The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-26
The Ku-Klux Kan.B

This new order Of secret societies Is creating
ou;te n sensation in various parts Of the Uni
ted States and IL is believed will spread over
the whole land. Exactly what 1t is organized
for is not positively known. 1t is limited by
come thatit purpose is to offset the " Grand
Army of the Republic" commanded by the
ferocious and bloody General LOGAN, whose
Ill nature Is ceaseless, and whose tempestuous
ire rivals the paroxysms of the " enrage Kou-
TOM
Whatever the sprit.and designs of this or
der of singular name, it is filling the newspa-
pers with strange paragraphs and remarka-
BILE accounts of mysterious circumstances.
The orders published from " these headquar-
ters'' Of the Ku- Klux Klan are very novel
in style, dealing largely in dark illusions TO
horrors of the most dreadful nature. One be-
fore rs requires the deputy Grand Execu-
toner" to be at his post. The "Nlgh'
Hawks are especially commanded 10 : DC
ready" ard the whole body are informed III"
! otis necessary, with therequirements OF our
! noble brotherhood, that each orotner snaii
| I" taste of fesh and handle bone TO become CON
| WINGED of the faithful performance OF uuts'
| nv Deputr Grand Executioner 1nese are
horrible lniunctions indeed They are gwen
| 4, the name OF the Great trano blah
commanding He must be a lineal descend
an, of TITUS ASDRoSIcUs, and has learned not
only TO feed mis- enemies on human hesh, oul
| m make a very satisfactory meal upon IL
h;n,self, How General LOGAN Is TO contend
,rainst such 4 combination Of all the elements
NJ noyer,nd terror we cannot imagine
Naturally, an organization dealing so large
" in the mysterious and awful has exclteo no
small degree Of superstition "here IL ms "t
peared ASPIRATIONS Of all sorts are oene'u Al
solitary places and even In the streets VI c''es'
Weird horsemen have been seen travelling On
the wings Of the wind, and contendlng armies
in the Heavens, from which flowed rivers o.
blood, have been witnessed by reliable people .
An aged and truthful negro riding through 4
wood in a western State found himself es-
corted by n ghostly dragon, who conversed
with him, and taking off his skull, asked the
venerable African TO hold il while he fixed his
backbone, The poor old black man, who ht''
no backbone 1T all at that time, put his steeo
to the top of his speed, and reached home
more dead than alive. And he was 4 truthful
negro,
In short, these are but moderate speci-
mems of the new literature and the mysteries
introduced by the " Ku- klux Khan Its in.
stitution has 4 moral which we should all
bear in mind In Ill lutionary periods OF
4 country-when tyranny is in the ascendanl
and personal rights are violated-secret orders
have sprung forth rs natural offspring from
the political condition of the time. There
need, therefore, be no surprise at the appear
ance of this Order, nor NJ the advent Of 4 score
OF others The " Great Army of the Repub.
| lie led by the Bobadil LOGAN, acted rs n sori
| of Eccalobion to hatch out these orders; and II
| will probably prove highly successful in its in
cubating office.
Had the Union been restored Immediately
| after the war all would have been peace, ano
| such spawn of agitation, strife, public ano
private peril, and political anarchy, wonlo
not have appeared. We must expect things
| in their order. The secret society Is an new
| table agent of defence as we'll as outrage
| in Il time of anarchy; and the consolation OF
! rejecting people is that it may be efficiently
| used both purposes.
| The Ku-klux Khan is rapidly extending
| its reign and is reported to be spreading over
| this State We may look for strange things
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