The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-07

ercising his electoral rights. The old
Civil Rights Act OF 1866 was incpr.
poIated In the new enforcement act,
mud the principal provision Of the
1864 law was to he enforced by the
Federal courts. In 1871 Congress pass
cd supplementary Enforcement Act
which strengthened the Enforcement
Act Of May 81. 1870. President Grant
called the attention of Congress to
the disorderly conditions at elections
In the South, and the Ku klux Act
was then passed. The .Crux OF the ku
klux Act was that M1ere unlawful
conspiracfes, such as the ku kIux
Khan was considered to be by the Re
publican majority in Congress and the
Grant Administration. existed the
writ OF habaas corpus could be stls-
| pended by the President and he could
| use the military and naval forces OF
the United States to enforce the act.
| The ku klux Act was in fact be-
stowal upon the chief magistrate OF
arbitrary power of the army and
navy to put down disorders IN the
South. II was. OF course, aimed prin-
cipally at the ku Klux Khan. fhe en-
/ forcement of this legislation. where
Federal troops were employed at the
polls in the South. almost caused an
other armed insurreition and led tc
continued agitation and acts Of VIC
ience between southern men and Fed
eral soldiers.
Enforcement Of the ku klux Act
and the Enforcement Act caused more
. disorders than before. and the legis
lation did not result in the suppress
sion CT the ku klux and similar orders
because the ku klux as an orgalfiZa-
| ticn had ALREADY ceased to exist In
1869 by III" cdirt OF the Grand Wiz
ard The law IN some sections
: brought Il vefiable reign IF terror
froninea; citizens who were under
suspicion Of being Ku kluxers or SYM
pathi1ers Of the organization were Of
ten seized arbitrarily by orders OF mi
; litarN commanders and thrown into
jail. where they remained without
trial. and where they were kept at
. the within OF the Federal authorities.
In 1883 the United States Supreme
Court declared unconstitutiona. inter
!. ference by Congress with elections in
y the South. The damage. however had
already been done. and the effect OF
: the law. which the Southern people
: believed Oppressed them politically and
socially. only had the effect OF rende :
ing more stubborn the resistance IL
Federal authority and the soldiers b,
: the Southern white man. 1t further
u consolidated and strengthened the
y Sosid South as a political entity.
Impartial historians are now agreed
that ii Was mistake on the part oi
l. Congress To attempt to coerce Tho
South. and il VAS also inipolitic 70,
any power 10 attempt to cause the
!" An, lu-SaNon race in the South to he
y GENE subneftsi under black poIiti
:" cal wave. The real roots Of the X,
y XIX Khan can he traced back to thos,
y qualities of the Anglu.SaXcn race. eN
+" istlng both IN the North and the South
Which forbade amalgama;ion of tn,
?, white bloo, with an inferior race. an'
u the possession ag Il spirit which wa,
:. 4, terlnineG To be dominant in govern
u inent at All hazards Had conditions
= been reversed tho Northern people un
!. dcuhtediy would have acted cxactl.
- as did the South.
:, In 1877 Congress passed an act II
:" storing the riehi to vote and to hol,
office ia the former tonIederatcs. an,
> i W..s no. Inne before the able whit
,, leaders ia the south had taken uirec
z ton .. Ill political affairs in that par
u of the country The disordelly con,i
:, tions gradually disappeared. fedcr,
:" troops we're withdraw and the >,cut'
= .e.ilv began her political re-, every
= The era OF reconstruction ended
: Sentiment IL Congress- ANA tn
= Nulfn .szeines tine hn Nhix Khan an
THE terrible political and social cund
: tons wheh prevailed IN the .Sput'
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