The Klan Ledger, April 1965.

Title

The Klan Ledger, April 1965.

Creator

White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi

Source

Citizens' Council/Civil Rights Collection, M99, Historical Manuscripts, Special Collections, The University of Southern Mississippi

Date

April 1965

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En

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The clan ledger<br /> Official publication of the white knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi.<br /> <br /> Special presidential edition, April, 1965<br /> <br /> Mr. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., Washington DC<br /> <br /> Dear Sir,<br /> <br /> “Patriotism means to stand by the country.“<br /> It does not mean to stay in by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stay in spite of the country. It is patriotic support him in so far as he efficiently serve the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extend the bar in efficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth-weather about the president or anyone else-save in the rare case where this would make known to the enemy information of military value which would otherwise be unknown to him.<br /> <br /> Above all the words of an outstanding American president, Theodore Roosevelt. They areA an appropriate introduction what we will say here.<br /> <br /> Mr. Johnson, since you have decided toMr. Johnson, since you have decided to declare war on your own fellow citizens in this country, it is high time that we should bring the attention of all the citizens of our great nation to bear upon this conflict and expose the issue in crystal clear focus under the strong light of truth.<br /> <br /> You have seen fit to attack the entire Ku Klux Klan because of one incident in Alabama in which a female communist agitator was killed in the performance of her nefarious meetings. You allege that for white citizens of Alabama were responsible. You also learned that these forward Klansman. In your attack upon the entire clan, you spoke of justice, yet you’re very attack itself could only be based upon the slim allegations was nothing less than make it a front to justice XL. Especially in this true when we consider how are you encouraged and protected the communist agitation which prepare the way for this incident. The guilt as yours Mr. Johnson do not try to shut it off on the Ku Klux Klan.<br /> <br /> One point needs clarification here. The white knights of the Ku Klux Klan of a sovereign wealth realm of Mississippi is sovereign to Mississippi as regards the work administration of the invisible empire. We are spirituality connected with our plan brother and in our sister state of Alabama, through Christ, our Lord and Savior, and this is the extent of our affiliation. You know this, yet you seek to smear the Christian Klansman everywhere in one stroke, in typical communist fashion. And you are the one who is accusing us of tar and feathers!!!! Why do you always pounds up on the Christian clan at every opportunity, Mr. Johnson? Is it because the atheist a communist control you have ordered you to persecute and destroy us? Is it because you and they know that no atheistic enemy of America is safe while we live? Is it because that, like all agents of Satan, you are poor and despise a Christian witness for Jesus Christ?<br /> <br /> You are not really against killing in murder, Mr. Johnson. Two murders have been recorded in your own political background in Texas. You owe your president still another. You stood by in silence while an unlawful and bloody invasion took place at Ole Miss. You are sending American boys to slaughter in Vietnam in a war which you have no intention of trying to win. You ignore your own bloody career and try to compensate by placing the guilt on the white Christians of the sale you must be consistent and honest, Mr. Johnson, if you expect truly decent people to respect your words.

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White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Mississippi, “The Klan Ledger, April 1965.,” Online Exhibits at Southern Miss, accessed April 26, 2024, https://usmspecialcollections.omeka.net/items/show/215.

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