The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
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her credit wasted. her bonds dishonored. her
courts prostituted. her tair name blackensd
and her auist distqr6sh by political .SSus,ebses
The incom ency and corruption Of tho new
else. sncspt The fearful mutiolication q The
| taxes, because the people OF North Carolina
courts with great pride and generation. Ths
| new Judges had been chosen not Tor their
ey or %' pntS sssrn o. them s:
J habitually spell January with a small ].
that sometimes they iorsook them and tool.
things was certainly provocative q disorder.
And-well. have not exaggerated the picture.
ns Ss. on Ss
and OF TIE SS6Sary snd
and disgusting features were common to all
Khan. The feeling had become almost uni.
versal hat there should be some organization
20 the 81 the
In East Tennessee mutual self prot sctive
association had long existed among the re-
Of their lives from their bush whackinR neigh
bors.
Subsequently. when Brownlow was at the
zenith OF his despotic reign. overIunninR the
cieus was reorCanizsd and expanded lpossibiy
y Ven q the kas1 Fl the dE aas
So ripe was the public mind for the new move
ment that in few months IL had spread over
sral plan q organization. In North Caroline
and ! eIssNhe + i was f9r period known az
C.-What wore its chief features'
THE original scheme providsd Tor su,
preme chief council SG;; for the . sHdth,cmets
counties. Counties had an indefinite number
Of camrs or compani.s. each With CHIEF t and
But this schsme never came to perfection.
either as q whole or in AM, Of It's parts.
Q.~-The ayowed objects OF tho order
1--WE PRINCIPAL clauses, viz:
To oppose and denounce the Radical party
In all its corruption. and ever to maintain that
Intelligent white men should govern the United
states. NJ
To take. all lone females. widows and their
households under Dur especial care and pro-
The final clause bound tho neophyte to Sc
creGy snd obed al nee ,r ana impre'atsd death
OFT was not. then. an exclusively political
organization?
the kuklux Khan was no more than secret
cooperative society-of the nature OF vigil
s anfe civil S abuses as did not come within the
purview OF the law or were neglected bv the
officers Of the law. and aIso, to shield our wo-
and and brutal passions Of vie des peradoes white
or black SO we'll is, this understood at the
ladies to-day who do not .ympathize warmly
with the convicted kuklux In this prison.
They do not Of every act, particularly til
least attributed to. the Khan. But they know
that it, general aims were good. and feel in
which they could not have had without IT,
Q.-,Sti it was partisan order All your
A.HTot ali. In my own Immediate command
/ had score or TWO OF men who had bolted Tor
T ss
party Of the North. A map might be sound
its corrupt and lncendary elements.
Ject Of the order. We have heard that there
were verbal instructions OF a more serious ma
A-The Radical schemeIs tried to make that
apnear. but it is false The only verbal in
structions were in effect as follows: To OBJ
serve due diligence In the cause. to obey all
orders properly communicated. to report all
cases Of crime, outrage or insoence to women
In their neighborhoOd and to rally in defence
Of anv brother when invoked with the sign OF
distress.
deny Hst nS K'P Tnt Il. RboS
nabIe fahrications Of the Radical prosecutors
That is the most absurd. Ever man Of US vas
The very password OF recognition. was Our
couDtry." And In my command there were
caves all through the war
o.. There was no conspiracy to deprive the
negro OF his civil rights:
Gerrit Smith II few days ago. to whom re-
piled that no Intelligent southerner desired to
Joyment by the freedmen OF life. liberty and
property or for their elevation an prosperity.
viii Win not grant to an inferior race, be it XII,
can. Oriental. Chinese or Esquimau; But.
outside of these. we earnestly desire that the
telllGent, honorable citizen. Nor would he
ask more than we arewillng to, grant, 4 he
some white fanatics.
Q.-Were many prominent public men con-
nested In WE Nor rne cnr9olin,no number o,
| gentlemen OF ability and Of some local promi-
| neuce became, connected with the White Broth;
them came in at one door and passed imms-
liately OFT Of the other, being satisfied that the
late and md compact to Insure It's stability or
| carry out the objects for which 1t was designed
Say. as the hs
that once members always members All done
Tor political effect. CT course.
| Q.-You mention the Invisible Empire"
Was it a new organization?
| A.-Not exactly 1t was the old disease break
OF the Khan. Its first operations were Of a
somewhat hldeous, nature. In various parts
Of the country where t ths negros; had been
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giraffe. hohgobbin, hypogriff or even old Nick
| himse stalked into the village on moonlight
night and performed several supernatu raj
feats. such as drinking two or three buckets
Of water or blowing an immense volume Of
flame from the nose and after exhurting cer-
| tain evildoers to beware of q second visit. sud-
denly departed amid such an Internal uproar
,hha, many old aSnties" viii never bsieye
Absurd and childish as 1t NAV seem. yet such
q, warming usually Ind stronger effect than all
the PENALTIES Of the law in restraining the in
| science and rowdyish propensities OF the ne
groes, OF course the more intelligent sus-
pectsd the trick. but it i'm piled mystery
| or mysterious organization they were none the
| less awed
| In North Carolina. however. the success OF
the league see med to demand a more serious
check. Having come into power through the
| colored vote the leading scaawags and car.
pet-haggers hogan to rob and Cypress the State
| In n wholesale manner while each colorod
brother had liberty to enrich himself by pri.
waite REGULATIONS. One enterprisinR individual
carried or the Wholesale and retail business
at the same time by stealing chickens at home
and helping to steal millions In the Leeisla
ture. OF which he was Il member
But the CHER ground for alarm vas the pros
titution OF the courts and the abuse OF tho par
doning power. Murder. barn burning. riot:
MI all rfa Of ~ ipnac bo1 dat 10