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BRATTON'S CASE, BEING EXPLANATORY or THE KU-KLUX PROSECUilONS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES. LONDON, ONT. : PBINTED BY THE " FREE PBKSS" STEAM ROOK AND JOB PRTNTTNtt CO. 1872. DR. BRATTON'S CASE. -»«» otoir «„.te~ ■"'S." f ?■'"' ""tem™* ™ dooumcnts of /p ,£ prXwIt ;;^°e4'" "° "" '°""°™1' •" "U"* "it"-"*" "kom woca,, M^ ?n"«™I?J ,','"'^."'«« ?'• J- Kiifm Bmtton h i> nutiro nf York S; mrkS.L"""'™'^''?'; '.'" te'ilyhoYe been Mttled for more victed, and sentenced to the penitentiary for a tefm of vew^ eM.p.ng MTOM the frontier, and often refd3 u7 undir the eSS l' ,^£d «>M.,^aS,ts t^it fhfkrthStS rebel against its authority, a class who can only be reached W kidnar pmg, for governments do not surrender them to each other ^ ' A stranger to the U. S. will better undersUud this case when we ^a^rfeVoXXT'^" ancl jurisdiction pccuSr t^the U^ ,v^f Kitf P"i„tl7yf!-^^r '-*«/ «»« of the. states into the witness _, .« „.ax. ui «iHawi.y aaa oxpenouce ui his profession, he will hn' i^^Z^' ^ «'•-. to t'^o .,„e.ti„„, .e ,ho..,, ..,, ,,„ ,^„^^^^^ J^xcopt where tlio charge woi SJ; 't "', ''"'^^^^^^ "f'or A'ioniei. these all crime* committal in the Stn[« ^ * V'" ^- ^- «'"rt« -except tne« U. S. that the »rom all those wron«8-who hei aSst nnL"'''''"'"""* '"'" Protection which j:<.vernmeuu find it neces^^'rv fn IT^l'' J""?rrtv, or society- puuishable by the stotutos of SSfi ^ri"'"^- A"' tUe are mide t.onot Its own courts. eVcenttholSi* ^"'^ come within the jurisdic- wo have already referred a^'^^^iJi^vnumlTnnTr'i^ f'^''«P*««^ »« ^hich lull under the Jurisdiction of' Iffu 8^8"'" ^^ '*'"' **'" ""^''^ f'-^^n^:'^mL:lf^ whom we have made Enforce the Provisions of the Foifrtoonf h a"*' ^'l ""derstand the " Act to of the U.S.," commonly called the 7' V^^^ ^? the Constitution aimed at ,K)litical offences exclusilTely^"^ '^''^' *»'' to see that it is We will not quote the wholo A«f i,,,* , ,_ Whole Act, but merely e.xtract the marrow of It n - . - it:— " Sec. "li^v/oo iiir iorc« the authoritv of th7 .Z •' "saiuoi ine u. s., or to force, intimidation or thl^aflL 1 "^« K^Yernment of the U. S or bv of any law of tZ U S Tr bv C^f *' ^'"'ler. or delay the ex^J pcrty of the U. S. coitrarv fn f I « o .i*" ^^J""', *'^«i "«' possess any nnJ .lation. or threats to J ^Zntan^ ll^n't"^''''^'.^' ^ forcet^JtSu ttd\?M*™.',*''''"?^«''««f confidence S^^^^ hojding any the duties thereof, or by force innSo*- ^'^i' °^ ^rom discharginir officer of the U. S. to le^o S'Sf«ff fr "/ "^ ^V*'**^ •"• such iMurrection violence orVmluif *" ^i^h cases, or whenever any oppow or ob«Srthe Sis oMho U T'ol"^ '°"' "' ?."""7«'y '' ^^ mpedfi or obstruct the due course of justfje i nder tir"*'"" V'^^.V v*"" Ittwfu for the Preaidrnt nnH if .Lii TT ^^ "^dcr the samo, it sha Iw preceding wsction shall £) Sverll to tL 1 ''V' V'V"".? ^'^^ "»'« """^ ^lic to be .lei2t with according to law '*'"'"'' "'^ *''« l^'""'^'- ^*«t"^t and armed, and so numerousSrwerful L to til^^l ^ "[gani^e'l either overthrow or set at dXnn« ♦>,„ .-. . . *^'®' ^^ violence, to State, and of the U S wfthT srn^h 'r."^'*"'*'^ u^ «f «"'l' authorities are in comflicitrwS IrLn^l^' ■' ^^«a ^''« constituted po«» of such powerful VncKS'c^S",?^^^ f' f'^e unlawful pur- of either or all the causes afS.T^S*'°"^ «"(! w»'<"ever, by re^on the preservation onhepScifc^^^^ oftentfers and impracticable, in every sucE calo ^ri, jJ.?- *?