Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02

lle cause or human liberty, ana Dy the
rev rance we my father snd mother, 1
solemnly swear, without evasion o.
mental reservation, never to reveal 10
any human being, except comrade or
oy order c? this council, anything that l
may see CT hear while assembled in
bivouac or any other secrets of our order,
or the existence Ct the came; that / will
never solicit any one ior enlistment,
whom do not believe to be superior in
Intellect, faithful and true, and devoted to
the CAUSE for which We are enlisted; that
l will always implicitly obey the orders OF
this council snd the oticers thereof,
which Go not conflict with ny duty to
God and my family. end the letter and
spirit CT our declaration OF pur-
poses; that will never knowingly iniure
or detreud 8 comTnde: that I will slwsYs
in conversation with conrade speak
the truth, the whole truth and nothing
but the truth; that will ever be ready
to recognize the signs CT this order; thst
should ! for any csuse cease to be COM
rade Of this oFoer 3ill keep this osth as
sscredly on. Of the order as in il, to this
pledge my life, ny liberty and my sz-
cred honor; snd should Wiltully break
this oath surrender my body to the Just
upon myself the curses OF the Supreme
Raler OF the universe and the universal
deiesta!ion CT mankind.
a comrades first lesson should be in
betlence-prompt, unhesi:ating, unwa-
vering, implicit obedience. Napoleon
Bonapsrte, the greatest military genius
the world ever saw, lost the dominion CT
the world because one of his generals de-
lsyed half an hour in executing c COM
mand. Because Of 3 moment OF disobs-
dience, Moses failed to enter the prom
ised land.
Our cause, comrsde, must not be i'm
perIled by = moments disobedience on
| the part oil any one, 1t Is too sacred, too
grand, too important to the humun race.
Il Is the cause OF universal Ehumanity.
| The blood OF thousands of muir
dered patriots from Tiberius aud
| CAius Gracious to the last soldier
who died In the csuse OF liberty
called upon you to obey Ike soldiers,
while you feel like free men. Again, the
cause In which yon are enlisted calls for
the united efforts Of ell. Our enemieF,
the foes Of equality, liberty and frsterni y,
are rtiled behind almost impregnsble
breastworks. Organized capital on the
one hand threatens equally with desper
ate poverty on the other. Organized
capital controls the arteries Of our COM
merce and cuts of our lies blood at its
o@a pleasure, and the sun Of liberty
shines dlmlg upon nation Of pale
wTe,ches who SILVER in the wintry blasts
Of poverty. 1t pours its streams OF
golden damnstion into the councils Il
state, and the few unbought representa-.
tives OF the people wiring their hands in
despair g. their own impotence. II
scatters It's unholy gains at the ballot
box, ana the very fountaiR, OF liberty ia
corrupted. Our last, our. only remedy,
is the united efforts OF all who love our
country. "Union is strength" Unity Of
action was 30 perfect in the celebrated
Macedonian Pnalahx thai it marched as
one body, charged as one body, fought IS
one body, and the ranks were not broken
| for generations. Let our union typity
sucn pnalanx: lie. foot keep step with
loot in our march upon the enemies CT
| humanity; let hand strike with hand 10
he bGttis Of human rights and heart
beat responsive to heart Ia our ulitt
devotion TO our sscred cause, and The
enemies CT humanity must Inevitably
disappear ~
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