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~FORTgOVERNOrI
H. V. JOHNSON,
Or BALDWIN.
t OR CONGRESS.
Ist District-Jas L. Seward of Thomas
2nd “ M. J. Crawford, of Muscogee
3rd “ J. M. Smith,, of Upson.
4th “ H. Warner, of Meriwether.
sth “ J. H. Lumpkin, of Floyd.
6th “ Howell Cobb, of Clarke.
Sth “ A. H. Stephens, of Taliaferro.
Cotton.
Mr. J. D. Keaton has left in our office a sam
ple of remarkably line cotton, grown by B. B.
Keaton, Esq., in Baker county, and taken from
the stalk on the 23rd of this month. If the far
mers, or planters of Baker, raise cotton of as fine
quality as the sample before us, they will be suc
cessful rivals of old Burke, a county that has
long borne away the palm from its fellows, in
the produce of this great southern staple.
New Type.
f To-day we present the “Examiner” to our
readers in a new chess, its reading matter, being
set with new type, received, on yesterday, from
the Type Foundry of Conner & Sons, of New
York. This additional expense entailed upon
l he proprietor for the benefit of our readers, is
cheerfully borne, as he feels confident of its
reimbursement, in extended patronage. Every
effort shall be used to make the Daily Exami
ner, a paper worthy of the liberal support of
the citizens of Atlanta, and the country gener
erally.
Know Nothingism Unveiled.
We close to-day, the publication of the Rit
ual, Degrees, and so forth, of the falsely styled
“American Party." In doing so, we hope our
readers will devote a share of their time, in not
only perusing, but in analyzing it So mon
strous a document was never before submitted
to the public eye, and we ardently hope, never
again will be, in free and enlightened America.
God save the country from all such institutions 1
Our march onward, thus far, has been impeded
only by here an impediment, and there an hon
est difference of opinion, all amounting at lust to
nothing. But this Secret Order; this Oligar
chy ; with its secrets, and its oaths; its pass
words, and its grips; is a huge burner thrown
in the way of the progress, mid liberty of the
people. .Stand up, freemen, every where, and
fight it to the bitter end! Free your soil, Geor
gians, from its baneful influences, and like Old
Virginia, crush it, ere the tree put forth bran
claw, for poisonous fruits to be plucked there
from 1
A Calumny Refuted.
The charge that the “Pope’s Nuncio to Spain,
before the cabinet of President Pierce was,
known to the public here, declared to Mr. Bar
ringer, in Madrid, that the present Post Master
General, a Catholic, would be a member of the
cabinet,” is flatly contradicted by Mr. Barrin.
ger, himself. The Washington Union, received
on yesterday, at this office, contains the follow
ing statement.
“He, (Mr. Barringer,) is at present at Sara
toga Springs, in the State of New York and
has stated to a gentleman from this city, of un.
quastioued intelligence and integrity, that the
conversation with the Nuncio of the Pope con.
oerning the cabinet of President Pierce, which
was made the foundation of so much falsehood
and calumniation, transpired subsequent to the in
auguration of March, 1853, and to the reception
of the intelligence thereof, and of the names of
President Pierce's cabinet, in Madrid.”
“Mr. Barringer also stated that he had ad
dressed two letters to Mr. Rayner, of North
Carolina, stating the time of the conversation,
and its circumstances and purport, and asking
that gentleman to do all parties the justice to
state the facts in the case, but that Mr. R. had
suppressed both letters, tvnd hud wholly refused
to correct the falsehoods in the premises."
“Mr. Barringer also expressed his purpose to
publish his last letter upon the subject.to Rayner
in a few days, if the proper corrections and re
traction was not made by that gentleman."
Thus perishes another know-nothing cal
umny!
