The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-08-08
lrrcn the Chicago rrihune.l
IMP PORTANT REVELATIONS.

tFron the Chicago Trihune.l
IMPORTANT REVELATIONS.
TIE oRDER OF KSIGRTs OF rRx GOLDEN crRcls-
TaEIs MISSION to pksrRoY TaH REPUsLIC-l
LIMITED AoSAkC1Y PART W TNklRFLAN
The Louisville yvarxaf has done nc
more Important service 10 its gres, bait q
against treason, than in the full ex posure
which 1t now spreads before the world
Of the plan and urysn:z.t cn Of the X G.
Z. This intensely Soutlern order has
for several years been accumuiatins .
power iu the south, os'ensitly tor a raid
upon Mexico, but really, A. it now .p-
pears, in anticipation Of = civil war to
break up the Uuiou. People in the
North, aud too many, perhaps, ia the
South, have looked upon the noisy fui.
mina'ioos Of George Buckley. chief OF the
order. as So much "swash." and they
h've auched over it sna let it So. la
deed, the order never assumed in public
est'ms''on much Importance until within
the last few months. Since ;hcn it has
materially changed its character. and its
'ide spread and secret machinery is uow
one OF the most active dangerous SCENTS
to further the d"-i gns Of the conf.dera-
y. Its members bear the same relation
=" other d'sunioni-ts that regular soldiers
Do the militia. They are the vigilance
committees; the power behind the throne
that controls individual and even pubic
opinions IN the South. 1t appears from
the J"nr"nFs stateme nts that there are
thr e degrees 10 the order-the 6-.t.
military; the second, financial. and the
third, governmental. The military de-.
gree Is all thst the great mass Of it.
members are allowed to take, and its osths
aud obI'gatioLs are very simple, being
s'med apparently at Mexico, with the
following hint which is now intelIirihle,
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"
Passing by the financial degree, the
objects OF which sre explained by the
designation it bears. We c"ne to the
third, or GOVERNMENTAL, which il the
INNER temple and main spring of the or
e"n'za''on. The very existence Of this
degree Was to be secret to all but those
" o hsd taken it's oblig ,tions. None but
shareholders, or men of the most intense
pro>'nvery sentiments, were eligible to
membership. They were sworn to iud
out every ab .Iitiousf, whether man, W..
man or child, in the county, and report
them for expulsion from the State; also
all Northern school teachers, and all
strangers or travellers They were to
create public sentiment for the expul
sion OF free negroes, aud were to oppose
the intermarrage of free blacks and
s}b.ssf, sbnar, /? case, ary Southern State
the 1afgs. Free p'ssible- b -sia and (; 20 'r5 the
scene Of danger. These points were in-
troduced in the ritual, mixed up with u
great deal about Mexico, Catholics, III.
peon system Of slavery, ETC., all of which
was mere blind to cuv-r the ultimate
purpose Of Southern Slave Confedera-
cy. with limited Monarchy Tn.
Knights Of the third d'gree required
that all the members Of their degree
should have office first; next after them
the kneh,s o second aud if anr office>
reinsined, the knights of the FIST Co, |
iower) degree we're to be served. tn. !
"sp"ils Of Mexic',' which may mean
the enslavement Of free blacks aud the
co"6session Of loyal estates in the South.
we're to be divided iu tn" same way and
ratio. The eleventh obligation pre-crib
ed limited Monarchy as "the best form
Of Government for the rurp"sr in view
At the end Of the initiation the new
members were instructed Is follows, aud
these final instructions contain the uul
If the whole matter:
am we'll aware that this whole
scheme is a Dol, and ddaring orc, that can
but surprise y"u at FIRST, rs it did me.
and for this reason | beg to sta,e
lew facts for your consideration. l., the
rise and progress Of Democracy 10 Amer
'ca, We have seen its hi CHEST attainment
In the very outset It was bss' d on I'll IL
religious principles, aud adopted as .
refuge from despotism. Iu the North
Iuritanism moulded it, aad went so fa,
- to leave out the natural conservativ,
-lemsnt Of all Democracies-Dume>t
Slavery Al result, We have preseu,-
ed now social, religious aid political an
'rchy From MiIleri~,n aud Spiritual.
ism, every Utopian idea has numerous
advocates. The manufacturer is an aris
'"cra,. while the working man il a serf
The latter class, constantly goaded b,
p"verty. seek chsnge-they care not
hat i. may be. Democracy unres'ra n
ed by Domestic Slavery multiple. the
classes inde6nitely-but
it debases the mechanic. Who ever
knew practical shoemaker, or a maker
"f pinbead>, to have . mans ambition ?
They own neither land or property, and
have no tie to the institutions Of the
country. The Irishmsn emiprates, and
the Frenchman remains at home The
ne hates his untry-'he other adores
his. The Frenchman is slaveholder
and q man. The Irishman is u serf and
IN outcast. The South is naturally az.
ricul'ursl. and the farmer being most Of
the time in the midst Of his growing
crops, seeing the open operation Of Ia.
lure. his mind expands, he grows proud
and ambitious Of all around, and feels
himself man. lie wants no change eli
her in civil. political. or religious affairs.
lie cultivates the soil, aud it yields him
The means to purchase labor Hehecomes
attached to home and its associations,
and remains forever q restrained Demo-
by moral and civil law
BY any and I'LL overt acts. He needs and