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The True Story of Ku Klux Klan
THE UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA
THE FIRST RE-ACTIVATION
KLANS OF AMERICA Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
Post Office Box 426 Greenwood, Indiana 46142
THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE THE HISTORY OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE - IN A VERY LOOSE AND GENERALIZED SENSE -MAY BE SAID TO HAVE EXISTED SINCE THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION WHERE EVER MEN BANDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM.
AS A CONTINUOUS AND UNBROKEN ORGANIZATION IT WAS FORMED IN 1768 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MASS. BY SAMUEL ADAMS, WHO USED THE CAUCUS CLUB AS THE DIRECTING BODY. IT EXISTED AS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IN BOSTON UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1773, WHEN IT WAS FORMEDTHROUGH THE THIRTEEN COLONIES WITH DENS IN EVERY CENTER OF POPULATION. THE ORGANIZATION WAS SECRET AND OATH-BOUND. ITS VISIBLE AND PUB -LIC NAME WAS THE " SONS OF LIBERTY THE "MINUTE MEN" WERE ITS MILITARY ARM. ITS UNIFORM WAS THAT OF THE MOHAWK INDIAN.
FROM 1768, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY CHANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND LIBERTY WAS INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE BATTLES OF CONCORD AND LEXINGTON WERE FOUGHT BY THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE. IT CAN BE TRUTHFULLY SAID THAT WITHOUT THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TODAY!
AFTER THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED WITH THE FIRST TEN AMEND -MENTS, KNOWN AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS, ON JUNE 15, 1790, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, BY PROCLAMATION TO THE DENS, WAS DISBANDED, EXCEPT FOR THE DEN WHICH KEPT ITS SECRET ARCHIVES, CONSISTING OF PURPOSE AND TECHNIQUES OF OPERATION, OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
THE THEORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ANDREW JOHNSON WAS THAT THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE NEVER LEGALLY OUT OF THE UNION AND, THEREFORE, WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE 13th AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, ABOLISHING SLAVERY, THEY WERE TO COME BACK INTO THE UNION JUST AS THEY WERE BEFORE. WHEN LINCOLN WAS MURDERED, THE NEFARIOUS TRAD STEVENS, WHO WAS LIVING WITH ANEGROMISTRESS (AND IS BURIED BY HER SIDE IN A NEGRO CEMETERY) WRESTED CONTROL OF CONGRESS FROM PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, AND THE TERRIBLE OPPRESSIVE RECONSTRUCTION POLICY WAS ADOPTED. THIS POLICY DISENFRANCHISED ALL WHITE SOUTHERN MEN AND ENFRANCHISED ALL NEGRO MEN. THE WHITES WERE VICTIMS OF ATROCITIES AND OPPRESSION AS WAS NO OTHER RACE IN HISTORY.
ON DECEMBER, 1865, THERE WAS FORMED AT PULASKI, TENNESSEE, A FUN-MAKING ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE KU KLUX KLAN. IT WAS AN ARTIFICIAL NAME SUGGESTED BY THE GREEK WORD, "K UK LOS", MEAN-RIG BAND OR CIRCLE.
NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, WHO HAD WON FAME AS THE GREATEST "COMMANDO" GENERAL OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, WAS, IN THE TRYING DAYS OF 1866, APPROACHED BY THE LEADERSOFTHE DEN OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, WHICH HAD POSSESSION OF THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF SAMUEL ADAMS AND WHICH ORGANIZATION STILL EXISTED UNDER THE.. . NAME OF "SONS OF LIBERTY", FORREST AGREED TO ACCEPT LEADERSHIP BUT PREFERRED THE NAME OF THE RECENTLY FORMED KU KLUX KLAN AS THE VISIBLE ORGANIZATION. HE SECURED PERMISSION TO USE THIS NAME THE STORY OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE OF THAT PERIOD IS WELL . .. KNOWN. (LATER HISTORY BOOKS COVERED-UP THE TRUTH!)
DESPITE THE SMEARS, SLANDERS, AND LIES, EVERY TRUE HISTORIAN KNOWS THAT IT, AND IT ALONE, PRESERVED WHITE CIVILIZATION IN THE SOUTH, AND WAS THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNMENT WERE RESTORED FOR BOTH WHITE AND BLACK. IN 1877, ELEVEN YEARS AFTER ITS INCEPTION, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE AGAIN BECAME DORMANT BY PROCLAMATION OF ITS LEADERS.
A DEN WAS APPOINTED TO KEEP ITS SECRET ARCHIVES AND PLAN OF ORGANIZING AND THE TECHNIQUES USED
This four page leaflet, frequently distributed for recruiting purposes, outlines the Klan's unique version of its own history.
