The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-31

DIR, ioJxMtNas, Lsorunns :Aone Rev.
Dr. A. We Cummings, resident at Spar
tapburg; ;7has recently been lecturing in
New England on .Ku Kluxisin. at the
Sonth:r This ,pfeaoher, and ledtnfer On
Ku Kluxism, is the same individual
whose name fauuts at the masthead OF
the Spartanburg NeD Era as assistant
editor and bnainess manager" In the
last issue Of that paper it is stated that
~ the request ct prominent ministers
OF the South Carolina Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church, DR.. Cum
min8sl recently spent several weeks in
Nav England, land that s'his. object was
to,ipterest tho people OF that section, in
aiding the scattered w.,ite, memberships
Of his denomination, in South Carolina,
in. erecting sor themselves and their
friends suitable places of Worship. I"
Thst, Boston, Posi- in noticing one of
these Ku Klux LECTURES, says:
"Rev. DR.. a. ". Cummings, of South
Carolina, lectured> in fremont Temple
on:tha KG Klnx Klans of the South, last
evening. Mr. Cummings said the pun
ber Of Kn. klux in the South is not
accurately known. L The Cocn.y Of
Spartanburg,; South Carolina, there arc
known to be seventy-six dens, and at an
ayefage,o2 thirty members to each den
there would be 2,810 in this one County,
In Che nine Counties of this State.
where the ha6eas corpus has been sus-
pended there are about 20, 800, and in
Tennessee there aKei 10000. The whole
number in, the whole South is about
550, 600, who are banded together as q
protective military organization, of
which Gen. Forests supposed to be the
Oyclops, though the headquarters are at
Nashville, Tennessee. Whatever may be
said about packed iurios in the Counties
where these men have been tried, all
those who have been convicted and sem
fenced confessed their guilt and pleaded
extenuating circumstances. The leo
turer looked for more pleasant times in
the future. and already sees the dawn Of
brighter days. Several times during the
lecture young man dressed in the ha-
biliments of the Ku Klux order appeared
upon the platform, to tho merriment OF
the audience. The Temple was we'll
filed and the lecture may be called a
success, financially"
While we are far from being ON apollo
gist OF Ku Kluxism, or in any way sym
pathizing with them, we can't exactly
commend the subject matter Of the
Doctors lectures. They bear the ear
marks too enthusiastically of an effort at
sensation-to add fuel to minds already
inf1amed to the highest pitch against us.
The people Of Boston never had any too
much brotherly love for us, and they
have, perhaps, less now than ever. Ku
Kluxism, at best. is bad enough, but it's
e1Rggeration should have been left to the
ranting politician, not to man of God.
But the Doctor knew his material and
how to manipulate it.; and in choosing
Ku Kluxism as his subject, he hit q
chord that found ready response in the
breast Of every Boatonian. The Doctor
went for money, and We presume he got
it, as the Post says: "The Temple was
well filled and the lecture may be called
q success fnanoialiy;" otherwise the
"deponent saith not" That's right,
Doctor, bleed those Bostonians all 'you
can-stick the lancet deep, whether
the money be used in s'erecting suita-
BILE place Of Worship" or appropriated
to other purposes.
AS to the Rev. Doctor going to Boston
to lecture on Ku Kluxism sat the request
OF prominent ministers of the South Ga.
rolina Conference" We take that with
several grains OF salt. In short, we
don't believe it-not a word of II.
LdureaspiRe Herald.