National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-24
KU-KLUX RE-0RGANIZED.
OPERATIONS oFTHE WHITE LEAGU E
IN LOUISIANA.


NAIs-REn-HANDED WORK IN oADDo
PARISH.
The New Orleans Republican Of the 18th inst.
contains the following summary Of the organlsa-
ton and operations Of the White League party N
that State;
| ave have already referred TO the manifesto
| tons Of lAWlOssness which have occurred In the
pO.icai SS1S % BEEN saS fos some TSof
forward in this rsSpSet but ogtrSgSS Of serious
NAtohltocheS, webster, RapideS, Grant, 81. Mar.
tin and other sections Of horthern and western
II "a, @T sss Si sOs SIns TSa O.
publican voters would not dare attempt 70 deposit
Of 1893, when men Offering 70 vote for General
Grant for Prehdent we're shot dead IN their tracks
The Ku-Klux OF K. W. O. Of that year, has
been reorganIEed this year under the name Of the
White League. The former organization met IN
convenient disguisSs. The White League Of to-
day Is open and bold IN tg movements, but none
the less infaISgs IN y; designs For proof We
platform adopted By the White League in 81.
ave enter Into and form this League for the
protection Of our own race against the daily in
ereaslng Entertainments Of the negro and are de-
| termined 10 use our best endeaYoFE TO purge cur
legislative judicial and ministerial offices from
such horde Of mlScrSants a. now assume 70 lord
That to accomplish this end We IoIsmnIy
pledge our honor 10 each other TO gtye our hearty
support to all that this League may determine by
and 70 aid to the utmost Of our ability In carrying
oIt such measures as ltmay adopt.
soI me- Sotsa SpIniOus So a1 4. 1oyn - h
the one grand object We may have IN view"
1t Alto, on the llth Of July, the following was
"fSSt We rerard Il the Sacred and political
duty Of every member OF this CLUB TO discoun-
teGsnes and socially prescribe All white men who
supplant every political opponent in all his yoca-
lions, by the employment and support Of those
who ally themselves with the white mans party;
and we pledge ourselves to exert our energies
and use our means 70 the communicating Of thiI
end"
At the White League convention in franklin,
on the 1st OF August, the following significant
| resolution was adopted:
"RssoIUsd, That It % the sense Of this oon7en-
ton that every membef Of the White League or.
! ganIIatlOn is in honor and duty bound Eealously
TO support and vote FOR each and every regular
nominee Of the organization, to the exclusion Of
ali other candidates or persons whatever"
This platform is broad enough 10 cover every
species Of crime and outrage.
Now let Us quote froR The White League
organs. Tbs ERtsrPriss, published at Franklin,
st. Mary parish, IN It's issue Of August, saysI
ws ask fST no We protect against
Louisiana, by virtue Of our endeaYor, a. o heri-
tags frop our ancestors, and It is ours and ours
1 "
tion and law belong alone % US, and not to the
negroes. They have no record but barbariAm and
idOlatry nothing since the war but that Of error
Their right to vote is but the result Of war thoir
exercise Of 1t o monstrous imposition and vim.
dietiye punishment upon rs Tor that lladTlsed
Therefore are we banding together in White
League army, drawn up only on the defensive
acting under Christian and high princlpied
. leaders, and determined 70 defeat these negroes
In their Infamous design Of dePrivng Us Of all We
hold sacred and precious on the soil Of our ma
tiVity or adoption, or perish in the attempt.
Come what may, upon the Radical party must
rest the whole responsibility Of this conflict, RnC
as sure as there is 3 lust God In heaven, their IN
natural, cold FLOODED and TeVengeful measures
Disqualification in Louisiana will meet with &
; The following is from an address to colored poo
pie in the Natchitoches ViHdicafor Of July IS:
"The white .people intend to carry the STATE
election this fall This Intention Is deliberate anC
9 uIslterable from the fact that their very exist
4 enes depends upon IT, and that you may ENJOY tn
: blessings which Will naturally follow such Al
3 event; blessings made doubly sweet when yel
q know you wsTs partly instrumental IN br'nlnl
= ing your State from the degradation and ruin SD
now is IN, or will you follow still the adVee o
9 those who have placed her thus2 Take time /
Q answer It, and let your mind, should you dscId
a adlrmatively, be at rest for your future Welfar
|, and happiness. We propose TO do for you NOR
other SSpG should yOS imssins t6st TIE t.Seb in
Of your former rulers is correct, and you elect
a sttempt-for 4 win only Do an attempt-to cor
SGeHcss For We tell n6W and let il Be- an
= anctly remembered, that you have fair warning
that we intend to carry the State Of LouisIapa I
. November next, or she will be military Terri
: The Alexandria Democrat of July Is contain
= 1.-THE people have determined that the kellogg
! government has to be gotten rid Of, and they vii
: not LeruPle spout the means as they have done
This is from the Mansfield Reporter Of July 4:
There is nothing 70 Be Famed By Plsadlngs 9
eOncessionS, but everything is within our reach,
y lions be such that everybody Will know what "
2 want and let them see that we are in earnest an
b gardless Of the consequences"
The same paper, Of July II:
, "fhe lines must be drawn at once before on
E means we will prevent many milk and cider 70
: lows from falling into the enemys ranks Will
3 the white mans party guarantees the negro all
r earpet-baggers and renegadSs shall be permItte
Il to organize and prepare the negroes for the COZ
villains the negroes are totally incapable OF e
: fectually organizing themselTes, and unless the
are previously excited and dnllsd, onehRlf OF the
5 the remainder viii vote the white mans ticket.
