The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-09-17
ARMY OFFICER COULD NOT Be GOOD
SOLDIER AND KEEP XII KLUX OATH
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suppressed by the Federal and State author
ties
i further notify you that | utterly repu
diate and refuse 10 be bound in any way by
any and all portions OF the oath OF allegiance
TO the Invisible Empire formerly taken by
me, excepting that portion pledging alleq.'
ance 10 the Constitution OF the United States
and OF my State, with which portion you
have camounaged the real purport and mean
conflicts with a higher obligation have
previously assumed as .ofhcer OF the
Reserve Corps OF the United States Army.
Il therefore denounce said remaining por
tons OF said oath illegal and detrimental
to the fundamental principles which underht
the entire legal structure of tins country.
further decline, any longer, 10 keep seer;
any part or parts OF your scheme to cstabilSS
in Tree America an Invisible Empire, irauiu-
| lent in lis conception. vicious IN its nature,
political IN its objects. and subject Ia the will
OF a sei.conshtuted Emperor who seeks to
exploit the American people ion his own ger
sona ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
Dehes Klan's Threats.
In defiance OF your threats OF dishonor,
/ disgrace and death. as cont1ined in your
| ritnal-written and copyrighted by yourself
/ ! denounce our ritualistic work as an insult
/ to all Christian people in America
/ i further charge that when in your printed
| literature you claim that your organization
IS the genuine original Khan this statement
| is a fraud historically. While you have
without ans right Whatever appropriated to
yourself the name, regalia and certain nom .u-
clature OF the original Kan your scheme is
radically different in conception, in organi1a
ton and in purpose. A careful study. which
| have made, OF the prescript OF the original
I Khan and all available history and literature
on the subject, reveals the iact that there is
little, At anything IN common between the
two organizations. Your iaise pretenses OF
'genuneneSs' Is therefore an insult TO the his
tory. the traditions and the entire record Of
the South
Ever since your scheme has been actively
Ur0Uapatpf there has bffn
in the southern states, consisting to large
extent Of private regulations OF the public
peace. committed by men VINO have gone
aDout their respective communities wearing
DISCUSSES and taking INTO their own hands the
functions OF prosecuting attorney, witnesses,
judge, jury and executoner. i'll direct con
traveution TO the bill OF rights at the Federal
and State constitutions. Men have been
dragged from their beds II night iorcibly
abducted on The streets and in their homes,
arrested without warrant on the public streets,
conveyed to secluded places. there TO be
logged tarred and ieathered In two in
stances helpless women, after being stripped
OF their clothing, have been similarly NAL
treated.
Wore Klans Regslia.
I'm nearly every reported case the per
petrators OF these acts Of lawlessness have
DISCUSSES, described as masks and
white robes. which description corresponds
convincingly with the official regalia of the
Invisible Empire In three specific cases
acts of lawlessness have been 50 openly and
hagrantly committed by members OF the XII
kux Khan that YOU have been compelled to
stances where responsibility has been fixed,
It very evident that the illegal oath and
the secret teachings OF your INVISIBLE EN-
pire were construed by your duDes as grant
ing license 10 engage in secret regulation
OF the peace by means OF anonymous warn
ings, threats, intimidations abductions. the
whip and the use of tar and feathers.
Having studied your scheme. both from
the inside and the outside. have no doubt
whatever that practically all OF these reported
outrages were committed by members OF your
organization. II II were proved. however. that |
Your citizens were not prima iacie respon-
sible, at the same time there exists moral I
responsibility because when one group OF |
people Is permitted to go about in disguise /
II places the community at the mercy OF any
group which cares 10 adopt similar tactics.
everywhere the promoters OF your scheme /
have gone they have sought TO enlist as |
citizens the white Gentle Protestant pub |
lie officials. especially those having in charge /
the enforcement OF thr law. No matter how 1
capable how efficient and how conscientious |
4 public official may be. il he chances to be a !
lew or Catholic, you not only do not want /
himt but your organization is planning /
actively TO cause all the Jews Catholics and |
ioretgn-born naturaized Americans in this |
country, to be removed from public life. This .
tampering and meddling with the law-enforc. +
ng machinery of the country-under the a. |
eyed plea OF law and orders direct |
blow AT the entire legal machinery OF the |
rsted States. a CONDITION that. in its nature,
approaches anarchy.
Breeding Race Hatred
AT time when peaceful relations are
'Xistlng between the white and black races
'ou are disrupting the industrial conditions
u the South by your anti-uegro propaganda
MY in dangerous and mischievous conse-
luenees. In your anti Catholic and anti lew.
Sn propaganda your organization is scattering
broadcast over this country wicked malici-
and iutlaumatprN lies 49, I