*'°'"^ '?. «"^'' d'8t"ct rebeUionagaiUthe7ove?lentofle rs"\'^^^^ be deemed a anceof such rebeUion andSin th«ii. ; V'V^u'^ '^.i*""* **>« continu- b« so under the swarthTreof suS imil. .? f ^""^ '^'^J"^' ^'^''^h «»^a" tion. it shall be law/ul for tt Prtid "n of th^rrP'r ^^ r''^'""''- nientthe public safety shall Sre?f *n ... ^" ?:,*''^° '» h« J«J«- U. S. u^H^nt Ki^'ht'rortlror J"^«/ - -^ «--* «f the secutioAVbased ui5n or ariS ^' nn.l/r .^ *?^ suit, proceeding or pro- 8Hl.mthe judgCntVtheSurt boi.^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^'^'"^^^ binationor conspiracy •'&c&c'°^^ any such com- finJs excuse for settinrwide tTreo foLL^/t. * • J*"^ i ""'^^f »* ^« and the effect mav well Ce £ t& A„ J a •'^"'^ '"^ » ! persons shall be liable caused by such iJongfiU a^J thi h^tc7fiT^"T' ^^^ ^" ^'*°«^g«« by reasonable diligenScouYd hlvrpreSed anZ! i.T"° °' P«^««"« recovered in an action mi f J,« .L5 • ?i^ " ' '"^^ *'"<'" damages may be U^.; and anrnSbe" of persSri*^n?TK circuit coSrt of^the refu^. m«y be joined as deS" Fairfield, the execution of the laws of thfsSjyKrH nf\'l''^T'r*'H''t,*°*l hinde; to deprive the people aforesaid of tS rS^t -i*''® ^""^^ States, as protection aforesafd, annropSos^and feP^^S'^f ' ^^^^itiea and «aid,p\S3'an'l^^^^^^^^ counties afore- ab e to defy the constituted authorESfS^^^^ ^Tf^l^ «« to ^e States within said State, and by reS?n of^«l ***^' ^"^ of the United such offenders and the preservatKf fhn ur'^"^^^ the conviction of become impracticable in S counSs - P"^''' P'*"" ^^^ ^^fety have of ISCte of the United States J -uations and conspiracies aforesaid to Tnpr^^^'"'?^ *''.« "'J^^f"^ "L- their homes within five days of the\w/teT '*°'] ""^tire peaceably to tlfK'^'i of tbe UnitedSes for tl e SS t' o?^ to deliver either to ^my of his deputies, or to any railitirv nffi.it ^-^i^^^rO'i'th Carolina, or to such counties, all arms, ammSioIf »mT? /* *''r ^'^t^^ States Within P lements used, kept, Procure lo^SroSK ""'^ ''^^'' '"- u|dawful purposes for which the coiSS HT^IZSXlt' 7 . year?f";rWd^SlYlZ^'iW'!l ^^''}^^^ ^''^ ^^ October, in the ffica the 96th Independence of the United States of "By the President. "U.S.GRANT. "Hamilton J'ish, " Secretary of State." *;««^" the 17th of October, the President put forth a second oroclama- tion, ^just five days after the first. From t&s we need quote Eut aftw and^tSde? '^S^i"?!!'*^'"*' ?"^'^«5^ '° ^"''^ ""^»^'f«^ combinations " " «nH ?f£i ? Zv 1^*^ counties aforesaid have not dispersed " &c mul,5'2ce;ofXTnr"%tt*^.'l°'*"jl ^*^« marshal "f to ty forms'^isSes;' &c! ; ^^^''^ ^'" "^^ ^^«. ammunition, unf- dePlZ*'Jl'J''?'■^^°'■^'•'^'^^^y^'^^S• Grant, Pi-esident," &c., "do hereby ihl^tiAof7e'^TLi^' P"^"'' Bafety especially 'requires that such Xllfnn ^nl L I '^^^^^ ''^T^ ^6 Suspended, to the end that of tLS «?A i^ ^^ overthrown, and 1 do hereby suspend the privileges of the wnt of habeas corpxts within the counties of Spartunburg,'^&c! Tc messaee^'to Ponli*' as April 19, 1872 President Grant addressed a SS?LeB?n?ra„?.° *^^«f hject of the unlawful combinations and nZKuXt iotfe'olLt'heV^^^^^^^^^^ °^*^^ "- ^^-- m«r '^h^ combinations embrace at least two-thirds of the active whito SS^orityonhroX^bf^ ^Vr '^' ^y'^P^thyand Inten^'a^c'e^nh iini. i/ L Other thu-d. They are connected with similar combina- sZm of cri.^inr*''' •"?-'^ ^*"*««' ^^ "« doubt areS of a grS K membe^fLrf hrT^''?P.'-'^*d^°«]°°«* o^ the Southern States, ine members are bouud to pbedience and secrecy by oaths which thpv SoreTheoivilT'*-? '! ^^Y' oblation thaXS^JhataK crro?tUteai:^&r&^^.'^^^^ ,-n„?v.l^if*®^ *v?* t,^®'^®. " '«'«™ combinations for the purpose of nrevent- We do not know in what words President Grant could more disHnpHv rScombTnaSn o? *^1•*^^ ^^-^ 'f the ProcWtTons were ^mI ;fSVteS'3*;relCSes'"''''^^ maSi ^^ *^" ''''*^ ""^ '^'°*' "^^'"^ '"d t'' t^^ a«t and these procla- withi^'th^T^f'S^ inquky into the history of the Southern States, wiinin the last eight years, will show that they were overran nnH^nn aueredby the armies of the United Statis goverTrnt.Tnd that the^ ?hfnoEf?'