70 The following Y from the hlnden Democrat:
/ "Tho remedy for all the evils that afaIet OF
, State, and every Southern State under negro an
d carpet-bag rule, is very simple. The i9celdiarit
. who flood our copntry at The approach Of ever
election must be looked after; tie proceedings
. midnight gatherings in dark and gloomy place
, must be known. Incendiary teachings 81 II
v csrpet-baggsrs and scallaFsgs to fnhame Ii
n minds Of the negroes must not be tolerate
( 3rho Shreveport TINE, e Pc. sresHsnes til
o champion and advocate Of tho White League o
il erai extracts. In speaking Of the late murder
= poor old negro man in Caddo parish, that pape
}, in its issue Of July %, says:
|
8 this parish that was necessary, but It was eY
Is IDENTIFY done by cool, determined, and Just mel
} who knew Just how far to 70, and We doubt not
n the same kind Of work IA Necessary IT will
OF the Grant parish massacre, the fOllOWln
It language is used:
. I'VE say, again, that We fully. cordially q
!, aid 81 GOifaII the white man who does not Is
creature SO base that ne GhslneS the worst class
s.; s gsSton, " sEsP going to carr
!: Speaking Of the prospect Of Federal tpterfsl
4 ence, the following paragraph sppearsi
! thsn down then let the inisny Of ne deed rss
Z d ne palIgnanoy and hate Of the TOrthsf
o people, beneath whose whitening inhuOnee
! seqdm1gt Of liberty can SprviTsj under Who's
4 community that does not worship It must b
tfampled In the dust, and every civilization tia
does bot pay tribute to It blasted by its curse"
o kno 1tHsgs0 u august eOnLalqb khe FOLLOWING
4 aTt has been charged that the white man
parry expects to achieve success BY intimidation
!; ThiSis strletiy true; 70 iptSp4 g gQeceed BY Z
. numerical strength, az shown In the hgures EboT
Q given from the ninth census. We rely for succeed
: solely upon intimidation, but not that tntimIds
ton which Is the result Of vjolsncs and bloodsheC
our weapons are not to be improved rifles and slI
! shooters; the Intimidation We proboS6 to win by
3 that which great and Just cause inspires IN Il
Q opponents; the Intimidation which intellect VII
}; tue and all The manly qualities eXefciss over il
, norAnoe, suptrstitidd and hu nan deprGEtty; ID
triumphant elyii1adon fii6 tie hearts Of us foe
: and With which the Gross OF Christianity strike
the bowling d0rVishss Of brutal supsrStilton.n
" The pleasing sArcasn Of this paragraph will
o appreciated when taken IN SQhpectiOp with Ii
following extract Speaking Of "tTtumphant eli
iliEatEon," such IS the Times would ins1gurGl
J. when It's day Of political millennium arrives,
. reproduce the following paragraph from RnQthI
1 corner Of the same issue, begging pardon Of Of
D roa ders IS We DO 90, since, for long time no o.
= has gone to bis grave from among rs more III
!. oerely lamented by all who knew him thah Ii
O. gallant young man TO whom this brutal paraKTsp
10 refers:
"THK INFAMOUS DEAD.
"Our dispatches this morning contain the graf
y flying intelligence MAT the infamous wretch, D
q Rlyhe, Is dead. OF AL the low and dirty hsas
a thst RAdiea4sm has imposed upon Louisian
) this so0updrel was the mssnOgt and lowest. Son
= saueapiSh people hay think that nor the fello
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