New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-29
THE ORDER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE
GOLDEN CIRCLE.
IMPORTANT HEYELATION.
From Ia. Los''pilie Journal

euee. IL never assumed in puhli; estimation much
importance until after the springing mp OF the great
Question of Union or Dsunion III our hnd IL ~ De-
Ii we'd TO have materially changed ite character since
then and certainly il has played prominent part IN
the political affairs of the nation. IL l. an in'enrtly
Disuuion ,Oncern Us members bear TIE salne r"it-
ton other Disnniots that regular soldiers 90 10
the ili,ia The association Is upheld AMI hpiauden
a. patro,ic and notLs by tie whole Dsnnion pres
everywhere. Every impua'i made against i Is re-
scented by the Dsuion press "a blow az tie III UNION
cause.
Cirle have kept the secrets Of their order las oeen
matter of wonder 10 many. The Chief Of tie orCer
has pretended PM ih al tho written poT on o. me
Ritual or Rfuls, but we knew perfectly well tha, ne
wa. a'teml trg fraud upon the community; nnI'
dredr of members OF ne order have sworn drtedlm
odhs that ihey wOnld Nil any ore 81 their ieilo' -
who should dare 10 reveal and any EDITOR or 'nn'er
who should no guilty OF PM lis'ifg their myt'rlos
Probably the knowledge Of lbefe o'lhs mas be. many
pereons silent who felt that they were uder solemn
Obligation 10 their felow-uen to speak whal they
kew. For ourselves. care not iOf their threats.
pubIic niao II i.eraby unfit for hs station II he
hesirses TO do duty and trust the consequences 10
God and IT, lis iellow-ren
w. have before us all the secret documents Of the
Order of tne Knights Of the Golden Circle. That tfey
are Authentic, We give our soiemu assurance aS az
EDITOR ANA ~ uau. We proceed 20 pabbsn such por'
lions ~ viii give a correct and full idea u the ehAac
ter snd purp, ses and plans OF the Order. ,,..
There are three degrees 10 he Order the hfsb Mn
tarv, tue second Eiiiao cia the Ilrd Governmen'ai:
The Ritual # .ho first Gegree conaiaa MT o. lie i
Importance We will here premise thdb we red"is
o. The Rituals il entirely uuinteilglle eAc,ii ~ ie
aid If keys great many numerical hyurer eeig suo
ssifut.d Tor words. We are IN possession OF ,hg =
aud IN what we publish Of he Rituals, we sini eNo
il inst as We find it, putting in pafentheses the mean
ing of the fgurs The two following paragr fphs are
from The Obligation taken IN the hrst d"siee, DeiS
81 oxen by the ressuer and those Of the second al
officer called the Captain.
T,eaurGenuemen, we must now tell yon ~" TIE mrs,
field operations MeSico) but we bold Is to be Gof
duty services to Southern state 10 epel
Nm whether The Union 4 econ,iructed not tie Southern
States mast foster any scheme having oi I g ,br
Capiaia-U der laws Of tMeIico) every eEIsn re-
Uder treaty closed with lMannel DObado G3,ernoI Of
G the n enable he bst people be, to esS
h permanent government We agree 20 introduce ioIee i
S %s ed e Of PanSs oSdo Governor Of
juao who to i1rn. an 60 e' number men - oe %
forces there gagged 70 our Trustees me 70 eoe,
the sum Of s84O bonus also ceded to 10 Jb 20
Of hand The pay Of the army Il the same a. We
the United To this there l. = ~ all he
.i5odod jtManue D5slado Governor Of Guam uatol Is
there, making arrangements for OR reception shnl
a. ponble after our own Ns''lA are
settled
We nresume that Mexico will feel herself under OBJ
gatios 10 M for this exposition of tie designs awavs
entertained toward her by the Knights OF the Golden
Circle and their MeXican aocompce, the Governor OF
Guanaiuato. We will now add the following from
the ritual If the irst degree
win aSs s;s yoS 'ee n S5 :s'sGnG . 1na
r n g. CT This degree has name, which may now I'VE
you-it the 4" tkniIh Of the Iron hand The hr'' sei
SIGN Order IL thUs made, Hand, open palms tuchl.
