St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-06-28

| it but in the South aS the evidence
abundantly shows, the finding of Il col
ored man with his throat cut. or IL bul-
| let through his head produced no more
sensation than the finding of IL dead
| dog upon the street. could suhstan-
tiate this statement 10y hundreds of IN
stances from the testimony. but my
| time will not permit
Is il true, as Mr.. Pollard saws. that
there is no political significance in all
these things! If not, there are certain
| ~ great number of curious accidental
coindcmccs. The perpetrators of all
these outrageS happen 10y chance to
belong to one. and that the Democratic
party or if by chance any one not Il
democrat became Il mcmbcr of the
order. it WAS easily discovered that he
had some special. personal motive.
rccollcct an instance of this in the tcS-
timonN. y very ignorant hut appar-
emily honest boy of nineteen or twenty
Years ot age WAS a Witness before the
committee. He testified that he Joined
Il den of the ku kluN i'll Rutherford
county, North Carolina, and took the
prescribed oath, one part of which WAS
that they would do all in their power
To put down the radicals. thought it
safe after this to ask him who belonged
To the order, and what party they he
longed to He answered they were
generally conservatives. but there WrIc
some radicals. Senator Blair who Was
always quick To see ANY advantage for
his side. evidently thought something
could he gained 10y following my in
quiry up: 81 he asked the boy why
radicals should JOIN the order if they
had To swear to put down the radicals.
He answered very readily and maiNely ::
Some oi them joined 81 a. to hc safe
themselves. and some OF them joined :"
they could run their stills.
Whenever any man not Il democrat
wa~ found belonging to the order. some
similar reason existed.
Another equally singular thing. if of
II" political significance. is the undi>-
put,sl fact that the victims of their
cruelty and uutragcs were universally
republicans. No democrat was ever
disturbed 10y them. That mark upon
the d"nr-post always CAUSED the de
stroying angel to pass 10y and leave all
umharmcd. The democratic press some
how either denied all their acts ur JUS
can press on the other hand denounced
them. and called loudly for their pun
i>hmcnt.
In the multitude of terrible oiirn>e>
committed 10y these disguised bands
not Il single case WAS ever prosecuted
To conviction III amy of the state courts:
1T least that is my recollection al the
evidence. Even i'll counties where the
judicial and prosecuting officers were
republicans il was found utterly i'm
possible To secure convictions. Some
power behind the SCENES kept parties
from prosecuting. or witnesses from
tc>tltNlng. or lurlcS from CunNlctlng iii
all such cases. All the democratic
gentlemen " no testified before the com
mittcc. who would admit the existence
of the ku kluA at all. sw"rc they had
always been greatly opposed t" it and
had denounced il with great severity.
But believe not Il single instance ap-
pcarcd where either of these gentlemen
or any one of similar political principles.
ever lifted Il finger or took step to
bring one of the offenders To punish
mtnt.
Their denunciatiuns seemed to have
very little effect. Who believes. Mr..
Speaker. that if the Democratic leaders
III the South had really desired I" put
an end to this terrible business they
could not have done it ut any time in Il
single daN The terrible truth is that
il w,s foo urutit,hl, tn their mart, to
la, hr,k,.u nm g, m.,.hin, Il, vhi,.Ii th.
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