KU KLUX ORDERS, WARNINGS, OATHS.
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KU KLUX KLAN. ALERT!
(Crossed muskets)
( and pistol. ) (Spade ax ax.)
ALERT! ALERT!
T T T T T T T T T T T
The B. G. C. of the K. K. K. is in town. You who know the signal of his presence and have seen it be on the alert. You who do not—to a brother—mark the nail of the finger and the (?) must be organized in the future. Traitors to their race will not always flemish like the bay. Dimity marks them. Look out. And meet at the cave where the Greased Lightning Slumbers.
By order of the B. G. C. In Pro., Per.
D. W. S. Forerunner.[57]
KU KLUX.
Serpent's Den—Death's Retreat Hollow Tomb—Misery Cave of the Great Ku Klux Klan, No. 1,000. Windy Month—Bloody Moon, Muddy Night—Twelfth Hour.
General Orders No. 1.
Make ready! Make ready! Make ready!
The mighty hobgoblins of the Confederate dead in Hell-a-Bulloo assembled!
Revenge, Revenge!
Be secret, be cautious, be terrible!
By special grant, Hell freezes over for your passage. Offended ghosts, put on your skates, and cross over to mother earth!
Work! Work!! Work!!! Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Ye white men who stick to black, soulless beasts! the time arrives for you to part. Q. W. X. W. V. U., and so, from Omega to Alpha.
Cool it with a baboon's blood Then the charm is firm and good.
Ye niggers who stick to low whites!
Begone, Begone, Begone! The world turns around—the thirteenth hour approacheth.
S. one, two, and three—beware! White and yellow.
J. and T—— P—— and L—— begone.—The handwriting on the wall warns you!
From the murderer's gibbet, throw Into the flame. Come high and low.
By order of the Great BLUFUSTIN. G. S. K. K. K.
A true copy, Peterloo. P. S. K. K. K.
KU KLUX.
Hell-a-Bulloo Hole—Den of Skulls. Bloody Bones—Headquarters of the Great Ku Klux Klan, No. 1,000. Windy Month—New Moon. Cloudy Night—Thirteenth Hour.
General Orders No. 2.
The great chief Simulacre summons you! Be ready! Crawl slowly! Strike hard! Fire around the pot! Sweltered venom, sleeping got Boil thou first i' the charmed pot! Like a hell-broth boil and bubble! The Great High Priest Cyclops! C. J. F. Y. Varnish, Tar and Turpentine! The fifth Ghost sounds his Trumpet! The mighty Genii wants two black wethers! Make them, make them, make them! Presto! The Great Giantess must have a white barrow. Make him, make him, make him! Presto!
Meet at once—the den of Snakes—the Giants jungle—the hole of Hell!
The second Hobgoblin will be there, a mighty Ghost of valor! His eyes of fire, his voice of thunder! Clean the streets—clean the serpents' dens.
Red hot pincers! Bastinado!! Cut Clean!!! No more to be born. Fire and brimstone.
Leave us, leave us, leave us! One, two, three tonight! Others soon!
Hell freezes! On with skates—glide on. Twenty from Atlanta. Call the roll. Bene dicite! The Great Ogre orders it!
By order of the Great BLUFUSTIN. G. S. K. K. K.
A true copy, Peterloo. P. S. K. K. K.
KU KLUX.
Hollow Hell, Devil's Den, Horrible Shadows. Ghostly Sepulchre. Head Quarters of the Immortal Ate of the K. K. K. Gloomy month. Bloody Moon. Black Night, Last Hour.
General Orders No. 3.
Shadowed Brotherhood! Murdered heroes!
Fling the bloody dirt that covers you to the four winds! Erect thy Goddess on the banks of the Avernus. Mark well your foes! Strike with the red hot spear! Prepare Charon for his task!
Enemies reform! The skies shall be blackened! A single Star shall look down upon horrible deeds! The night owl shall hoot a requiem o'er Ghostly Corpses!
Beware! Beware! Beware!