^°-\''?''' overthrown and relolutionized-the bottom of the b^ottoi? " ^'""^ P"* ^* *^' *°P' '^"'^ ^^^^t had been the top at o JA^!?* ^)^? ^ this process was to disfranchise and disqualify bvkw fv^li^'ide of t^e men oAqtelUgence. education and chaSSLE^ wc uuuiu, o " 8 Indlt(Sor?herak^^eW^^^^^^^^^^ representative in Congress from gress, in his speech on "SeAund^^^^ «f Co^ Party," delivered March 23?d 1872 hal^ J!S States by the Republican will quote his authority and h'isw^rdB - ' P*"'"* '*" ''^^ *^^at ^^ mt^'rVtchriToitr^^^^^^^^^^^ present condition is party here and in tho^S Ser^cLid fronf'^r*'^ *>^ '?°™'»*nfc people of the services of every man tSnW.,-®^,*'^ •^'P"^^^ t^e integritv, had sufficiently SeTthr confifli^t A"S before the war to bo made Srior «PorAW^"^-/^ ^'^ fellow-citizens State ; attorney-generaMmlJp ^li^t ®**'^^\*'^*^^^''' °^ treasurer of the - superiitendeTof jSiSricto^lE^^'^v*^ ^^P^^""* Court! gress.orofthelegiL;Seof the& ^'^""'^ ^^F'"^' or recorder of his countv • iuXp of „ A^S' ^fr? treasurer, auditor, or constable of his townYhip SotLv CbbV T"*' "'^"'^'^ f *l^« P«««« ' called in former days to fill anv ono o/fCi =;oi--^'^^''^ "5*" ^h« ha(f been might be enumeratVaBd who durin?the confc'w^ °»any more that oTciMutrth^J^^^^^^^^^^^ wasmarawL^h^e\^^^^ tial'S'eA'Xl^r *c&^^^^^^ t*\r ^-* -d mist influen- adv.nturers who foUowedTthflke of tL*^T^'t*^''^'' «^ ^"^hern sought office of aU kS ^ affo7£t °lS.t^^I*^'f" *i™^««- They uniting with themselversuchreS3ffl°vf*'^^^^ *^ plunder: and. and profitable to side witrfhe conolrnrr^^^^^^^ ^^g'l* 't safe to canvas and manipuJe the neg^rvTers ' ^ ''* themselves to work witfSSeSs^hTnCL'SS?^^^^^^^^ S^uth. and afterwards, or aggressive towards the natTve S poSuter*'^^.*'' ^ ^^^^^^^^^ that inert and unenterprising nature wE£« i ^^^^ V^ ^'""^ *« them. But they can be moved and m, j3. 5* ^^ H^ays,. characterised negro voters were soon puUn moS rthe vJ^^l^ ^°\^ *"""• ' '^^ *he nery brought to bear nnnr. t^«^ o^ the vanous electioneenng machi- which the¥egroes wfreTiJLTalf JhS^K^f ^^^^ ^°"*^^i?, !***« '» by Northern adventurers?^omrbvSoutLrnL^®^'' ^T ^"^'^ °»o«*ly smaller offices were fiB bv SZ anH tt?i?*^'?^r.^?^ ?^g^«e«- The Thus, of four memberrS So^rCarolSf InThf w**'*'' f^^^ ^outh. tives at Washington, thre? are ne^op? nr^nff^^^'^^ °/ ^^P''^^^^^ radical. The majority offhe LecuSure of fw 5*°?' *°^ """^ * ^^itc 9 13 cof lu. nfri." T^l kT ^^\^Peoch of Mr. Voorheea, of Indiana (page it^fn. 2u- ? 1"* * >^"^'*'" statemeHt of the debts of the SoutGfn Alabama-Debts at tlio close of the war $ 5 939 654 Jan. 1st, 1872 „. ss.W.W Florida-Debts at the close of the war $"l^^ Jan. 1st, 1872 l^ew Georgia-Debts at the close of the war Nominaf June. 1871.... :$50,137,56o Louisiana-Debts at the close of the war $10 099 074 June 1st, 1871 50.540:206 North Carolina- Debts at the close of the war $"9,699,500 ' Jan. 1st, 1872 341887,467 South Carolina-Debts at the close of the war $5 000 000 Jan. 1st, 1872. 39,158,914 Mr. Voorhees adds :— v"i??u- Pf^i* assessed value of the taxable property of the Statfls on which this vast mountain of debt has been fraSXX Ld fricM^ accumulated is considerably less than one-half of what if ^1^1860"^ These statements, and much that we could add to them mav sppm foreign to the ca^e in hand ; but they are strictly germaneTo' the mattS s"t^fr}?