New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-04-19

his life alone; but the fall term comin
round, the peaceable citizens of Franklil
and many members Of the bar, requisite
| the judge to hold court in Franklin, assurin
him that it was quiet there, and in thei
| opinion there was no danger. He 80 niue
full u anner-he SO sincerely loved his cour
try and wished to do what was best for it
that, laying self aside, he started to Wins
boro to hold the second week of court, an
was brought home maIgled and blood
corpse, martyr in the cause of law an,
peace.
Ye men of Southern blood, We men O
honor, here is your brother, one of WHOM
ye may well be proud. The peace an,
prosperity and glory OF our Southern elm
and sunny homes unite in calling YOU &
raise your voices as the voice of one man il
defense of his just fame and against hi
foul assassination, not so much that it ma,
reach the ears of government, but that
may SO reach the ears Of the people as e
exterminate this lawless, cowardly AM
wicked violence that has been organize,
and is cunningly and craftily kept alive ii
our midst. Let it no longer find sane
tuary In political parties. in the public
press, and IN that most abused of. all sane
tuarles, the Southern people. Let them M
longer be able to find the semblance OF a
pretext for electing men to assassination. 4
This organization for crime is worse thar
the tanned Avengers" among the MOrmons
and aside from the inquisitiOn of Rome i,
Is the most cunningly devised scheme evel
set on foot among men to inspire terror anC
rob men of their lives and drive them from
their homes. 1t has thus tar-save per
haps IL Georgia and the Carolinas-out
witted the laws and set the State and
National governments at defiance. 1t il
said not now to exist; that President Grant
compounded with their leaders just pre-
vious to his last election. If So we pre-.
sumo his terms were that they should re-
turn to the support OF civil law and abide
its processes. promising liberal use of ex-
ecutive clemency. Ii this be so, they have
proved false to the terms, and have used
the opportunity thus gained to improve
their tactics and Make them more disguised
and efficient than ever, DIS has been abun.
dainty instanced all over our country since
that time. There is no estimating the ter,
rlble power Of such an organization in a
country. Men will go in where they
think 1t necessary to make them
safe in their lives and homes. Hence
three-tourths of all the white male
population in Northern Louisiana in 1868
were members of this Khan. The great
trouble with the workers of it is to keep its
terrible 4Ower within bounds. We heard
one CT its officers say, By way of an apology
for their workings, that che went down to
. parish. where they had murdered
over twenty men in less than three months,
land told them that if they did not behave
themselves better he would bring squad
down upon them and execute the last one
of them"
What is to be done with population who
have thus crlminated themselves! Judge
Crawford said establish civil law over
them. The desperaGoas and their abettOrs
said not. They were willing to furnish the
Judge with an escOrt-a mob-but not the
sheriff posse, unless, perchance, he was of
their number or would become their tool
With two such officers as the judge and
Mr.. Harris, the desperadoes saw that their
reign was over, and that day of reckon
ing was at hand.
Hence the time had now come to execute
= sentence that had been passed in
more klans than one against him. Mr.
Harris sprang CALAMITY to his side, how
1obly, how bravely they acquitted them
selves, let the facts declare and history re-
,ord. One would suppose that the trees
where the hOrrid assassination occurred
would have eyes and ears and voices to wit
less against the murderers. But instead of
his, the abettors of the crime are busy in
Hing all the ears with ingeniously devised
alsehOOds and foresta!ling the press with
'riet notices mixed with truth and false
God, representing it as matter of personal
pite and revenge and Of doubtful character
t that. They say that sit has no political
lgnifcance whatever" Now this vague
tterance, if it means anything, means that
ne ku kiux Khan or knights of the White |
amelia, is political organization, and it |
oil inv
r stir about it, and thus screen themselves !
ON all guilt in the murderous deed.
Mrs. Crawford says: 81 am almost in de- |
)alr IN trying to prove or have anything |
rOved against these desperadoes The peo-
10 seem willing to testify, but are so de-
'essed with fear that they are even afraid to
vn that they are afraid" This corresponds
18th what we heard one of Louisiana's hon
t and brave men say in the peaceful year
1O, when all was quiet, in relation to GER
In unconvicted criminals, then at large,
,ainst whom he could give some yery
United circumstantial evidence. He said
will not witness against them unless the
'yernment will give me security as to life
ID property and the only security they
n give is to buy me out, SO that l can
ave the country. The jHdge may put me
Jail, but l will not witness"
Mrs. Crawford and Mrs. Harris have
tn left with their families, at great loss
cuniarlly, not willing to raise their chill
en- under such an influence Yet this
lst all be hus he'd up as stuff not to be be-
we'd, mere bugoear.
They say: "We want immigration here
settle up our rich alluvial lands. You
u lnjure the country by telling such
Ost stories.
Yes, the good people of Louisiana have ;
=
ping that there was virtue and intelli- ,
ice enough in the evil itself to bring it to |
end; that it would come to an end of its I
II accord. But with the triumphant as {
sinatlon OF Judge Crawford and District
,Orney Harris, all hope is gone. The | l
at bulwark Of law and impartial Justice q
ut down. G
low what is to be done with this gigantic | t
Her that controlled the ballOt-bOx by in t
idatiOn in 1868, and whose manifest aim l
r since has been to gam a permanent L
troll of it by the same means, This
yer that lntimidates judges and juries s
officers OF Justice, and bushes up the $
lths OF witnesses against crime, and that g
manufacture evidence to suit its own 8
ked purposes! q
ur only hope is in military force, es- y
llshed at Columbia or Monroe, even if it !.
to be done against the wishes of white =
ority.. This might be necessary were q
re no blacks here, but how much more Q
essary as it ia! This force must be for u
erm OF three or four years, to set the y
,els OF civil government to running v
Othly, to clear the docket and set every. =
g in order. A less period will do more 3
u than good. The fact is a military u
g has been needed here every year since ',
war. Any statesman with half sense 81
Mt know that if ever military police e.
needed, it would be under the new re- Il
IN and order of things into which the II
precipitated us. But our Governors. D
e Hancock, have known or cared very N
Q for our wants. They seem to have I. u
wholly intent on money making or - L,