The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-08-18
THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF
THE KIN KLUX KHAN !.

THE AIMS AND PURPOSES OF
THE KIN KLUX KHAN i:
1t Upholds the Law, Builds Good Git
! izenship and Sustains the Honor of |
the Stars and Stripes.
] Whereas an apparent nation wide
attempt through the public state
ments in the press and conduct Of
Ilawless citizens and traitors within
our ranks there appears to be con-
| certed effort to discredt the Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan in the eyes. OF !
/ the public. n
Whereas the Supreme committee of
I the organization, composed of citizens |
of unauestioned character from the
setates of New York, illinois,, North
/ Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
4 Mississippi, Louisiana and 8 elsewhere
4 is now in session in it's sixth annual
Whereas in the face of the above
Fconditions after full and careful dellb-
! Grafton. it has been decided that the
Imperial Wizard Of this Organization
should once aagin call attention OF
the public to the real purposes and
work of this organization IN order Ihat
! the truth may be known to. all men.
Therefore, I, the Imperial Wizard
of the Knights of the Ku. Klux klan'
do hereby officially proclaim ana oe-
clare under solemn oath as follows:
| 1st. The Knights of the Ku ktux
Khan does not encourage or roster law
!. 3lessness. racial prejudice or religious
intolerance and is not designed to act
in the capacity of a law enforcement
| or a moral correction agency except
insofar as the members Of the organ
} Eizatio11 as citizens may be able TO as
! sist the regular officers OF the law IN
: the abprek ken1fffIg
f upho(ding and sustaining of the ma
nj iesty of the law and the honor ana IN
d tegrity Of the Stars and Stripes ana an .
d the Constitution of America. TO the
v above every member entering the por-
Y falls of this organization has been
sworn under the most binding and SOL
r e1nn oath and any act or WORD con-
e tTarv to the above statement by any
!. l<lansman is violation of his oath
a and puts him beyond the pale OF fel-
f lowship in the organization and makes
:, him an outlaw not only IN the eyes OF
}, the law of the land but in the eyes OF
[. his former fellow klansmen, as Vlo'
S, ltion of oath Of any klansman auto
= n1atically banishes him from the or
n ganization.
End. In order that there may, b.
% absolutely no doubt in the pu6ll
mind as to the real purpose and obJec
and work of this organization quot
herewith section 3 of article z, OF Tn
constitution and laws of the Knight
of the Ku KIux Klan. "This order
J an institution of chivalry, humanity
! Justice, and patriotism, and embody
! ing in it's genius and principles a.
/ that is chivalr1c in conduct, noDle
| sentiment, generous in manhooo an
I patriotic in purpose; its peculiar OF
| ,iects being: First, to protect the wear
fhe innocent and the defenseless, froT
! the indignities, wrongs and outrage
| bv the lawless, thep violent and Tn
\ brutal; to relieve the injured and tn
oppressed;. to succor the suffering an
the unfortunate, especially worth
widows and orphans. Second, TO pro
tect and defend the constitution {
| | the United States of America, an
all laws passed in conformity ther'
i to, and to protect the states ana Cf
people thereof from all invasion (
their rights Hereunder from an
source whatsoever. Third, to AID an
/ assist in the execution Of all conSt1tl
tional laws, and to preserve the hol
| or and dignity of the state by oppo
| ing tyranny, in any and every for
or degree attempted, from any ar
Il efery source whatsoever, by fearle'
II and faithful administration of justice
= and to promptly and properly me-
every behest of duty without fear ar
- without reprOach.
y IF necessary the organization is pr
o pared to submit the entire constlt7
II ton of the order, as there is nothir
Fl in it that any honorable, law-abidin
II conscientious, clean hearted and pu1
N spirited, hundred per cent America
III could not subscribe to and swear
II uphold.
ii 3rd I hereby declare and pr
III nounce the present attempt to taste
II Hupon this organization acts of laN
IL lessness to be the attempt of our en-
N mics to discredit the organization al
II the further our Investigation goes i
il to every incident of lawlessness whi'
@ has been charged against us the mo
convinced I am that the present wa
'- of criticism passing through the pre-
is a concerted move on the part
our enemies in an attempt to pref
dice the public in regard to our wor
4th. The Knights of the Ku, XII
Klan and any members of the orga
ization cannot commit acts of LAY
lessness and remain in the fel1owsh
Of the organization. We do not clai
to have a perfect machine because
uhman machine is perfect and it