Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1860-04-04

!eFves the foul the deep and blighting stain of per
| Ji'y resting on his soul"
After this the Instructor proceeded to invest Mr.
Pool with the secret signs and passwords of the Or
der, and directs him as follows:
g At the outer door you will x + =. When the
wicket is opened you will pronounce the + = in a
@htSper The outside sentinel will reply
Whcn You Will give the term password, and be adj
mitted to the ante-room. You will then proceed to
the inner door and give * = 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
VIII be admitted if not your name will be report
cd to the Vice President, and must be properly
vouched for before yol can gain admission to the
Council You will then proceed to the centre of the
room and address the 3 = with the countcrsign
which is performed thus = *. When this saluta-
ton is recognized you will quietly take your seat
This sign is peculiar to this degree and is to
he used outside Of the Council room, nor during the
comforting Of this degree. When retiring YOU will
address the = 3 in the same manner, and also give
the degree password to the inside Sentinll The
term password is = :. (The password and eXpla-
nation is to be established by each State Council for
its respective SubOrdinatcS)
The explanation of the term pass to be used at the
inner door, is = :. The degree password is " " x
The travelling password is = = 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 yond the
jurisdiction of his Own State, District, or Territory
1t and all other passwords must be communicated
IN ''htY,eT, and no brother is entitled to cOmmun
cate them to another without authority from the
presiding oiicer) The sign ofrecognition is = = -
The answer is given by $ = The grip is given by
x :. The person challenging shall 8 81 =. The
answer will be made by = " = when the following
conversation enSucS, the challenging party first say
ing = = =. The answer = = s.. Then the response
followed by the rcjoiuder = = 8. Public no.
tice for meeting is given by means Of = >. If
the color of :" = be * it will mean actual trou-
bic, which requires you to come prepared to meet it.
The cry of diStrcsS-to 1e used only in time of dan
ger, or when the American interest requires an i'm
mediate a$semhagc If the brethren-is : 3 s.. The
response i <. The sign of caution to be given
when brother is speaking unguardedly before
Strangcr-iS $, which signifies keep dark. Yes,
tiated 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.
\. candidate for Governor, was made FIRST De-
gree Eno,c Nothing. The oaths and proceedings, as
here given, are taken every word from the ritual
of Il e Order.
In taking this degree Mr.. Pool Swore to keep Sc
crct 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
flee, he was sworn to vote for him, however incom-
petent he might be, and that though it contlictcd
with his own personal Judgment.
He swore to obey the State Council and its PreSi-
dent, however dangerous might be their orders to
public liberty.
lie Swore in all things and about all persons in
the Order, to ep darh."
lie received the secret sigrs, grips and passwords
by which a Know Nothing was to be known and
recognized and agreed to pronounce them in a
"trhiper" 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 deep ccnccrn.-
No, "speok in a arhiper," and keep dark" was
his and their motto.
Do the people of North Carolina want such man
for Governor:
In our next will trace Mr.. Pool through the
second and third degrees of the Order of Know Moth
ings What do you think of him, fellow citizens: