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===First Klan===

===First Klan===

[[File:Leaders of the Democratic Party.jpg|left|300px|thumb| Leaders of the Democratic Party. The Butcher Forrest is [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]], founder of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<br>''Library of Congress''<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661705/ Leaders of the Democratic Party : The rioter Seymour ... The butcher Forrest ... The pirate Semmes ... The hangman Hampton ...], Thomas Nast, 1868. Library of Congress.</ref>]]

[[File:Leaders of the Democratic Party.jpg|right|300px|thumb| Leaders of the Democratic Party. The Butcher Forrest is [[Nathan Bedford Forrest]], founder of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<br>''Library of Congress''<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661705/ Leaders of the Democratic Party : The rioter Seymour ... The butcher Forrest ... The pirate Semmes ... The hangman Hampton ...], Thomas Nast, 1868. Library of Congress.</ref>]]

{{See also|Insurrection_Act#Posse_Comitatus_Act}}

{{See also|Insurrection_Act#Posse_Comitatus_Act}}

The first KKK was a movement of Democrats who opposed [[Reconstruction]].  It was founded in 1866 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref>  Its purpose was to take control and return Democrats to power.  One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Attempts were made to break up the Klan by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act).  

The first KKK was a movement of Democrats who opposed [[Reconstruction]].  It was founded in 1866 by members of the [[Democrat Party]] to inflicting violence against black leaders and white Republicans.<ref>http://www.history.com/topics/ku-klux-klan</ref>  Its purpose was to take control and return Democrats to power.  One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest.  Attempts were made to break up the Klan by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act).  

The Ku Klux Klan started attacking Black Republican conventions.  At the Republican convention in Louisiana, the Klan joined with [[New Orleans]] police and New Orleans' Democrat mayor. The New Orleans Republican convention was attacked.  40 Blacks and 20 whites were killed. Another 150 were wounded.  In 1868 the Democrats put out push cards in South Carolina listing what they called the 'radical' members of the South Carolina legislature.  A push card is about the size of a baseball card.  The cards had the pictures of 63 legislators they wanted to kill.  50 of the legislators were Black and 13 were white.  All 63 were Republicans.  On the back of the was the name of the legislator.

The Ku Klux Klan started attacking Black Republican conventions.  At the Republican convention in Louisiana, the Klan joined with [[New Orleans]] police and New Orleans' Democrat mayor. The New Orleans Republican convention was attacked.  40 Blacks and 20 whites were killed. Another 150 were wounded.  In 1868 the Democrats put out push cards in South Carolina listing what they called the 'radical' members of the South Carolina legislature.  A push card is about the size of a baseball card.  The cards had the pictures of 63 legislators they wanted to kill.  50 of the legislators were Black and 13 were white.  All 63 were Republicans.  On the back of the was the name of the legislator.

[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democrat Party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

[[Image:Artoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democrat Party as continuations of the Confederacy]]

In 1872 Congress held hearings on the Klan.  Democrat leaders from Democrat States admitted under oath unequivocally that the Klan belonged to the Democrat party and their propose was to restore control in Southern states to the Democratic party.  The Congressional Hearings make up 13 volumes.  Black congressmen John Roy Lynch and Richard Cain went to Congress armed for fear of Klan attacks.  Blacks testified that they instructed by the Klan and Democrats that, if they would stop voting the Republican ticket and would agree to vote the straight Democrat ticket, all the violence against Blacks would stop.

In 1872 Congress held hearings on the Klan.  Democrat leaders from Democrat States admitted under oath unequivocally that the Klan belonged to the Democrat party and their propose was to restore control in Southern states to the Democratic party.  The Congressional Hearings make up 13 volumes.  Black congressmen John Roy Lynch and Richard Cain went to Congress armed for fear of Klan attacks.  Blacks testified that they instructed by the Klan and Democrats that, if they would stop voting the Republican ticket and would agree to vote the straight Democrat ticket, all the violence against Blacks would stop.