Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1878-04-10
THE REAL KU-KLUH.

RACES perpetrated upon the negroes oil
certain Southern States, notably Of
South Carolina, BY armed white men,
in a spirit of hatred of the Union and
hostility to the reconstruction acts, con.
stitutcd the major part Of the stock in
trade of the Republican party in the
North. 1t was represented that the
rebels had retired from the field ofopcn
wal only TO resort 10 assassination as
a means Of Kidding themselves Of their
enemies and putting tho Democratic
party on its feet. Oath bound ~organiza.
tons, under the name Of Ku-Klux,
were said TO pervadc every neigbbor.
hood, formed for no other object than
to keep the negroes and their white
allies, falsely called Republicans, in a
state Of sobordination 20 the owners
Of the soil. Slavery was indeed abol.
ished by law, but we were led to be
lieve that the foundations OF u worse
system Of human bondage were being
lald. Masked midnight riders were
supposed to be gaIloping through the
country, killing or sconrging negroes,
Kidding humble homes with bullets,
burning school houses, aud sparing not
even the women and children Of the
families OF those who dared declare
themselves Republicans. The stories
of outragcs then told by pen and pencil
and described upon the stump in one
campaign after another still linger in
the memory. 1t seemed TO the hu-
name North that the Devil himself
was abroad in tho South, working for
Democratic supremacy, and in view Of
the horrors of Ku-Kluxism no punish
ment was considered too severe for the
treacherous South. Under these feel
ings many q measure that disgraced
the statute. book Of n tree country were
cheerfully Endorsed by the people who
went to the polls. They were deemed
necessary for the protection of the
freedman and tho punishment Of his
opprcssorS. The policy of force was
simply lighting the Devil with fire, and
not until tho fearful trutb that they
were beinp dupsj dawncd mon the
Renublican masses was that policy
changed. Even now however. many
good people do not fully know what
outrages perpetrated upon the
South in the name Of liberty, how base
were The real nurnoses Of Tho invention
Of the terrible machinery OF recon.
~struc,ion acts. conspiracy laws and
torce bills and IN what cruel hands
,ho;r s-xacn,;on was entrusted
rho cnr,ain ia lifted upon some of
tho mos, borr;ble acts in I'm. bloody
droma h,, ono wbo nlared ! lead;n,
No., ,h.,a;n Ev.Corernor Moses of
So,,h ceroi;na has heonn IN ,hs
os ,hs New YORK g,you The
49," IS -, 10 Lno.rs oe wha,h an.
an - 10 saanas Tha, No.
r;,i"in ali 10 warld NOW Lnows
h,, a %v;lls;n orlv ,vonld know ali tho
saora,s ac,hosa darL doys. and IN ,aIl.
,hem bc docs not Screen himself
hn, honos,iv conc,ssss lin, IN greed
,or nlwndas 10 lon, h;msel, no o,hsrs
f,n 10 aansa;ra., wh;ch hronoh,
I nso,,. oS Tia ns,7ve
Go - ra,a and ~ dea,h ua IA.
olaras IL ia an,sa, ina, n ,hosa in
TaraI;na VINO hod ~ endure 90
,~"ah !, 80 I'll -Lnown,ha, N Kl,x,
;"n, MN al, ;,s accomnanr';ng ,errors
~, H. ..a,or 49,, ,L "a
ga. Ia - 80
far;,;Sh d[o,;aa or r;mss,e and bis .oI'
.,r,g"ss ~ -rrrnctua,r heir nower
Ear ,hc saka ar nlnnder and 10 Keen
nnblic ssn,iment in tho North from
.nrn;na n tavor of the nIundsred neo.
Whencver a rumor would coma
,ha, tho rooms under whose havonets
,5e ,bievcs d,d their work were IN be
rsmoved ,bo s,a,c Officers vould Get
tog.,her and consider what ouobt "a
hc donate e sucb n ca,as,ronbo
Aa.n,s wera d;sns,ch.d ,othe intcrior
tor no other than 10 create
,ro,hles ,ha, m,ght be converted into
raso,;onarv %o,,hy.oLs Fvorv negro
In ,he state was .rmed IA m;i;,ioman
and hidden IN asser, bis rights hv Win.
lence while n was made n cri,no for
white men 10 carry arms exoen,
no -nr;vates in tho COMPANIES comnosad
If thar Cormer slavcs and nn'ler on.
cers Who were designedlv selected from
Inc most d-esnerate classes in tho state
To tbcse officers INSTRUCTIONS were
given IN drill Mt midnight. with ammu.
nition on their nersons md 10 d,a.
cbarco ,be;r n;eoas without anv rrovo
cation with he express nurnosa Of Ter,
.r;rv;ng tha woman and ch,Idren snd
.arousinr wh;te nor 70 n frenzy q, ox'
c;temen, Tr-unnro,sc,ed c.maios wsr.
travelling ,hrourh tho coun,rs these
hlacL m,l,,;amcn were direc,ad 70 do,
,he;r stems 0e
The Nan ;nvoly.d ,he constant, in.
a~amma,ion ~ ,Ls Democrats bv s,ch
means md cvca bv ;ncendiarism and
worso In ,hs nons ,ha, ,bev wonlj ha
a. ~. rss;stance ,hst wss
always n nrstex, for 4 new ~scveri,w
Tba S,a,a was o-rar'rr, hv Marsh,
ana Cons,.hlos nr,rv 20 ,his hn.;nass
ana we'll aid e. s3s,sr;rg rscs con'
T~rcn,v'ava dssneredoss wars
;mnor,ed rom Nav yorE AMI scs,,arsd
,he w;,hIns,rrc,;ons
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