^*^' true condition of the Southern Statef, and that tL United States Government had good reason to fear that the seeX Self had b^TeaXhSTylo-fhf^^^^^^^^^^^^ Sr th%S^™ adventurers who flocked iL the Khem States alter they had been overrun and conquered, was the organization of secret ^£"* tT'*'"''-'??"''''^ *" "^''^ ^' SoAth, and fraternSng w? h Si Srf^'i. These societies were secret, and we have not the means of laying Lued th« ™f nlT/' ^"* ''? have testimony to the fact that one, somSs w 1, ,,I^oyal League," sometimes the " Union League," had numerous WV. '\?i r' ***•' "P??' P^ °^.S°"*h Carolina, probably all over the or nff.;^rf '* ""^/^ *'*'''' ^5"'"**^°/ * y«a^ «r two before any defensive or offensive associations were formed among the white population. The branches of the "Loyal League" held frequent meeting8%bserTing much secrecy m their councils, but often breaking up very noitily. Theyfeemed Inf^f hT„fw? influence over the negroes, not^nly controlling tS I^H ?i/cT?^ ^'^""^ ^^!'' J"*""^"^ a^'i conduct toward the whites, The*?7^«l T «Lf'?'"''~"°l? ^^T"^^? ^id not fratemi/e with them tofl.« hT f^^^T*^ *" *?^J?'* of well-founded suspicion and anxiety ttt ?ri /*^? ^^^^ population, and to not a few of the negroes, long before the Ku-Klux or any other association for mutual protection w^ heard of among the white population. ««*'""" wa« 10 lina^ii\'L"pe1ia'^^ North Caro- Apnl 13th. 1872. well e^^he Sfi^n'S ti^^S ?1^^ because jSceTas mS^fiXV^T"^ '""^ ^»°«««n« of law daiigeroiu organizations to ih eh thev nnL'"?".?"® ^'f ""^^^^ wicked and been no secret societies, such m the ^^f^?- *^'^,'°«e^^es. If there had and ' Union Leagues ' whosp^lr^h ^^ Strings,' ' Heroes of America ' burnt barns, andfnttmidrdXsTvtZa^f^'^, '°"^'^«.™ '^'"^^S. escaped punishment, there never wonl/ ^Su '^^^ scourgings. and then one begot the other.and alw^TwTdlS ranyTouSJy ^S^^ ,^^! , . The Hon. D. W. Voorhees M P frn,v, t j country, -(p. 7, col. 2.) ii.s speech on the "Pliider of the EW^Jf^/^".?/* ^""^hem State), in Rufus B. Buflock :- "* ^**^ Govemor-a Northern man- ture: wfe^rur'S?^^^^^^^^^^^ o'/thti? l'^ ^K'J^'^f^^^ «^-- of Georgia against the consent Ther peoole ni ^'^ J«ade Governor and finished his ^^ ork by corrupting the chann;]« ?f • ^'T^^^H^ *^'« '^cor ^ the courts powerless to enforce the kw« 3 °^J"'*J^^- • ^e rendered emissaries of convicted felons Sowded hi n.r T""'^^ criminals. The with him for his pardoning powCT Vet "S"\*"^'!:e*^^^ of juries were thus wiped out. Se door« nf f ^I '•'"^*' *^''* *^e verdicts guilty turned loose again to orev nn ?! *^^ P^"^"» opened, and the never before known fnAmeSn Ltot ^T^r^l^.^^ ^"^ ^^^nt and forty-six oifenders against the law n.f; .ff Pardoned three hundred SIX whomadeapplicationT MmV Hi^ am^^^^^ *°*^ *^««ty- umversal. Indeed, his zeal in behalf of ?wf^ ("'" ?","?« ^as almost great that his grac^ and clemencywe ofcn'i^ ' '"jd^^Fe^t ^^ «o of the culprit. He granted sevpn Z!^!>„ • ^terposed before the trial in the county of WarSn, X p?eX tKt^'^^^"''' °^ *"*1 *« o»e man when he was arrested aid brouKto cSi^ %f ''^'^^^ indictments {avor IS one I. 0. Norris, wKauX ?h?"„ ^^'.^special object of his Washington), "and swears or^lorcLfoi^tn?^/**^' '"<'«'"«" ('here in imperfect administration of juSce iS th« £, S"^""! °"*^«««' ^^ the ment of Bullock's mercy, wth mangold iHlt^-' ^.^ T^^'* «»onu. of an a^stat. against a^eople Xrhete^t^M^^^^^ BuuSck tCr ^"' ""^ ^^ «P-^b' ^I^. Voorhees speaks of Governor ^^^'mB:^o^Zf^l^rg^^;^^\?^^^n and an enemy spying out opportunity to seizl & He? now a ^'^'^' "^^ ' ^^^ ^^«^ claimed and confessed criminal wfthTnlpn ^n^^ from justice, a pro- went into the South on thTwavT of reeon«f ,n?.'?*'°' ? ^^ ^'^^- He -ger, hungiy aharks in .