The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1868-06-26

pledged to the faithful performance of
this my solemn obligation. So help
me God.
CHARGE.
The oath which you have taken of
your own free will and accord, cannot
be violated without leaving the stain
of perjury on your soul. You have
declared that under God your first and
highest allegiance is to the Govern
ment OF the United States of America,
one and indivisable You have taken
solemn oath of allegiance upon the
Holy Bible, Constitution and Declare
ton of Independence lying within the
folds of the flag of the Union. These
contain the enduring records of our
rights and privileges. The symbols of
industry which greet you upon the
altar, are to remind you of the great
purposes of our Order, and to repre-
sent the foundation upon which r
institutions rest.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
''All Loyal citizens of the age of
eighteen years and upwards are eligi-
BILE for membership Of this League !;
also all aliens who have declared their
intentions to become citizens.
No member Of this League shall be a6-
solved from the obligations imposed IN its
Ritual.".
THE STATE OF MIsslssIPPI,l
KINDS COUNTY.
l, Edward T. Evans, late Secretary
pro tenn of Lynch Council, No. 33,
Loyal League, do hereby certify that
the printed pamphlet hereto attached,
containing 33 pages, with forms at
tached, is copy of the forms, ceremo-
MES, and principles under which the
Loyal Leagues in Mississippi were or
gained that the pamphlet is used as
guide in all the councils; that it was
forwarded from Washington City, by
official authority for the use aforesaid,
and that it is regarded as authentic,
being certified to by j. M. Edmunds,
President Of National Council Union
League of America, and countersigned
by Theodore F. Stokes, Recording
Secretary. Having withdrawn from
the organization, / now place this
pamphlet in the hands of Gen. John
d. Freeman, Chairman of the Demo
cratic Central Executive Committee,
to be used according to his discretion
In addition, and as a matter not
printed in said pamphlet 1 state that
the grips and pass words and signs of
the Order are az follows:
The grip is made by two members
grasping each other by the right hand,
the thumbs crossed firmly, and the
little fingers of each interlocked, and
then each grasping the other with the
left hand, just above the wrist. The
question is then asked, chow are all at
home p The response is, ''alrs well. !"
Another sign, made for recognition, is
by knocking four times with the hand,
or the foot or walking cane. When
this sign is made to Loyal Lacquer,
he responds by the same sign, and the
two approach and make the other
signs above named and confer togeth-
er. In entering Council, the outer
door is approached, and four knocks
given. The sentinel whispers through
the key hole, ''who comes there %
The reply is "Union," whispered also
through the key hole. The door is
then opened and the inside door APP
preached. Four knocks are there
given. The Herald, who is on duty
inside, asks ''who is there!' The re
ply is vigilance" when the inside
door is opened and the member NOV
ing to the center of the room, salutes
the President as follows: By raising
the left arm to his eye brow or side of
his face, the third finger placed on the
palm ofthe hand, the thumb upon that
finger, and the other three fingers of
the hand extended. The member
then takes his seat.
Another sign, for recognition, is
made thus: Place the thumb of the
left hand in the upper button hole of
the coat on the same side, with all the
fingers open and across the breast
or, by placing the thumb of the left
hand IN the waist band of the panta-
looms, with the palm of the hand
across the breast or abdomen, and
with all the fingers extended
When League man applies to an
other for work, he makes the follow
ing sign: Placing the right hand on
the brow the fore finger crooked, and
drawing the hand across the brow, as
If wiping off perspiration from the
) brow with the thumb and fore-fnger.
and then dropping the arm carelessly
down by the side. If the person thus
approached, has work to be done, he
is bound to give it to his brother