The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-04-08

"A friend whom We have icy seI1,e
time suspected Of beinz about "a deep
ihtu Know -NeshiBgism M spy one
else, Oh being requested By ts 10 wtite
something Oh The subject for puLIica.
.tioo in the J" Gazette hands ~ the
following, with the verbal assurance
that II isa truthful sndiooinples~ ok.
posure Of the whole thing A. 4s..s Din
Whenever any person expresses, in
the presence Of Kpow-Notbhg, a
strong desire to become a member of
the Order, he is privatsly. informed
that he must be at Il certain street
corner or crossroads at the hour of
twelve, (lnidnigbt), whistling Y ankee
Doodle out 81 one corner II llis mouth. p
and Hail Columbia out Of ths other y
then he must have q copy ef,tshe
Constitution ofithe United States in
one ofhis boots, Tor shoes, as. the case
may be), and the Declaration d hide
pendence in the other. and when d.
person passes him, in slouched kst,,.
whistling the Star Spangled Baa--
ner, he (the candidate) must follow.
He will b. led up a dark stairway, in
to a dark room. lie will then be
sworn by some persons whom the
darkness copceals, never TO reveal
anything that be may hear or seq
during the meeting. After taking,
this oath, light suddenly Eliminates
the room, and Eve men in masks ap-
proach the candidate, holding in their
hands the American Aag, made out Of
one hundred yards Of American. silk,
whish they rbll about the candidate,
completely encasing him, after the
fashion Of AMI Egyptian mummy. The
fivo then shoulder the candidate and
carry him to the lodge room, wherever
that may be. Though the candidate
cannot see, he can hear, and tho Great
Grand Flum-tho highest officer-ad.
ministers a terrible oath, swearing the
candidate never to reveal any Of the
pass. words, signs, tokens, grips, tprin.
ciples, designs or private work Of the
Order, on penalty Of being sent to the
penitentiary or the Mississippi Legis-
lature' If the case is not too agra
waited, the violation would only be
visited upon the violator BY sending
him to the Pepitentiary, but the ex.
tremest penalty for violation is the
Legislature " 43ft#'{i
After. taking this oath the candidate
is rolled around the room, this being
the speediest way Of unwinding the
flag. He secs the members standing
around him all in masks. The five
principles are then read to him, and
after be is sworn 10 observe them, ho
is compelled to run splintsr-preyi-
ously taken from liberty pols--into r
the index finger of his left hand, and
with the splinter and his own blood, he
signs the Constitution and Bylaws
Of the Order. Physicians on being ad-
mit1ed into the Order, are compelled
to take an additional oath, to the eff.
feet that they will mistake strychnine
for calomel in administering medicine
to the Dutch and Irish Catholics
Lawyers have to swear that they will
abandon the habit Of lying and decep.
ton in dealing with native born Amer
lean clients. Many Lawyers have
lef The Order, others have refused to
60 ID when the objects &C., were au-
thoritatively communicated 10 Them
Thus ends the manuscript furnished
IT'S by the friend alluded to above
We do not believe that he would de-
signedlv and with malice aforethought
lead us astray---at least sncha il our
in him---and still We can,
hardly rely upor what he terms
truthful and complete expose Of the
new party. We give il to our rcadefs,
however. and for just az much as each
one of them, in his own judgment,
may deem it to be worth.-Hine's
Co.. Gozette.
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