Drath of an Old Miser In the Indiana Peni
tentiary at JeWenonvlllet
The Louisville Journal of the 9th inst.,
says :
A man seventy-three years of age, died
on Saturday night last, in the Indiana
Penitentiary, of an affection of the heart,
having performed on the day previous to
his death, his allotted task in apparent
good health. He leaves a property valu
ed at 8100,000, and was incarcerated for
the period of two years for the crime of
forgery to the amount of 825. The old
chap was miserly in the extreme, denying
to himself the smallest luxury beyond the
E risen fare of bread and water and beefs
ead broth.
Many anecdotes are related of this old
scamp, which go to mark him as one of
the oddest of his species. At the time
of his arrest for the alleged forgery he
was tendered counsel, who pledged them
selves to clear him of the charge with a
tee of 8500. To this the old man re
plied, that “if convicted the sentence
would only be for two years, and he didn’t
think he could make his expenses and
8250 a year out of the penitentiary, and
it would cost him nothing to live there,
and he would savethat much any how.’’
man living about forty milss from I
Cairo, 111., named Evans, was bitten by a
mad dog recently; during his paroxysms
five men were unable to hold him, and, in
compliance with his earnest entreaties, a
number ot persons placed him between two
feather beds and smothered him to death.
tv A Yankee who went over to the mother
country some time ago. was asked on returning
bow hv liked Great Britain.
♦Well/ he 9«ud, * England is a very nice country
exceedingly fertile, well cultivated, very populous
and very wealthy; but.’ continued the Yankee •!
never liked io take a morning walk after break
fast, because the country is so small that I was
afraid otwalking oil* the edge.'
MEETING AT FIELDS CROSS ROADS
CHEROKEE COLiKTY—PUBLIC DIS
CUSHION.
On Thursday last, we attended the meet
ing referred to at the head of thia article*—
At the hour of ten we arrived at the stand
erected for the speakers, and were gratified
exceedingly at seeing a?wembled, in our es
timation, some thirty-five hundred or four ;
thousand, others aay five thousand, punions.— •
Quite a large proportion nf this numerous assem- i
blage were ladies of that vicinity, and Um udja- ;
cent country. The hardy yeomanry, however, of I
Cherokee, and tho counties adjoining hadassem- J
bled there in great num Inns, and collected hr they .
all were around the wtand, with anxiety impress
ed upon each face, a scene was presented to our •
view that almost “beggars description.” It was j
to us proof of the deep interest the people feel in '
the political iaaueH before them, and of their earn
est desire to be informed in regard to what per
taineth thereto. As public discussion had been
agreed upon, the Know Nothings were well i
represented large assemblage, although it ’
wax evident that our political, or anti-Know ;
Nothing friends, Whigs and Democrats, were !
largely in the ascendant. All tho preliminaries
having been arranged, we had scarcely been on
the ground ten minutes ere the speakers entered
the stand, from whence they were to address the
audience.
The Know Nothings were represented by
George Lester, Esq., of Cumming, Forsyth coun
ty, and James N. Milner Esq., of Cass county.
The Anti-Know Nothings were represented by-
Judge J. H. Lumpkin, of Rome, the candidate for
Congress in tho fifth District; by Ex-Governor
Cobb; and John W. H. L’nderw ood,Esq., also of
Rome, Floyd county.
It was agreed that Judge Lumpkin should have
the opening, in a speech of one hour. That he
should be followed by Mr. Letter in a speech of
one hour and a half; and th at Governor Cobb
should reply, in the same space of time, after
which the meeting should adjourn, for recreation
and the Barbacue.
In the afternoon discussion was to be resumed,
Mr. Milner taking the leak! in. a speech of one
hour and a half, leaving to Mr. Underwood the
closing in an hour.
That the reader may understand why it was
that there were three speakers on ane, and only
two on the other side, we will here Mate, that the
meeting originated with the Anti-K mow Nothings,
and that, in accordance with the received rule,
one practiced by all parties in Georgia, and
elsewhere, the closing speech waacllaimedbyour
friends, and cordtally yielded by our adversaries.