The answerto this s. oYen hands tonrhins sonder heie
6ed sns and BE- us,d under ordinary circumstances
The u Of recognition l. fright ioTshnssI ora.
dtbaab Of ieN hand tste earl To gain
admission to Working Cattle OF the room tny n q. G. give
n Zone disi, 4 ap The door The sontle duty vii hen
rae tho wicket AID desud the couuien, which l. SOL
DIERs Gways lrtered except Of Castle door You St then
pas. lie centre and awe the n Of tbs n o.
e. its 70 Def hud heat rislt hand ras l5' VII se
tsEe your seat The m u a'suts II ,boil haGd' gPto d
,f@, 20 s Gone d'IG he .In Z Golden Circle a
block hands closed scro the whole 70 be the e Of do
Every member may wear the sisn Of biz degree.
And now reader you know much about the signs,
Qrips tokens &C. of the Knights Of the Golden
Circle AS they themselves do We may here remark
that the initiation for the Flint Degree Is one dol
lar for the Second five dollirs for the ttifd ten.
From the Second or Financial Degree, we need give
but little. The following is the closing part oil the
initiation:
CapfaiaThe hesdquarer. Of this Organization at %
(Monerey), where Of the stores and munitions DC
posted The Financial hcsdquNt,s ar a. - Col n j.
Scott is $, present Financial Chairman
Capa's-I shan now give yoa the gnwe1 parts q Gid.
.h dpense with the First Degree I'D rely this
Name ia True F,ih .gD2s foespger and thumb Of right
hand joined while with tho Of the HANDS open the night
IGsDs win a. % s9f; & word s Of m sad
81 ( Msry i. aid .sy ls,p oy M. and say
e1n,re Of witch starr This the % ksy %
aPhsbst use Of 50 k O. ~ 20 et0ss sn bss ~ fass
star silence rs orehnssT ard thumb Of snt hand, joined
while with of the hands the night eye touching
with middle finger on lips; danserrght-ssme with left
In a circular headed " Volunteers Wanted" aud
dated Headquarters American Legion X g. C., Clarks
ville Tenn, July %, 1861, President Buckley said
Desiring TO organize voliseur Corps Of Kentueksps here
X Ss Gs be enSsIe m ce fR e on OF
the 2,day July 1861 This force will act an Independent
lowing pays If necessary hi, force which Is already
found An companies win report at thi. place be-
fore the 2h day July nett which time shall form Camp
instructors Owing to the existing war; /. not always
possible get letters from correspondents BY mail and under
value in the hands Of an Express. Company IL IL exceedingly
desirable and si s o.
each County Oft ssie should have one OF more Cses
All second Degree iees are to be 70 nc AZ ti;
month, &c.
And now Il remains for us TO give the Ritual Of the
Third Degree, which, as being the most important, we
shall publish almost entire. We have not the Iaa or
space for commenting on ii now. Every ciizt' can
Judge of 1t for himself The Roman Catholics and the
foreign born population will how they are pro-
scrbed by this mysterious Order this central and guild
ing power of the Secession and Dsunion party. All
will see too that the Order declare for Monarchy,
Limited Monarchy az they call it, until VII their pur-
poses in regard To Mexico shall have been accom-
pliihcd and need not suggest how brief viii be the
period within which, il they get their Limited Monar
chy, they will make it an A5sOiutc Monarchy:
THIRD PoIIrIcAL DlGREE OF TnE % TX. q. Cl-SAnED
81 X nights VI the Columbian start
ISsraTcrloSs Officers Of the Couoci shall be Governor
aud Secretary Every 81 Knight Of the Columbian STAR l.
quali1ei 10 act In either capacity.
MPaBEHsHIP.
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