The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-08

hi h thsis g exg elevation t9 any local Offices
lsast, they would be paid down in cash
for their labor and their votes any rea-
so7sble prioe,t ,theySmight demand. The
pie. and to the, effect that the brethien
should organize. ns quickly ad possible,
one klan in evefy County, with a ss6or.
diaate den at every village and otoss-
roads; should pack the Radical Slate
Convention on the 10Th February, and
the next >Gnbernatorial Convention in
the interest Of Scott, defeat impeach-
menf, and elect Mr.. Mackey to the
q IudgAAHG jh the Sixth Uuaicifl Circuit.
Tha bargain aud sale was promptly
completed upon these terms, and the
time thAt, bob since elspsed asbsehl en-
ployed I'D rerfecting the organization.
and In steady, effective work for the
Grand High Old Cyclops, Scott. The
trst step was the securing of more ON
bilious quarters than those that had sa-
tisfied the local organization. These
were soo4 found in the second story OF
the building on the corner Of Main and
Bridge streets. owned by the County
Auditor Of Richland, who is also clerk
to the Attorney General, solicitor of the
House, &c. This floor was hired (the
rent being quietly charged to the CON
tingent fund OF the, House as ''rent Of
committee rooms. y and gorgeously fur
nished upon the same scale and in much
the same style as Dennis 800. 900 up-
holstery in the lower House The car.
pet is of tapestry, with pattern OF con-
vointed rings, and the furniture is ap-
propriately uado of black walnut. Whis.
key aud otiier seductive fluids are fur
nished hy the barrel, and tho appoint.
ments Of tho lodge room include one
hnndsome parlor organ, the gilt of a
prominent State official.
The next step was to clothe this pa
tent ku Klux with show Of legal sanc-
ton, and for this purpose the following
bill was introduced in the lower House
on the 18th OF December, and hurriedly
put through, with but trifliDg opposi-
tion:
BILL TO INCORPORATE TIE GRAND coUN-
GIL OF THE INDEPENDENT ORDER OF
UNITED BRETHREN OF SOUTH OAR oL1NA.
he it endcted. dc, That P. P. Hedgee,
Frank Adamson, s. J. Lee, William Lit.
tle6eld. j. w. Thomas, John 4. Hen
ierson, R. w. Cousart, Il. Hart, Mitchill
Goggins. George A. Richmond, N. B.
Meyers. Fortune Childs, Robert Tarle-
| ton, Eaop Goodson, Edward Ferguson,
W. H. Jonos aud others, who are now,
or may herenfter become, officers and
members OF the Grand Council OF the
! Independent Order Of United Brethren,
and their succossory officers and mem
bera, be-, and they are hereby, declared
to be body politic aud corporate, by
the name aud style Of the "Grand Coun.
oil of the Independent Order of United
Brethren OF the State of South Caro-
lina;" and that the said CORPORATION
shall, by its corporate name, sue. be-
sued, implead and be implcaded, in the
courts of this Slate, aud shall be emu
bled and empowered in law to purchase,
have. hold, enjoy and possess ohattels,
| lands, tenements or real estate, of what
kind aud nature soover, and the same or
any part thereof to sell, alien, or convey,
ut their will and pleasure: Provided,
That the property 80 held shall not ex-
coed tho annual value of $4,000. Aud
the said corporation shall have power to
make q common seal, with power to
change and alter the same as often as
they deem necessary.
or the incorporatOrs named above. all
but two ARE members of the House.
This bill was passed through the lower
House under the lash of the brother
hood, which possesses seventy six votes
in that body. 1t has not yet passed the
Senate, and it is likely that it will not,
but its passage after all is matter OF no
great Importance to the brotherhood,
except as giving it quasi-iegislative en-
dorsement.
The ritual and constitution of this new
Ku Klux has been completed and adopt
ed. 1t is an adaptation of the formula
Of the old Nothing" organiza-
ton, or the United Order of Sam, and
Includes solemn oath, q terrible initia-
ton, nnd the penalty of death for any
betrayal Of the secrets of the order.
The State is divided first into two de-
partments, over each Of which there is
division commander, and then into dis
tricts composed of the various Counties.
The utmost secrecy is preserved az to the
names of the officers OF the grand coun-
Gil and the parties who are depended on
to organize the various Counties. lam
told that the Governor holds no actual
Office in the order, but, with the aid of
L. j. Mackey. stands bohind the scenes
to work the wires; that one Of the grand
divisions is commanded by colored
member of the United States Congress: :