New-York tribune., 1880-09-26
tious which strike us as timely. He Thus speaks Oh
the schools established for the freedmen:

Tt wac the noblest spectacle thai Chrs'la, cvnza'
the country of a foe almost before tue amoEo
OF battle had cleared away free 10 'he pVv he rnIr
citizens supported by the charity and tath' py I'm IN
hcared daugntcrs OF quick forsIvns enemy hat ighf
stinct bcriylovidg people taught tnc "o ~ rve
must go with liberty knowledge with power W n,aS
either pcrmancncs or value Thousands OF
angels Of peace tho ma ams came into the
sIIitcn land to do good TO ITS poorest anu ,,css re
main the glorious Of this cnl Gtenrd bounty
and Christian magnanmity. n, .heso
messengers Of machless benevocrce receive 1nr 70
All God how sad that history SHOULD be pnence
ma he up eo dark record-abusc, cOntupicI noenre.
Christian tongues befouled with calumny Cnrisun p
blistcred with fasehood Christian hearts osernoms c
with hate Christian pens rcckng with ricue
other CHRISTIANS sougnt TO do their mccoy
that . an srsw SD %ek oorsd a upon The
Gle The present may excuse. for charity Is nu lin n
nen @ tdnibbed But let US anticipate In thou
sauds OF Northern homes still live 10 esy ,ese % uo
are scattered through every State almost In every ham
let in the North while other thousands nve ,fv IN
the sad truth carved deep upon their sous ,esy "
that court where the action lies In its true nauic
The chapters in this volume which describe tue
operations IF the Ku Klux are among the most Ill
tcresting and instructive Nimbus, ne arose one
morning found a large pine board hung across his
gateway:
1t was perhaps feet long and some eighteen OF OF
twenty inches wide the widest part. smoptuly phne9
upon ono side aud shaped like conn-lid hoIe hsd
bored either end near the upper and
through each stout cord had Oech pasteu anu
tied into loop, which. being slipped over pdns ono
on side he gate LETT the board swinging peoo,d w. $50
as to cfectuav bar its opening unless ine podru % Mas
first removed. Tne attention OF Nimpns was nrs.
directed to BY neghSSr Woman m Sreo wno EXCITEMENT
Berry lawson on his porch ~ wa,ng az ,b l
ya,rn is dis ni'yer on your gate La sakes, but the
Kluckers is af er you now. shore noagn! id Nm
bus cheeruliv. :" Yer han't seen no shostesse' nor
mGhostesses did yer sayf" answered the excited
woman Jes yer come an look, an ei yer done say
Int wuss ner gho'tesses' yer may count oSn'"S '0o'
Berry started down to the gate, N~'u' following
"Why. nelio, Bre'er Nmbus! Yer shore hcz got
signooird cross passway. Jes look a cat now Mnat
yer spect it muut be, cousin saii Berry, stopP"@
short and pointing TO the board hung on the renee
dnnn9 laid N%S s ss sa ne of s'fSes e sr sd
Of the board. "'Spec' 1t must be some oi dem MI
Kluch's work. ez Cynthv says" ,., ,... %
lift up the end. and together they carried II to the
Eab Ill., where its roies que s "eas
well pnrport OF warning letter Listened on .ne
board by of large pocket-kniie thrust through
II and left sticking IN tine suft wood.
Upou the head OF the con-snnped board was roughly
Glnw% GerUea IL ,Iem' the words, Eab i and Nnous
Dcsnlt," and below these s,ill; the mystic caos,a
a great part OF the nation was laughing as captai
Illustration OF American humor it was aeconhteo Yea
snply piece OF rotesqner1e INTENDED 10 Higheh inc
| ignorant and supcrstitious negro.