The Great Cyclops is angry! Hobgoblins report! Shears and lash! Tar and Feathers! Hell and Fury!
Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!
Bad men! white, black, yellow, repent!
The hour is at hand! Be ye ready! Life is short. J. H. S. Y. W.!!!
Ghosts! Ghosts!! Ghosts!!!
Drink thy tea made of distilled hell, stirred with the lightning of heaven, and sweetened with the gall of thine enemies!
All will be well!!!
By order of the Great BLUFUSTIN. G. S. K. K. K.
A true copy, Peterloo. P. S. K. K. K.[58]
The Fate of the Carpetbagger and the Scalawag Cartoon by Ryland Randolph in Independent Monitor, September 1, 1868.ToList
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TO THE PUBLIC
K. K. K.
TAKEN BY HABEAS CORPUS.
In silence and secrecy thought has been working, and the benignant efficacies of concealment speak for themselves. Once again have we been forced by force to use Force. Justice was lame, and she had to lean upon us. Information being obtained that a "doubting Thomas," the inferior of nothing, the superior of nothing, and of consequence the equal of nothing, who has neither eyes to see the scars of oppression, nor ears to hear the cause of humanity, even though he wears the Judicial silk, had ordered some guilty prisoners from Union to the City of Columbia, and of injustice and prejudice, for an unfair trial of life; thus clutching at the wheel-spokes of destiny—then this thing was created and projected; otherwise it would never have been. We yield to the inevitable and inexorable, and account this the best. "Let not thy right hand know what thy left hand doeth," is our motto.
We want peace, but this cannot be till justice returns. We want and will have justice, but this cannot be till the bleeding fight of freedom is fought. Until then the Moloch of Iniquity will have his victims, even if the Michael of Justice must have his martyrs.
K. K. K.[59]
ANOTHER KU KLUX PROCLAMATION.[60]
The following document was discovered on yesterday morning posted on the "legal advertisement" board hanging at the court-house door. We have examined the original and find it is in the same handwriting as the one left with the jailer on the night of the late raid on the jail:
HEADQUARTERS K. K. K, DEPARTMENT OF S. C.,
General Orders No. 49.
From the G. G. C., S. S.
We delight not in speech, but there is language which, when meant in earnest, becomes desperate. We raise the voice of warning, beware! beware! Persons there are, (and not unknown to us,) who, to gratify some private grudge or selfish end, like Wheeler's men, so called, are executing their low, paltry, and pitiful designs at the expense, not only of the noble creed we profess and act, but also to the great trouble and annoyance of their neighbors in various communities. We stay our hand for once; but if such conduct is frightening away laborers, robbery, and connivance at the secrets of our organization is repeated, then the mockers must suffer and the traitors meet their merited doom. We dare not promise what we do not perform. We want no substitutes or conscripts in our ranks. We can be as generous as we are terrible; but, stand back. We've said it, and there can be no interference.
By order of the Grand Chief, A.O., Grand Secretary.
KU KLUX MANIFESTO.[61]
Below we publish a document which we received through the postoffice on Monday last, it having been dropped into the letter box the previous night, as we are informed by the postmaster. As to whether or not the paper is genuine, and emanates from the mysterious Ku Klux Klan, we have no means of knowing, as the handwriting is evidently disguised. Although it is our rule to decline the publication of all anonymous communications, we have decided to waive the rule in this instance, and print the document for what it is worth. Here it is in full:
EXTRACT OF MINUTES.
Article 1. Whereas there are malicious and evil disposed persons, who endeavor to perpetrate their malice, serve notices, and make threats under the cover of our august name, now we warn all such bogus organizations that we will not allow of any interference. Stop it.
Article 2. There shall be no interference with any honest, decent, well-behaved person, whether white or black; and we cordially invite all such to continue at their appropriate labor, and they shall be protected therein by the whole power of this organization. But we do intend that the honest, intelligent white people (the tax payers) of this county shall rule it! We can no longer put up with negro rule, black bayonets, and a miserably degraded, thievish set of lawmakers, (God save the mark!) the scum of the earth, the scrapings of creation. We are pledged to stop it; we are determined to end it, even if we are "forced by force to use force."
