The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-08-09
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The Order Of the Knights of the
sst4e4 Golden Circle. : 4-s1 asil.
IMPORTANT REVELATION.

La
d1 We are not prepared to state how long
( the Order Of the Knights Of the Colder sCir1
4 ele has been in existance. It never assn a.
4 ed ia public estimation much importanee
antA after the spFinging up Of the great
4 question: Of Union or Disdnion in our Hand.
/ 1t is believed to have materially changed
Pits chafacterosinee then, and certainty itil1as
? played a prominent t part in The political ai-
fairs Of the nation. It is an Intensely dis
union concern, Il is members bear the same
relation to other disunionists that regular
soldiers do to the militia. The association is
upheld and applauded as pattiotic ard noble
f'by the whole disunion press every where
Every imputation made against ii is resent
| ed by the disunion press as blow at the
disunion cause. +t".* - t2'-A
The success with which the Knights of
4 the Golden Circle have kept the Secrets Of
-ffheiF order has been a matter Of wonder to
many. The Chief Of the Order has pre-
tended to publish all the written portion of
the Ritual or Rituals, but we know perfect
4 ly well that he was attempting a fraud np-
on the community. Hundreds of the me'q-
/ bers of the Order have sworn adreadfuEos S
/ that they would kill any one of their H. =
lows who should dare to reveal. and any
4 editor or printer who should be guilty of
publishing their mysteries. Probably the
| knowledge Of these oathshas kept many per-
sons silent who felt that they were under a
solemn obligation to their fellow men to
speak what they knew. For ourselves we
care not for their threats. public man
is misefably unfit for. his station if be hes
/ itates to do his duty and trust the conse4
/ quences to God aadato his fellow men. : 9
We have before Us all the secret doeu4
/ a..
Golden Circle. That they are Authentic,
4 we give our solemn assurance as an editor
and as a man. We proceed to publish such
portions as viii give a correct and full idea
of the character and purposes and plans of
/ the Order: .s.Hg g-4f y -a1a.1t-s f feaI
There are three degrees of the Order-the
First Military, the Second Financial, the
| Third Governmental s t4-A81asl -.ta'.. Z
The Ritual of the First Degree contains
| little of special importance. We viii here
| premise that the reading of the Ritual is
| entirely unintelligibe except by the aid of
/ keys, great many numerical figures being
| substituted for words. We are ir possession
of the keys and, ia what we publish of the
Ritual, We shall give it just as we find it,
putting into parentheses thu meaning ofthe
figures. The two following paragraphs are
from the obligation taken in the First De-
gree, the words of the first being spoken by
the Treasurer, and those of the second by
an officer called the Captain:
Treasurer. we must now tell
you that the first field of our operations is 4
2 (Mexico); but we hold it to be our duty
to offer cur services to any Southern State
to repel q Northern army. We hope such
a contingency may not occur. But whether
the Union is reconstructed or not, the
Southern States must foster any scheme
having for its object the AmericanizatioD
and Standardization of Q (Mexieo), so that
in either case our success will be certain.
Captai-Under the laws Of 2 (Mexico)
every en1igrant receives from the State au-
thorities grant of $40 acres of land. I'M 4
der treaty closed with 8 Manual Dobla- |
do, Governor of Guanajuato) on the 18th |
of February, 1861, we are invited to Colon
ize IN (Mexico) 70 enable the best people /
there to establish apermanent government. |
We agree to introduce a force of 16, 900 /
men, armed, equipped and provided, and to /
take the field udder the command Of 3 |
Manual Doblado, Governor of Guanajua-
to, who agrees to furnish an equal number
of men to be offcered by K. g. c. s. To I
cover the original expense of arming our |
forces, there is mortgaged to our Trustees i
the right to collect one half the revenue of |
(Guansjuato1 until we are paid the sum |
of $840,0o0. As a bonus there IS also /
ceded to us 356, 600 acres of land. The |
pay of the army is the same as the regular I
army of (Mexico) which is about
one-eighth more than that of the i
United States. To secure this there Is
mortgaged to US all the public property of i
4 (Guanajuato1 amounting in taxable value |
to $23, 600, 600. 3 Manual Doblado, Gov
ernor of Guanajuato) is now there making
arrangements for our reception. We shall /
cross over as soon as possible; after our
own national troubles are settled.
F. We presume that Mexico will feel herself /
under obligations to as for The exposition of |
the designs entertained towards her by the /
Knights of the Golden Circle and their
Mexican accompliee, the Governor Of Qua
naiuato. We will now add the following
from the Ritual of the First Degree: = p
Cdptdin.-I will now give you the signs,
grips, password, and token of the First De- /
gree of the K g. g. Tof COURSE n1ispriut /
for K. G. c. This degree has a name, 4
which 1 may now give you-it is the C
Knight of the Iron Handy. The first great /
sign of the order is thus made, 2 Hands
open, palms touching and resting on the top Il
of the head fingers pointing upward. Il
The answer to this is 8 (open hands touch 4
ing shoulder where epaulets are worn; ell
UORS ClOSo 10 bu0 AuVoo dLS OHbSiC~
ield signs and are not to be used under or
binary circumstances. The common sign Of
recognition is 9 fright fore-inger drawn
across upper lip under nose, as if rubbing1. I
The answer 10, with fore-fnger and thumb /
of left hand take hold of left earl. To i
gain admission to Working Castle, or the
room Of any K. G. O., give IL (one distinct
rap at the door). The Sentinel on duty
will then raise the wicket and demand the
countersign, which is II SOLDIERS, al
ways lettered except at Castle door,. You
will then pass the center of the room and
give the true sign of the K. 6, c.; it is 10
(left hand on heart right band raised).
This will be recognized BY bow from the
Captain, when you will at once take your
seat. The sign of assent is IA (both hands
up) of dissent, Is fone hand up1; the grip
is Is (press with thumb one inch above
second knuckle) the token II Golden
Circle eucasing block hands closed on scroll
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