Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-04-11
rhe oath-bound ca,l.dtda,e.,

The Oath-bound Candidate. ,,4t,,ss-,,,l
We have already seen Mr.. Pool through the First
Degree of the Order Of Know Meetings. Nov for
the Second Degree. With his left hand upon his
right breast and his right hand extended towards
the flag of his country, he swore that he would OBJ
serve the following a
You, and each of you of your own free will and
accord, in the presence of Almighty God and these
witnesses, your left hand resting upon your right
breast, and your right hand extended to the flag of
your country, do soemniy and sincerely swear that
you will not, under any circumstances, disclose in
any manner, nor suffer it to be done by others, if
in your power to prevent it the name, signs pass
words, or other secrets of this degree except in
open Council for the purpose Of instruction; that
you will in all things conform to all the rules and
regulations of this Order and to the Constitution
and Bylaws of this or any other Council to which
you may be attached so long as they do not conflict
with the Constitution Of the United States nor that
Of the State in which you reside; that you will,
under all circumstances, if IN your power so to do,
attend to all regular signs summons that may be
thrown or sent to you by brother of this or any
other degree Of this Order; that you will support
in all political matters for all political Offices menu
le-s Of this Order in preference to other persons;
that if it may be done legally you Will, when elect
ed appointed to any official station comforting on
you the power to do So remove all foreigners aliens
or Roman Catholics from office or place, and that
you will in no case appoint such to any office or
place in your gift You do also promise and swear
that this and all other obligations which you have
previously taken in this Order shall ever be kept
through life sacred and inviolate. All this you
promise and declare, as Americans to sustain and
abide by, without any hesitation or mental reserva:
ton whatever. So help you God, and keep you
steadfast!
To which Mr.. Pool replied, "Ido." -l.f.. ..,
He was then handed over to the Instructor who
said: Brother: In this degree we have an enter
ing-sgn and countersign. At the outer door pro-
coed At the inner door you will make
and proceed as in the First Degree, giving
the Second Degree password (Which is y
instead of that of the First Degree. If found to be
correct you will then be admitted, and proceed =
giving the countersign, which is made thus
The sign of recognition in this degree is the same
| as in the First Degree. with the addition of
! and the response to be made in
Marshal you will now present the brother to the
| worthy President for adnonision."
This is the way in which Mr. Pool was made a
Second Degree Know Nothing
Herein he swore to support in all political matters
Know Noth,ngs Cor office, in preference to all 9TH
| ers. If Mr.. Pool is elected Governor he will be
bound by this oath to appoint in Of vacancy,
Know Nothing to the United States Senate-Know
| Nothing Judges and Know Nothing Attorney
| General, and to put none but Know Nothings on
the Internal improvement and Literary Boards,
Railroad Directors, Insane and Deaf and Dumb
Asylum Directors, Bank Directors, &c. He has
also sworn that this obligation "shall ever be
kept through life sacred and lnviolate." Nothing
but death can release him from this terrible oath!
Do the people Of the State want such man for
| Governor?
BLACK REPUBLICAN AssA1LANrs OF Mr. b.
cHANAN.-We are surprised to find our contemporary
Of the Register joining in the assault on Mr.. Bu-
chanan, charging him with corruption in office, and
urging on wicked and corrupt men in their efforts
to embarrass his administration and bring discredt
on the good name of the country. The Register
cheers such men as Covode and Haskin in their at
lacks President who has been true steel to
our Constitutional rights The following from an
exchange paper in Kentucky, will show who these
men Covode and Haskin The Register is no
aboltionist and no black Republican. We are not
willing to believe that that paper has any sympathy
with that portion Of the Opposition" which is thus
engaged in maligning Mr. Buchanan; yet the Edi-
tor joins in the cry which these men have raised,
and leaves no effort untred to degrade and njure
the President Some of his readers may approve
his course, for some of them would submit to and
take Office under Seward but the greater portion Of
them, we have no doubt, disagree with him in the
reckless opposition and gross injustice he is exhibit
ing towards the PRESIDENT
"Amongst the dirtest of all the dirty dogs in
Congress are Covode, Haskin, Adrain, Hickman,
and Somes. These fellows have been busy during
the whole of this Congress in smelling out "corrup-
ton" against the Administration. Three Of them
have declared that Mr. Buchanan attempted to buy
them during the last Congress, and short time
since another Of them offered resolution to inquire
into the matter. Very much to. their chagrin, the
Democrats voted in favor of appointing the commit
tee declaring that if there was any foundation for
the charge the matter ought to be investigated and
an exposure made, without regard to who was gull
ty. But since that time the rascas have not open
ed their mouths nor made any report, and there is
a terrible uneasiness upon their minds when demo
Gratis urge that the facts be brought out
Another of them offered a resolution of inquiry
into corruptions in the Philadelphia navy yard ant
in certain elections in Pennsylvania and other places
And when Mr.. Houston. of Alabama, suggested that
the investigation should he extended to certain
pendture of money for the black Republican party
in Maine, they refused to do SO, because they knew
that one of their own set (Somes) had borrowed
$4,000 from the black Republican treasurer o
Maine, and other persons had borrowed some $50,
600 more, and failed to pay it back and the
er became bankrupt, and exposure followed. Ant
) now, with this $4,000 in his pocket plunderet
from the treasury of Mainc this fellow Somes is
Of the most loud-mouthed of those who are charging
corruption" against the Democratic party. -
The leader of these knaves is Hickman, of Penn
sylvanis, and Speaker Pennington made him chair
= man Of the Committee of Public Expenditures
0 Amongst other duties devolvng upon this commit
tee was that of letting out to the lowest bidder tn
binding of books for Congress. Well, the fact ha
come to light that this contract for binding has bec
: given to two of the intimate friends Of Hickman