Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02
COME UP OK SHUT UP.
EVENING can of October 26

| THE GAZETTE of yesterday morning gave a
pretended III oss OF q secret polittcsl society
% led the National Nide.tes, and insinuates
mysteriousiy thatlt has eCme connection with
the Independent Candidates of tn!s comfy.
| THE GAZETTE also asks the Call AID other
! local papers If they know anything of such 8
secret poll ical .ocietj. This is the only reason
wh5 t Q Cl notices such eillY twaddle, but be-
/ ing callen on 1t will state That It kn VIZ
rothing of any such org sn!Zation, My the IN
s.Dualiol 1t sees Ia The GAZETTE. Further,
| /: Will state that there is no sach soc'etg In
this CO. nty, unlese II exists In the ranks of
the $50 cal ed) Democrats The Call row de
proof OF Its assertion or stand branded as 8
maligner and slanGer5r of It's o Tn people, The
Gail well remembers shat about two years ago
THE GAZETTE made the tame cnarEes against
the Peop es party of this county with reference
TO the Vide les (suppcsed) as 1t now makes
against the opponents. Later on and sfte r the
election Of 1855 Is publ shed q sla emenr to the
effect that the Videttes YVES z society organized
throue hout the United Stetes for the purp Sc
of RI citing Gresham President. Now, in the
heat OF the presens campaign, 1t makes the
charges and inGiauations alluded to in the first
part of this eIticle. The Call again denounces
The GszErrh's tha-gss as false and sland r
GUS, and deIes II to furnish the proof.
Now let THE GAZETTE produce its proof in
legal form at once l. shan not docge The issue
The Inde endents will Lot hesitate to meet
THE GAHETrE'S charges and demand that they
bs formulated st once. 10 that they can be an
swered. Produce your witnesses and let them
bs sworn TO publicly so that Inc pretended
swearer cannot deny his afliiavls. Then the
Independents will prove The talsehoo1 Of III ,
GAZETT SIS insiDuations so far ss tina ,ame con.
Germs them.
TaE GAzETTE would have been s3me-
thing less tnsn newspaper had it not
sought to develop this highly interesting
piece OF news for, cer!sinly, when the ST
tentton OF every rlsD is fixed On politics,
nothing could be Of more intereat than
the discovery OF secret political order,
especially when i. WIS oIg:niZ;d Ono
military plan. Therefore, as stated, IRE
GAZETTE On October %, printed the
ritual, which had bsen sent to il b7 &
regular correspondent IN sdistsnt County,
. ana 81 once began its search tor the *.
| isteLce Ct such en- order in Tsrrant coua-
tY. The,fo lowing are eXtric's from the
ritual published In TIE GAzKTTE OF the
%. CT October lsst;
DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
Tie gult which separates the CAPITALIST
from the laborer i, rapidly enlsrg!Eg;
enormons fortunes on the one hand, idlu-
ness and absolute destitu.iou On the
other; capital secretly organized agsirs!
labor on the other hsDd, labor secretly
organizing against cspitsl On the other.
These are facts CT fes'iul aud ominous
import, and justify the orgsn:zItiou OF c
ecret order to couEteroalance the evils
threatening On either hsnt, snd to restore
snd keep for the people equal rights to
lie, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness,
We therefore, in the language Of Cur
tsthers, declare
We hold these truths to be se!f.evi,
dent that all men were created equsi; that
they were endowed By their Cres. or with
certsin inalienable rights; tbs. among
these are life, liberty snd the pursuit OF
happiness; that to secure tn rights, gov,
ernments are Instituted among men, Ge-
irving their jast powers from the con-
sent Of the governed. That whenever any
form of government becomes destructive
of these ends 1t is the right Of the people
to alter otaoolish 1t and establish new
government, )syi3g It's foundation en-
uch principles and organizing its powers
in such form as to them shall sem most
likely to exact their ssfety and happness.
Prudence indeed will dictate that gov
ernments long es.sbll shed should not be
changed for light and transient causes,
and, accordingly all experience hath
shown that MANKIND are more disposed TO
suffer evils, while evils ere sufersble,
than TO right themselves by soolishing
the forms to which they sre accustomed.
But when long train OF abuses and
usurpstiob, pursuing invariably :he same
otjact, evinces design TO reduce them
under absolute desp Jtisn, IL is their
right, it IS their duty, to throw off sucn
government AID TO- provide new guards
Tor their future security. -, :;
.. Do scu endorse these principles, and
all Legitimate effort to CARY them into
efecl?
a. I DO.
FOUNDING CERBMcNY.
@ Are you willing to take 81 o5liga-
ton which assure you Will in no wise
conflict with your duty to yourself, your
family, your fellow man, your country or
your God?
A, l am.
Then repeat after NE this obligation:
Here place them in proper position.
Trepesting each his own name |, oil my
own choice, in the presence OF the Su-
preme Ruler OF the universe, and calling
to witness the spirits CT those departed
patriots, who in times PAST have toilsd in