Article 3. Our attention having been called to the letter of one Rose, county treasurer of York, we brand it as a lie! Our lieutenant was ordered to arrest him, that he might be tried on alleged charges of incendiarism, (and if convicted he will be executed). But there were no shots fired at him and no money stolen; that is not in our line, the legislature of the State of South Carolina have a monopoly in that line.
By command of the Chief. Official: K. K. K., A. A. G.
K. K. K.[62]
HEADQUARTERS; NINTH DIVISION, S.C.,
Special Orders No. 3, K. K. K.
"Ignorance is the curse of God." For this reason we are determined that the members of the legislature, the school commissioners, and the county commissioners of Union, shall no longer officiate. Fifteen (15) days' notice from this date is therefore given and if they, one and all, do not at once and forever resign their present inhuman, disgraceful, and outrageous rule, then retributive justice will as surely be used as night follows day.
Also, "An honest man is the noblest work of God." For this reason, if the clerk of the said board of county commissioners and school commissioners does not immediately renounce and relinquish his present position, then harsher measures than these will most assuredly and certainly be used.
For confirmation, reference to the orders heretofore published in the Union Weekly Times and Yorkville Enquirer will more fully and completely show our intention.
A.O., Grand Secretary.
March 9, 1871.
Warning Sent by the Klan From Ku Klux Report, Alabama Testimony.ToList
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THE OATH.[63]
I, before the great immaculate God of heaven and earth, do take and subscribe to the following sacred binding oath and obligation: I promise and swear that I will uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States as it was handed down by our forefathers in its original purity. I promise and swear that I will reject and oppose the principles of the radical party in all its forms, and forever maintain and contend that intelligent white men shall govern this country. I promise and pledge myself to assist, according to my pecuniary circumstances, all brothers in distress. Females, widows, and their households shall ever be specially in my care and protection. I promise and swear that I will obey all instructions given me by my chief, and should I ever divulge or cause to be divulged any secrets, signs or pass-words of the Invisible Empire, I must meet with the fearful and just penalty of the traitor, which is death, death, death, at the hands of my brethren.[64]
I, T. A. Hope, before the Great Immaculate Judges of Heaven and Earth, and upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God, do, of my own free will and accord, subscribe to the following sacred, binding obligation:
I. I am on the side of justice and humanity, and constitutional liberty as bequeathed to us by our forefathers in its original purity.
II. I reject and oppose the principles of the radical party.
III. I pledge aid to a brother of the Ku Klux Klan in sickness, distress, or pecuniary embarrassments; females, friends, and widows, and their households shall be the special object of my care and devoted protection.
IV. Should I ever divulge, or cause to be divulged, any of the secrets of this order, or any of the foregoing obligations, I must meet with the fearful punishment of death and traitor's doom, which is death, death, death, at the hands of the brethren.[65]
I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Invisible Circle; that I will defend our families, our wives, our children, and brethren; that I will assist a brother in distress to the best of my ability; that I will never reveal the secrets of this order or anything in regard to it that may come to my knowledge, and if I do may I meet a traitor's doom, which is death, death, death: so help me God, and so punish me my brethren.[66]
FOOTNOTES:
INDEX
A.
Abernathy, Dr. C.C., a member of the Klan, 21
Admission of members, 147, 170
Admonition, 176
Alabama, Costumes worn in, 43, 58, 97; investigation in, 43; Klan extends to, 70
Amendment of Prescript, 147, 173
"American Historical Magazine," cited, 39
Anderson, Gen. G.T., a member of the Klan, 27
Appellation Official, of the Order, 136, 154
"Appomattox Program," not carried out, 33
B.
Badges worn by high officials, 59 (See also outside cover.)
