Chapter XVIII: Appendix: IV

KU KLUX ORDERS, WARNINGS AND OATHS

KU KLUX ORDERS, WARNINGS, OATHS.

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]

Prospective scene in the "City of Oaks," 4th of March, 1868.

"Hang, curs, hang! * * * * * _Their_ complexion is
perfect gallows. Stand fast, good fate, to _their_
hanging! * * * * * If they be not born to be hanged,
our case is miserable."

The above cut represents the fate in store for those great pests
of Southern society--the carpet-bagger and scallawag--if found
in Dixie's Land after the break of day on the 4th of March next.

The genus carpet-bagger is a man with a lank head of dry hair, a
lank stomach and long legs, club knees and splay feet, dried
legs and lank jaws with eyes like a fish and mouth like a shark.
Add to this a habit of sneaking and dodging about in unknown
places--habiting with negroes in dark dens and back streets--a
look like a hound and the smell of a polecat.

Words are wanting to do full justice to the genus scallawag. He
is a cur with a contracted head, downward look, slinking and
uneasy gait; sleeps in the woods, like old Crossland, at the
bare idea of a Ku-Klux raid.

Our scallawag is the local leper of the community. Unlike the
carpet-bagger, he is native, which is so much the worse. Once he
was respected in his circle; his head was level, and he would
look his neighbor in the face. Now, possessed of the itch of
office and the salt rheum of Radicalism, he is a mangy dog,
slinking through the alleys, haunting the Governor's office,
defiling with tobacco juice the steps of the Capitol, stretching
his lazy carcass in the sun on the Square, or the benches of the
Mayor's Court.

He waiteth for the troubling of the political waters, to the end
that he may step in and be healed of the itch by the ointment of
office. For office he 'bums' as a toper 'bums' for the
satisfying dram. For office, yet in prospective, he hath
bartered respectability; hath abandoned business, and ceased to
labor with his hands, but employs his feet kicking out
boot-heels against lamp post and corner curb, while discussing
the question of office

THE FATE OF THE CARPETBAGGER AND THE SCALAWAG

Cartoon by Ryland Randolph in _Independent Monitor_, September 1, 1868.]

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.

"Dam Your Soul. The Horrible _Sepulchre_ and Bloody Moon has at
last arrived. Some live to-day to-morrow "_Die._" We the
undersigned understand through our Grand "_Cyclops_" that you
have recommended a big Black Nigger for Male agent on our nu
rode; wel, sir, Jest you understand in time if he gets on the
rode you can make up your mind to pull roape. If you have any
thing to say in regard to the Matter, meet the Grand Cyclops and
Conclave at Den No. 4 at 12 o'clock midnight, Oct. 1st, 1871.

"When you are in Calera we warn you to hold your tounge and not
speak so much with your mouth or otherwise you will be taken on
supprise and led out by the Klan and learnt to stretch hemp.
Beware. Beware. Beware. Beware.

(Signed) "PHILLIP ISENBAUM,
"_Grand Cyclops_.
"JOHN BANKSTOWN.
"ESAU DAVES.
"MARCUS THOMAS.
"BLOODY BONES.

"You know who. And all others of the Klan."

WARNING SENT BY THE KLAN

From Ku Klux Report, Alabama Testimony.]

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:

[57] Montgomery Mail, March 23, 1868.

[58] This and the two preceding orders were written by Ryland Randolph and printed in his paper _The Independent Monitor_, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

[59] From the _Weekly Union Times_ of Unionville, S.C., February 17, 1871; South Carolina Testimony, pp. 1003, 1092. The negro militia of South Carolina had killed a man who refused to sell whisky to them. Several were arrested and imprisoned. A radical judge named Thomas, in Columbia, 60 or 70 miles away and out of the district where the crime was committed, directed that the prisoners be removed to Columbia for trial. The whites believed that this was done as the first step toward releasing the criminals. A mob came in, took the men from jail, shot them and gave to the sheriff the above notice with instructions to have it published in the newspapers.

[60] Weekly Union Times, Unionville, S.C., February 24, 1871; Ku Klux Report, South Carolina Testimony, p. 1004. The Ku Klux Klan had many imitators, and lawless conduct was often carried on under the protection of the name and prestige of the Klan. The above warning was meant for those who had been using the name of the order to cloak evil deeds.

[61] _Yorkville Enquirer_, Yorkville, S.C., March 9, 1871; South Carolina Testimony, p. 1347. Another warning to those engaged in lawlessness and using the name of the Klan.

[62] _Union Weekly Times_, March 17, 1871; South Carolina Testimony, p. 1096. This order illustrates one method of getting rid of obnoxious officials.

[63] The oath of Ku Klux Klan was not printed. The three versions here given were given from memory. The similarity is marked, however.

[64] Ku Klux Report. North Carolina Testimony. Court Proceedings, p. 422.

[65] Ku Klux Report, North Carolina Testimony, pp. 399, 400.

[66] South Carolina Testimony, p. 361.

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

Confreries, 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 Generale," 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 Generale," 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

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