The Yazoo Democrat., 1854-08-30
YAZ00 DEMOCRAT.
W. 5. EPPERso on. EDIToR.

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Exposure OF the KNOW NOahings.
The Licking Herald has penetrated the
adytum of this mysterious system Of intoler-
anoe. 1t reveals some of the forms and cere
MONIES, 1t speaks by the book in the follow
ing article:
VINO ARE THE "KNow NoTHINes Pr
What they are is pretty well known and
we intend il shall be better known. The fol-
lowing obligation, which IS taken by the
members, on the opening Of each regular
meeting, discloses the main object. we pub
Hsh it as it is printed in ''the hook" with
the marks, that our Know Nothing" friends
may easily recognize it;
81 hereby soemnly sxeara eternal f.
deity 10 the vows have taken this order /
also sxearA that will advance The ineresisG oi
every natiSe-b rn American citizeng especially
the members of this order 10 the entire aud alb
solute exclusion of all Aliens and foreigners 1
and more especially those who belong To or ap
prove Of The Roman Catholic faith So help me
God"
But who are theyG Let the following ex
tract from article II of their Constitution, an
swer this question, in part:
g No person shall be proposed as a member of
this order unless he be white male Of good NOR
al characte-. of the age # twenty years, belize
yer Of the Supreme Being. and bern tcithin the
linlitS Of the U5asted States Of America
The parents and at least one Of the grand pa
rents of all candidates must have been born
within the Uni,ed States"
This shows, to- some extent, who they a,e,
and we dare any acknowledged Know Moth
ing" to deny the genuineness of our extracts
fom their Constitution and obligations
They know that we know them.
To ANY MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, OR MEM
BER OF CHRISTIAN CHURCH, WHO BELONGS
TO THE 'KNow NorHrNes," did you, when
you were initiated into the Order, receive the
following charge from the @Instruetor 2'
obstruction My Brothers The Order
which has now received you as members, may
with all proprieIy be considered secret organi-
cation. 1t is 50 secret, In fact, that if you were
placed before long tribunal and there sworn to
tell the truth, the whole TRUTH and nothing but
the truth, you could not, for your hUes, reveal
the name Il that band Of brothers among whom
your name now stands enrolled; aud further
than this, when you retire from this meeting you
will return 10 your families and friends as gnnr-
ami as when you came, SO far as the name Of this
Order IS concerned. 10 common with ourselves
you know nothing, and let il be your stern res
olution through life to know-nothlng 6zc.''
You will see by this quotation that we
Ktaow something; and now, if you pie sse,
(and whether you please or not,) we propose
to put you few questions.
Did you, upon receiving the second degree
in the order Of Know Nothngs," take an
obligation, of which the following is part
And / further promise and sloear that VII
strictly conform TO and abide by the oath have
now taken aud thatI will strict obedience pGafg
TO the constitutien,R lawsG rules ritual and
edicts of the honorable Grand Council of this
order, of the State of Ohio. and of the bylaws
Of Council No. to which | now
belong. or TO those of any other Gland Sub
ordinate Council from which may hereafter
halt 1 bhring myseif under the no less penalties
than are attached or belong TO those who violate
The oath of the first degree OF the order"
Are the instructions you received part
of the claws, rules, ritual, and edicts Of the
honorable Grand Councils"
If they are, did you not promise and
swear" that You would lie on all occasions.
Throughout your life, on all subjects eonnec
ted with ehe order, and even iii you wese
placed before a legal tribunal and sworn, tc
tell Htas truth, As vAole truth, and must, foi
your lives, ;" commit pe1uryl
his will do for to-day. You win see By
the quotations, and the marks they bear, thai
we quote from " the book" and this is only I
beginning Of what we propose to open upot
this subject.
COURAGEOUS DUELsrs.-W Weston, Of face
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