«estTp?eVrS?Krg STI^^^^ ?S ■I 11 overran and conquered the Southprn «?<■«* J» armies ot the U.S. whicli teg rio^^eeT te TtS'fS'^ them"*a'ShiKpal i' *^!:' ? iu '^^?'^s ^8Bt winter the commercial ioumalR nf Wow v,„.i, raising .„d ingV«JoJf.: ^B^Sia^ASTwll.'iSl Kdjcri party are calW ntmocral ) ' '^"* °'"^'"' '° "» '^'■'8 of 'capf W H '"fcill'n?"^"'"'''*' ''^••^^^y 6th, 1872, contains a report nesses in Capt. Trezevanfs ca^e. ^ ^^ testimony of the wit- 18 .tuentlv of the 'H}"t^ ^'".°'' *^° """ *'»« e"d 0^ the war, we heSd fre Sy with a vie wTo eonffihe n.'^?i I'f'''^ «T*^' '''e*'^'^^^ ''^ "> "«dSl l.^rWcalle/S'lJj rS/Sid to be GoT^^^^^^^^ mon him to Yorkviile Bv this tirrn ?Hinl\„ i a°Jitant-SenerftI, to sum- 14 white inen from the neighbourhood ffrcfm/inf^fK \''°"'8«>n- Besfdes the we understood that a strong forcrwas kenUn ZJt H""" l^' "« Protection, . The whites were anxious that if there wm L Shf^f"^^' ?,'^y ^ '^s* "lera tlioy were armed chiefly witli n «tn « „!„r W- '* ^'"'"''^ occur at night aa ^excellent army bZcSoaSg' i,i f '7nSonV'P r"""^' ^''^ ^W had arrived, was now waited on by a comniitteoff?L .?»?''•' "**?t««»«™'Nho Bratton being one of tiiem. wlio infoS 4^1 ^® "'P"« "^ ^orkville, Dr. the negro mihiia, or the force assen^Unfin,^"^^^^^ *>« »nust diiirm for uni. After much heSta«on J e piLd fo ''rJf ""'^ T.^''^^'''^ '^""'^ do S white men, who had been 8iimmnnB,i^f^ ! to disarm them, and the armed n.'Hsed and returned at onTquietIv to t&P,'°^''"^"n?/ YorkviUe, we?e d£ refused to give up tlioir arnTbnt tb Jnf -f"^ '•""'^^- ^''« "ogro militia then rom Dallas N.g., ?odS tLtwr^TtK^Z "^"^^^^^^^^ ^°'»"t««'« '7Su?^ren*d\riett;°l^^^^^ one or morea night. iSS^mo^e w^ he^rSLT^^f"'*"*^''*' '"^^S remained quiet un^l Septembi.Xn more Svalv „-«'?; "^^ the country , Sudden y, in October lS7i ni,m«, .^.^^^'"''ittoyorkville of soldiers sent out or tU J,uSr W?«^^^^ began to be made by parties to town, and the Yorkville Ja^^^^ was Ion Lt^ many persons thus brought in were long there without bdng Informed of Th^.iT'"' *'^'™: ^^^^ «« thlm people of Yorkville perceived that aTpatrlin^f"^®^ ^S*'"^* them. The getting up accusationVandprosecSions^ In nnli"^™^ ^"^ ^^^^ used in who had been prominent Ke of CoI Me HI w^k'"' ^?"'" "'^o'^ Owens^ informers, and who thought it best to iLiThT/^ (t^e niilitary commandant to receive, at the railroad station a laS roll nf J?"' °* *'?! ^"""t^V, was seen ''"jCv'ST f '"/^'^ to Me"HirsSd«^ ^«* '' "« «»500, from woufc;;isir^^^^^^^ they were unconnected with the Kn IChll . ^^\^^ ^^^^ innocence, even if protecUon. A large naSrat\l^e^^iCcoZ^^Z ?ZT'''l' ^'^^^^^ hftv, perhaps many more-andamoncthpn, Dr R^r** '^* ^"® hundred and and convicted, the large numb ^f w„ '' Bratton. The numbers arrested the great expense incKTyVSriVo^i^r^r i*2 *f "'^ ag'^st them, in readiness for the trials, at ColumbK Z»J.%^T'^ t ^^^P t^^" witnesses ^T- f^' ?terrupting the inditTof the connff.*''°"^''*.°V'>« greatest dis- and reduced many fainiiies to dSnf ir.„ ^i^\'^,'. <='*'"«'^ the loss of crops population general anfsuch n groes as hLn fbt'^".* ^''^^^y.' '^'"^^ the 'Loyal League' and the radical mrtvh J L^ ^"""^'^ "^^^ protection of the secret associatirma fn? .I^;'; 1 j T^ ^<*™« security under the ation having been generalised ^71^^^?^^^^^^^^^^^ citizens fugitives from prosecution and /lSfi^LK"*''°r*^l "'« '"o^t eflfcient a Northern penitentiary, the bulk of «.« whi?„^^*',°l°*'*«'"« condemned to ""^Teiifco^i&tEt"* ^^"^^'^^^ "S^a r "' "^^ «-« ^' '^^ country,TSedVo'?aildT^^^^ in that part of the forth in London, Ontario We left ffidusn--*- ■?'