The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-29

with us; and be ready for "whatever fate
betides us" This is conservative Dis
trict, and properly canvassed we arc all
right. Let us push on vigorously.
The Ku Klux Klan---What is It?
The New York Herald processes to have
received the annexed circular from an of.
fetal source. Whether it be genuine
document or not, is a matter of question,
but it is at least interesting:
UNION CEMETERY, SOUTHERN STATES,
Aprilis the 7th, lsCs.
TO the Editor of the Herald:
BY command Of the Grand Cyclops of
the secret order known to the outside
world as the Ku kux klan, am directed
in the name of truth and justice to make
the following statement in reference to
this organization. The columns of the
Herald have been selected rs the medium
of this statement for the reason of its we'll
known metropolitan circulation.
1t is a well known axiom that men pre-
fer misrepresentation and slanderous criti-
cism to truth and charity. 1t is equally
we'll known that there exists at this time
in the United States two (if not norej
gigantic secret political organizations suS-
tanned by Congressional legislation, to wit:
"rhc Grand Army of the Republic, Il Sc
cret oath bound military order, and the
'Loyal League which is composed in the
Southern States almost exclusively OF nc
rroes and Radical emiSS:lrcs from the
North. The grand Objects of these secret
Radical societies is 20 keep in snhiection
the Democratic party oi' the -Eorth, and
to !Atricanize the South, ar.l thereby, act
inc in concert with Congressional legisla-
ton perpetuatr the rule Of the Radical
party and change tho American Govern
mcnt from free republic to morgrcl
despotiSm. The army and navy Ct the
United States, under tic control OF Rad
ical Congress, have been and are being
used to destroy the liberties of Il once freq
people, and to uphold and sustain with
their mighty power the insdions and dew
illsll purposes Of the secret organizations
of the ''Grand Amy of the Republic
and the "Loyal League" Therefore 1t is
societies should raise the cry Of ''new
rebellion" "rebel, Southern traitor"
sassassin," &c. Let the enemies of free
government and the advocates of negro
equality and negro domination beware.
White men, and white men alone, are the
comprehensive cXponents of constitutional
liberty, must and will exclusively rule and
govern the American republic. Michigan
and Connecticut but rc-echo tie senti.
merit
What, then, of the Ku Klux Khan? Is
it a myth or stern reality? We answer
that it is a great and unconquerable or
ranization 1t is not confined exclusively
to anv State or Territory Of the American
Union, but has strength and form whcr-
ever the flag of the American Republic is
recognized as the emblem of constitutional
liberty. In some localities the organiza-
tion is much more powerful than in others.
1t is stronger in kentucky than in any 9th
er State; Tennessee next, Missouri third,
Virginia fourth, Maryland fifth, and New
York sixth. There is not Il department
of the Federal Government, Of the army
and navy, that has not Il potent member
ship. Confederate and Federal soldiers,
Confederate and Federal sailors alike vie
in the objects and purposes of the organi-
zation. There is not a leading daily news
paper throug ghout the entire country that
has not their Ku klux. Therefore, the
Ku klux Khan is neither sectional or par
tisan, but cmincntly Conservative and
national i'll its organization and purposes.
White citizens of the United States can
only become members of the Ku Klux
Klan, Radicals, lnfdels and negroes can
not become members Of the I'm Klux Khan;
for the meaning Of the term is 4 Circle OF
Friends, the object Of which is the pcrpc-
tutv OF constitutional liberty.
The organization of the Ku Klux Khan
originated from ncccssty-the result OF
Radical legislation and the formation OF
the secret political orders Of the "Loyal
League" and the "Grand Army of the
Republic" consequently the ku Klux
Klan is the effect of Radical despotism
and injustice. The Ku Klux Khan was
first organized in Giles county, Temp,
August, 1866, and was an absolutely neces-
sity, resulting from the Tyranny, domina.
tion aud aggression Of the Brownlow
Legislature. The passage of the Sherman