Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-03-17
K q O. IN Grant County.


From the best we can learn this order
has made but slow progress IN Grant
county. In Potosi they have The best
start A few men have gone to Dubuque
and Gaena and tai en- initiate degrees and
several to Mineral Point. The utmost
caution is enjoined; no man who has at
any time wavered on the. .freesoil question
can 90 in, without violating bis oath; no
Roman Catholic can be member, as
will be seen BY the following copied from
their oath, as revealed by member be-
fore the Grand Jury Of the Federal Court
in Indiana lately:
II do soIemnly swear that l am not
Roman Catholic and that | have never
held to or sympathized with the aDcii-
zionist"
The ritual Of instruction further says,
that, though foreigners, except Catholics,
are not refused, still they should be ac-
cepted only when well known to be true
friends to the South.
Tie formation Of lodges North of the
Ohio was declined till the year 80, rhen
private instructions were given not to in
itiate any friend of S. A. Douglass. We
suppose that his death has removed this
condition.
With SO many obstacles in the way it
is difficult to make rapid progress with the
order in Grant County, and for this
further reason that all smart minded dem
ocrats fear TO belong to an order which
excludes large share Of their companions
and steadfast voters.
We have talked with one man of our
county who belongs to the order, but who
is not satisfied, though he die not say so.
We judged from his actions, and from bis
unguarded inquiries concerning the future
action Of government TO suppress disloyal
associations.
Another came up during court last
week to perfect his naturalization papers, as
required by the law Of the K. G. C's, of
which he is a member. He first sent a
friend to inquire of the Clerk whether any
questions would be asked concerning Sc
cret orders; "what secret order" asked the
Clerk. "Why." said be, "the Golden
Circle" The Clerk said nothing Of the
kind would be inquired into; so the K. G.
G. came and took out his papers.
A move was mace to institute lodge
Of the X. g. C's, at Lancaster during
court The difficulty was want Of a
suitable room. AT first the wheel house
Of Foster & Phelps livery stable was
thought of, but found too small. Be
sides. the proprietors are not members, and
it might be venturing too much TO 90 in
without perhaps be found there at
a la'e hour and be suspected. Then Mr..
Geo. I'll. Cox was seen and asked to allow
them the use of room in his dwelling
and to become a member of the order
with five Others, including republican
apostate who had made application. Geo.
replied, "I'm union democrat, by Cd,
and opposed to your X. G. G. treason; l
opposed the Know Nothing unconstitu-
tionaI organization, and | oppose this or
der to break up TIE union. You cannot
meet at my house nor in the town with
my consent, by Cd" Mr. Cox is not
responsible for the Information above Civ
en-; it came from one who at times drinks
too freely, and IS Cox's worst enemy. In
a moment Of excess he told it to one
thought to be all right, but never was
made eater mistake. Some few of the
leading democrats are loyal, enough we
think to conduct a large slice of the party
out of the wilderness. These will not 90
into the X. g. @. Lodges, but will prove
their worst enemies. So no lodge is yet
formed at Lancaster.
At Platteyile and Beetown, we have
Information from war democrats, that
small lodges have been established which
the loyal members Of the party hope TO
squelcn By condensation. At this time
the K. G. C's are busy distributing to
loyal democrats copies of Vallandigham's
great speech, thinking to trai torize the en-
tire patty thereby. AS each member Ct
the K G. C's is sworn to not believe or
give credit to anything said by friends Of
the war and country, they hope to crush
out reason.
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