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So Ku-klux In South Carolina

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Day
15
Month
September
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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i ., Sept. 7. Twenty-six of the nu Bi prominent citizcns oí Spartanburg County, including lited States Comtniesioner, the UnProbate Judge, Sherift', Cler) Court, and tho county represeni n botb branches of the Legislatura, publisb overtheirown signatures the íollowing Iettei : To ttc Non. John Scott. Ohainnan oflheKuKlux Committee. We, the undersLgned, oitizena of tho ;ii4 Statu and county, having scen throngh thu newspapeis that yon bad received statements and affldavits thnt outrages upon varioua citi:ns had been conunittëd in this county ainoe the commitee of which you are ohairtnan left the said county, and that you had tüereupon recommenaed the proclaiuation of ninrtial law in tliis county, feel constrained to inake the foHowing statement : We havo made diligent inquiry, and have been unablo to beur of a singlo outrage luiving buon committed in tliis county mihh: your csommittee left it. uu the contrary lbo county is in a state of profound peace and quiet. The Spartan, in publishing the above, says : This statement ought to be sufficient to prove to the mi .il of Senator Scott that he has been im] ed upon by the communications and affidavits upuii which he forwarded his statement made to the President, and his recoiumendation that martial lavbo declarcd in the oounty. Furthermore, we learn that leading Radicals here admit that no ou veoccurred in Spartanburg County sinco tho committee were here.

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