The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-09-21

sound or an order more than the whist
ling signals the Klan moved In thou
sand strong to the public square. To the
| right or left of them soldiers were camp.
ed. None Of the sentries halted them,
as the war was over, and there were no
regulations for the control of the public
highway. The presence Of the Klan in
such strong force created an enormous
sensation. The negroes rushed wildly
back and forth throughout the Federal
camp asking for help.
The commandant of the camp was no.
titled of their presence. He waa told that
the Kukluxers we're out, and that they
were going to massacre all the negroes in
the neighborhood. It was an exciting
and dramatic spectacle. The negroes
were shouting like madmen, praying and
begging as if they were beside themselves
with terror. The long roll was sound
ed. The troops were turned Out as for
midnight attack. Lights were flashed
in every direction. The cries of the ne.
groes, the clash of arms, with the terrify>
ing long roll continually sounding, ad-
ded to the awe.inspiring features of the.
situation. The hooded horsemen never
moved. They sat like 80 many black
blocks. Their leaders we're in 'front.' OF
them as if on dress parade. Every Klu.
kluxer held in his right hand revolver.
Across his saddle rested a repeating ri
He. Six regiments moved out from the
camp. They came up with rattle and
crash of a double quickstep. Two of
these regiments were calvary. They
we're deployed to the right and the left.
Four infantry regiments advanced into
the square with liked bayonets. A bat
terry of light artillery accompanied them.
Several Gatling guns were unlimbered,
and yet the Kuklux Klan did not bulge
and still maintained silence.
PUZZLED.
The commaudingsoficer dashed up in
front Of his troops and faced the Klan.
He was puzzled. He had made such
demonstration of force, he had undoubt.
ed authority to disperse rioters, to quell
disorder, but up to that time the Klu-
klux KIan itself was not under the official
ban.
AS this officer advanced in the direc.
tion of the Klan his officers brought up
their revolvers to the sides of their heads
in the form of military salute. Every
member of the Klsu then saluted. The
Federal officer, before he thought, return.
ed this military salute, and then reiued
in his horse and turned to the sheriff
who had summoned him. For even
then there was semblance of maintain
ing the authorities. It was the sheriff
who had called upon the troops. The
Federal officer said to the sheriff
"There is no riot here. There is no
disorder. do not see that any ones
life is threatend or in danger. There is
no military law and no Law of the Uni
ted States which authorizes me to inter.
fere with masquerade so long as no
disorder follows. Here is order aud de-
corum. Until there is change l can
do nothing" he instantly faced his
men about and marched his troops back
to the camp.
The Klan remained still silent for
about ten minutes and then the whistles
began to sound and the Klan to move.
In FIVE minutes they had disappeared as
completely as if the earth had swallowed
them up. This demonstration had
great effect and more than satisfied the
leaders of the Klan.
BELIEF IN GRANT.
This ex.Kuklux leader says that fol-
lowing Grants election IS President the
Klan was formerly disbanded throughout
the South. The reason of it was that
they had belief in Grant. His treatment
of fLee's army when it surrendered had
created for him throughout the South
most favorable opinion. The leaders OF
the Klan were old soldiers, and they
looked to Gen. Grant with confidence for
fair treatmrnt. 1t took many years to
overcome the misfortunes which followed
| the administration of johnson, but to-
day he says the South is prosperous and
going ahead with enormous rapidity. The
people, however, are sensitive and shrink
with horror from the thought of the pos
sibility of returning to the old days when
the white class was under foot and the
Iswless classes controlled the States. They
argue that the only true friends OF the
negroes are their old masters, and any
thing that introduces discord between the
two classes is bad for the country.
Southern people profess to be thor
oughly contented with the situation in
the South and claim that to-day law and
order are observed with them to even
greater degree than in any other part of
the Union. This is another southern
point of view, and is Of interest in
connection with the insida story of the
formation of the Kuktux Klan and the
object for which it was organized.
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