardian has been killed ly In"
hawk.
All this. too, in Il time "l prni",lnd rrac"
and in violation of the State au'l Federal
constitutions.
There is no true liberty Will" such laws
and such practices prevail. A. we'll talk nj
Il partial compromise OF virtue a> Il partial
COMPROMISE of the c>s,ncr of liberty. That
has been forfeited, for The personal benefit of
tie party in power, and cannot br considered
IL existing - l"ug a> the local authority of
the State Government i troddcn under foot.
and 50 Ion. IL our iclIow-citiZcn> of other
States are subject to such prosecutions and
wrongs is The last five wears have Wltnr>>ch.
C%ommuniiic, can feel II" safety H. long
Il, the tigers and llyclrts al the Coy
crnncnt are let loo-c upon them. They
Iap the blood only Of the whites. \" negro
i prosecuted for political Offences. W" ali
know that negroes are kept under Il rcl-n "l
trrror'-tlat they dare not vote against The
,l,rrrcs Of the ~lraguc>. aud that III Il number
of c.,cS negroes have been subjected 10 the
most brutal violence for separating from their
culurch f, lluw-IIcn on political Ii">1lril>. III.
BAYNE WAS beaten n,;lll ~ 10 death for or
posing PLATT for Congress, Neither lH>
pl.AIT nor have any of his lulloWrr> been
punished for cracking the Doctors bullet
l.,,l rI1,,r, - mai u l,ltrh. tIrill in ink tt.tli-
rll prison for political offences. and yet no
people have employed threat and intiIIilda-
tion to control votes so much H. the negroes.
But the devil always leaves Il bar down.
The kukluX mcl>ulc, conlriTca for purity
PURPOSES, has done IT, GEANT more injury
than cun be repaired by the brutal Use OF il.
Il WAS a great mistake. II WAS thought that ly
it the negro would b. retained and made al
efficient partisan and the white man would
he driven fcom the polls. 1t has failed. II
has tired The white man with IN irrcprc,>i-
bl" opposition TO the Administration, whilst
the negro is CROWN" daily iunir and more
Indifferent TO the party which IS ever fruit
iul in promises but So entirely Delinquent III
real acts beneficial 10 him. He is la,t drift
:ng away from that party which - greatly
nrcrrstimatcd his usefulness. Will. the
whites, whom il WAS sought to crush, arc
more determined than even To resist the men
who have m>,lltrd them and thrown down
the walls of tn" Constitution established for
their protection.
The man who says these sentiments are
only aroused in the South Is Il fool, and
greatly wrongs the public Judgment OF the
North. l. sympathy of race dead: Is hut
man nature in the North utterly perverted:
No. they are both in existence, and CROWN"
more active every day, and the kllkluN per-
secutions are making the Federal Admins
tration stink in the no>trilS OF all the nation.
GRANT will be overwhelmingly defeated.
How any southern man can vote for him w
do not understand. Any one who docs 50
should hear the means of the kukluX con-
vict>-hiS irlluw-citiZcn>-tllrougli the "rsl-
tin%s OF their dungeons when M goes 10 the
polls to ind"rSc their conviction and up.
prove their Imprisonment in the tar-diStant
northern ba>lilcs, while their poor families
are scattered to the winds, dependant upon
the charity OF the world.
.tcy. SEiLA MARTIN (rnl"rc,p, IF Louisiana.
writes 10 the New York Tribuns:
The cniorei man In the South WI, Initiated into
the III mysteries al suffrage Ivy white men who magui-
fled the Strrrdncs> ~ The political oath admins
tered. and intensified supcrstltiuus fear, ~ 10 TIN,
pt.nllilts which would IltJfihI Inc tDluIptI man