The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1861-08-30


l vow l will never desert the 81 or
their cause and aims while three mem-
bers remain and consent TO propagate it.
And should they succeed in 80 (con-
quering and Southernzing) the whole or
any part Of g, | will Go all | can to pre-
vent the appointment of sny 81 (ISo-
man Cathelic) to any Office Of profit or
trust, even in the 70 (U. S. will al
ways give tie preference to Go a Prot
estant) and especially 10 IS. l will do
all l can, as an honorable man, to make
So Ga slave State) out Of e AS such l
will urge its 50 (annexation) TO 72-
U. S'-otherwise, / will oppose it with
equal zeal. In l will endeavor to
cause TO be opened to the public. all 3d.
. nunneries, Monasteries or convents,-
and there shall be no advantages to 81
- Roman Catholic-which is not equal
| ly accorded to 60-Protestants. The 60
Bible shall be adopted for nse in all pub
lie schools, any -Priest-who shall
be detected in e6--gambling or violating
the ordinaces of ligion--shall be ex-
PEELED from 2. Any Minister holding a.
ny place under the Government, mu st
be Ca Protestant.
loth. A II civil places of plominer ce.
shall be given, as far as my influence
goes, to 57--Knights of the Columbi n
Star,--and when these are supplied, to
the 18-Tiue Faith-then to the l.
Knights of the Iron Hand. l will adj
vocate the establishment of 63--A gov
ernment-wbich shall place the power
in the hands Of the most educated and
moral, and oppose the recognition of any
3o--Negro. Indian, Mulatto, or Mixed
Blood--to citizenship. will sustain the
effort to reduce the "Peon System" to
perpetual slavery" and to divide them
to 1. Knights Of the Iron Hands,
True Faith--and 57-Knighta of the
Columbian Star--in proportion to l., 2
g, to have and hold forever. But the
same laws shall he enacted for their pro.
lection as are recognized in every other
58-Slave State.
1'th. Until the whole political, civil,
financial. and religious reconstruction ol
?, has been completed, will recognize a
90 Limited Monarchy - as the best
form of 63-Government
12th. To prevent the entrance of any
68-Abolitionist--into 2, I will sustain
a passport system, and any, and every
73--stranger or traveler--shall go be
fore the custom officer at the port of bis
entry, and there take an oath, stating
, whether he intends to become citizen
and if so that he will sustain and sup
port the Government. then in existence
and that he will not interfere with tn,
system of s9--perpetual slaT ery--thel
, recognized, out that lie will obey th,
laws then recognized. If he be only
:, traveller, he shall give up his passport t'
, the Chief of Police on his entrance int,
: each town, and which shall be returned
to him on demand of the same officer
when about TO leave for another ploce
And any 73 WHO shall be arrested ant
expe He'd from the county, and upol
resistance he shall be shot, but ever,
! traveller SO entering 2, must be inform
ed Of this rule.
18th. The successor Of 56--Georg,
Bickley-must be over thirty years o
age, of Southern birth, literally educa
ted, 81 sound of body and mind, oar
ried and a Protestant. He shall swea
to carry out this policy, and to exteno
! I--slayery-over the whole of o.
: Central America-if in his power. HI
shall try 10 acquire s3--Cuba--and con
j troll 94-the Gulf of Mexico. No on,
, else will I sustain. But for such one
: who must be proposed by the 95-Cabi
net or Miuisters-and elected by all 81
: or majority Of them, I will sustain
, here, there, or elsewhere. When til,
3 SO cross the 5 "Rio Grande," will d.
$ all can to send in Sc, recruits for Il
army" and if should ever cease to b,
g an active worker for the 81, will keel
, secret what know of the real characte
: ter Of the organization. and l promis
never to confer this Degree in any othe
l way than in the way l have here re
i ceived it, and will forward to Sc, "Geo
e Bckley," or to the Governor General O
n this State. the name and fee of every can
Y didats whom l shall initiate as Govern
If or. In witness ! do voluntarily and il
o these presence, sign my name and P. O
o Address.
y Governor asks will you sign?
P Secretary.--Psrhaps you had bette
hear the whole degree and then sign
e for unless we have ycur entire approbs
q ton. we do not wish to commit you