^ residS^henS- who were only prevented by want of S from ?nli2- ^™"^« ^ York^ouuty, merely add to this statement, that w^fm nn^^^ "°7!!."? ""^ example. I wfli with any of the people of York pnnnf,r^, * connected by blood or family Hea cution under the^Ku-Klux Act ^' ^"^ °°' "''° ^"^ «"ff«r«d from prS " London, Ontario, July 1572 " " "^^"^ Manigault. n burning YoAville and Chefiterville! ^ ^ "" campaign by It appears, from the testimony of a witness— Rill T ;r„ian„ „ i i the day I am going to.kill froKe &«"?:>(%. 'JTlf' '"''' from micSSe up The™ hS ll„ „i'°? '^■" ""T '"^^ "«• ' "'" ^'" and rode righroSf-(p loT coT U " ' '° '■''"' """ "^ '" fofco?')*"^'"'^*'"^'^'^^'" ^"^ «^ Gel''s\:.mkn's'o£?r^^^^^^^^^^ lieulnJSt i^'jim^'»iawi^ .^ ^^f 1 ^^°' ^ho ^^^ been 1st because he wl^^oTlrdcaTTm^V^^^^ had been reduced to th. ranks rule the country and if K^n '1/ J^ WiUiams threatened that he would Ku-KluxZ7hite ladies aSd.^qdr./'VnT^ '*^'' T^' ^' '»*«"^«'l *« If he^could not\',Je itTi ' 't^V'^lZ^^'Z' Z^^T'~ (.p. iu7, col 2.) " ■ "" **""*" ^" ^Hi tiie ciudlu up. MoIhfJnT" '^"'™ ?"'er "ources that what most alarmed tlie white people and exasperated them against Jim Williams was thn thLT. .f ot good property and imsition-testified (p. !)i, col. 2 that "he fJuPom ff^ f*' '?r' ^^' \^"'% «•» ^^' I>l«"taLn/wLh jrwiiui S" S'S^u'i^ay *^'*'''''^"'°'''' '" """'^'"^ county for iety-TC^^^ Jim Williams had become so dangerous, from his influence (wor in.„>v of the negroes, that probably three-fourths of th,fw itimen"n the lo.mtv he threSe i Wu T '^'^'' ^^ ^' P^*^^"'* the SVimi oSgS ne threatened For the laws, as administered, uttbrded no protection Be this as it may, it was proved in court tl ut on the niXt of the 6th day of March a large party of mounted men-some witnesses say thir v Se£; iiets" SsVfi"' vr*'^ °^ t^^^'"*^' '^"^ rode torrdstt;?. f,«r mil!' ^Tr/ "'^•S**- ^^y searched many negro cabins and carried I ,rw ?>,«"" •'V*^* rifles and accoutrements issued to the ncLTo nSi S wSe^s left*^5L*?.rnf?^^ men, whose names were unknown to fo mhmr' Th« M^i ^ the party, and did not rejoin them for i>erhap8 ward and SriS .L^^M^' ^^^' ««arching some other houses, rode home wara.and during the rule some persons mentioned that Jim Williams oAt«w^'i°|-, f^'.'^'J^' ^ «'^° ««"«'! ''e^elf (heis said t^ have had others), testified that he was taken from his house and carried off bv arties unknown to her. His body was found hanging at some distant in the woods the next morning. We believe that tlisparTy acted on JeirS^M r '^i^-l^ ^'''^' °f *h« °««F« militia,Td\hey pre- vented the McConnellsviUe company ftom ioinin^ thn rftrnloi Wiii „!!^ pany on its march to Chester the next day. •■ We have been to d ^ha tffv" ^nd some of the negroes cooking their rations for throSning cS ti,.^? ^^^^t?"" ^9"^^^ °^ indictments against Dr. Bratton, and received three laid in the circuit court of the U.S. for South Carolina of these him in the State courts, and were informed that there were none We also wrotefor and have received the official report of the cases tried in the U.S. circuit court at Columbia. S.C., in Nov. term, 1871 The fruitS of this assize under the Ku-Klux act seems to have been the conviction • ?i^Z'^<'^\^r^S^itotheh^, The proverbial uScSainty of the kw 8onerTvert*ni^' -^f^^m^^ ''"""''''l leaving a multitude of prU JSennL .f Aii"^*^ fe v"** them, were shipped via Charleston to the ^t«i« i fP^ff ^^^^' ¥-\:' ? northern prison belonging to a NortJiern State with the people of which their own State was lately at war. ^rrr^Ser- "'^ *^^^* ^^"^ ^'"^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ '^^'- -^" nft?ilf^^™'°^°i,^*'^^??.!