The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-08-01
Important Revelations.
The Order Of Knights Of the Golden Circle
Their mission to destroy the Repubiic-A Lin.
ited MonaTchy part of their Plan

Important Revelations.
The Order Of Knights Of the Golden Circle
| Their mission to destroy the Repubiic-A Lin.
ated Monarchy part Of their Plan.
The Louisville Journal has done no more i'm.
portant service in its great battle against trea.
son than in the full exposure which it now
spreads before the world of the plan and organ
ization OF the K. G. c. This Intensely South
ern order has for several years been accumula
ting power in the South, ostensibly for a raid
upon Mexico, but really, as it now appears, in
anticipation of civil war to break up the I'm
ion. People in the North, and too MANY. per-
haps, in the South, have looked upon the noisy
tulminations of George Buckley, chief of thesor-
der, as SO much Southern 'swash," and thew
have laughed at it and let it go. Indeed, the
order never assumed in public estimation much
Importance until the last few months. Since
then 1t has materially changed it's character, and
us WIDE spread and secret machinery is now
one OF the most active and dangerous agents to
further the designs of the confederacy. It's
members bear the same relation TO other disun.
lonlsts that regular soldiers do to the militia
They are the vigilance committees the power
behindathe throne chat controls individual and
public opinions in the South. 1t appears from
the Journals statement that there are three de-
grees IN the order, the military, the second f.
nancial and the third governmental The mil
tary degree is all that the great mass of its mem
oers are allowed to take and its oaths and cbli
cations are very simple, being aimed apparent
ly at Mexico, with the following hint, which is
now ineligible, viz: but we hold it to be
| our duty to offer our services to any Southern
state to repel Northern army. We hope such
contingency may not occur"
RAISING by the financial degree the objects of
which are explained by the designation it bears,
we come to the third, or Governmental, which
Is the inner temple and main spring of the or
ganlzation. The very existence of this degree
was 10 Dc a secret to all but those who had ia
Ken its Obligations. None but Shareholders. or
men OF the most intense pro slavery sentiments
were eligible for membership. They were sworn
TO ind out every abolitionist, whether man, wo-
man or chId in the county, and report them
Tor expulsion from the State also all Northern
school teachers and all strangers and travellers
They were to create public sentiment for the
expulsion OF free negroes, and to oppose the in
termarriage of free blacks and slaves. In case
any Southern State should be invaded. they
were to muster the largest force possible, and
go 10 the scene OF danger. These points were in
troduced into the ritual mixed up with great
deal about Mexico, Catholics, the peon system
OF Sia"ery ETC., all of which was a mere blind
to cover the Southern Slave Confederacy, with
a limited Monarchy The Knights of the third
degree required that all the members of their de-
gree should have office first; next after them,
the knights of the second aid if any offices re-
malned, the knights of the first or lower de-
gree were to be served. The 1poils of Next
co. which may mean the enslavement of free
blacks and the confscation of loyal estates in
the South, were to be divided in the same way
and ratio. The eleventh obligation prescribed
a limited Monarchy as J." the best form of Gov
ernment for the purpose in view" At the end
OF the initiation, the new members were in
structed as follows, and these final instructions
contained the nub of the whole matter
am well aware that this whole scheme is
a bold and daring one, that can but surprise
you at first, as it did me, and for this reason
beg to state few facts for your consideration
In the rise and progress of Democracy in Amer
lea, we have seen its highest attainment. n the
very outset 1t v as based on high religious prin-
ciples, and adopted as refuge from despotism.
In the North, Puritanism moulded it, aud went
so far as TO leave out the natural conservative
clement OF Ill emocracieS-Domestic Slavery.
As a result, We have presented now social, re-
hgious and political anarchy. From Millerism
aud SpiritualiSm, every Utopian idea has nu-
merous advocates. The manufacturer is an aris-
tocrat, while the working man is a serf The
latter class, constantly goaded by poverty, seek
change; they care not what it may be. De-
mocracy. unrestrained by Domestic Slavery,
multiplies the manufacturing classes Indefinite
ly, but it debases the mechanic. Who ever
knew practical shoemaker or a maker Of pin
heads to have mans ambition? They own
neither land or property. and have no title TO
the institutions of the country. The Irshman
emigrates and the Frenchman remains at home. |
The one hates his Countrywide other adores
his. The Frenchman is stakeholder and
man; the lrishman is a serf and an outcast. The
South is naturally agricultural. and the farmer
hniup MI in no of
ing crops, seeing the open operations of nature,
his mind expands; he grows proud and ambi
tious of all around him, and feels himselfa man.
He wants no change either in civil, political or
religious affairs. He cuitivates the soil and it
yields him means to purchase labor. He be-
comes attached to home and its associations. and |
remains forever restrained Democrat, restrain
ed by moral and civil law by any and all overt
acts He needs and makes a centralized gov
eminent, because his property is all at stake
when anarchy prevails
None but white land-holders should
be allowed TO exercise the citizens franchise
These are tho men who pay the taxes and
guard the country Again, efficient officers re-
quire experience, hence places should be held
as long a. the holder can discharge faithfully
and efficiently his function.
You will therefore see that we labor
not only for the extension of domestic slavery,
but that we seek to make government strong
enough protecta and perpetuate it. The means
for erecting limited Monarchy are at hand
They only require to be used well. We require
thousands in ALL Now help us
make a government, and go you and send your
son and let him take his place. The work is
large and there are plenty of us to do it. OF
course the whole scheme must be managed |
well. As soon as everything is reduced to or
der, then we may canvass the question of a Re- :