 -OATH OF ALLEGIANCE- SECTION IV. - KLANISHNESS. (YOU WILL SAY) "I"(PRONOUNCE YOUR FULL NAME AND REPEAT AFTER ME) "MOST SOLEMLY PLEDGE, PROMISE AND SWEAR THAT I WILL NEVER SLANDER DEFRAUD DECEIVE OR IN ANY MANNER WRONG THE C.N.K.A KLANSMAN NOR A KLANSMAN'S FAMILY NOR WILL I SUFFER THE SAME TO BE DONE IF I CAN PREVENT IT. "I SWEAR THAT I WILL BE FAITHFUL IN DEFENDING AND PROTECTING THE HOME REPUTATION AND PHYSICAL AND BUSINESS INTEREST OF A KLANSMAN AND THAT OF KLANSMAN'S FAMILY. "I SWEAR THAT I WILL AT ANY TIME WITHOUT HESITATING GO TO THE ASSISTANCE OR RESCUE OF A KLANSMAN IN ANY WAY AT HIS CALL I WILL ANSWER I WILL BE TRULY KLANISH TOWARD KLANSMEN IN ALL THINGS HONORABLE. "I SWEAR THAT I WILL NEVER ALLOW ANY ANIMOSITY,FRICTION NOR ILL WILL TO ARISE AND REMAIN BETWEEN MYSELF AND A KLANSMAN,BUT WILL BE CONSTANT IN MY EFFORTS TO PROMOTE REAL KLANISHNESS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THIS ORDER. "I SWEAR THAT I WILL KEEP SECURE TO MYSELF A SECRET OF A KLANSMAN WHEN SAME IS COMMITTED TO ME IN THE SACRED BOND OF KLANSMANSHIP THE CRIME OF VIOLATING THIS SOLEMN OATH TREASON AGAINST THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA;RAPE,AND MALICIOUS MURDER,ALONE EXCEPTED. "I MOST SOLEMLY ASSERT AND AFFIRM THAT TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND ANY STATE THEREOF OF WHICH I MAY BECOME A RESIDENT I SACREDLY SWEAR AN UNQUALIFIED ALLEGIENCE ABOVE ANY OTHER AND EVERY KIND OF GOVERNMENT IN THE WHOLE WORLD I HERE AND NOW PLEDGE MY LIFE MY PROPERTY MY VOTE AND MY SACRED HONOR TO UPHOLD IT'S FLAG IT'S CONSTITUTION AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS AND I WILL PROTECT DEFEND AND ENFORCE SAME UNTO DEATH. "I MOST SOLEMLY PROMISE AND SWEAR THAT I WILL ALWAYS, AT ALL TIMES IN ALL PLACES,HELP,AID AND ASSIST THE DULY CONSTITUTED OFFICERS OF THE LAW IN THE PROPER PERFORMANCE OF THEIR LEGAL DUTIES. "I SWEAR THAT I WILL MOST ZEALOSLY AND VALIANTLY SHIELD AND PRESERVE BY ANY AND ALL JUSTIFIABLE MEANS AND METHODS THE SACRED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS,FREE SPEECH,FREE PRESS,SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE,LIBERTY WHITE SUPREMACY,JUST LAWS AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AGAINST ANY ENCROACHMENT OF ANY NATURE BY ANY PERSON OR PERSONS POLITICAL PARTY OR PARTIES RELIGIOUS SECT OR PEOPLE NATIVE, NATURALIZED OR FOREIGN OF ANY RACE,COLOR,CREED,LINEAGE OR TONGUE WHATSOEVER. "ALL TO WHICH I HAVE SWORN BY THIS OATH I WILL SEAL WITH MY BLOOD BE THOU MY WITNESS ALMIGHTY GOD, AMEN"  |