The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-08-30
"sENT1NELs OF FREEDOM"
A Thoroughbred American Politi-
cal Organization.
FOR HAYES AND WHEELER.

WILL THE RADICAL CANDIDATES Rise AND
EXPLAIN THE sUBJoINED STATEMENT.
The Burlington Gazette under the head
of "Hsyes and KnowrothingmaE," says
some people profess to disbelievo the fact
there's Know Knothing movement in the
country pledged to elect Hayes and
Wheeler, They say 1t is all nonsense, and
that while Hayes may be q probibitlOnist
and even favored the crusade, he Is not sup
porfed by any secret movement. The Re-
nublicaps dislike tn admit the fact OF the
existence OF Know Nothing LODGES and are
dreadfully opposed to mixing up his nsme
withthem. The following afnusvis may
serve to convince our liberIl minded Ger
msr citizens and foreigners generally that
there is Know Nothing movement IN
progress and that
1T MEANS MISCHIEF.
-Sr. LOUIS, July 5. Is76.-Perso nslly APP
peared before me, notary public in and
for the city and county of 81. Louis. in'the
state of Missouri, James f. Jsggers, who
edeposes and swears that he is a member
of the order OF the "Grsnd Sentinels of
Freedom" and belongs to the American
Defender lodge, whose place of meeting
is on Market street in said city; and he
further swears, that to the best of his
knowledge and belief, there are seven
lodges OF said order IN the city, and that
they number about four TO five Thousand
members In said lodges. He further
swears that it Ia claimed by said order
that they number In the Unked States
over a million members belonging to said
order, and said deponent ANNIVERSARIES that
said order is political in its character, and is
opposed to Foreigners and Catholics; and
he further swesrs that all the extracts OF
oaths and ceremonies given in the work
are q part of and belonging to the oaths
and ceremonies used in the initistory sor-
vice when applicants are made full mem
bers of said order, and that the object and
intentions of said order are truly set forth
in said extracts embraced in this work. In
witness wbereOf1 hereunto set my hand
and seal on the date above written.
JAMES F.-JAaGERs.
In witness whereof hereunto set my
ba nd and sffix my official seal this 9Th day
of July, 1875.
j. ii BUENEMANN, Jr., Notary Public.
S19 North Market street, city OF st. Louis,
county of st. Louis, state of Missouri.
THE FOLLOWING IS A CORRECT ABSTRACT
of the qualifications, osths and ceremonies
required of the ''SsntineIs of f'reedom" at
limitations. Having satisfied the "order"
that he is a true and thoroughbred Ameri-
can, the gentleman is addressed as follows:
You do most sincerely and solemn
ly swear before these living witnesses and
those skeletons of seven of0ur order, who
once belonged to II, and were Initiated
and embraced the same obligations you
are now doing; but they proved traitors to
our cause by exposing some OF our secrets,
and these CHASTITY skeletons and
this coffin with this hfeless body,
now lying before you, are
all to remain to tell the sad story, that
they once lived as you do. Now, should
you prove traitor to our cause, your re-
mains will be placed with those as warn
ing to all o. hers that enter within these
walls, that death will be their doom If
they prove traitors. Now, before you sign
your name to this roll book, look upon
those sad sights before you and read upon
these walls the warning to all traitors, and
then proceed further. You now know
what will be your doom If you prove a
traitor to our cause. You know some oil
the work we have to do, aud the obligs-
lions you have undertaken. Are you
willing To take this oath, and perform
every duty that
THE GRAND sEETINEL,
and all officers under him, may call upon
you to perform, even though it should cost
you your LIEF Will you keep all you have
learned, and all you may learn tonight,
an eternal secret from every human being
outside of its members, and will you sign
your name to this roll book with this pen,
dipped in your own blood. If SO, proceed
to sign. The victim signs.l Now your
work commences. You are not bound by
your oath to drive all Catholics from this
country, or compel them to submit to such
restriction as we herein sfter dictate. In
1876 we will elect president that will is
sue proclamation that ell Catholics must
send their children to the public schools
or be expelled from the country in lS77.
1t shall further be your duty to take an
other solemn oath that you will
help your brothers in this society through
out the United States, and by your votes
drive treason of every kind from this coun-
try. Now we all know that the Roman
Catholic bishops, and all under them,
teach treason, when they declare that their
first allegiance Is due TO the Catholic
church, and the pops its head when these
declarations are made whilst they are citi-
zens of the UnILed States, and have taken
the oath OF allegiance TO the constitution
of our country. You may be called upon
to help at the midnight hour to open every
Catholic prison, where poor innocent wo
men are now sDut up in dark dungeons OF
Roman Catholic institutions in this coun-
try, doomed by the Roman Catholic priest
hood never to s5e the light OF day again,
nor permitted to enjoy their freedom, un-
less we, by our votes, or in some other
way,
BURST THE BARS OF EVERY CATHOLIC
PRISON
and set them free. II we should meet with
opposition from the priests, or others, you
are to press forward against ali opposers
to give freedom to eleven thousand of these
doomed women, even though you may be
called mon to wade through blood to do
30, aud spare no Catholic that may oppose
you. And you further swear to use all |
your influence st all elections to keep any |
Roman Catholic, or friend of q Catholic, |
from holding any office In the United |
States. And it shall be your duty TO elect |