JUDGE LUMPKIN
then appeared before the audience, and addressed
them for an hour. He made aforcibie argument,
in supportofthe cause which he advocated. Al
luding brieily to bis position as a candidate before
them; and the circumstances that had brought
him from retirement again into the political field,
contrary to his wishes; he went on to say, that*
at an early period of his life he ha d sought the
position he was now made the candidate for, by
the confidence of his friends, and aw it wasgener.
ously conferred upon him, he could not Refuse
to do battle for them, at a period like the
present, when the constitution was in danger, and
civil and religious liberty threatened, how«wr
much he might have preferred retirement.
In a rapid sketch, he referred to the leadin g
measures of his own, and the opposite party ;
and forcibly' contrasted the Republican simplici
ty—and liberality—of the one, with theselfishness
and intolerance of the other. His speech had its
due effect upon the audience* It was a sober,
masterly effort, by which the cause he advocated
gained ground, as it will do wherever he speaks.
Free 6«n al! “rant and fustian/’ he convinced
the doubting mind, and strengthened the strong.
Towards the close of the short time allotted to
him tospeak, one “might have heard a pin drop,”
so earnestly was the attention of the audience
directed to him; and, like them, it was with regret
we heard it announced that his brief hour was
gone.
The stand was then occupied by
GEORGE LESTER, ESQ.
This gentleman addressed the audience his full
hour and thirty minutes. Ho bad scarcely open
ed, when “Go it, George f was heard in the vi
cinity of the speaker, and here and there on every
side o*’ the stand. He did *go it ” to the heart’s
content of every Anti-Know Nothings in that vast
assemblage, but whether he did so or not to his
flock, we leave them to answer. An apology for
his inability to discuss questions of public policy
with the gentlemen opposed to him; a defence
of his own consistency in politics ; a personal re
ference to a gentleman from Forsyth, who appeared
to be posted up in regard to his fidelity to the
democratic, party while a professed member there
of, and whose response confaged, not a little, the
speaker; an attack upon Judge Lumpkin’s po
litical course ; a declaration that ho was a better
and purer democrat,than'his antagonists; formed
the first part of hi* speech. Denunciation of
foreigners and Catholic, and the reading cf ex
tracts, selected and garbled, from the speeches
and writings of Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
and others, with his own version or construction,
or we might say the falsely styled “ American
Party’s” version or construction placed thereon,
was the last part of his address. We will not do
him injustice and say that he failed in his effort.
Not so. He had a bad cause to advocate, yet he
lacked neither words, nor ability, nor awnirance.
He labored hard, but failed to produce a favorable
impression for hie cause. We believe he knew:
and felt this, for, at the close of his address, he
appealed to those who had to conn- after him,
to know if he had not fairly and with due respect
to them conducted the argument. At thia, we
were somewhat surprised. Governor Cobb had
to follow Mr. Lester. Now, when it is remem
bered that the author of the Forsyth Resolutions,
(or chairman of the committee that prepared
them) is no leas a perron than Mr. Lester; and
that one ot those resolutions denounced Gover
nor Cobh as not deserving the respect or confi
dence of tho people ; wq were, we say. Governor
Cobb being then present, somewhat surprised at
his reapeetful sentiments, and courteous bearing,
and at his reminding all parties thereof. There
was tact there, and doubtless forbearance was
the consequence. The effort of Mr. Lester, how
ever, was creditable; indeal, on his side of the
question, it was decidedly the best effort we have
yet heard: but it availed hitn and his Know
Nothing friends naught In less than thirty j
minutes, not a smile could ta- seen upon the !
countenances of a solitary •• G.i it, George 1
man in the crowd. We glaneed at a few of them,
and dismay stared us to the face- But w M an- I
ticipate.
It was now
GOVERNOR COBB'S
time to speak-
At the very onset of his address, this gentleman
rivited the attention of his audience. In brief
terms, he responded to the last speaker’s appeal
for fair and respectful discussion. Referring to
Mr. Lester’s quotations, extracts, and interpreta
tions of what were alleged to ta Washington's.
