The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-02-19

A. NJ E. Bishops Now In Session at New Saint James
ORIGIN OF XII KLUX
KLAN IS TOLD

There appeared an Associated Press
item quite recently in The News form
Atlanta, Ca, about ''IIu Klux Khan
in that city. appearing suddenly and
mysteriously and taking a place In
passing parade. and then, after a
few blocks of marching. as suddenly
and and as mysteriously disappearing.
called 70 memory the original Ku
Klux Kan that in the latter
years Of the sos flourlshed through
out the eleven Southern States OF the
ganization was but an imitation af-
fair, in no sense of the same nature
or characteristics of the original l
have read recently also of similar
orders in Florida and Alabama.
I can CONCEIVE or no purpose to
for a revival Of the e" Ku X Rlux S''ESie Kan
that by its existence from 1867 to
about 1870 was of such benefit in
saving the Southland the North
and bloodshed and to which the Ne
sroes of the South owe a debt of
gratitude they did not then, nor do
they now, I suspect comprehend.
Defent Minus Humiliation.
When the. Confederate flag at Ap-
it was crowned with a glory, the ius-
ter of which will never fade. For
four years 100000 Southerners had
struggled, without fear or falter,
. continuous series of battles won on
land and sea, had shown a valor, a
forutude and a devotion that will
challenge the. ages. After General Lee
surrendered his ragged, half-starved
veterans to General U. s. Grant, he
issued to them this farewell address:
after four years of arduous serv-
Ice, marked by unsurpassed courage
and .fortitude. the Army of Northern
Virginia has been compelled to yield
to overwhelming numbers and re-
sources. / need not tell the brave
survivors of so many hard fought
battles, who have remained steadfast
to the last, that ! have consented to
the result from no distrust Of them.
But feeling that valor and devotion
could accomplish nothing that could
compensate for the loss that must
have attended the continuation OF the
less sacrifice of those whose past SER
vices have endeared them to their
country. BY the terms of the agree
ment. officers and men can return to
their homes and remain until eN
changed. You will take with you the
satisfaction that proceeds from the
consciousness of duty faithfully per-
formed and 1 earnestly pray that q
merciful God will extend to you his
blessing and protection.
start Lie anew.
with an increasing admiration OF
your constancy and devotion to your
country, ard a grateful remembrance
of your kind and generous consider
alton for mvself ] bid you all an af-
fectionate farewell"
Their b-arts aching and eyes over
flowing with tears, the scattered and
shattered hosts of the Southern arm
les returned to their homes. the spir-
it of General Lees farewell address
animatipg them with the determina-
ton to gather up the tangled threads
of the Nttle left of their fortunes and
start I1fe anew. In those States that
stood the brunt Of the war they
found but lone chimneys, grim senti-
nels ever the ashes and blackened
ruins of homes destroyed by ruth
less invader. Nothing left but that
courage and fortitude that carried
them through four years of bloody
war. and with faces to the front. un-
dismayed, they went to work to re-
habilitate the land they loved so well.
There was mourning in every COM
munity, there was sorrow in every
home for the absent ones resting in
flows. on the green hillside, in the
valleys bright with blossom and
where the sea means, but they never
faltered. these brave men and devoted
women o. the Southland.
DAYS of CarpetbaRRer.
Then came the Gays of the carpet
bagger, the itinerant lazaroni, with
out standing at his home and without
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