Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet., 1865-08-10
ssK. 6. q.

a 3'7OnDTct0UtcTIo lfoih niS piSscH0
headquarters in Fort Warren, sus-
pending the operations of the SIR
Gle" until 1870, when a-eongress Of
the order win be held at Washing
ton with open doors, and the corner
stone Of the "Saxon University"
will be laid. He releases all MEM
bers Of the military department from
the obligation Of secrecy pertaining
TO the order and from allegiance to
the same, and makes a lengthy vim
dication of the order, giving its rise,
progress and destiny. He denies
that the order partook Of partisan
character, and afirms that every
member thereof was sworn to obey
the laws of the United States, and
to do no act inconsistent with the
honor and dignity of tho Govern
ment and which was not permitted
by the statute laws, by treaties, by
morality and by the common pelity
and comfy Of nations. The policy
and aim Of the order were to extend
the area Of Saxon civilization upon
the North American continent, by
means strictly legitimate and just
the principle of immigration forming
the base of its movements.
Against the charges made from
time to time, ascribing n partisan or
sectarian character to the order, Mr..
Buckley puts in the following de-
murrer: N 'ae
"By examining. the files of the
partisan press for ten years past, we
Shall see that the order has been de-
nounced in one place as an Abolition
concern in another as Free Soil
Democratic Order in still another a
Breckenridge secession scheme; and
in still other places it was claimed
to be "Know-Nothingism " in a new
form. | have met and answered
these charges wherever | have heard
them, aud well remember that at
Knoxville, in the summer Of 1860, |
met and publicly confronted the
electors of three parties, each Of
whom charged the Golden Circle
with being the pet scheme Of one Of
the others. The present loyal Gov
ernor Of Tennessee listened to that
speech, and ! am confident that he
would, if necessary, testify to the
truth Of this declaration. However,
as it could not be all these things,
unless, chamelion-like, or like too
many American politicians, it could
change its characteristics to suit
every emergency, / leave time and
history to vindicate the political par
ties as well as the order. AS it was
none of these things, consider it
my duty TO state what it was in as
few words as possible. 1 lay it
down as a demonstrable fact that the
whole scheme of the Golden Circle
was, and still is, lawful and just
American enterprise, looking only to
the interest of one common country,
under the guiding genius of Chris
tian civilization that it was not
sectional; was not partisan, was not
sectarian, was not reasonable and
was and is still consistent with all
the teachings of our republican and
Christian theories, obedient to pub
lie and municipal law, and never yet
was the promoter Of an act incon-
sistent with morality, justice, hu-
manity or national glory
From the closing passages in Mr..
Bickley's proclamation, We extract
| what follows: =
"Another general charge must be
| noticed. L. has been said and writ
ten and published by numerous per
| sons that the Golden Circle forced
| the issue of secession--precipita
the South into revolution. For
tunately, the intelligence Of the
country is too great to listen seri-
ously to this charge. The fact is,
that from the earliest period of our
national history there has been a
considerable part Of the country to
whom slavery was an eyesore, and
in their denunciations Of system
they have come in course of years to
associate the Southern people with
everything dishonorable, mean and
vulgar. This persistent abuse of a
people has necessarily produced
counter feelings of hatred and con,
! fay,on+ apd oc aapIv as 1890 fnr+,,