The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-02-07
THE KUKLUX.
A Wonderful and mysterious Order
The Charges Registered Against It.

AuS OAaTS6S h6S4sG6IGu hS d4ubl ~.
Without pretending to know anything IN
regard to the matter whatever and 10 the
absence of any other exposition of the orr
gin and objects of the mysterious order
known as the Kuklux Khan, which has Gre
ated such stink in the nostrils oil the Rad
icals, and excited the fears of the War De-
partment at Washington. We are inclined to
receive the following from the Nashville
Union DC Dispatch as being very nearly cor
rect. The writer seems to know what he
is talking about, and we have no right to
question the correctness of his statements.
Wonder if be is Kuklux
The orders for publication We have re
ceived from time to time have eminated from
the sanctum of The Great Grand Cyclops,
which leads US to infer that Pulaski is thu
head center of the Khan, and that the sub
ordinate Klans throghout the country mus
have received their charters from lere,
| which is corrobortsed by the seemingly au-
thentic statement given below.
1.-THE secret brotherhood known as the Ku-
klux Khan is probably the most extraordi
nary association that the present century
has known 1t is peculiar to Tennessee,
and first made its appearance, we under
stand, at Pulaski, from whence it has extern
ded to other portions of the State. A mem
Der Of this organization, when clad in the
trappings the order. is certainly a strange
looking object. His robe of scarlet, or of
sombre black, as the case may be, loose
flowing from :he waist to the feet, is rather
an oriental affair, and would do for the he
roes of the Arabian Nights. He is certain
" every way loose individual, so far as
his tailor can make him, and be gets over
the ground with a gliding motion, as if
fearful that the horrible cowl that hides his
face, and from whish pair of differing
eyes almost pierce she beholder. might. by
some untoward accident, be thrown aside
OF lose It's power of cOncealment. He
might be taken for some wandering monk
doing silent penance for the sins of a world
or be might be set down as some sable de-
mon Of the neither pit, who had been for a
released and permitted 10 walk that earth
| again. WHICH, OLCS uaA SSCu nun q i4iOi taA
man.
The emblem of the order--a white flag
with an ugly black cross upon its fields
enough to inspire dread anywhere, much
less than when above a party of these
strange beings. But, after all, they are on
" men-young men, at that, who, for some
reason, perhaps best known to themselves,
have chosen thus to accomplish whatever
object they may have in view.
When first organized, it was generally
understood that this society was benevo-
lent institution its design, Che relief Of
the widows and orphons Of Confederate sol
diers. Instances Of their lberalisy have
J been frequently related 10 the localities
where they are established. and it was no
until quite recently that any ether idea wa'
promulgated.
If what IS alleged Of them now be any
where near the truth, It oaprot be doubled
that the unprecedented conduct Of armed
leagues organized to terribly Conservatism
" has led to this retaliation. Grave charge
: have been registered az ainst the Kuklu
/. Khan. and affidavit upon affidavit Of It's cru