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Title: The clansman : an American drama : from his two famous novels The leopard's spots and The clansman : presented by the Southern Amusement Co.
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946
Subjects: Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946 Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946 Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Publisher: New York : American News Co.
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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noble in sentiment, generous in manhood, andpatriotic in purpose; its peculiar objects being First: To protect the weak, the innocent, andthe atfenceless, from the indignities, wrongs, andoutiages of the lawless, the violent, and thebiutaj; to relieve the injorsd snd oppressed; tosuccor the suffering and cnfortunate, and espe-cially the widows and orphans of Confederatesoldiers. Second: To protect and de&nl the Constitu-tion of l.he United States, and all laws passed inconformity thereto, and to protect the States andthe people thereof from all invasion from anysource whatever. Third; To aid and assist in the execution ofall constitutional laws, and to protect the peoplefixftn unlawful seizure, and from trial except bytheir peers in conformity to the lav.i of the land, AETICLE I. inxxs. Section 1. The officers of this Order shall consist of a Grand Wizard of the Empire, and his ten Genii; a Grand Dragon of the Realm, 3 Fac-simile of the tirst page of the ritual of theKu Klux Klan.
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> 2; < o H ■J Tllli STORY 01 nil: KU KLUX KLAN nuarcliiij;- Xaslivillc. IIk) iikuIc a iinanininus l)reak for therear, and went out throui;!! every opening without knowledgeof any obstruction. Many of tliem wore window sash homefor coUars. The clansmen silently wheeled again into double column,and rode toward their old rcn<le7.vous. They had overthrownthe carpet-bag Negro regime and restored civilization. Theirlast act was a warning. .\ handful of their men boldly slappedthe face of the hostile aiUhorities, before the new administra-tion entered uixm its wnrk. and dared them lift a hand again.

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