The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-08-25
DALLAS. TEXAS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST %
rmE END or A had CAREER,

THE END OF A bad CAREER
Tho Philadelphia Times, ~ Al
iconoclast OF Radical Idols, Is II dc
cidcd succcss. In recent numbe
il demolishos the already dccaye
Union League, or Loyal League, II
il was known in the South, prctt.
oil'ectuaIly. But in the big day
its career it certainly was TIC
mondous factor in social and polIt'
cal reconstruction in tho Southern
States. Though i p carpct-O"i
agents it brought tho entire Negro
population within its control, and
was tho potent instrument OF nearly
MI tho misrulc and corruption
which for nearly II decade over
whelmcd Southern society In
every neighborhood throughout the
Southern States these organizations
had their lodges, pass words and
secret orders. These lodges were
thu seminarics where tho crcdnlous
and ignorant negroes were taught
the lessons of dstrust and hate OF
tho whites, and especially of their
old masters, which has borne such
Il bountiiul crop. Under the dia-
bolical teachings Of their Leagues,
tho ignorant and crcdulous negroes
became arrogant and aggressive to
such degree that it provoked, in
most of tho late Confederate States,
counter organizations, with vari.
ous names; but all having II
common ohject-sclf protection.
In this State the order was
known, we believe, rs the Knights
of tho White Camelia. Many of
tho best and most law-abiding citi-
zcrs Of the State were enrolled as
members, and as the object and
purposes Of the order were known
to General Reynolds to bo merely
the preservation Of society against
lawlessnoss, he never intorlerred
In othcr States and localities, now.
ever, these associations of whites
assumed highly aggressive policy,
and especially the kuklnX, which
went to understandable lengths, and
BY their violence sntailcd the most
unhappy consequences upon thoir
fellow-cltizcns Most of the harsh
and vindictivo legislation of Con-
grcss, for six or seven years, was
tho fruit of kuklux violence, or Mt
least had that for its pretoxt and
justification. But lot it be rcmcm-
bered that kukluXism was tho lcgit-
innate fruit Of loyal leagucism, and
that to this mischievous organiza-
ton the country is indebted, direct
ly and indirectly, for much
Of the Reorganization and
violence which has reigncd
in the South, since the war.
And now thanks to "Timc, which
sets all things right" and to the in
hcrent vice Of all organizations
which have for their object the at.
tainmcnt Of unlawful ends, by un-
lawful means, this mischicvous Tn.
ion League of America is on its last
legs. Tho Philadelphia Times in
speaking Of its executive commit
toe, throws the following clods upon
its collin; To-day there is no I'm.
ion League of America--outsido Of
its national executive committee
and II is about tlmo the sham thai
has bccnSk kept up for several years
was made known. The committee
which has just had its trumpet
sounded at other peoples expense
has not following of five hundred
in the five millions and more OF
votersin the nation. It's composed
ofa number of persons who are out
of political employment, each O.
whom is an .ox-somcthing or other
from Governor down to ward con
stable, and tho majority Of whom
have no visible means of supper
but their positions on the commit
tee, Z iAl
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