Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-05-13
Signs, Secrets, symbols and SclmItars.

Mr. John IL Campbell, the Grand Cyclops Of the
Kaklux den in this city, in the following communi-
cation 10 the editors of the Bulletin gives fright
full and at same time terrible expose of the machina
tons and workings of tns very peculiar instituton,
which Col Beaumont 50 timely broke Up. The er-
pose viii be read with interest by everybody IN
Memphis, and also throughout the country
os THE DETENsIyE
Editors BuLLstif Again Messrs Editors in the
exercise of the sacred and natural right of selfde-
Tense have appeal to you for the use of your col
umns. had hoped that better councils would have
prevailed, and that the men, to whom / have here
tofore paid my respects would have seen the injus
tce they had committed, and would have acted like
and gentlemen, and soon they found out that
their position was antenable that they would have
at least made the amend honorable, as far as wss
concerned. Instead however, of doing this simple
act Of Justice they allowed themselves to be used by
the Appeal for the purpose Of truculent lying and
SANDER. No man can see clearer the effect of the
exposition which am about to make, both toward
myself and toward those with whom it has been my
fortune 10 be heretofore associated bat assure those
between whom and myself il may rupture the ties
Of friendship that nothing but the necessity which
compels man to defend himself when assaulted,
could ever have induced me to give facts to the
world. Had il not been for that would have died
and given no sign and even now it has taken three
weeks Of hesitation before could bring myself to
the ungratefn task. The responsibility for il all
belongs to the Appeal, and there is not man who
may read this article who would not do under the
same circumstances what an now doing. I have
nothing but my character. / have not dollar in
the world and feeling fully the terrible responsible
ity / am taking, ] go with firm heart and mistaken
nerve TO the work. The Appeal has from time to
time, since the unfortunate publication of the card
of the religiously trained, but lying Sixteen Ia
ken occasion to deny thetruth of my statement and
to cast personal reflections upon me- For the latter
I have no concern, knowing that il every asserted
fact was true that even then my character would
bear favorable contrast with that of more than one
attsche of that interruptions sheet. So much for
the personal, now for the facts. never charged
that the organization with which was arrested was
kuklux one, but did charge that it was band
Of men, sll the way from nineteen years to beyond
middle age, banded together for She purpose Of as
sassinating men who had rendered themselves OBJ
iectionable to them. True the tact is undsniable
that most Of the men arrested were young, and all
the indiscree signeTs of the card were SUCH but
behind these are number Of other men who have
not as yet joined in the assault upon me- and whose
names do not consider it would be honorable TO
bring into the matter. It is unnecessary for me to
go over tie ground already covered in my first CON-
munieatOn except to reiterate that every assertion
made then Is strictly The association at the
time OF tho arrest consisted of about thrty-nve
members, nearly all of whom had numbers, and /
give them az follows numbers and ALL with the ex-
cePtion OF tie gentlemen who did not join in the at
tack upon ina