The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-10-07

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Sitting on the broad piazza Of the ho-
telS here,away ffromsthe promenaders,
listened lust night to apassionate, earn-
estjnstiiicat;onsof KuKlnxism inLouisi-
ana5anl otherjsouthaeNrnistats writessa
thanksgiving, \. c. ,correspondent Il
The NeaD FORK Star. The story Of
wrongs and outragges, the violation,
ruthless md rougghhs Of m That men
hold most dear and sacred as itScame
pouring nEburning word from tho lips
of one Of New Orleans most eloquent
div.nes, was in striking contrast to- the
perfect peace that wrapped the valley
in deep silence. he5moon was shin
inggswitl d rlllimcy seenSonlyin south
ern clinies, and the acknowledgment
mountains were patched with alternate
light and 5shadoWsassth clouds drifted
by. INSTRUMENTATION had drifted on
southern topics and rs the preacher,
swliosesfaith ism firm belief inithe Sffatll4-
erhooi OF Sod and the brotherhood of
man, Swarmedswith his subject his ply
steal ills swere for the time forgotten,
and the mentality that hasstirred many
q .conggregationsWithsits fire burnedsand
gloWedl.ke molten iron. WAS SKu-
Observation-Disclosures , hessaid, ii answer
to a5question. Yes, sir; and i'll the
doctrine that the end justities tho
means wa ever correctit was during
the reign fSterTorisn5i in the southern
states, when Kuklux SIN was rampant.
Remember, sir, that ats5the close Of the
war, and during the rcconstrucction pe-
riod, the white menSin the south were
Edisarmed. anditgWas a2pcnaloffensefo for
them to have firearms in .heir homes.
The negroes, however, were armed.
Our streets and highways were spatroli.
eddy negro soldiery who were but i set
OF barbariansB and savage, worse than
are the lsavages do-daySin the interior
Q fAfrica.s It got 5 othatsaswhite Wom-
an dare not the threshold Of her
house lest she be assaulted by one of
these brltes, while white men had TO
abandon the roadside the; negroes and
makestheir way crossstheaields as best
they might To5appealto#tle law was
useless, for the Judges were carpet-bag-
gers and slstained5the negroes.
ssts was this state iof sffairs-when
saw q civilization and all tho
rights and privileges 5of4snnilst5butnsg
swensssnwayssands9f arsde1Fs6h exposed
to6a fate worse titan sd~9ath--that gave
birth to Kukluxisms self=preseryation
is 9 fundamental law, and, recognizing
that but heroic measures would
quell the groWingsevil, tie white men
quietly organized. and in armed bodies
began the redress of tile wrongs from
which they were suffering. Do not i'm
iaginetthat the Kusklnx#Were recruited
'front.' the criminal classes. SuchI know
is the prevalent northernsidea, but it is
absolutely false. The members 81 the
k.tK.K. were gentlemenso of fine educa-
ton, struggling NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sustainStheir manhood and giye to their
children IS d heritage Of the war "a
higher civilization than perhaps they
themselves had enjoyed. In@manysin-
stances that was the only legacy they
had to give, for all else had been swept
away in tllesstorm Of shot and she'll
tina had for four years been sweeping
How did the bands worlktp, HID
Negroes, like sheep.srequiire q lead
81, n the bands quietly noted the
leaders and where they lived. All night
they yisiteit ttieir cabins and called the
The most br1talEwereseither
or hanged; others thoroughly
fWhippedSand ordered to leave the Jul
ny. lnthisGWay reign Of terrorSwa
created among the negroes, and the
white m~ensgainad control Why, sir,
eyensthe federalStroops that were sent
down TO suppress Kukhnxlsm refused in
manyssinstances tQ kinterfere. and in
some cases actually kided. They knew
That 1t was not condition of crime
and anarchy, but q necessity born OF
negro insolence and intolerance.n