Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-20
THE kU-KLUX KHAN.
A Manifesto from the G. ID. of
Realm No. 1.

A Manifesto from the G. ID. OF
Realm No. 1.
The following order, taken from the
columns of the Nashville Banner, bears
upon its face the stamp and seal Of geDu-
! ineuess. It is the only one of all the So
called orders that have been published
hitherto, that we believe ever emAnated
! from a regular organization, and it gives
our idea exactly Of what the Ku-Klux
Khan ought to be, if it is not. That IT
ought to be none will deny, for when
bsd men couspire, good men must COM
bine. Wicked, infamous, thieving, MUIR
deriug, hypocrltieal seoundrels have
come among US and cOnspired in their
q LOYAL Leagues" aud "Grend Armies
OF the Republic "-seeret, Oath-b0und
societies both OF them to overturn soci-
ETY., array the two races in deadly antsg-
onism, aud raise themselves to place and
power by the negro, only that they may
plumber and rob the negro and white
Unfortunately, and reduce the whites
Of the South to j slavery and thraldOm
woIse-ten thousand times worse-than
African slavery ever was.
HEADQUARTERS REALM No. !,
DREA BFUL ERA, BLACK EPOCH,
DREADFUL HOUR.J
General Older No 1
WHEREAS, information of an authen-
tic character has reached these head
Quarters that the blacks in the counties
2 7 oa1-rt n q Il
other adjacent counties, are organizing
themselves into military companies, and
are sTmiug and drilling by night, and
calling themselves the WhRngs," the
Wide Awskes,n the "Black X X. IS"
ETC.; and whereas, it is understood that
they avOW their determination to make
war upon and to exterminste the Ku-
Kiux Kan, said blacks are hereby sol
EMMY warned and ordered to desist from
further action in such organization, if
they exist, and to disband the same i'm
nledjQteLg. And the Khan in these vari-
Gus counties are hereby ordered to be on
the alert, and to investigate the matter,
and il these organ cations do exist, and
are discovered, to dIsperse them at any
cost. The o. d. regrets the necessity OF
such an order as this, but this Khan shall
not De outraged and interfeTed with by
lawless negroes and meaner white men,
Who do not and never have understood
cur purposes, or who never wished to I'M
derstand them. In the first place, this
Khan is not an Institution Or violence,
Iawlessne5ss 'snd cruelty, as these parties
affect TO balisve.
II is not IaWless-it Is not Aggressive
it is not military-it il not revolution
airy. But it is essentially, original
ly and inherently a prOtectius Or
ysnizati0h. 1t proposes TO execute law
instead OF resisting it, and to protect all
good men, whether white or black, from
The Cutrages and atrocities of bad men Of
both c0iOrs who have prevailed in the
country for the LAST three years who
have been q terror to society and an in
Jury to Us all. But the blacks seem to be
impressed with the idea that this Khan
is especially their enemy, and we believe
this imprCs sion has been made upon them
by bad white men. However, they
may have reached this conclusion,
10 is erroneous. We ere not the enemy
Of the blacks as long as they bshsve
themselves, make no threats upon us,
and 90 not attack or interfere with Us.
Baf, il they deceive themselves or per-
init others to deceive them, and make
war upon Us simply upon suppOsitiOn, as
it seems they are prepSring TO do, and
thus force US, against our inclinations
and intentions, to hostilities, why, then,
q G accept the issue, and they must abide
by the awful TetritutiOn that will follow.
We want to avoid this and have peace,
and it lies with them to say, by their
obedience or disObedienee of this order,
whether or not we shall avoid it.
IL is now IA undoubted fact that the
Kan, while in its peaceful movements,
and while disturbing no one, even in the
remotest manner, has been fred on no
less than three different times in the vi
cinity and suburbs OF Columbia, in
Maury county. Tnis must and 1OW not
be endured any longer. We say, there
fore, to the blacks and their white allies
Of that place, that this must not occur
again. Aud if it ever does, and the par
ties should be discovered, Z remorseless
veugeance will b. wreaked upon them.
Information has also reached Us that
certain officials and certain unotficials
10 Columbia and that vicinity are insti-
eating the negroes, and advising them to
organize these companies of "WhangS,n
" Wide Awakes,u Z" Black X. K. 's,n or
whatever else they are called, and to
ire into the kukluX wherever and when
ever seen, and that they are furnishing
or making Preparations to furnish them
with arms and ammunition to dettroy
the KukluX. For the welfare of these
parties, this information had better aeUeT
ne confirmed. This is your warning.
Aud if you have done these things, you
had better undo them as rapidly as pos
sible
We reiterate that we are for peace, law
= TttF = -, a
strife, then the consequences must be
upon your own heads. You will not be
disturbed ~ lOug as you demesn your
selves well and peacesbly, nor do we in
tend to be interfered with by you. No
man, white or black, shall be molested
for his political sentiments. This Khan
is not POLITICAL party, it is not q military
party, tut protective organization, and
will never use violence except in resist
ing violence. 1t is not IA the interest OF
any particular party, but in that OF the
welfare Of the whole country.
Outrsgo5 may be, and doubtless have
been perpstratsd by irresponsible parties
in the name of this Kan, but these are
| impostsrs, and il they should be discov-
| cred and apprehended by this Khan, they
will be dealt with il 8 manner that will
I inSqre Us future exemption from such
| imPOsiGOns, IS well as protection to
those who have been wronged and out
ragged. II is reported that these i'm
| posters have frightened and Ia some in
stances whipped negroes without any
| cause or provOcAtiOn whatever. This i
J wrong wrong wroDgl And it is de-
| nOGGeed az this Kian, as it must be by
al good aud humane men, fhis klaI
now, as in the past, IL prohibited from
! doing these things, and they are re.
| quesled 10 prohibit others from doing
them, and to protect all good, peaceful
we'll disposed and law abiding men
whether white or black.
A word to the blacks We pity YOU,
| misconceptions Of our purposes, and thu
deesption which ths white men, pro
Teasing TO be your friends, have praetiee
upon you, tut who In reality are you
| greatest enemies. Believe what is her,
| stated, and do what is here ordered AM
you will never be molested DisbanC
your secret military organic atoms, /
you have any, aud do il quickly Max,
10 threats upon the KHKlux they ar,
not your enemies unless you make then
so by your own conduct Mind you
own business and let the Kuklux alone
and they will not trouble you. But d.
otherwise, aud you must bear the conse
quences, hard IS they may be.
The q. ID. deems this order due to tn
public, due to the Khan, and due te thos