The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1878-03-20
THE REAL Ku KLUx.Sl,1a Y, /. ]. I.

| The following resume q the cnnfessionso of
ItE.iL ,AItsss. fiovernnruf South Car5iinn.
tta snow ihpSouth was iyrrsnniz~A1ver,
apa the Northern mind fired FOR TIE 'nost
vile political purposes :,eil s.ss.s.s sAAf
During thrlirstierm Of President Gsanf,
aud even later, the alleged, souisnges er-
I petfaied uboh the negroes of certain
soniliern States. notably of South Caro-.
liila, by arinel white lDen, Ia spirit Of
hatred Of the Union aud hostility to tile
reconstruction acts, constituted The major
part of tile stack ii, Trade Of the Republi
can party ip the Nor.h., II MAS isple
senied iilat the iebris i.asi rsiirsi from the
open war only torrsort 10 assassination a.
aniealls ~ Kidding themselves Of their
enemies and putting the Democratic party
on It's feet. Gail, bound organizations.
under lie nanieofKu Klux,. were said 10
perya.ie every neghI,orho,'d. formed !, r
10 other otject tllan tokrep the negroes
and their white allic-, falsely called Re.
publicails, in u stale Of subpl,inalipn 10
the owners ~ the soil. slavery was in
deed abolished ly law, but We we're led 10
beiie,e that the foundations OF worse
system of human bondage were being
laid. Masked midnight riders we're SUP
l'oStd q be gaIloping through the country,
killingor scourging negr,es ril,I.ing hum.
ble il,,nlss viii bpIirls, burning scl,oel-
:
ll.llsrs, and rl,aring not even the women
and children ~ tie fapilIes ofihnse Miio
dared declare themselves kepublicans.
The ,lolies ol ou,rages then lold bJ pen
aud pencil and described upon tie stump
la one calngaign after another still lager
in tile menlory. II seeMedtot hnmane
Nnrtl, that the devil hln,sef was abruad
Ia lie south, working, fol Democratic SUI
prrniaey, and in View, uf The horrors Of
Ku kiuAism no punishment was CON-
sidered too severe for the treacherotis
Sout'i. UDdrr lIiese feelings many a
n,easureof legislation illat disgraevd tile
statute Look of d free c,uniry were cheer.
fully ii,,lursrd by tile people WIN went 10
Tor the pfoteclion oi tile freedman aud The
puuIsiimenI 81 his upprrssurs. The l,nlIcy
of force Was simply lighting lie devil with
ilrr, aud not until the fearful truth that
they weie being tuped dawned upon the
Republican, masses MAS that policy
changed. Even now, however, many
good people do poi fully know what out
RACES were perpe:raled apoa tile south in
The name of liberty, how base we're the
real purposes 81 tae iavention Of Illsi.r.
rible nlacliinery Of recunsrrucliun acts,
conspiracy laws aud foIre bills. aud 10
what cruel hands their execution was EN-
tIlls.ed. ssa H#a& H Ea
The eurlain u lifted upon some ofiie
nlnsl horiiole aeis ~ this blo,dy ,lraina
l,yonewhoi oiook aleaaiing paft therein. Elk. J
Governor M,pe-, nf Soutli Carolina, ha~ l,e-
gun, ~ Inc columns of the New York
HkkALD. the story VI what lie knows of
what happene,l behind the scenes. That
More> |, villain all th. world nov knows,
buia villain only eouli know 1.-The
secrelsof .hn>e dark days: and III telling
illeni he dRs mol screen himself, but
lIouestly cotIfrrses tliai Ia greed for plum
der he lent himself, ~ others did, tothe |
conspiracy which brought 50 many OF the
I,cuple ofliis na:ive stale 10 ruin and Io
death. lie declares III tile outset that 10
tl,ore 10 south Caolina WIN hun q, en-.
duress iauch il was well KNOWN that Su
Kluxism with alI IT. accompanying ter
rors, WAS the greater part"a myth aud
phantoui.n Itwas a cunning and devilisIl
deviceof l,imself aud his colleagues a.
perpetuate tiipif own power Tor tie sake ~ |
plumber aInl 70 kpep public sentiment Ii
tile North from turning in favor of ine
plundered people. Whenever runlor
would come that the TROOPS, under whose
bayons,s tile thieves did their work. we're
t. Le removed, tue State officers would
get together aud consider what ought 10
be done toprvvent such catastrophe.
Agents were dispatched 70 the interior for
purpose than tpnfeate Troubles
il,gt might be converted into leactiouary
outbreaks. Every negro 10 the state was
i nIiiillainanand bldden ioasse-t
llis rights ~ violence, whiiuit was made
Il crime Tor any white llcn 10 carry arms
except rs privates in the com.
pani,- cenipossd oftheir former slaves, /
andui,arf Officers Who ~rre ,itsbua-Ily
selected fron, the ,n,,st desperate rln-se- III
the STATE. Tothese ofiicerS ilistrncticns
were given TO odrlIl atiuiJnislit. with an,.
onthyir pcrsons, and 70 dis
cIiarEe iIicir pieces without any prcvou,4
,ion With the express purpose " terrifying
tie women aud children ANT amusing
white men to a freuzy .. excitement. if
unprotected females were travelling
through Tie country These black miliiia-
men we're dirccieAl 10 dag their steps.
Tile plaH Involved the cunstant iniiam-
Of Tie Democrats by such me,us,
ssi,. l*.l ft II wv, ,s,t AZ. 49,, ~