The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1922-02-05
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~ Col. WINFIELD JONES

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ed the local laws. and the carpotbag 1
officers as means Of protection OF lie
and property.
Occasionally It happened that the
Grand CycsOps" Of a Khan was an
incapable person, and under hts lead
ership the Khan sometimes committed
indisCrett0ns In direct contradiction
to tta principles, Sometimes II &C.
Cured that fOriAer Confederate SOL
diers, young men Of an adventurous I
disposition. made up the membership /,
Of 4 Khan. and an organization Of that t
kind also sometimes deviated from |
the purpose for which Il was organ
lied Law-abiding and honest men |
who found themselves in such 'Dens'
took the first opportunity to withdraw.
Many men in these circumstances
we're glad to renounce their member
ship without appearing to be traitors
to the oath they had taken.
The Khan also played an important
part In politics. and in neighborhoods
where Den" was strongly organiz-
ed and numerous in membership the
members intimated the negroes and
kept them from the polls in elections.
Often men in large numbers. who
were thought to be klansmen. attend
Threatening attitude. prevented the
negroes from electing their candidate.
They were thus able to convince the
negro that it was not wise for the
black race to participate actively in
political affairs. and this contributed
probably more than any other man
euver Of the whites IN wrestling con
troll of their governments from the
hands of the carpethaggers.
4 Ii not infrequently happened that
the activity Of the local Den met
the approval of the Federal sarrsons.
and Instances are known of former
Union soldiers and officers who settled
in the South after the end of the war
who were members of the kU klux
Khan, and who were thoroughly in
sympathy with the efforts Of the
white population to establish law and
get control of their government.
There was hardly ever personal ami
mostly between Union soldiers who
, settled in the South after the war and
: the Confe,ierates. Rather a spirit ol
, soldierly comradeship existed he
5 tween the former foes. Few indeed
l Of the carpcthag officials or agents Of
: the Freeumen's Bureau had served in
: the Union army.
4 n Stf.teSlt to1tN oi tuc Nistu
which proved very effective in pre-
: venting Federal army commanders
) from tracing their movements or gain
e ing Information concerning their night
], riding. was that nonresident "Dens
l. would carry ON operations. the local
( 'Dens'' where the action was taken
+ remaining quiescent a Den neal
the Alabama state line would raid into
: Mississippi. riding at night perhaps 8
d distance of - or 80 miles, visit pun
J. ishNent on victim marked out b,
II the Mississippi Den" and by day
/ light he back over the Alabama line
L and disbah,ed ut their homes. lnde
v such procedure it was practically i'm
q possible fer Federal array command
e ers to gain any information OF the "
4 tivi;ies OF The horsemen who rode h.
t. night
Il Following is an official order Of tn,
e Pulaski Pen. published in 1863. an
is il is a type OF similar orders and klal
II proclamation used throughout tn
v south
II Headquarters Realm No. I.
Dreadful Era, Black Epoch
~ dreadful Hour.
r General Order No. l.
% Whereas. Information Of an a,
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H. headquarters that the blacks in tn
A. counties Of Marshall. Maury. Giles an
y Lawrence are organized into militar
: companies. With the avowed purpos
10 to make war upon and extermnat
ia the ku Klux Man. sand blacks ar
ia hereby soiemnly warned and ordere
IN to desist fgcm further action in sue
r. orRanizati tons. If they exist
10 THE Grand Dragon regrets the ~
t. cessity Of such an order. Bat thi
- Khan shall not he outraged and intei
n fered with by lawieSs negroes an
- meaner white men. who do not an
N never have understood our pdrpose
~ I'm .he first place this Khan is n,
n. an institution of violence, laWlesSne>
N and cruelty it * not lawless, It
n not aggressive. il il not military.
II is net revolutionary.
is 1T is. essentially. originally and il
h herently Il protective organization.
ii proposes to execute law instead of I,
III sisting IL and to protect all goo
at men. whether white or black, froi
ir the outrages and atrocities OF bad IN.
e of both eoiors. who have been for IN