The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1921-05-03
CHAPTER XII KLUX KHAN
MAY Be ORGANIZED here
iMcn;y->iN Monroe Men Receive In
NitationS tn Become Members OF
the Invisible Empire
HISTORY or THE FAMOUS ORDER

TINS week. according to letters re-
ceiyed by twenty-slx prominent bust
ness men from "Ti-Bo-Tim. of Char
lotte. one of the imperial organizers.
The letters read:
Dear Sir:-lour name has been
given TO me by personal friend OF
yours. who stated that you were a
real American and believed in our
flag. the tenents OF the Christian re-
ligion. good womanhood and white
supremacy.
The above order most positively
stands for all these and also for the
upholding. fulfilling and enforcement
of the laws
we are anxious TO put an or
ganization in the city OF Monroe, and
the list given ME of twenty-six
names are all men of the same mind
that you are. and are the frst-class
business men of your city. We do
less he has been youched for by some
one whom We know, so you see that
our selection of men are the best men
the country affords.
I'VE want TO have a meeting at
Monroe some night next week The
date will be selected later. In the
meantime want YOU to look over the
literature | am enclosing. and if you
think best advise me at Charlotte so
that we can 20 right ahead with the
meeting"
A booklet accompanying the let.
ters gave the following information
concerning the history and accomp.
lishments of the old Ku Klux Khan.
and the aims of the new order:
History of Old Khan.
1.-THE history of civilization has
many instances in which race, re-
ligious or class consciousness has
come and swept all before il. and Of
ten these revolutions of thought have
found expression in secret orders.
The Maccabeans, the early Chris.
tians. the crusaders. the reformation.
the French revolution. Cromwell's
the Boston tea party
and many other great solvents in civil
lization were only able to effectively
oppose the establishment of, or throw
off the yoke Of, tyranny by shrouding
their work in secrecy during the
early stages.
Among the great secret move
ments OF the worlds history that have
been brought into existence to right
the wrongs to humanity. there is no
more shining example than the origi-
nal, genuine order of the Ku Klux
Khan which was organized in 1855.
and after accomplishing its noble pur-
pose voluntarily disbanded by order OF
its Grand Wizard. General Nathan
Bedford Forrest. in the year 1870.
THE Ku Klux Klan-the invisible
the great idea of Amer
lean reconstruction. We say Amer
lean reconstruction" for the reason
that all America was affected by re-
influences. The South
most of all, yes. but nevertheless
all; for the great threat to the white
race that doomed on the horizon OF
the South would have spread through
out the entire nation. had not the
white robe of the Ku Klux Khan kept
those courageous and de-
voted hearts that were consecrated TO
saving the Anglo-Saxon civilization of
our country. protecting the homes and
well-being of our people and shield
ing the virtue OF womanhood.
Original klansmen Not Outlaws.
THE original Ku Klux were not
outlaws or moral degenerates, nor did
they perpetrate outlawry. They were
men of moral and social standing and
their leaders were men OF sterling
character and unquestioned culture.
They reverently bowed to the soul OF
real law and swore to enforce its prin-
ciple OF justice. protection and the
pursuit OF happiness. Their strong
arm fought valiantly for the preser-
walton OF the integrity OF the race
against the cruelty of base. unjust and
Iyrannical legislation and insufferable
created by horde of con-
diabolieal, greed and lust
,razed adventures that swarmed
Town from the North to use the negro
'or their own damnable, selfish ends.
These adventures poisoned the
minds OF and brutalized the inoffen-
sive negro and converted many OF
hem into human beasts by their
heap whiskey and glaring promises
4 rich reward and loosed them arm
ID and inaamed upon the sacred priv
leges and persons of the suffering
md defenseless Southern people.
Stood Upon Promise to Lee.
THE Ku Klux Khan stood firmly
ipon the solemn promise of the fed
,ral government made through Gen.
'ral Grant to General Lee. and the
lights of citizens youchsafed by the
and II swore allegiance
o the principles of that constitution.
L was the defender Of justice, the
'nforeer OF civil and racial law and
he great regulator Of the CALLING ir-
egularities OF prostituted law at the
lands OF so-called men, the mention
ng OF whose names is an insult to
he blood OF the race of Caucasian
'tock. II struck from the neck Of
bleeding, pauperized and
Frustrated South the dirty heel of the
legenerated outlaw-the 'scalawag
md the 'carpet-bagger' and the mis-
yuided. lust-crazed negro, and made
possible the birth of the greatest ma
ion of all time-the reunited States
II America; II destroyed the fanatics
lie hope Of the amalgamation of the
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