Year: 1865

K. G. G. The education received during
the progress of the passage of the two firs'
divisions, enables the novitiate to comprehend
the last division, which he enters, With q
full knowledge Of its work and purposes and
with the clear understanding, that he can
neither cease his connection with the X G.
c. or to labor for the perpctuation of the
same .'.. ...


Each of the three divisions is composed Of
three Subdivisions or degrees, the third de-
gree of each being governmental, and is SO
managed that the first and second degree
members do not know who has the third, and
these latter thus constitute not only the true
governmental machinery of the division but
become the police by which every act of the
membership is known at the seat of govern
ment of the Order, to which there is pouring
in convcrging channels continuous stream of
information, which enables the Executive
Cabinet to modify their policies to the sxigen-
cy of public society. not only as it may e1is
in the United States, but in foreign countries.
The agents maintained in foreign countries are
paid regular salaries from the general fund of
the Third Division, and hold their officers at
the opinion of the President and his Cabinet.


The executive business is intrusted to Di-
vision Council, presided over by Vice Pre-
sdent, and in all matters of doubtful purport,
its decisions are referred to the Superior Coun-
Gil for confirmation aad it the matter in Of
very vital Importance. it is then referred to
the Council of the 81, composed of the first
Vice President and the ministry of the gene
raj departments of each division The Pre-
sident prcsdos only al the sit.ings Of the
General Congress, which meets annually, and
in the event Of his absence, the frst Vioc-Pre-
sident fills his place. The Congress decides
at each annual meeting when and where it
will again convene, through for cxtraord snsry
purposes it may be convened at any time rnd
place The proceedings Of these General
Congressors are conducted in the &. G G.
language, and recor led in Ognams known
only to tho member, of the Third Division


The lower divisions use oypher writing very
simple ann beautiful, but which has never
yet been exposed, and if it were maic public
could do no earthly harm. since the Third d.
vision would at once promulgate another.


The divisions are based on the grades oi
society and its subdivisions, and the greatest
pains are taken not to intrust superior. part
to an inferior subject. But to give you :
more perfect idea Of the machinery Of the Or
der, it will be necessary to examine the divls-
ions in the detail through their Subdivisions
progress. ...


THE FIRST DIVISION
is military in its general aspect but neither
of the degrees is strictly SO, since the first is
designed to sift from every mau bis real nat.
ural ideas of justice and civilization, and to
correct those abuses Of education through
which he may have been dup I'd into the sup
port Of principles and opinicns adverse to tn :
onward march Of Americauism--to remove
prciutIices and leave the mind free to form,
judgments cousonant with reason and jnyticc
In this view the first degree, Or that Of the
| H., is educational and preparatory. A
candidate is never urged to proceed beyond
this, and when he makes application to pro-
coed he is closely examined and may then be
passed to the second degree. or that of the
7. f., provided the vote in the Chamber of
Finance is unanimous If there be only one
dissenting vote the person 80 voting must
state fully his reasons. If the grounds of op-
position seem warranted, and do not arise
from personal dislike. the candidate is re-
jected and the facts in his case are reported
to the Division Council, and until these con-
ditions and objections are removed, the party
can proceed no further, but will hold his
place in the Order, receiving all the advan-
tages Of the first degree, unless he chooses to
resign and the fact is communicated to the
Division Circuit. There is but little danger
of the party so being refused advancement
imposing upon the Order, for he is specially
obligated against such contingency, and
even if he were to perjure himself and expose
its secret ceremonial, it could only cmbarrass
the Order for few days until the ceremonial
of the degree could be substituted by another;
but strange to say, only one instance of this
kind has as yet occurred, and it was remedied
Immediately. So far as any one can expose
the principles of any degree of the Order is
concerned, no earthly objection exists The
second degree of the first division is mainly
financial, and furnishes all the moneys needed
By the division. There arc two sources of
revenue, one from initiation fees, and the
other from voluntary donations, both of which
are placed at interest and the revenue from
the investment is over sufficient for all the
current expenses of the division for extraor-
dinury purposes. as was the case in purchas-
ing vessels for the American Colonization and
Steamship Company Of Yucatan, bonds are
issued, and interest paid on them until the
b md natures, and the dcbt is liquidatol.


The third degree of the first division of the
X. G. c., or that of the G. s., is the gov
erning department Of the division, and exer-