The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-10-19
KU-KLUX KHAN.
wade Haaptsa Write. n Litter 20
Secretary sherman
Iasuirinx if the Latter Iutinaat-a that
ne Mas . ku- KIaxI-t.
To which seey shermaa Reptile. "a
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Sherman furnishes for publication the
following:
Doggers Springs, sept. IL, 1885,
To Hon. John Sherman, secretary of
the treasury: Sir: some days ago saw
a report Of a speech at a conference held
by the national republican committee
at the Fifth Avenue hotel. New York,
ai,d you were quoted IA having Used the
following language: "And now you are
asked to surrender all you have done
inlo the hands Of Wade Hampton and
the ku Klux and the little regiment in
the north that is called the democratic
party" May ask IL you used these
words and II you did so, did you mean
TO connect me directly or indirectly with
what was known as ''ku Kiux kian?''
Requesting an early reply address TO me
In care Of Augustus Scl,ell. esq, New
York. am respectfully your obedirnt
servant. (signedl
WADE IIAMrros.
Washington. ID. c.. Sept. 2lst, 1880.
10 Honorable Wade Hompton, care OF
Augustus Schell, New York: Sir: Your
note OF the 18th inst, Is received In
which you enquire. etc. In reply have
10 advise you that, while do rot re-
member the precise language. L presume
the reporter correctly stated, la con-
densed way. his idea OF what ! said.
no doubt spoke Of you Us the leading re-
preventative OF the democratic party in
the south and referred TO XII Klux Klan
rs the representative OF the barbarous
agencies by which the democrats have
subverted the civil and political rights
Of the republicans of the south. | do
not connect you person lily with Ku.
klux Klan, indeed, know you had in
one or two important instances resisted
and defeated its worst impulse. ap-
pIeciate the sense Of honor which makes
you shrink from being named in con-
nection with 1t, still you and your as
sociates, the leading men In the south,
are now enjoying the benefits Of the
political powers derived from the astro-
cities Of Ku Klux Klan in which
phrase include all numerous aliases by
which II has from time 10 time been
known in tue south. Your mower In
the southern states rests upon the actual
crimes of every grade. and In the code
OF crimes from murder 10 the meancst
form of ballot box stuaipp committed
by Ku Klux Khan and its kindred os.
sociates. "As YOU knowr some of the
worst of them were committed s,nce VI
when Won and they gave most solemn
assurances of protectIon IN tbe free.
men of the sontb These crimes reall
aimed mt the civil and political rights
of the repub,icans in the sontb and as
7 believe but for thosa aoenc,ss every
state that you renre.ent n. wall "a
many other states In the soutb could
be represented hotb In tho senate and
house by republicans
But for those crimes the boa,t attri.
buted IN Won that 1as solid southern
votes would be cast for the democratic
ticket vou,d he bnt ;d,. v,nor;no. b,t
now wa feel n in sober truth While
I have no reason 10 believe that vou or
vo,r nortbern as.oc;ates nart,ci,,,.a
| In the ofrences have named vet while
von and thew en,ov the frnits ~ these
crimes Won NAV in logic and morals he
classed as ciassed Won as ;oin, 90.
mariners n the Kin Kiux Kl,n in N.
policv which has tbu, far been success.
full in seirinp political mower in the
soutb and which n Ia boned nv tho aid
of n smaI, seoment or Tho d.nocr,,;c
partv In the north NAV be exterded 10
NIL departments of the uovernment II,
IA in this sense I snoke NJ Won the Kin
Klux Klan and the nortbern democratic
marty
Permit me I'm conclusion while
answering vonr oues,ion IN saw ,ha,
the most fatal nolicv far tho son,h
would be Inv such ngencies as have
mentioned. to secure again politicaI
ascendancy in this coun,v. far ,ssur,
you many Of the good and independent
Of the north will certainly continue to
struggle until every republican In the
south shall have the free and unre-
stricted enjoyment OF equal civil and