The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-09-14
as a Clear Thinker.

ize until certain of our Americans had a
vision of prosperity and ease at the
hands of others, and African slavery
obtained. That was a bad vision.
Then a group of men had a vision
of liberty for the slaves, and it was
not long before the shackles of
slavery fell and the vision was real
lied. Then the liberated slaves
themselves had a vision-a vision of
social equality, and of black suprem-
acy and, as a result, we have the
various Negro organizations today,
throughout the South and a number
in the North.
Again, when the possibilities
of this great country doomed
before the world, the Jews began
to come over and they, too, had a
vision-a vision bounded by dollars,
and they have almost realized their
vision, for less than four million
people in American today control
something more than 1910 of our
American money.
The Roman Hierarchy Looked
Also, the Roman hierarchy looked
over from its seat on the Tiber
and beheld the possibilities of this
great country, and they had a vi
sion; a vision of universal American
supremacy. Emisarries were sent
over, one thing and another was
tried. When the Civil War came on,
the hierarchy sympathized with the
Southern Confederacy, and even the
Pope wrote President Davis letter
of sympathy and encouragement.
Why? It was thought at that time
the South would be victorious, and
the hierarchy, ever alert; to every
possibility, had a vision of establish
ing Roman schools throughout the
South and making the solid South
Catholic, then with Mexico to the
South, and the solid South; and Can
ada to the North, to hedge in on the
Union from all sides, and eventually
have the Pope rule America. That
vision failed, but the eagle eye of the
of the Papacy has never ceased in
its effort to foresee the time when
the Pope will rule this country. I
might add just here that, back in
the years long before any of US were
born, other men in this country be-
gan to have a vision. They were
referred to sometimes as 'know-
nothings," and again as "A. P. A.
S's," and again as "Guardians of Lib
erty," and now as "Ku Klux."
These men, whose sons we are, back
in the years, began to develope a
vision of equilibrium, vision of i'm
partially, a vision of freedom for
all, a vision that would give every
body a chance, a vision that would
put everyone on a level with one an
other, and every church on a level
with other churches, and that vision
today is functioning through the
great movement known as the Invis-
ible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux
Khan.
Khan Not a Lodge
I wonder if sometimes a man Joins
the Khan without getting the vision.
Men, this is not a lodge. I am not
opposed to lodges, nor are other
Klansmen. Nearly all Klansmen
are members of lodges, but this is
not a lodge-it is a movement. A
movement which takes the highest
principles of the leading lodges out
of the abstract and puts them into
the concrete. It is a movement
which is gathering together native
born, white, Gentle, Protestant men
and women of good repute, red
blooded men and women, American
men and women, who are banding
themselves together for the greatest
battle ever waged on earth; the bat
tie which is to put aside all selfish
ness and place men on a common
ground. Nor can anyone success
fully modest this movement-it is
going at the rate of fifty thousand
week and it will soon number its
adherents by many millions, and it
will go to the poles in solid phalanx
and define to all Americans and to
all the world, the word, American
ISM"
I am a carpenter and you en-
gage me to make a piece of furni-
ture for you, I do not 60 to my shop
and pick up a tool and say to my
self, 81 belong to that tool and be-
cause I belong to that tool I must
use that tool to make that piece of
furniture" I say, 'this shop be-
longs to me, all the tools in the shop
belong to me, and I will use the tools
best adapted to turning out a per-
feet piece Of furniture" Until about
two years ago, although voted for
President Harding when he ran for
the Senate, when people asked my
politics, was sap-headed enough to
say that I belonged to the Democra-