Year: 1868

The Ku Klux press of North Carolina were
delighted just before the election by the pub
lication in the Newbern journal Of Commerce
of document, said to have been gotten up in
that Office, which purported to be an address
from the head of the Union League at Wash
ington. That fraud and ibeltwas exposed,
and every honest Democrat is now ashamed
of its ever having appeared in their party
papers


We have recently been handed circular
of a similar character. Here it is:


HEApos NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,


Washington, d. C., October, 1868.
SIR.-You will urge upon the Leagues and
all Republicans the Importance of registering
and enrolling in the Militia Rest assured the
whites will not be called into service. Impress
this upon them, SO that We may have full
rollment, therefore elect our candidate for Presi-
dent If we can elect Grant, We will not need the
negro vote again, and we can assure you that our
next Congress will inaugurate system of Colo
nZation that will remove the negro from your
midst. As soon as the election is over, call
will be made tor troops for Gen. Sherman to
fight the Indians with. The Government expects
and intends to fill that call with colOred troops.
BY all means. get the negroes to register and





is strictly CONFIDENTIAL and you will see the i'm
portance of keeping it from the colored people.
No one but leading white Republicans must see
this Circular. You cannot be too cautious.


S. SCHENCK,


Ch'm'n National Executive Committee.


We have received undoubted evidence
that this contemplate lie was printed in cir
cular form in the Office of the Wilson Plain
dealer From there it was sent through
Wilson and adjoining counties among Ku-
Klux gentlemen, who took great pains to
read it TO the colored people, in many cases,
we are informed, inviting them into their
parlors and treating them with the most
hypocritical politeness, and reading this Ii
bel to them on the eve of the election. The
object is evident. They wanted to frighten
the blacks from the polls, by making them
believe that after Grants election they would
be called out to fight the Indians. But we
all know that the government needs no more
troops, and therefore that is plainly false
The circular also tries TO make them believe
they viii be removed from their homes to
some foreign country. The colored people
are strongly attached to their old homes,
and this would naturally make strong i'm
preston upon them. The ruse succeeded in
| keeping many voters from the polls. H.
There is not word of truth in the circular
from beginning to end. The signature is
| given as IS. Schenck, Chairman National
Executive Committee as near the name of
the real Chairman r. C. Schenck, as the au-
thors dared come The forgery, if proved,
is a felony, for all that - -


We will not attempt to characterize the
party or the men who put forth such false
hoods to terrify men and prevent them from
voting. The outrage cannot be held up to
too great reprobation. 1t seems to be plain
| case of intimidation of voters Let the case
be investigated, and if the authors and abct-
tors are found guilty, let them suffer the full
penalty ofthe law. Only by making few
examples can the law be executed and the
purity Of the ballot be preserved. aafe