The Daytona daily news., 1922-02-03

(coakfnned FeoM YeoEofoay)
One of the causes Of the immense
growth q Tie Kn Klnx KIaA thEuaxh
ont the Sonth WAS the orgAntxnelon
q union LeeG1aa Union Leagnes
weFe oeent1o1 elefyvharo thrua9Ar |
ont de 0o91h - fhey uero comDoe
ID pFincrol1y - nogEoas With II
sprinklin9 ~ uAite oncialA History
is repeating itself according to the
ancient dictum. Tor even now there Is
In proress AZ orHnn1sastua n tAe
limited States. with AaaaQuArteza ~
Washsnstoa. D. C.. The AntfKu Klux
Khan Society. uAooo oG6eofa are ne
| groes and its chief advisors certain
members Of Congress from the North
ern States. only with this difference
! that whereas one a the prtncilal rea~
sons for organfantioa and spread Of
| the ku Klux Khan amer tho secret
! Nashville Conven&ioa was the Union
| Leagues throughoue the Suath. organ
! ixat;on OF the new Anti-Xu klax Kan
Society followed the recent Congress
s, sionaI Investigation OF the present ka
!: Klax kfah.
After 1865 there were rivals of the
Ku Klux Khan in the South. These in
cluded knights Of the White Camel
ia. for time . powerful federated
society having its largest member
ship IN Louisiana The Constitution
al Union Guards" the white Broth
; erhood," the Council Of Safety tbs
"ssS Association" and the ''Pats
Faces" we're others. After 1872 al
these organizations. including the HI
Kiux kfan. were societies of armed
| whites actually struggling FOR contro
!, ! of government in the Sbuth and fo
white supremacy. Later we're organ
ized the white Line Of Mississippi
I | the white League" Of Louisiana. ans
a the Rife Clubs Of South Carolina
: These were all manifestations Of tn
! ku Klux spirit which had at its root
the determination Of the white mss
to control government in the South
i and to wrest that control from nesrce
o and carpethaggers.
n All these secret societies. but mor
particularly the Ku Klux Klan. opera
ed. one might say, ON local bash
y That is, ku Klnx Den" of PULASKI
. Tennessee. or one anywhere else. d
e cit.ed upon what il should do Wit
l very little reference to the author;t
! Of the Grand Wixard. Activities of II
- Den" varied according to circamsta'
&c ces. Some were purely protective
{. purpose and existed only to check Il
Is excesses OF the newly freed blac
u who. suddenly released from SLAYER
perpetrated serious crimes and misf
et meanors. Those punished or intimat.
:. by the Klansmen often became, IL n
rk good citizens. at least quiet negroe
Some OF the ''Dens" expelled vicio
county aud town public officials Sosl
ay acted as regulators Of the morals
IS the public. others worked to keen q
is negroes from securing land. and 4
- chief object of other 'Ders" was
drive the blacks away from the pla
l'@ tations where they were born. al
upon which they had been placed
It agents of the Ereedmen's Bureau.
at II cannot be denied that the wo
IN of the Ku Kluxers was both good a
bad. They kept the negro quiet, ma
life and property safe. protect
" Southern womanhood. stopped incs
le- diarism. and in great many sectie
terrorized the agents of the Free
l. mems Bureau. many of whom wo,
have. without some sort of check.
.se come the most despicab.e local
he rants. The Klan put to death a f
&C. of the worst OF the Federal agei
IF and ran others out of the country.
A The ku Klux Khan undoubtedly
the fight in the Southern States
y the white population to secure cont
ire of government from the blacks Il
* the carpetbaggers. On the other hal
,ar -,1rs. owl co-a~y from he activit
Hs made ase OF the organization as
m cloak to cover their misteeds OF v
IS. ious kinds, and as vehicle for TAXI
m vengeance on private enemies. \
f have the same thing today in TIE,
and other states where the Gre
Cyclops' of Den was either una
to control all his members and p
,an vent outrages OF various kinds
where tar and feathers or whippi