The Daily Phoenix

Both Sides of the Picture.

The Union, of Friday, publishes what purports to be the constitution and by-laws of the Ku Klux. We have now before us the "ritual, constitution and by-laws of the National Council U. L. A., together with all necessary information for the complete working of subordinate councils." The alleged K. K. K. organization was formed, we infer, in 1871. The Union League pamphlet before us bears date 1867. It appears, then, that the Union League preceded the K. K. K. four long years. If one was political; so was the other. If one was secret and oath-bound, so was the other. We need not remind the Union editor of the provisions of the League. He knows all about it. And so does Governor Scott. And so does Mr. Worthington. And so does Mr. Hoge. And so does Mr. Treasurer Parker. They all know about it. The K. K. K. is a terrible organization. But the Union League, which was the direct cause of it, is a grand institution of these "latter-day saints" of the great Radical party. We ask the Union a question: Does it not know that one of its party associates, Mr. Worthington, Ku Klux prosecutor, is now President of a Union League in Columbia? And that Mr. Hoge, another of its party associates, is President of another? We shall answer, lest the Union should fail to come up to the bar. We have been informed that there are now two Union Leagues in Columbia, and that Mr. Worthington is President of the one, and that Mr. Hoge is President of another. We state, further, that our informant tells us that the statement comes from one who knows, or, at least, professes to know. If Shakespeare does not repeat, we do; and we again quote a few lines, to wit: "The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two Guiltier than him they try." Thus much for the present. We shall open fire again pro bono publico.