The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-06 00:00:00

THE KU-KLUX KLAN.

At Memphis, Tennessee, a lodge of the Ku-Klul
Klan was broken into, and the constitution and
other documents captured, from which some de-
tails respecting the order have been gathered. The
Chapter was named the Supreme Cyclopean Coun-
cil. The constitution says The object of this
organization is for the purpose of protecting the
people of the South from the band of murderers and
robbers now preying upon them, even to the last
resort, assassination, and we pledge ourselves one
to the other that nothing shall be allowed to divert
us from this noble object." When a candidate is
admitted the constitution further says :—" The,
members of the lodge, all Shrouded, will rise at."
receive him, and conduct him into the middle of the
room. Each member of the order shall have a
drawn dagger or other weapon in his hand, pointed
toward the candidate, and each member will be re-
quired, in the presence of the candidate, to swat
that should said candidate prove recreant to the
oath which he is about to take, that he will kill biro
and make it his especial duty to do so on the first
safe opportunity." After being admitted the eau'
didate is compelled to subscribe to a long oath, 01
which the following is the closing part :—" I fur-
ther swear that all Radicals and negroes who have
placed themselves opposite to the interests of the
owners of the soil of Tennessee shall for ever be,
my enemy, and that under no circumstances will
I have other connection with them if I can help
it than to welcome them with bloody hands W
hospitable graves.' That my family and the
family of a Radical shall never interchange visits'
And I further pray that the God of the Southland;
whom I now invoke, shall strike me dead should
ever, either in letter or in spirit, infringe upon thei
things set forth in this oath. To all of which
swear in honesty of heart and sincerity of purP°se.
So help me God." The grip, pass words, sign, t'ze.'
were likewise ferreted out by the authorities. Tit:
klau was organized at New York by Tennesse
Conservatives, and first put into operation in the„
town of Pulaski, in the latter State. On the centre
table a human skull was found, used in administer-
ing the oath to members. From Georgia has been
sent fac-similes of the documents ; the order circa:
lates for the intimidation of their political opil.
nests. They are handbills printed on pink PaPe;
and adorned with such symbols as a cannon,
coffin with a white cross, a skull and cross boil'
a dagger, a chain, a coiled snake, a sword, a heart'
two crescent moons, a black flag with K. IC
g
upon it, a hound, a bugle-born with
" Klansmen, the deed without a name is d°9",,e.
"Many thanks, 0 Ghenghis Khan, thou whose nr°",,ils
is" (device of skull and cross-bones), 6' A ttend tut
Cabala and the curse of Nemesis upon him thAtia
speeds not the foot at its mystic summons." 13.11"-
such devices as the above, the following is the f!be;
simile of one of the documents, the name of
person to whom it is sent being written on the

Coffin :
HEADqUARTERS, GRAND CIRCLE,
Divisiox 187, S. L U.
THE AVENGER COMETH I
THE GREAT CYCLOPS TO SACHEMS !
REMEMBER THE HOUR RIPENS !.
FUNERAL ALONE!
YOU KNOW THE PATH—PURSUE IT.!
TO TRAITORS—A BLOODY SEPULCHRE!
WE COME!
• CiIELCOHE, G. C. IL IC" t
It is now more than two months since the —reB,l
notice of the existence of the Ku-Klux Klan apPear-0
in the papers of Tennessee. Latterly their cabalist',
letters and signs have been seen in several cities °re'
the South. In Columbus, Georgia, shortly bef° s
the murder of Colonel Ashburn, these mysterinils
intimations were marked on the doors and lth,
throughout the city; placards were posted up at 1.0
doors of Union men, containing their mystic lettess..
and signs, with skulls, coffins, skeletons, cr°o
bones, deadly weapons, and written sentenno
breathing out most terrible threateniugs
them. They were warned that their time was 87;e-
that their days were numbered, that they Lulls' pre,
pare for sudden and awful death. They Aver% of
minded that the time had come when the blo°,.beir
the Confederate dead would be required at jug
hands, that the spirits of the slain were sviartce.
through the atmosphere, and calling for veuge%s.
Secret assassinations were hinted at in various W7js
No less than three of these mysterious pb",caier-
were hung up at the door of the Assessor of Oho
nal Revenue, Mr. Joseph Webster. On one of too
he was warned to prepare for sudden death. ay,
of them contained a coffin, with Ashburn's Itiog
written near it, and the picture of a skeleton woo
in it. Among other things a bundle of bon?, ljog
hung up at Mr. Webster's door. Several Ow
men had received anonymous missives ware
.
them that they must prepare to die.

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