| The following was the warning letter fastened to
| the board
EIIAB HILL AND NIMBUs DrsMIT: You've been
warn,d tw icc a. 1t baui GoLe good. This Is yonr
last cnance Ii don't gil and Rt out OF here IN
side DAYS the buzz rds viii have 1at mats @
rir since The whltc foihs IL go
ing rule Horsiord and sa sy niger; must look out
We're not gong to have any such san domingo DO NOE as as
Red Wing neither Now just sell on ana PACK up
and git clear of and OF the country before we come
az % rtrr and has three stars in her lower horn. II
you'.c here You'll both neef coins ana ina, Doy
Berry Lawson tat yon coaScu away i'oh MS ep'osei
VI" Remember! RememJcr! REMEMBERl
(sslns nt
two Night Hawk, and in the presence o. all the
GIouls Oh the tifta nisat Of tue sixth DARK ho1h
Njmbus is not at all frightened. He and his
friends make ready to fight by holding meeting in
the church. agreeing upon signals, taxing account
of their arms and making provision to get ammun-
tjoa. When the blow is struck, Nllnbns is far
AWAY attending the funeral of his old master. How
his home and family attacked is thus graphically
described
A company masked men seemed to spring out OF the
ground around the house Of NimDus ana at vhisUc
from one number began swiftly to close m upon
Tncrc we're screams bows angry words, aid pr9eg
ta!ious witmn Aher moment Il lgnt shOt up ahl del
T1tb heard the clrsng Lugena. and ordering her
to up lght on the hearth lheh mere we're n'or.
bows ana the light shOne upou the window There were
rougl inquiries FOL the owner ana ElIaD tDansc tea
that FAITHFUL friend was far away from the dagger
would his thought when he should renrn on ne NOR
row. mark the destruction wrought III MS ABSENCE
Whe he teongnt of these thin the neghborng house
was ransackcd from top bottom. He heard The men
cursng because their was fruicss They brought
wie. Lueena and Two OF nc, en- , h III .,lu
coaxed threatened them without avail Iew powS
were struck, but wife and children soutly main
tanned that husband and father was absent aiend
inc ms old masters funeral LJuis1urg Tie yellow
hgt of the blazing church hone on the house and made
fantastic shadows al aIound nc ur REV gS s w
Their faces and pictured heir 'etIoit i'. & W. ed ,h
without clothing. Ehab noticed that the nand tnat M
casped Lucrnfs black arm below tno pahu Oh lhe
! cnciuse wnlte and delicate. .
Tne wife ana chi d zen were crying and moaning In
terror and pain Oaths and blows were inerninglcd
win mesons IN disguised voices. and gaspng broken
answers. Blood Running down the face OF the VIE
Children and were snrieking In every direction
as they fed the shelter OF the surrounding woods Inc
uiue logs of the church and eGped aof II shone npon
my @ me oeinc tobacco on hillside spark ed the
dewy leaves OF the honeysncse Wncn , o,el @
tie recdans house ana MA the staring moon Win o
| columns Of black smoke.
Nimbus arrives suddenly to avenge the injuries of
| himself and his family, aud the passages In which
his appearance described are among the most
| striking in the book Hero is Judge rourgces phi
osophy of these outrages, which is worth quoting:
t. was not from hatred negro. but to destroy his
poltca DO wer and again their own insulted aud
debased supremacy Tat sucn things were done as nave
heen r,iated It was to show conqueror tnat the
Snds IN winch the sleeping samson bound
were green wthes which he scornuy snapped asuuder
in his first waking moment Pride the most Overween-
ING and preiu lice OF most Intense and in
eradicable stimulated by tue chagrin OF defeat and IN
these Law az the bottom the by winch the rule OF
the majortles established by reeonsiructionary egsa-
fion were oyertbrown. 1t was these things that 50
blinded the eyes OF wnOe people at they called thus
bloody sguerddine, tins midnight warfare upon me
weak TINS era Of unuttcraDle horror, redeeming the
SuutnW
There was no good man. no honest man. no Christian
man of South who for an Instant claimed that u was
right to xiii, beat wound and iltreat The black
man either In his old his new estate. lie diG not
re these acts done to another IDau coDpeer,
but only Of cruelty 10 an Inferior 80 nhnilely
renewed from himself forbid any comparison OF
rights or feelings IL not ri8t to DO ev to mig
Ger hut IL infinitely less wrong than to do IL unto
one of thcr own These men did not consider suc
acts as right themselves. but only right IN view of
their comparative importance aud necessity and the
unspeakable nIcriority OF their victims:
For generations the South had regarded the uprising
NJ rho Hack the assertion OF his manhood and anton
omy as the ultima tiue OF possible evil San Domingo
ana hell were twin horrors in their minds with the odds,
howeyer in favor OF San Domingo. To prevent negro
uomipa.lon any thing jusiabe; 1t was a choice