Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-07-05

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trampled on by foreigners, and to
have my memory cursed by my chill
dren and my children's children as
traitor to their welfare, to my country,
and tony God. So help me God, and
witness my obligation"
SIGNS AND GRIPS.
The signs and grips of the first
degree are made thus: Place the fore
finger in the space between the buttons
of the coat, vest, OF shirt, and elevate
the thumb so as to form a triangle
and the response is, to catch hold Of
the coat or vest with the hand closed,
and point out the fore-fnger and ele-
vate The thumb so as to form TRAN
gle if you are a member Of the first
degree; the fore-fnger and middle fin
ger if you belong to the second de-
gree; aand three fingers if you belong
to the third degree.
The universal pass fer the second
dagree is "the grave" the response @of
Washinton." The entering pass in
this degree is caution" at the outside
door, and "place none but Native-born
Americans on guard tonight" at the
inner door.
Since the exposure in the Union
and Herald, the various councils in
each county have countersign. In
Lawrence county it is "To place the
| fore and middle finger and thumb
together, and place them in your right
vest pocket or waistband, and the re-
Spouse will be in like manner in the
! left vest pocket.
have thus exposed the Organiza-
ton, because | believe it to be duty
| l owe to my God and my country. I
was deceived and c1joled into the
matter as many have been, by fiat
tering representations of its purity
and goodness, only to find it base
fraud and contemplate political trick,
set on foot, and still carried on by men
whose love for office, power and dis
tinction outweigh their devotion to
principles, and the good order of soci-
ETY. and the happiness Of their country.
| | have heretofore declared to the Vice
President of the Order, my determi-
nation to war against the Order, and
expressed myself fully to the men,
bars my adherence of its deceit, and
fraud, It's base corrupt aims, and its vile
hypocritical pretensions.
Some day in the last term of the
February Court, at Lawrenceburg,
Joined the Order, was conducted into
the Council by W. W. Caldwell, late Of
Lawrence county, and was initiated by
Calvin Fl. Nicholson, the Vice-Presi-
dent of the Council, who q am now in
formed is acandidate torepresent Law
renee County, in the next Legisla
|, trlre) now denies in his public speeches
of belonging to the Order, or of hav'
ing ever belonged to it.
I have not been the first to lift The
veil Of secrecy from this Order.
believed it to be my duty to do it, an(
though have taken oaths not to do so
still | am not the perjured man thu
friends of the Order would have yor
believe.
/ An oath, the preservation of which
enforees the commission of the black
est lies to your nearest and deares
friends, yea even to the father who
Ibegat you, and the mother who bore
you, Gas in Know Nothing couneils) i;
wrong, and not binding on any man
It is a party trick, too--a dark, vie
trick. / have been, AMI now, and always
was a Wing. Yeti cannot consent tc
see the former principles Of the Wing
Party prostituted to so vile ends and
aims, as to be wholly dependent Oh
liars and secret oath-bound clubs Of Sc
crecy and fraud, to carry out its ends
and aims IT'S true, they have sue
ceeded in Lawrence and elsewhere, in
getting many democrats into the Order,
but what sort of men are they? You
know--men who want office.
To the members of the order who
will lie on, SANDER, and abuse me
callingme byevery base epithet, would
say-you are guilty of the very same
things you charge on me: though you
may villify and abuse me for making
this exposure, still | feel that all open,
bold, frank and honest men will not
condemn my course, and the day will
come when you and your Order will
be odious to every loverOf civil and
religious liberty, unless you come out
of this vile association as / have
done. DC. WILLIAMS.