Washington telegraph., 1855-09-19
From tss Hes..gssaaa D.n,acrnf.l


MR- EDITOR: During nv temporary absence
IN e2as and Louisiana see that kind OF news
paper warfare in TesaTd 10 a Democratic call for
Mass Meeting has been carried on. and that
privately II not Pgsciy- am to some extent IN
viewed Ihe position that l occaDv car. he ex-
plalned in a few words Ia February or March
last was II company with one or t,yo persons.
WLo were, 10 all appearances, plavluliy talking
about the Know NoLhIngs and saving then would
isss 70 Joln- and asked me if | would not Ike to
join, too | remarked that | would like 10 know
what WAS going on- They then pretended to BE-
making arrangements 70 be initiated with me. and
three OF them-two of whom | supposed would
loln with me- bat who learned afterwards al
ready belonged TO tae Onier-yveut into a csr sa
store, and the one Who had been on to Little Roc
where The great lIedicine-8ag Is kept 70 kill Of
| the Democracy Of Arkansas. commenced = kind
Of ceremony, and hen about half through sto1,-
Te-aEd asked Il they were IL eaTuestz GI course
sad hey. we are aii mem beIs. This was my first
knowledge OF al belonging 10 the concern. for I
bad supposed the other two were 10 be initiated
alter me.
It took some ten minutes. snppose. 10 90
through with this ceremony, aud from shat ssietf
I to the signing the call have not seen or heard
tell OF meeting OF the Order / was not certain
! as 70 Wlether they claimed me as 4 member or
rot ard il they did kne-g not how to l,rorseI
70 release myself. never having been with them
and never having asked for their place Of meeting
| Indeed am led TO believe thev had none but
! Just picked IN men when and where they could
and Initlated them. If such you call their sac
religious iargoHi
Is hen the paper for a democratic call xras nre-
senred to ne. was siei 10 make known thls
publicly the political position occupied-siad to
Te1cu-ce any and all 2lleEiance that the ices ot
ny party might be disposed 70 think d mock
ceremony ike this would impose upon u1e-glad
10 shake frOln my hands and tear from nv neck
tie uanaces and the collar they nii-It thsc5 I
wore willingly.
Therefore signed the -calF' srTis,-ry. E7s,.- p
iy- srfHiiy, and trh fiy sorlef~e Of is ,s;yrs
-GHf l-otd do 50 Ge.s'.sl considered bv this
public act-slguus tie -cali'7-if ever Lad ccas-
cd to be d freeman sad leiteTed my conscience
vita oaths- that had publicly. renouaced it by
proc-aiulins myself q Den0r'af, aud engaging in
tie warfare against our enemies; Tor 90 say il
al candoT and sincerity thai 1t Is lust as os5e
Tor man TO be Deal3.Fai and al the same time
willingly belong TO tlisoEs anizatioJ which is ulI-
iiT'ns N lts efforts to overthrow the Democrats
paIty-ilst as impossible say, It would be 10
hst foT country AID against that country III the
sGm- battieI
don't think they lad any right TO claim me
after my publicly making the manifestation did
by signing the call As OT q Withdrawal ca rll =
to enable me to act and vote as please, / tr0aif
sc7ra 10 GsE H. l am iTeeboTn American citizen
and no oatabOund secret political society or party
shall question my right 10 at Gsd U0fe as lcase-
50 il the Order St. thinks and insists Is ii seems
70 DO OF may do, that still OF their bondmen-
still tTaneied by their tetteEs, again most SOL
EMMY and publicly dISarOT any and all connec-
ton with them, and declare myself i-ee 10 act
aid vote IS p.ease-not the sworn dUpe and pas
siye tool Of ElaioTites OF ofice-seeekers of dema-
gosues and political -puiiers-not bound to
answer the Imperative requirements OF any set OF
men. or obey the commanded any man on Gods
earth.-aot bound 10 obey the beck or call Of :.
party which might lead me 70 murder arson. and
robbery or make me be denounced as I traitor 10
God II | should have the inagnanimity to act as q
freeman. am none Of all these say. but a gen
uine Democrat and freeman, Is I always have
been, and so expect to live and die. As the col
umns OF the Telegraph are open for explana-
tons Il VIII obiige me by copying this. Hoping
that n real Democrat viii desert his party to be-
come slave am boadnan ior political den1a-
SogUes and ofice-huaters-
Ternaiu, yours, &c
G. y. HOOKS.
WASHINGTON. Sept II. 1855