Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-04-04

leaves the foul the deep and bghting stain Of per
jury resting on his SOUL" ittas
After this the Instructor proceeded to invest Mr..
Pool with the secret signs and passwords Of the Or
der, and directs him as follows:
cat the outer door you will - When the
wicket is opened you will pronounce the IN a
Dhaspcr. The outside sentinel will reply
when you will give the term password, and be ad-
mttcd to the ante-room. You will then proceed to
the inner door and give - y. When the wicket is
opened give your name, the number and location OF
your Council, the explanation Of the term pass and
the degree password. Ifthese be found correct you
will be admitted if not, your name will be report
ed to the Vice President and must be properly
vouched for before you can gain admission to the
Council You will then proceed to the centre of the
room and address the = + with the countersign,
which is performed thus = So When this sauta-
ton is recognized, you will quietly take your seat
This sign is peculiar to this degree and is never to
be used outside of the Council room, during the
address the y in the same manner, and also give
the degree password to the inside sentinel. The
term password is ~ (The password and expla-
nation is to be established by each State Council for
its respective subordnates.)
The explanation of the term pass to be used the
inner door, is =. The degree password is **
The travelling password is x 4 i. (This word is
changed annually by the President Of the National
Council Of the United States, and is to be given and
used only when the brother is travelling beyond the
jurisdiction of his own State District, or Territory
1t and all other passwords must be communicated
in aohsper, and no brother is entitled to communi-
cate them to another without authority from the
presiding oicer.) The sign ofrecognition is
The answer is given by =. The grip is given by
***. The person challenging shall ***. The
answer will be made by x when the following
conversation ensues the challenging party first say
ing * = =. The answer + 4. Then the response
$50, followed by the rejoinder **: Public no,
the color of = 3 be It will mean actual trou-
ble which requires you to prepared to meet it
The cry of distress-to De used only in time Of dan
ger, or when the American interest requires an i'm
mediate assemblage of the brethren-s x =. The
response is X X The sign of caution-to be given
when brother is speaking unguardedly before
stranger-is* =, which signifies keep dark Yes
" keep dark" Mr.. Pool Brother you are now I'M
tated into and made acquainted with the work and
organization of Council of this degree of the Or
der" &c.
This is the way in which Mr.. John Pool, the X
N. candidate for Governor, was made First De-
gree Enow Nothing. The oaths and proceedings as
here given, are taken every word from the ritual
of the Order.
In taking this degree Mr. Pool swore to keep Sc
cret all the affairs of the Order and to reveal moth
ing, though the best interests of the people might
require it.
He swore to vote for none but Americans for Of
flee, by which is meant not only Americans born,
but members of their own Order.
He swore in all political matters to comply with
the will of the majority of the Council, however
much 1t might conflict with the will of majority of
the people If the Council nominated man for Of
fee, he was sworn to vote for him. however incom-
petent he might be, and that though it conaicted
with his own personal judgment. -.....
He swore to obey the State Council and its Presi-
dent, however dangerous might he their orders to
public liberty.
He swore in all things and about all persons in
the Order, to keep dark"
He received the secret sigrs, grips and passwords
by which Know Nothing was to be known and
recognized, and agreed to pronounce them in a
",chisper" 1t would not do to talk out and let the
people hear what was said and done by politicians
about matters in which they had a deep concern
No, "speak in a whisper," and keep dark" was
his and their motto.
Do the people of North Carolina want such man
for Governor?
In our next we will trace Mr.. Pool through the
second and third degrees of the Order of Know Moth
ings. What do you think of him, fellow-ctizens?