The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-23
OPENLY DEFIES
 HOODED ORDER
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to regard business as a thing apart from the lives and welfare of the peo. pie at large and to imagine sort oi antagonism as existing between the two. In the earlier history of oul country-at its very inception, in fact men of business took active interest in all affairs of government, being moved thereto by entirely disinterested motives, and with1One end in view the general good of their fellow-citi, zens.'
 Law Enforcement .
 Senator Underwood urging respect far the law, said: ~.
 Among the. evils following in the train of war has come about certain disregard for the law of the land amounting almost to what might be termed a rebellion against law in gen eral. It is true that this is not appli. cable to all men, but still the fact re. mains that great masses of our. people at present seem to be willing to tenn porize with law enforcement. There is even an organized defiance against some of the most sacred guaranties of the constitution, such as trial by jury, protection of the home, freedom of re. ljgious worship, and protection of prop. erty. And these fundamental warran ties of Individual iberty, secured by that great charter must of necessity fail when passion and petty prejudic< are allowed to direct the course of gov. ernment, and when an unrestrained mob directs the affairs of men instead of even-headed justice proceedings from courts of law. @.
 The honest and effectual enforce ment of law and order by the courts should and must always be the senti. ment foremost in the hearts of the people. if, in the end, this republic is to endure. It is the plain and unmis. takable duty of every decent citizen of this land to throw the weight of his disapproval against fragrant violators of the constitution and the law; in whatever garb they may be found. More than this, it should constitute the highest test of citizenship for the men and women of America to stand stead fast in their faith and allegiance to those inviolable principles of the con stltution that guarantees protection to life, liberty. and properay, to every citi- zen now, and to the unborn generations hereafter.
 KH Klux Klan
 sAt this point, my friends. permit me to say that l favor the reaffirmins in the next democratic platform of that declaration which was inserted in. the democratic platform of 1856, which is as sffollows:
 That the liberal principles em. bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the op pressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith. and every attempt to abridge the privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us ought to bt resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute books and
 Whereas, since the foregoing de claration was uniformly adopted by ou predecessors in national conventions. ar adverse political and religious test ha, been secretly organized by a part, claiming to be exclusively American. it is proper that the American democrac, should clearly define it's relation there to, and declare it's determined opposi ton to all secret political societies, b, Whatever name they may be called.
 Resolved. That the foundation ot this union of states having been Iait in, and it's prosperity, expansion ant pre-eminient example in free govern ment, built upon entire freedom in mat ters of religious concernment. ahd nc respect of person in regard to rank O, place of birth, no party can justly b, deemed national, constitutional. or iT accordance with American principles which bases it's exclusive organization upon religious opinions and accidental birthplaces. And hence politica crusade in the Nineteenth century. and in the United States of America against Catholic and foreign born, i. neither justified by the past history O, the future prospects of the country, nol in unison with-the spirit of federation