^^°''"^'^*«"Sainst Dr. Bratton, we find that two fnffS.Jof^/^^^i^'"*^ conspiring with others to injure, threaten and intimidate tv.o different persons, with intent to hinder them from exer- cising the nght to keep and bear arms, and to vote at elect on" Of these indictments we need not speak further. On examining the third indictment, we find it charges that Dr Brattnn conspired with divers others unknown to deprive m^SwrnLf":^}^^. 17 . m tlioU.S circuit court, Nov. term, l.s7l. we find (n 8 col n that tl.„ Ttl^^Y ^°T'* *''"° '^'^'f ''^r'' iame« Rufustton alth^ny-o lkm?«/SrTi '^i^'"'"'''''- r^'«° *?^*"8 consiJiracy against Jim Wil- imms, alias Jim Unmey, ana the murder of him. ™/* ,'0"07"iK. ^'''8 t'asfl. wo find that many of those charged were JilS^of RnwT'^- aV"! V'^,*"ll' ^''^ prisoner, severed; aSd in t he against and the m irdcr ot Jim Williarns wua brought out, a great volimie w^Snf^-.T-^"?,''" ' »n the. ground that tlie trial ofacharge of murder ,TJ^I „a* "^ •*'"" *l'" jurisdiction of the court. The murder could only I o that ^. wltn««"'*'" r *' ^"""^^ ^}'' conspiracy. Moreover, it turned out DreLt Jf A'?l^^'™''^'^*•''.*^r""tted the murder, or who was the^m«Uar„«Tr*n'^'^'"u*''"^'",*''*^ '=''«''« «f ''^ *•'« of'c™ tried on claiZ? nn&v U»^«f. ^"''h an indictment a man may Im. conveniently ofTftJr^fv J- ? ^^frad'tion treaty on a charge falling within the terms provisions '" " ^^ ""'*'"''^ not falling within ifcj K„ Kl„v*Z?° precise information as to the number of arrests under the Ku-Klux Act, either m South Carolina or elsewhere. We liave been intefn fer'r^ *^?* ^''"''f ° ^iTl'"'^ P^''^""^ ^^^^ been indicted South rirn?n« iST-'"?i ^u^ ^'^"i^^^Jy '^ '"'^"y *» the nine counties in South Carolina named in the President's proclamation. We see by South Carohna papert that arrests continue to bo made. ^ Ihe Ku-Klux Act is aim« at the detection of secret political societies dlrZ'r^' «°d the United States authorities seeii o Imve a won f hL i T'' -f Pi;°^'">' *^° ^H^^t of the parties accused. But we take SZTfS'*^''^'*y"¥u*''"^ ^^'- ^''^tton denies having been a member ot the Ku-Klux or any other secret society except the Masonic. m.'Ufor "^ '^*?" good authority that the people of the counties under S,undaL'2f*VTv'"*'' '^' ''V* .«f,A.«iL ,w/,«., suspended, saw abundant proofs thtt money was lavishly used in getting up these pro- S«T\- ?-K '' ^^'""^^ *" P™^«' f°^ the suborned witnesa Ssually conceals his bribe But some of them were more unguarded. Besides theman OwM who eft Yorkville with a large roll of Sills just receTved &.S°'°'''L^Tf' h/ad-quarters, Kerkland Gunn, in lis testimony ite*'' fv «^' ¥\^]' '^'^'"^ts that after calling in a friendly way on the wlI^T- i^*"*^ Ackerman, during a chance visit to Washington, on o?wnf nnr-f«f//vf''^''^ .5200 from Ackerman's clerk ; but Gunt cannot V u ^ consideration for this payment. Lach would-be informer was stimulated into activity by some secret ?n /oJkvilf pTm- ^r '^' «°«^°^««dant of the Unit^^dSles troops fiLfirft iin'f^ t- ^Tl"' *^P??™' ^'^^ the testimony of the witnesses, eager to add to his mditary duties those of prosecuting attorney, or rather hHlnr ' rA"/ ^°' ""^"y ''I "'^ P"««°«" ^ith whom he hJd crowded t?^^*?' .??