Beati Paoli, 25
Black Belt, Ku Klux Klan mainly outside of, 23
Bowers, Dr. James, a member, 21
Brown, Gen. John C., a member, 26
Brown, W.G., "The Lower South," cited, 18
Brownlow, W.G., Governor of Tennessee, 1865-1868, 125; his militia a cause of the Ku Klux Movement, 29; proclaims martial law, 128; has "Force Laws" passed, 113; his detective drowned by the Klan, 67
Brownlow Republicans in Ku Klux disguise, 105
Burgess, J.W., "Reconstruction and the Constitution," cited, 113
C.
Carbonari, 25
Carpetbag and negro legislators pass "Force Laws", 113
Carpetbag rule a cause of the Ku Klux Movement,. 29, 31, 32, 35
Carter, Dr. Benjamin, a member, 61
Cartoon from the "Independent Monitor," 42, 192; from the "Loil Legislature", 43, 113
Causes of the Ku Klux Movement, 24, 28, 31, 50, 75-81 (See also Ku Klux Klan.)
Centaurs, Grand Council of, 144
"Century Magazine," cited, 53, 84
Certificate of Laps D. McCord, 38
"Cincinnati Commercial," prints the Randolph cartoons, 43, 192
"Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," by W.L. Fleming, cited, 49, 79, 113
Character and objects of Ku Klux Klan, 155
Clanton, Gen. James H., 33
Cloud, Dr. N.B., driven from Tuscaloosa by the Klan, 42; see cartoon facing page, 192
Colquitt, Gen. A.H. Colquitt, a member, 27
Conditions in the South, 75, 76
Confederates disfranchised, 88
Confréries, 25
Congress investigates Ku Klux Klan, 27, 28, 30, 47, 48, 49, 131; passes "Force Laws", 113
Constitutions, see Prescript.
Constitutional Union Guards, 18
Convention of Ku Klux Klan, 36, 37, 84, 133
Coon and Sibley, carpetbaggers, cartoon of, 43, and facing, 113
Costumes worn in the Klan, 43, 58, 59, 97
Council of Centaurs, 144; of Yahoos, 144
Cox, S.S., "Three Decades," quotation from. 11
Crawford, F.M., a member, 21
Creed of the Klan, 136, 154
Crowe, Major James R., one of the founders of the Klan, 19; first Grand Turk, 21; statement in regard to origin of the Pulaski Den, 22; one of committee to prepare a constitution and a ritual, 54
Cutler, "Lynch Law," cited, 15
Cyclops, Grand, an official of the Klan, 57; ruler of a Den, 86; duties, 140, 161; election of, 143; appointment of, 160; in a local order, 179
Cypher Code, 148, 176 (See also Register.)
D.
Decline of the Klan, 100-127; causes of, 103
Dedication of Prescript, 150, 176
Den, the lowest division of the Order, 85, 136, 157; at Pulaski, Tennessee, 19-21, 53
Disbandment of the Klan, 27, 52, 112, 128-130
Divisions of the Invisible Empire of Ku Klux Klan, 156
"Documents Relating to Reconstruction," cited, 18, 79
Dominions or Congressional Districts, 85, 136, 156
Dracovolans, or Flying Dragon, 147
Dragon, Grand, ruler of a Realm, 86; duties, 138, 158; how elected, 143; appointed, 157
Duties of officials, 136-143, 157-165
E.
Edicts, or By-laws of the Order, 148, 174
Empire, The, 136, 156
Ensign, Grand, duties, 143
Ensign or banner of the Ku Klux Klan, 147
Exchequer, Grand, or treasurer, 57, 86; duties, 142, 163; how elected, 143; appointed, 157-161
Expansion of the Klan's territory, 68-82, 156
Expulsion of members, 149, 174
F.
