The Ku-Klux-Klan in the States.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 7, 22 December 1869, Page 7

The Ku-Klux-Klan in the States.

The brotherhood of .ruffians who go by this name seem to be still busy in Tennessee. Near Fort Hampton, on the Tennessee and Alabama railroad, some twenty men, masked, and robed in black gowns, with high peaked hats, rode up on horses covered with the same material, and inquired if a certain man was on the train, whom they said they were in search of. The individual was not on the train. The friends and teachers of the negroes are still persecuted relentlessly by the fraternity. Two coloured men employed at a school in Wenkley County have been carried off at night and brutally flogged. There is some talk, however, of the disbandment of the Ku-Klux-Klan. The following printed circular has been circulated :—" K. K. K., Bloody Den, .Rainy month, 4762—Millionth.—To the people: Our mission on earth, to some extent, is ended. Quiet and peaco must be cast abroad in your land. Wherever possible we-have protected you from outrage and wrong. We will still lend a helping hand, and the evil doers must remember that while we sleep we are not gone. ' Our name is Legion.' For the present, and we hope for ever, we are done. When you see men, things, or demons on your premises claiming to be of us, shoot them down, for you may be certain that we are not there. You shall have our protection, which is the strongest power on earth. Prepare henceforth for your own protection. Your land is full of evil, designing people, who are known to us. If they act, so shall we. By order of the Grand Tycoon,—by Grand Cyclops of 4762 —M. K. K. K.—Grand'Marker."