The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-05-08
(FRoM THE NEW YORK nERALD.)
THE KLU KLUX KLAN.-WHAT Is IT

Aprilis the 9TH IS6S-To the editor of the
Herald. by command of the Grand
Cyclops of the secret order known to
the outside world rs the X In X lux Khan
[ am directed in the name of truth and
,ustlce, to make the following state
ment in reference to this organiHa-
ton. 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
prefer Misrepresentation and SANDER
Gus criticism to truth and charity. 1t
Is equally well known that there exists
at this time in the United States, two if
not more, gigantic political organiza-
tions sustained by Congressional legis-
lation, to wit ''The Grand Army of
the Republic, a secret, oath-bound,
military order, and the loyal leagne, !"
which is composed in the Southern
States almost exclusively of Radicals
and negro emisaries from the N orth.
The grand object of these secret Rad
ical societies, is to keep in subsection
the Democratic party in the North,
aud tc Africanize the South, and there
by acting in concert with Congression-
al legislation, perpetuate the rule OF the
Radical party and change the Ameri-
can Government from free republic
to q mongrel despotism. The army
and navy OF the United States, under
the control of Radical Congress have
been and are being used to destroy the
liberties of a once free people, and to
uphold and sustain with their mighty
power the insidous and devilish purpo-
ses of the secret organization of the
Grand Army of the Republic" and the
Union League" Therefore 1t is by no
means wonderful that these secret So
cieties should raise the cry of new
| ssrebelion" "rebel," Southern traitor, !"
"assassin," &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 expo
nenrs of constitutional liberty. and
must and will exclusively govern the
American republic. Michigan and
Connecticut but re-echo this sentiment.
What then of the Klu Klux Khan !?
Is i'll myth, or stern reality? We
answer that it is a great and uncon-
querable organization. 1t is not con-
fined exclusively to any State or Ter
ritory of the American Union, but has
strength and form wherever the flag
of The American Republic Is recognised
| as the emblem of Constitutional liber-
| ty. In some localities the organization
is much more powerful than in others.
1t Is stronger in Kentucky than in any
| other State Tennessee next Nilsson
| ri third, Virginia fourth, Maryland fifth
| and New York sixth. There is not a
department ofthe federal government,
of the army and navy that has no. a
potent membership. Confederate and
Federal soldiers, andIsailors alike, vie
in tho objects and purposes of the or
ganizatior. There is not leading
daily newspaper throughout the entire
country, that has not their ku klux.
Therefore the XII Klux is neither sec
tional nor parizan, but eminently Con-
sentative and national In its organiza-
ton and purpose.
While the citizens of the United
States can only become members OF the
Ku Klnx Khan, Radicals and negroes
cannot become members of the ku
Klux Khan for the meaning of the
term means a Circle of Friends, the
sole object of which is the perpetuity
of constitutional liberty.
The organization of the Ku Klux
Khan, originated from n necessity-the
result of Radical legislation and the
formation of certain political orders
of the "I.oyal League" and the Grand
Army of the Republic:" consequently
the Ku Klux is the effect Of Radical
despotism and injustice. The Ku-
klux Khan was first organized in Giles
county Tennessee, in August 1866, and
was an absolute necessity, resulting
from the tyranny, domination and ag-
erosion of the Brownlow Legislature.
The passage of the Observation-Disclosures
ger bills and supplements in the spring
of 1867 gave the organization new
impetus throughout the South. The
increase of the organization in the
Northern and Western States and es-
pecially in the Pacific States, from the
1st of November 1867. to the list of april
1868, has been beyond the expectation
of its most ardent friends. The or
ganization numbers at this time over
seven hundred thousand members with
as rapid additions as the public securi-
ty may require.
The Know Nothing party was defeat
ed and utterly destroyed by the nation
al democratic party, without recourse
to n counter secret organization. for
the main reason that the Know Moth
ing party had not the control of the
Federal government and hence were
unable to uphold their organization by
the purse and sword. Until recently,
however, the enemies of the Klu KlliX
Khan possessed the government and
welded its mighty powers. They po-
sess 1t to-day, but only in name not
in reality. Let the tyrants OF mon
grel and UNANIMOUSLY corrupt party be-
ware Your party is but SHE'LL
The castle of Radicalism has been per-
meated and undermined by the white
ant of the Klu Klux.
The Ku klux Khan Is therefore,
political organization the result of
necessity, the sole object of which is to
thwart Radicalism arrest, negro domi-
nation in the South, negro equality in
the North, perpetuate the Federal
Union and preserve the Constitution
rs the fathers made it. And whoever
asserts to the contrary utters falsehood
That the Klu Klux Khan have secrets
unknown to the uninitiated is not de-
MED so have the ancient order of Free
Masonry. Odd Fellowship and other
secret orders and societies but like
Free Masonry and Odd Fellowship,
the objects and purposes of the Klu
Kiux Khan have thus for the first time
been officially promulgated. The In
credulous and guilty may carpe and
msrepresent, but the wicked, the un-
godly and the perjured will soon feel
the keen edge of the sickle and the in
visible boring of the white ant.
Let the coffin be closed.
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