Object Description
| Title | The Ku Klux Klan in Illinois: a report to the Illinois General Assembly |
| Creator | Illinois. General Assembly. Legislative Investigating Commission |
| Subject [LCSH] | Ku Klux Klan (1915-)--Illinois |
| Date Original | 1976 |
| Language | eng |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Illinois |
| Contributing Institution | Illinois State Library |
| Rights | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: islimg@ilsos.net. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Identifier | 1557693 |
| Type | Text |
| Format | Book |
| Digital Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Illinois State Library - General Collection |
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| Title | Page 24 |
| Contributing Institution | Illinois State Library |
| Rights | Materials in this collection are made available by the Illinois State Library. To request reproductions or inquire about permissions, contact: islimg@ilsos.net. Please cite the item title and collection name. |
| Transcript | The True Story of Ku Klux Klan THE UNITED KLANS OF AMERICA THE FIRST RE-ACTIVATION KLANS OF AMERICA Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Post Office Box 426 Greenwood, Indiana 46142 THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE THE HISTORY OF THE KU KLUX KLAN THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE - IN A VERY LOOSE AND GENERALIZED SENSE -MAY BE SAID TO HAVE EXISTED SINCE THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION WHERE EVER MEN BANDED THEMSELVES TOGETHER TO FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. AS A CONTINUOUS AND UNBROKEN ORGANIZATION IT WAS FORMED IN 1768 IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, MASS. BY SAMUEL ADAMS, WHO USED THE CAUCUS CLUB AS THE DIRECTING BODY. IT EXISTED AS A LOCAL ORGANIZATION IN BOSTON UNTIL JANUARY 1, 1773, WHEN IT WAS FORMEDTHROUGH THE THIRTEEN COLONIES WITH DENS IN EVERY CENTER OF POPULATION. THE ORGANIZATION WAS SECRET AND OATH-BOUND. ITS VISIBLE AND PUB -LIC NAME WAS THE " SONS OF LIBERTY THE "MINUTE MEN" WERE ITS MILITARY ARM. ITS UNIFORM WAS THAT OF THE MOHAWK INDIAN. FROM 1768, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE WAS CONVINCED THAT THE ONLY CHANCE FOR INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND LIBERTY WAS INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE BATTLES OF CONCORD AND LEXINGTON WERE FOUGHT BY THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE. IT CAN BE TRUTHFULLY SAID THAT WITHOUT THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TODAY! AFTER THE CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED WITH THE FIRST TEN AMEND -MENTS, KNOWN AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS, ON JUNE 15, 1790, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, BY PROCLAMATION TO THE DENS, WAS DISBANDED, EXCEPT FOR THE DEN WHICH KEPT ITS SECRET ARCHIVES, CONSISTING OF PURPOSE AND TECHNIQUES OF OPERATION, OF THE KU KLUX KLAN. THE THEORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ANDREW JOHNSON WAS THAT THE SOUTHERN STATES WERE NEVER LEGALLY OUT OF THE UNION AND, THEREFORE, WHEN THEY ADOPTED THE 13th AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, ABOLISHING SLAVERY, THEY WERE TO COME BACK INTO THE UNION JUST AS THEY WERE BEFORE. WHEN LINCOLN WAS MURDERED, THE NEFARIOUS TRAD STEVENS, WHO WAS LIVING WITH ANEGROMISTRESS (AND IS BURIED BY HER SIDE IN A NEGRO CEMETERY) WRESTED CONTROL OF CONGRESS FROM PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, AND THE TERRIBLE OPPRESSIVE RECONSTRUCTION POLICY WAS ADOPTED. THIS POLICY DISENFRANCHISED ALL WHITE SOUTHERN MEN AND ENFRANCHISED ALL NEGRO MEN. THE WHITES WERE VICTIMS OF ATROCITIES AND OPPRESSION AS WAS NO OTHER RACE IN HISTORY. ON DECEMBER, 1865, THERE WAS FORMED AT PULASKI, TENNESSEE, A FUN-MAKING ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS THE KU KLUX KLAN. IT WAS AN ARTIFICIAL NAME SUGGESTED BY THE GREEK WORD, "K UK LOS", MEAN-RIG BAND OR CIRCLE. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, WHO HAD WON FAME AS THE GREATEST "COMMANDO" GENERAL OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, WAS, IN THE TRYING DAYS OF 1866, APPROACHED BY THE LEADERSOFTHE DEN OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE, WHICH HAD POSSESSION OF THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF SAMUEL ADAMS AND WHICH ORGANIZATION STILL EXISTED UNDER THE.. . NAME OF "SONS OF LIBERTY", FORREST AGREED TO ACCEPT LEADERSHIP BUT PREFERRED THE NAME OF THE RECENTLY FORMED KU KLUX KLAN AS THE VISIBLE ORGANIZATION. HE SECURED PERMISSION TO USE THIS NAME THE STORY OF THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE OF THAT PERIOD IS WELL . .. KNOWN. (LATER HISTORY BOOKS COVERED-UP THE TRUTH!) DESPITE THE SMEARS, SLANDERS, AND LIES, EVERY TRUE HISTORIAN KNOWS THAT IT, AND IT ALONE, PRESERVED WHITE CIVILIZATION IN THE SOUTH, AND WAS THE INSTRUMENT BY WHICH PEACE, ORDER AND GOOD GOVERNMENT WERE RESTORED FOR BOTH WHITE AND BLACK. IN 1877, ELEVEN YEARS AFTER ITS INCEPTION, THE INVISIBLE EMPIRE AGAIN BECAME DORMANT BY PROCLAMATION OF ITS LEADERS. A DEN WAS APPOINTED TO KEEP ITS SECRET ARCHIVES AND PLAN OF ORGANIZING AND THE TECHNIQUES USED This four page leaflet, frequently distributed for recruiting purposes, outlines the Klan's unique version of its own history. |
| Collection Name | Illinois State Library - General Collection |