Fleming, W.L., "Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama," cited, 49, 79, 113
Flying Dragon, 147
"Force Laws," effect on Klan, 125, 126
Forrest, Gen. Nathan Bedford, Grand Wizard, 26, 27, 28; testimony before Ku Klux Committee of Congress, 28-30, 80; his estimate of the number of members, 95; his opinion of the character of members, 65; belongs to the order of Pale Faces, 30; disbands the Klan, 27, 52, 112, 128-130
Founders of the Klan, 19
Furies, the staff of the Grand Titan, 86, 136, 156, 159, 164
Fussell, Col. Joseph, a member, 27
G.
Garner, J.W., "Reconstruction in Mississippi," cited, 49
Garrett, Dr. W.R., makes plates used on pages 153-176 40
Genii, the staff of the Grand Wizard, 85, 136, 155, 157 164
Georgia, candidates in Georgia, 31
Ghouls, private members, 136, 156; elect officials 143, 165
Giant, Grand, ruler of a Province, duties, 139, 160; how elected, 143; appointed 159
Giles County, Tennessee 50
Goblins, 136, 156, 160, 164
Gordon, Gen. John B., 26, 27, 33; testimony before the Ku Klux Committee of Congress, 30-33, 80, 105
Grand Army of the Republic 171
Grant, Gen. U.S., magnanimity of, 33
H.
Hanging picture, cartoon by Ryland Randolph, 42, 192; republished in the North 192
Hardee, Gen. W.J., a member, 26
"Histoire Générale," by Lavisse & Rambaud, cited 25
Huntsville, Alabama, parade of Klan in, 44
Hydras, the staff of the Grand Dragon, 86, 136, 156, 158 164
I.
"Independent Monitor," cited 26, 41, 192
Initiations into the Pulaski Den, 60, 63, 64
Interrogations to be asked candidates for admission, 171
Investigation of Ku Klux Klan, by Congress, 26, 28, 30, 47, 48, 49, 131; by Alabama, 43
Invisible Circle 198
Invisible Empire, 47, 85, 101
J.
Jones, Calvin, one of the founders, 20, 21; on committee to choose a name for the order, 53; Charles P., a member, 21; Miss Cora R., daughter of Charles P., and niece of Calvin, article in "Advance," cited, 61, 92; Judge Thomas M., father of Calvin and Charles P., 20, 53
Judiciary of the Klan, 27, 144, 166
K.
Kennedy, John, one of the founders of the Klan, 20, 21; on committee to prepare constitution and ritual, 54
Kirk, John H., aided in printing the Prescript, 38
Klephts, 25
Knights of the White Camelia, 18, 23
Ku Klux Committee of Congress, 27
Ku Klux Klan, causes of, 23, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 35, 47-67, 75-81; founded at Pulaski, Tennessee, 19, 21, 51, 53; headquarters at Pulaski, 51; initiations at Pulaski, 61-64; original object, 59; selection of name, 22, 53, 55; costumes worn, 43, 58, 59, 97; expansion, 68-82; transformation, 71, 83-99; reorganized, 84-99; territorial extent, 23, 24, 85, 136, 156; Prescripts, 37, 39, 133-150, 151-176; officers and their duties, 85-86, 136; oaths and obligations, 171, 172, 197, 198; parades, 44, 91; character and objects, 28, 31, 109-111, 155, 171-172; creed, 136, 154; declaration of principles, 87; edicts, 148, 174; admission of members, 147, 170; character and conduct of members, 30, 34, 101, 102; numbers, 30, 95; secrets, 48, 148, 174; revenue, 145, 168; judiciary, 27, 144, 166; convention at Nashville, 36, 37; methods, 71-75, 91, 96-99, 183-196; orders and warnings, 40, 130, 187-198; disciplines its members, 106; outrages, 131; decline and disbandment, 35, 100-127, 128-130; regalia destroyed, 129; investigation by Congress, 27, 28, 30, 43, 47, 48, 49, 131; effect of "force laws;" popular idea of the Klan, 49; results of the Ku Klux Movement, 35, 73, 80, 81; other secret orders, 18
Ku Klux Klan, Lester and Wilson's History of, 15-19, 35, 37, 47
Ku Klux Movement, 25
Ku Klux Report, cited, 18, 27, 28, 33, 49, 52, 65, 80, 196, 197, 198
L.
