The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-02-18

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We call all that amt in the order
barbarians. (Laughter.) Why, sir,
though we may think we are the most
wise nation on the face of the globe,
look at ancient Rome, with her art of
embalming and her architecture. We
have lost all that. Where Is that his
tory that will tell you about these peo-
pie that Ehrowed up 1.-THE mounds.
Show me the history that will tell you
anything about these mounds at
Moundsville. But You become MEM
bers OF this Celestial Order and you viii
ind out how these things come. ZAP
plause.)
Gentlemen, am Iaboring under a
very severe cold; otherwise I would
have been glad 10 give you g very
lengthy lecture on this Order. But /
cannot do it, Ny health won't permit.
l will just say TO you, stop here at the
Mcclure House. Any of you who can
come well recommended, you shall be-
come members of this fraternity
Nothing gives me more pleasure, moth
ing affords me more happiness than 10
see men of character, OF standing, of
integrity, of principle, becoming mem
bers of that Order. Whenever they be-
come members, we give them our
6coksi we give them the history of the
fraternity. We let them read it at their
pleasure. We give them our pass
words and our signs-which cannot
tell you tonight under the pain and
penalty of communication. I could
not give you the pass word or sign, nor
one of our secrets And the beauties of
this Order is, no man who becomes a
member has ever divulged the secret.
Aud they never will. (ApplauSe. }
There is a great deal of speculation, and
a great many men processes to tell our
secrets, but they don't know anything
about it. They never can know il.
Why, sir, the advantage of this Order,
when you get travelling card, (laugh-
ler,) you can travel all over the United
States You get out of money, the
brothers will furnish II. And when you
meet brother, you know him, laugh
ter and applauss.) and you Will narur-
ally love him. (Laughter.)
United we stand; divided we fall"
Then the object of this Order is to win
men ~together-to make them more
united-helpmates for each other-to
travelling card you can cry out in the
Language of the China poet:
o, where flows those pleasures
1lat once my mind did charm,
I've sweetest meditation,
In The order OF the EClampis Wits:
Sow when they get the travelling card,
The brother says, ''SoIE I'm bound 70 travel
This country far aud wide,
With honesty my policy
And Providence be my guide.
When my travels end
hope 10 win the prize
Ana dwell with my beloved brothers
Beyond the stormy skies.
Then you look lack upon the world.
We call these men outside of the pales
of the Order, barbarians. They are still
in the gall of bitterness and the bonds
of iniquity. But you forgive them, for
they havn't found the marvellous light
OF the Celestial Order. The scales OF
transgression haint fell from their ewes.
In The language of the same poet you
say
and now unto my enemy
Wal this freely send,
Win good VIII write It,
With I1y hand Il pen
AL 70 me that yOu have done
! freely forgive you,
But loE soar barbarian deeds you will answer
When you your racs have run.
Applause ]
Gentlemen, I expected to haV large
crowd tonight 10 lecture 70. wanted to
give all the Information possibly
could of this subject. I wanted to
throw all the light Out that laid in NV
power. / expected to give a more
lengthy lecture, but my health is such
l cannot. You must really excuse me.
1 thank you for your attention.
Mr.. Bee retired, and The curtain fell
amid great and continued applause