The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-19
[JUNE...'1 1889.

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[From the Ohio State Journal, sth.l
1t has long been known that gang of ICON
fsdera.es,n called knights Of the Golden Cir
cle," ha, been infesting the whole country
That they are working secretly in Ohio sgains
the war and the Government has also been
known. We have been in possession of theiI
oaths their grip, their password, and cipher fol
secret correspondence for more than month
past But knowing that the officers of the
Government were upon their track, we refrained
by request, from any publication OF the docu
ments that had come into our possession from a
perfectly "reliable" source. The Marshal of the
northern district has nov made ~descent" upon
them--he assaulted one Of their .'castles" in
Marion yesterday, and bore off q 'Commander"
as a prisoner, to the Cleveland jail Their re-
cords we're also seized The excitement in Ma
rion is intense. Public indignation is aroused.
But remember, fellow citizens, that the Same
vicious and reasonable organization is every
where amongst us. The man Court who was
arrested, stated that there are nine hundred of
them in Columbus! Arouse, friends, and crush
Below are found the sworn statements upon
which the Marshal made the arrest.
1, Samuel Cheney, of Marion county, Ohio, Of
lawful age, being first duly sworn, depose and
say that on the evening of October I'D, 1851, /
was at Carter's school house, in Green Camp
township, in said county, and with others pre-.
sent being dcsirous of fcrreting out and expo
sing secret association known and dstin.
guished to the unnitia;cd as "Knights of the
Golden Circle" called on Peter Hopkins, who
was present, out of said school house. and after
some preliminary talk it was arranged that
should be initiated in regular form. said Hop
kins informing me that he was regular mep-
Der; whereupon we proceeded to wagon some
little distance from the school house, and in
said wagon was duly initiated as member of
said association, by said Peter Hopkins, he ad.
ministering the oaths and giving the passwords,
signs, grips, &c, in good faith. The oath was
taken in this wise, said Hopkins first repeating
part of the same at a time, and myself repeat
ing the same after him. After said initiation
said Hopkins informed me of the names of >
number of said association residing in the
neighborhood, which names l for the present
withhold. The oaths, signs, grips, pass words,
&C., are, to the best Of my knowledge, embodied
below, and are as nearly correct as can recall
them from memory. I am herfectly positive
that the parts in italics relative to wading in
blood up to my knees to serve Jefferson Davis,
as contained in the oath below, was in the oath,
and my memory is particular and distinct on
this part of the subject, also as to the signs,
grips, passwords &c. The oath rs given is true
in substance, If not In form, as have to depend
entirely on my memory for the same.
FIRST OATH.
II do trust and solemnly promise and swear
fhaf nil NOT al ma ri fhor 10
indirectly, Of what am about to receive, ex-
cept it he to some true and faithful brother of
this order, and not to him or them until, after
strict examination, | shall have found him or
them as justly entitled to the same, a. myself
am about to be under the ha less penalty OF hav-
ing nay body severed into four parts-the frat
part cast cut at the north gate, the second part
at the south, the third part at the east, and the
fourth part at the west gate / Furthermore
promise that will always hai! and answer all
signs and signals that are given to NE by a
brother of this order, II in my power to do So;
and furthermore promise and swear that
will protect and defend all Constitutional Dem.
ocrats, their lives, property and personal liberty,
from mob violence, during this Southern insur-
rection, so long as they obey the laws of the U.
s. A., let it come from whatever source it may.
This obligation TO he binding on me as long as
'"'' '"' '''"'' '"'s
skcoNp OATH
sence Of Almighty God and the members of the
Golden Circle that uW not rest or sleep ,a,til
Abga'iam Lincoln, non President, shall be remored
1,4 1 Z, u'e frss'ae't'a endp' ana 4 nH 'eoas ~
blood mp to my Knees, as soo', as Je6erson Davis
secs proper 20 "'dfeh mn WS army 10 td8e M' city
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w ~, s.'e sa'.e,
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.s"u 'a' apote s's'sh'eh'' anu say .nas we were
preset. anu nearn .,e oa'hs aum'n'slereu' as
staten II. tue ABOVE aihaa'.. anu tnat tie state
'neh's 'here'' are true. n M GicAkksos.
d. w. HOOD.
pASiEL SNYDER.
y. MARTIN
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