Lakin, Rev. A.S., president of University of Alabama, driven away by the Klan, 42; see cartoon, 192
Lavisse and Rambaud, "Histoire Générale," cited, 25
Lawton, Gen. A.R., a member, 27
Lester, Capt. J. C, one of the founders of the Klan and one of the authors of the History of Ku Klux Klan, 15, 16, 17, 19; on committee to prepare constitution and ritual, 54
Lictor, an official title, 57
"Loil Legislature," by Capt. B.H. Screws, cartoon from, 43, 113
"Lower South," by W.G. Brown, cited, 18
Loyal League, 79, 125, 171 (See also Union League.)
"Loyalty," meaning of, 125
"Lynch Law," by Cutler, cited, 15
M.
McCallum, James, a member, 21
McCoy, Capt. Thomas, a member, 21
McCord, Frank O., one of the founders of the Klan, 20, 37; first Grand Cyclops, 21; Laps D., prints the Prescripts, 38; L.W., editor of the "Pulaski Citizen," a Ku Klux newspaper, 38
McKissick, Alex., a member, 21
Magi, Grand, 57; duties, 141, 162; how elected, 143, 165
Martial law proclaimed in Tennessee, 128
Masonic order, 25
Members, admission of, 102, 147, 170; expulsion, 149, 174; none ever arrested, 106
Methods employed by the Klan, 91, 96, 97, 187-196
Militia law of Tennessee, 124
Mississippi, Klan extends to, 70; costumes worn in, 43, 58
Minnis, J.A., testimony, 80
Mitchell, Capt. Robert, a member, 21
Monk, Grand, 86; duties, 141, 163; how elected, 143, 165
"Montgomery Mail," cited, 189
Moore, John A., a member, 21
Morton, Capt. John W., a member, 21, 26; initiates General Forrest, 27
Motto, on ensign, 147
N.
Name of the order, selection of, 53, 55; influence of name on the career of the order, 55, 56, 136, 154
Nashville Convention of the Klan, 84, 89; adopts Prescript, 33
Nashville Den drowns a detective, 67
Negro equality, Klan opposed to, 171
Negro members of the Klan, 26
Negro troops, conduct of, 32
Negroes, 22, 23, 24, 26, 29, 31, 32; conduct of, 77; frightened by Klan, 97-99
Nelson, J.L., a member, 21
Newspapers forbidden to print Ku Klux notices, 41, 130
Night Hawks, the staff of a Cyclops, 86, 136, 156, 161, 164
Nihilists, 25
North Carolina, a local order in, 177-186
Number of members, 30, 95
O.
Oaths and obligations, 146, 147, 171, 172, 197, 198
Officials of the Klan, duties, 85, 86; how elected, 143, 165
Order issued by the Grand Dragon of Tennessee, 109-111
Orders and warnings sent by the Klan, 40, 41, 187-196
Origin of Ku Klux Klan, 47-67
Outrages attributed to the Klan, 105
P.
Pale Faces, 18; Gen. Forrest a member of, 30
Parades of the Klan, 44, 91-95
Pearcy, Capt. J.L., a member, 21; owns a Revised and Amended Prescript, 40
Penalty for betrayal of secrets, 149, 176
Pettus, Gen. Edmund W, 33, 80
Pike, Gen. Albert, chief judicial officer, 27
Principles of the Klan, 87, 88, 171, 182
Province, or county, 85, 136, 156
Pulaski, Tennessee, description of, 50; conditions in 1865, 52; Ku Klux Klan founded there, 16, 53; Ku Klux parade, 91-95
Pulaski Den, origin and membership, 19-21, 53, 57, 61
Prescripts, 16, 30, 36, 87, 88; original, adopted at Nashville Convention, 37, 40, 133-150; Revised and Amended, 37, 38, 40, 151-176; an imperfect copy used by a local order, 39, 177-186; sold by Grand Wizard, 137, 145, 157, 169; dedication, 150, 176; Amendment, 147, 173; Register, 148, 176
Purpose of the original Den, 22
Q.
