Report of and Testimony (Volume 12)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... got angry when I told him ivc would have to wait on the Government of the United States to defend us and take care of us. He said they had waited on the Government a good while now, and were getting killed and whipped and abused all around, and they thought they would have to take it into their own hands. He said he would die any day before he would submit to it. Question. Did the Ku-Klux, in either of these visits, ctiarge you with making war upon their order, or counseling the negroes to arm themselves? Answer. Yes, sir. They said I had advised the negroes to shoot them. I told them the whole truth of it was, if I had not stood between them and the negroes, they would have got killed. Question. Did that seem to satisfy them? Answer. No, sir; they were not very well satisfied unless I would tell them I would stop preaching. I told them I would give them security, and I would insure them that no member of my church would hurt them without my knowledge, or, if it came to my knowledge, they would not do it with my consent. I had always advised them not to interfere with them. Question. Did they state the objection to preaching to the colored people? Answer. They did not care, they said, for my preaching to the colored people, but not to preach to the white people. I said I had invited them to come and hear me, and I could not preach to them if they did not come. Question. They claimed that you discriminated--preaching to the colored and not to the white people? Answer. Yes, sir; but in fact, when the white people came In, we offered them the chief seats, and they would not have them, and of course I could not do anything more than invite them in. Question. Do you know any other instance of Ku-Klux outrages? The last you spoke of was a case of Albert Hardy. Answer....