National Republican., 1875-12-30
YyIcE OF AN EXILE.
Equal Rights and civil Libsrtyin in Texas De-
fned.

WASHINGTON, ID. O., Dec a, 1875.
To the Editor Of the National Republican:
SIR: The bloody prosecutions new being in
dulged in by the scorpion Ku-Klux Democracy
of the ex-Confederate States against the now ut
terly defenseless white and black Republicans in
their midst have, at last, set in motion the power
which we Republicans Of the South have SO long
prayed and hoped might come to our relief, viz;
the pens Of the loyal press of The country. Your
recent pungent editorials and published letters
relative to the terrible Injuries which have already
been inflicted upon the Republican party and the
nation at large by and through the action Of the
party itself, in its foolish and magnanimous treat
ment Of the ex.Confederates, who are just as sus-
ceptible Of gratitude to those who pardoned their
ali the rights they lever possessed as American
citizens, as was the rattlesnake that stung to
death its too eoptidlng bepefsetor, AS ene who
has had the misfortune
TO LIVE AMONG THESE yIPERs
curing sne Isse nine or ten years in ~ various q;
possible 10 effect full and fair Investigation OF
the present condition Of affairs existing through
isMiessness against the Lives and property Of IN:
offending Republican citizens BY the "Chevaliers"
would Ds revealed as would agpstb and hsrr
hereof and his wife and children, together with
TeXas for their very lives safety from the rCisnt
less s.Dem scrats, (" and for no other reason than
because Of their loyalty to the United States
is in every other Ku. Kiux State where the vipsrs
have control OF the goyernment-not only 70 ex:
euSs from sysy tS pcs All P on 70
them. In Galveston, Houston, Austin, San An
tonic, and, possibly, half dozen other points in
ieaven exists this fact does not Of COURSE, apply
Many Republicans there are in Texas to-day who
are, with their Impoverished families, making
the result :: Es.sts!!sat Ka.Kigx persscations, sec &
..ssr no other oienss than that Of loyalty TO the
United States Government.
PARALYSIS OF oovEnNNESr OFFICIALS.
There have recently been statements from Judge
A. J. Evans, United States district attorney for
the Western district of Texas, filed in the Depart
ment Of Justice, not only regarding the county
also. bloody outrages recently perpetrated IN
other counties much more contiguous 70 the capt.
tai Of the State and Of the utter inability OF the
military forces Of the Tni,ed States, to make an
arrest in the counties named.
once and the third-term question and shall not
| tespsss further upon your time. Those heads Of
| Departments who persist in retaining as clerks
| cans, should remember that ''there is an hereaf
hfs hsS Uas U 9. q
various M bureaus Of the Treasury Department there
to be Of Southern birth-"the salt Of the earth -
Since the publication Of this book (lsIS) the ma
iority Of changes made in the way Of dismissals
Il and appointments In this Department have been
altogether too much In favor Of the Ku- -Klux Klan
WHAT A SOURCE OF eRATIFIcATIoN
20 all true Republicans 1t would be, not only here
IN WashinRton, but throughou the entire Ku-
i Klux States, II the National Government ut
l large were TO Immediately adopt and unf1ineh-
| ingly carry ont the Zach chandler policyi May
God bless him for the Justice he has thus lar done
/ loyal men A few more dismissals, Secretary
4 Chandler, and you will be entirely rid Of the
| Shiny, poisonous glidings OF the Northern Cop
| perhead, and Of the demoralizing Influences Of
the edissembllng, ycophantic,
| erous KuKlux. ~
TOUCHING TIE THIRD-TERM
aaitation, 20 far as Texas is concerned can con-
| fdently assure you that It Is the most cherished
| hope OF the Republicans Of that Ku-Klux.con-
trclled State that U. s. Grant Will be our next
| nominee for the Presidency, and their reason for
L this hope 10, they know that he, more than any
Il other ofour great patriots and statesmen, better
/ understands the dangerous nature Of the South
/ ern disease, and that his past prompt and enica-
cious treatment Of the same u perfect guarantees
| that the thorough and permsnent eradication
/ from our midst of this malignant and bllghttng
/ scourge would be most successfully attained ~
the nations retention for another four years. from
March 4, 1877, Of his able and wsllpfovsd faithfal
In behalf Of the sufering Republicansof OF Tsxss
| earnestly request that you give space 70 thii
il letter -.