The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-15

unconquerable organization. II n not confined ex-
non Sut as and q a9 Ss aa
of the American republic a recognized as the EN-
blem OF constitutional liberty. In some localities
others II Is stronger in Kentucky than in any other
state; tennessee .pext Missouri third, virginia
fourth, MarylAnd FIFTH, and New York sixth. There
Is not de.artmSnt Of the federal government Oh
the army ard 1avy that has not potent memp .,
snip Confederate and federal soldiers Conieaer ar
ard FEDERAL sailors alike vie in the objects anu Pu
poses OF TIE organization There is not eaa LILLY
daily newspaper throughout the entre couH u 'KinX
1St sasr Aa aT nor PARTISAN but eney
Conservative and national Ill It's orgahiA"'''A "A~
While Citizens Of the United States can only become
members of the Ku Kux Khan, radicals in W anu
negroes cannot become members sr O is . Circle Of
Friends, the sole object Of which is the pefpesuy o.
Of the Ku Kux Kan originated
from a necessty-the result OF radical iegislation
and the formation OF the secret pois'ca orasrs VI
a e conseouentiy the Ku Klux Khan is the
| effect OF radical despotsm ana injustice. Tne ku
Kux Khan was first @ ahs"use oecsssv re-
snlfing from the tyranny, domination and aggres-
sion OF the BrownIoW Legisiatpree: : Inc passage
| ments in the spring Of 1857 gave the organization
a new impetus throughout the South The increase
| Of the organization in the Northern and western
states and especially in the Pacific States, from the
ist OF November 1867 to the lat Of April $685. has
been beyond the expectations of dts most ardent
friends The organization at this time numbers over
seven hundred thousand members, with as rapid adj
ditlons as the public security may require
The Know Nothing party was defeated and utterly
destroyed by the national democratic party without
recourse to counter secret organization, for the
main reason that the Know Nothing party had not
the control OF the federal and hence were
unable to uphold their organization by the purse and
sword. Until recently however, the enemies OF the
Ku Kmx Khan possessed the government and welded
its mighty powers. They possess 1t to-day, but emily
in name; not in reality. Let the tyrants of mon
grel and UNANIMOUSLY corrupt party beware Your
party Is but shell. The castle of radiCasm has
been permeated and undermined by the white ant OF
the ku KluX.
The Ku Klux Klan is, therefore, secret political
organization the result OF necessity the sole object
OF which Is to thwart radcalism arrest negro doml-
nation In the South negro equality in the North,
perpetuate the federal Union and preserve the con-
sttutiOn as the fathers made 1t. And whoever
asserts to the contrary utters falsehood. That the
Ku Klux Klan have secrets unknown to the uniniti-
ated is not denied; so have the ancient orders OF
| Free Masonry, Odd Fellowship and other secret or,
ders and societies; but like Free Masonry and Odd
Fellowship the objects and purposes OF the Ku Klux
Khan have thus been for the first time officially pro-
mulgated. The incredulous and guilty may carp
and misrepresent; but the wicked, the ungOdly and
the perured will feel the keen edge Of the sickle
| and the invisible boring OF the white ant.
Let the coffin be closed
| GABRIEL, G. G. T. V.