^ holding repeated conferences with them. And the people ,L™ 1 T ''°°7»"<'^d that, colluding with some men of crafty and SonTr^r.S*'"*'*''* ^'^Y. ^^^"^ "P^'^ th« S^"^ ^«^°"K the crowd of pnsoners, to act as spies and detectives against them. atrJt^iTX ^^^ ^'^^^'^H ^^ prosecutors, informers, witnesses and other agents m these prosecutions may be aecounted fnr Wa hav- not ==ea the Appropriation BUI paaaed by Congress at ita'i^t sessiont'burwe s^e IB '^ ' ma Southern journal u referents to an ajipropriation of three milliong of ■Jollars to meet the exptnaea of the Ku-Klux trialn. The govcninient was resolve*! that ita army of proneoutorB should not fail for want of animiinition to (larry on the war. But wo are more intoregfid in the acts of tlic United States agents in l^unada Of the three detectives sent lately to London, Hester, alian llimtor. seeins to have been best provided with the meuns of securiiiij all the help ho lUight need to accomplish his objects. Ho employed the clerk of the crown attorney for the county as his chief confidant and atfent, and ho CHtabhshed himself in the London post-ofllce, and was for three weeks present at the opening and making-up of tho mails. All that he may have done there cannot be known to nutsiuers. But resiH>n- Bible witnesses are ready to prove that two facts, which no ingenuity coiiui Biirmiso, but which were stated in two diiferont letters, written by tvvwdilerent and unconnected persons, and mailed in tho London iwst- offlce, became known hero to Hester and others about tha i)08t-oUice.— VVe believe that if this matter were fully investigated, tho necessary con- clusion would be that these letters, perliaps many others, were opened in TM n " P"**"^*^'''' before being sent to their destination, 1 lie British government and nation have, on more than one occasion <»pres8ed their conviction that the post-office is designed to facihtate the correspondence of those who use it, not to serve as the channel for espion- age ufwn them. The nation and ftovemmont feel that no official can be trusted with such a power, Iciwu of all the agents of a foreign govern- ment. Doubtless the Canadian government hold the same doctrine • and the Postmaster-General has now an excellent opportunity of proving this by a searc'iuig investigation into what looks like»a very corrupt transaction. ' The o|)ening and reading of these two letters, and the misconstruing ot one of theni, led Hester and Cornwall into a curious blunder. They interred that Ma)or J. W. Avery, formerly an active and enterprising officer in the Confederate army, and now charged with being tlie organizer aad head of all the Ku-Klux bands in York county, S.C— they inferred that he was in Canada, in London, and that Dr. Bratton was Avery.— On tne trial of Cornwall for kidnapping, it came out that the warrant they professed to usa was against Avery ; and on coming back from Detroit Cornwall told Bates, the cabman, that tlie^ b^ kidnapped the wrong man. But he added- -" But this one is of .:]i '^? .0 m." It seems that the United Statt! , ays well for these Utfh e<.m-f . 1 ryioea. That government wanted Dr. Bratton much, but it w , ' 1 vt -.,, iverv more. . - j Dr, Bratton, after being kidnapped, was carried to Yorkville, S.C, there conducted to the headquarters of the military commandant, and sent thence to prison. After some days' delay, the tr.S. authorities con- SHMted to baU him for « 12,000. By permission of the friends who bailed ni&, ho has returned for a time to Canada. But, in the eye of the law, • 4"? Tiuch 8, prisoner in their custody as he would bo in York county kJr,. A" fder V Col. Merrill's soldiers. ' vtt-: uo succeasful kidnapper, seems to be still in favor with his MMi, for he ht ■• ■ -oen lately making himself conspicuous, as de[mty ..^^ -iK.lial, in mat. .a connected with the North Carolina elections. oop'vs of the printed documents quoted, and other papers used in makmg up this statement, are in the hands of Messrs. Becher, Barker and Street, Barristers, London, Ont. TPTTTH g.;v \if^ \\CixUy U^v AA i; , -^ .',. _..,- f u ^ ^.' / J'. ] 2. 9..^«Yv. ill