Quotations, poetical, in original Prescript, 135; Latin, in the Prescripts, passim, 133-176
R.
Radical Republican party, 171
Radicals in Ku Klux disguise, 105
Randolph, Ryland, 26, 40; quoted, 99, 104; author of orders and warnings, 41, 190-192; publishes cartoon of Coon and Sibley, 43, 113
Realm, or state, 85, 136, 156
Reconstruction Acts, 71, 84
"Reconstruction of the Constitution," by J.W. Burgess, cited, 113
"Reconstruction in Mississippi," by J.W. Garner, cited, 49
Reed, Richard R., one of the founders, 20, 21; on committee to choose a name for the order, 53
Regalia and records of Klan destroyed, 129
Register of the Prescript, 41, 148, 176
Regulators, 71, 73, 106
Results of the Ku Klux Movement, 35
Revenue of the Klan, 145, 168
Revised and Amended Prescript, 38, 151-176
Ritual of Pulaski Den, 54, 57
Rose, W.H., a member, 21
S.
Saunders, "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, 96
Scotch-Irish descent of the members of the Klan, 21, 23
Screws, Capt. B.H., "Loil Legislature," cartoon from, 43, 113
Scribe, of a local order, 179
Scribe, Grand, 86; duties, 142, 164
Secrets of the Klan, 148, 174; penalty for betrayal of, 149, 176
Sentinel, Grand, 86; duties, 143, 164
Shapard, I.L. and Robt., members, 21, 38
Sibley and Coon, carpetbaggers, 43, 113
South Carolina, local order in, 177-186; warnings sent by Klan in, 193-196
Southern Society of New York, owns a Revised and Amended Prescript, 40
Spofford, Judge H.M., residence used by Klan 54
Staff officers, 86, 164
State Guards of Tennessee, 123
Stubbs, Mrs. Elizabeth, in "Early Settlers of Alabama," quoted, 96
T.
Taxes levied in Klan, 145, 169
Tennessee, conditions in, 17, 29; the Klan in 51, 70, 95; Confederates disfranchised, 88; State Guards, 123; Militia law, 124; order of a Grand Dragon, 109-111; Anti-Ku Klux law, 113-123
Term of office, 144, 165
Texas, Klan extends to, 70
"Three Decades," by S.S. Cox, quoted, 11
Titan, Grand, ruler of a Dominion, 86; duties, 138, 159; how elected, 143; appointed, 158
Titles of officials, 136, 155
Tories, 24, 77
Tourgee, "Invisible Empire," cited, 18
Transformation of the Klan, 71, 83-99
Tribunal of Justice, 166
Tugenbund, 25
Turk, Grand, 57, 86; duties, 142, 163; office first held by Major J.R. Crowe, 21
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Klan at, 42
U.
"Understanding of Appomattox," violated, 34
Union League, a cause of the Ku Klux Movement, 24, 29, 31, 79-81, 125
Unionists, 24, 26, 77
University of Alabama, 42
V.
Vehmgericht, 25
Voorheis, Milton, a member, 21
W.
Warnings sent by the Klan, 40, 43, 196
"Washington Post," cited, 67, 95
Waters, Dr. M.S., a member, 21
Webster's "Unabridged Pictorial," cited, 147
"Weekly Union Times," cited, 193, 194, 196
White Brotherhood, 18
White Camelia, 18
White League, 18
"White Man's Government", 171
Wilson, Rev. D.L., one of the authors of the History of Ku Klux Klan, 15, 16, 17, 19; article in "Century Magazine" cited, 53, 84
Wizard, Grand, 85; duties, 136, 157; how elected, 143, 165, 166; term of office, 144, 165; disbands the Klan, 128-130
Y.
Yahoos, Grand Council of, 144
"Yorkville Enquirer," cited, 195
Young Italy, 25