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Chapter 37

           Menwereinsultedonthestreetsbydrunkenblacks,housesandbarnswereburnedatnight,horsesandcattleandchickensstoleninbroaddaylight,crimesofallvarietieswerecommittedandfewoftheperpetratorswerebroughttojustice.

           Buttheseignominiesanddangerswereasnothingcomparedwiththeperilofwhitewomen,manybereftbythewarofmaleprotection,wholivedaloneintheoutlyingdistrictsandonlonelyroads.Itwasthelargenumberofoutragesonwomenandtheever-presentfearforthesafetyoftheirwivesanddaughtersthatdroveSouthernmentocoldandtremblingfuryandcausedtheKuKluxKlantospringupovernight.AnditwasagainstthisnocturnalorganizationthatthenewspapersoftheNorthcriedoutmostloudly,neverrealizingthetragicnecessitythatbroughtitintobeing.TheNorthwantedeverymemberoftheKuKluxhunteddownandhanged,becausetheyhaddaredtakethepunishmentofcrimeintotheirownhandsatatimewhentheordinaryprocessesoflawandorderhadbeenoverthrownbytheinvaders.

           Herewastheastonishingspectacleofhalfanationattempting,atthepointofbayonet,toforceupontheotherhalftheruleofnegroes,manyofthemscarcelyonegenerationoutoftheAfricanjungles.Thevotemustbegiventothembutitmustbedeniedtomostoftheirformerowners.TheSouthmustbekeptdownanddisfranchisementofthewhiteswasonewaytokeeptheSouthdown.

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