The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1893-08-25

WHITE CAPS SECRETS OUT

During the trial of white caps in
Lawrence county, the District Attor-
ney secured their oath of allegiance
and declaration of principles, which
shows a cunning and iugeniously
drawn instrument, and embodies in
it the principles of the most deprav-
ed natures inspired by the devil. Its
hellish designs have been wrought in
many counties in this State, but our
courts have succeeded in about stamp
ing it out, and now that the secret
has been exposed, we think there will
be very little of its operations felt in
the future. The penalty is death for
breaking the following oath:
"Do you solemly swear, with up.
lifted hands, in the presence Of God
and these witnesses, to maintain, up.
hold and defend the secrets, pass
words, signs, grips, and workings OF
this order by words, deeds and other.
wise, and at any and all times to dc
the bidding of the commanding Off.
GERS. You will heed the council OF
the wise, the president and other of.
ticers you will never desert or harm
a brother, or shirk a duty !; that you
will at any and all times report al
information to the captain or Other
officers. So help me God"
Then comes the declaration of prin
ciples:
'Rules and Regulations adopted b,
the Central Club March 20, 1893. First
organization Dec. II, 1891. In
yoking upon our blessings of Almigh.
ty God, put forth in the name and be
half of the people of Mississippi, thu
following preamble and declaration
of principles:
THE conditions which surround Il:
fJustify cur cooperation. We meet il
a state brought to the verge Of ruir
by European and Wall Street gol(
bugs, backed by "a corruttcd class who
dominate the ballot box, the Legisla
ture and Congress, and even touch tn,
ermines Of the bench. This demon.
allies the white farmers and laborers
most of the States have been compel.
ed to isolate the voting places to pre-.
vent universal intimidation and bri.
berry our homes are covered with
mortgages, and our lands are fast
concentrating in the hands of syndi.
Gates, wall Street and European gold
bugs pauperized Jews are imported
here who use every damnable idea
conceivable to obtain possession OF
our lands: the farmers are denied the
right of organization for self protec-
ZION. Consequently the earnings Of
millions are boldly stolen to build VI
Colossal fortunes for a few-which il
unprecedented in the history of man.
klnd-and the pOsseSsors Of these for
tunes in turn despise the Republic
and e%ndanger liberty. From the same
prolific sources Of wrongs, of govern
mental injustice, come the two great
classes. tramps and millionaires. Anl
farmers, you will be the tramps ant
some IN else will be the millionaire
unless you join hands and unite Il
defend them. The accursed Jews
and Others own two-thirds of oul
land they control and half feed the
negro lab0rers, who partly subsist b,
theft from the white farmers, there
by controlling prices of Southern pro
duce. We, therefore, pray the white
farmers to combine forces and again
control the negro labor, which Is BY
right ours, that we may tend the sol,
with white supremacy, and under nc
circumstances will the negro be al,
lowed to cultivate a Jews or sypdi.
cate land, unless ouch lands are
bought and will shortly be paid for.
Our first object is to control negro
labor by mild means if possible, by
coercion II necessary.
Second, to control Jew and Gentle
land spectators, and If necessary
force them to abandon our country
and confiscate their land for the ben
edt of the white farmers. To accom-,
plish this, we pledge Il lives, 0ul
liberty, and our property. Nothing
short OF death will prevent us from
accomplishing these, our desired ends