Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-01

may zee OF near Nul3 AsSeuUtSo III
bivousc or any other secrets Of our order,
or the existence tf t e same; that l Will
never solicit any one for enlistment,
who m do not believe to be superior In
intellect. faithful and true, aud d, v tied to
the CAUSE for which we sre enlisted; thst
l will always implicitly obey the orders OF
this council and the Cffi3ers thereof,
which do not corfiicf with my day to
God and my family, and the letter and
spirit OF our declaration OF Dur
poses; thst l Will never knowingly II Ire
or defraud a comrade; that l will always
in conversation with a comrsde speak
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
out the truth; that will ever be ready
to recoeuiz the signs { I this order; thst
shonid tor any csuse cease TO be COM
rsde OF this Greer Will keep this oath as
sscreGly out Of the order as in II, to this
pledge my life, my liberty and my So
cred honor; ana should I wil!ully break
this oath l surrender my body 10 the idst
vengeance OF my comrades and invoke
upon Myself the curses OF the Supre me
Raler Of the universe and the universal
detesta!ion Of mankind.
Ac1mrade's first lesson should De in
ODE tlence-promp., unhesi.atipg, IN VIC
vering, implicit. obedience. Napoleon
Bocapsrte, the greatest military geniue
the world ever saw, lost the dominion Of
the world because one Of his generals de-
lsyed half sn hour 10 eX ecu:ing q com
msnd. Because Of moment Of disobe-
dierce, Moses failed to enter the prom
ised land.
Our cause, comrsde, must not be i'm
periled by 3 moments disobedience on
the part OF any one, 1t is too sacred, too
grand, too important to the humun rEce
l. Is the cause OF universal shumanity
The blood OF thousands Of muir
dered patriots from Tioerius and
Caius Gracious to the last soldier
who died in the cause OF liberty
called upon you to obey Ike soldiers,
while you feel like free men. Again, the
cause In which you are enlisted calls for
he'united Efforts of all. Our enemies,
the foes of equality, liberty and frstern! y,
are TITLED behind almost impregnsble
Oresstworks. Organized capital On tue
one hand threatens equally with desper-
ale poverty on the other. Organized
capital controls the arteries CT our CON-
merce and cuts on our liie's blood at fts
own pleasure, and tho sun OF liberty
shines dimlv upon g nation Of psle
Wretches VINO SILVER In the wintry blasts
Of poverty. 1t pours lis ssresms OF
golden damnstion into the councils Il
state, and the few unbought representa-
lives Of the people wiring their hands in
despair at their own impotence. It
scatters It's unholy gsiLs at the ballot
box, ard the verv fountain OF liberty is
Tod "a
is the united fi0rts Cf al who Iowa cur
C Juntry. "Uaion is strength" Uaity Of
action WAS 30 perfect in the celebrated
Macedonian PhalnDx that 1t marched ss
one body, charged SIS one body, fought as
one body, and tie ranks were not broken
Tor generations. Let our union typity
,ucl 5 phslspx: let foot keep step with
loot IN our march upon the enemies Of
humanity; let hard strike with hand IN
he battle OF human rights and heart
beat responsive to heart in cur united
devotion to our sscred cause, snd the
enemies of humanity must inevitably
i!sappear.
WHY WE WORK IN SECRET.
We work in secret as matter OF
necessity. Til, enemy for many long
,eSrs hss worked in secret, and fsttered |
~ ou our substance until he Is 80 strong, |
lie resd cnly know cur position to bes.
IS on the earth. Many examples OF
warning are given Us. In the secret
obbyipgs of Congress the great m one.sry
,2wsr las Hrenched from the government
Iud conferred upon corporations and in
IiVIdusls; In the secret caucus. the sub
stance OF the people was given to raj
Dads aad other corp orations, creating IN
iristocrscy tha. may we'll alarm the
world; ia the secret councils Of tie
obby, the English landlord system,
which has blighted Ireland, and made
t rsproach to the world, has
been saddled upon the fair land Of Amer
cs The day Of liberty is growing DARK,
the eyes of the world are upon
ls they claim we sre on probation TO
sill; that the fond hopes OF our patriotic
athers are vain; that these liberal iasti-
utions of ours shall perish, shall crum
de to dust. l ask you, then, do we not
1--WE the NEST sacred duty thst ever fell
10 the lot o: man to perform, to preserve
hese Institutions. May the spirits OF
he noble oesd hover around cardinal
enets snd form sn impenetrable shield,
lever to De pierced by the enemy's darts,
THE GAzzTTK wss further st,mu Isted
n its WORK By accidentally sumbling
"a lead to the facts and BY the denial
Il thu Evening Call OF this City that such
n order had existence In this county.
The Calls denial WAS cou:hed In these
mphatic words:
'FDrthrr, it (ths ColD 'rW state that
here is ne such society in this county,"
Thus inspired and challenged, SdRa
IAzETrK redoubled its EFFORTS to l4lo0 +
be facts; and the result is: M
The demonstration Of the fact th2S{He
rider has an existence In both stste4hd
cunty. A
L. must not be forgotten thAEthe vi.
sttes are secret order, whoHE 6embe ra$
re cath bound never to reveaShe exis}f
nee OF the order to .any'aND,an behs5
kept s comrade, and THE GAZETTE WAS
onironted by more than the usual OBJ
tscles in developing an ordinary piece
/ news. Such being the case, it WAS not
MY possible, cut probable; nay, 1t would
ave been marvellous II 1t had not been 8
ertainty that TEE GAZETTE would be