CAPOWE, Countersign And Password Or Written Evidence?
CYGNAR, Can You Give Number And Realm?
No. 1, ATGA, Number One Klan of Atlanta, Ga.
KYGY, Klansman I Greet You.
ITSUB, In The Sacred Unfailing Bond.
(They shake hands with the left hand)
KLASP, Klannish Loyalty A Sacred Principle,
KABARK, Konstantly Applied By All Regular Klansmen.
The Exalted Cyclops then instructs the newly-made Klansman in the
Countersign and Password, which at the present time are the words "White,"
and "Supremacy." The citizen is then solemnly instructed in the "MIOAK,"
or the Mystical Insignia of a Klansman, which is a cheap little celluloid
button that is supposed to be the real innermost secret of Ku Kluxism. The
MIOAK is red in color, and contains the letters KOTOP, with a square, and
an extended open hand, and constitutes the emblem of the Klan. No
explanation of the real meaning of the mystic words has ever been given,
although the Kleagles generally tell their victims that it stands for
"Knights of the Open Palm," a designation arising no doubt from the
eagerness with which the open palm of the Kleagle is extended to receive
the ten dollar "donations" so necessary in the manufacture of "citizens"
from the "alien" raw material. The word Kotop is also used as a hailing
word, its answer being "Potok," a reversal of the previous word. This is
followed by the presentation of "Imperial Instructions," which is a
booklet, "The Practice of Klanishness," containing many pages of the same
wordy stuff with which the ritual is filled. This book enjoins the members
to stick together in all things, but more especially to render at all
times the greatest respect to the "Emperor" who is working day and night
for the "cause," and for whom the "cause" is also working.
There is a long-winded, verbose and ridiculous "lecture" at the end of the
"Kloran" that endeavors to give a history of the original Ku Klux Klan.
In the last two pages of the "Kloran" are to be found "titles and
explanations" of the various officers and subdivisions of the "Invisible
Empire," which have no importance to the general reader. It might be
interesting, however, to note with what modesty "Emperor" Simmons speaks
of himself when he writes:
"IMPERIAL WIZARD--The Emperor of the Invisible Empire; a wise man; a
wonder-worker, having power to charm and control."
CHAPTER VIII
ANTI-NEGRO PROPAGANDA
I am a white man.
I believe that the United States is a white man's country.
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