Jefferson’s and Madison’s writings; and wnieh
at the olose of his address, he showed were im
properly applied to the true issue before the eoun-
- to discuss in masterly argument,
t e- ,-,.f policy of the “rAmeriean, *Ji 3 ,
• Know Nothing Party,” and to expose its m fari
' ous design of subverting and violating the Con
stitution. That a religious test he not only
lymnWwaa made by the order of Know Nothings, ;
but that that te.it was a violation of the Constilu-
1 tion, fraught with the most dangerous consequen- i
i ces, and destructive of religious liberty, we feel
‘ assured hecunvinced every unprejudiced man and
j woman, who were present to hear him. An effort
! was made in the crowd, to distract the. attention.
! and lead away from the hearing of his voice, a j
! portion of the hearer:* ; a few, we presume, whom
I the Know Nothings feared had the independence i
to bolt ranks, if convinced of error. But the i
speaker, aware of tile artifice, stopped short and
. told the leaders of this move that the people !
I should hear, and that, at any, and every hazard, !
Ihe would be heard. That he had entered into 1
' this canvass prepared for any kind of fight that
was offered by his,opponents, and while he only
challenged a fair one, he would not submit to !
foul work, and tricks, like the one then being '■
I practiced, of his foes.
' Without further molestation then the speaker ;
: pursued his argument to the end. Disposing of i
• the platforms and principles of the “American {
Party,” he proceeded to show the other ineffici- 1
ency of such a party, if successful in the contest,
to save tho South from the dangers which threat- ;
ened her. Kansas, he said, would soon apply [
for admission as a State into the Union. Afte r ‘
referring to the p st, and showing conclusively i
that it was through tho votes of the Northern '
democrats, the Kansas Nebraska Bill had passed ■
the last Congress, admitting said he. which was ;
scarcely probable, that every member of Congress ;
from the South was a Know Nothing, ami would
vote for the admission of Kansas as a State : stil-1
votes would be required from the Anti-Slavery i
States ; for ninety-one votes were all that the I
South had to give. An appeal being made to the i
North, by Southern members, in the Senate, it ■
will be Yesponded to hy eleven democratic Sena- !
tors, more than sufficient to secure her admission, j
so far as that Body is concerned. But for the ,
House, how will it be there? Side by side with '
the Southprn members will be arrayed twenty- '
one Northern democrats, good and true men, j
who will peril, ami who have already perilled, all ’
that honorable men dare peril, for the Constitu
tional rights of the South. But twenty-one, add
ed to the ninety-one votes, will not do ; some
few more votes an* demanded. Can you, he said,
addressing Messrs. Lester and Milner, from the
representatives of the “American Party” in Con
gress furnish those few; those three or four
votes 1 Reduce it to one vole,only one, and cun
you furnish that ONE VOTE? The Hour of:
the House is tilled with members of the “Ameri- i
can Party” ; tile democrats have given you aZZ ;
they have, and only one vole more will secure to
the South her Constitutional rights and save the ;
Union; you profess to be a National Party, tell j
me, said the speaker; tell these people here ns- i
sembled ; can you. are>ou able to furnish ONE
VOTE, and save your party from the deep dam
nation that awaits it in the South,tn case of your
failure todo so? The effect of this interrogatory
upon the assemblage was tremendous. No re- ’
ply was heard, neither then nor afterwards to it. I
save what appeared at the time, in drooping 1
heads and shrinking forms. But we must on, for :
it we. were to fill our columns, we could Jnot do i
justice to this great effort of Governor Cobb. ;
At its close, he called upon the speaker who was ,
to follow him, to answer the argument he had
addressed to the people : to dispute the facts he
.had presented, if his conscience would permit
him to do so; and not to dodge the issue. Ad
dressing the ladies, thanking him for their pa
tient hearing, and invoking them to teach then
children, after God, this noble, son of
Georgia, and champion of Southern Rights, clos-;
ed a speech we have never yet. on the same is- j
sues, heard anything to equal. The parts of it,
that wo have here presented, are meagre com- i
pared with the speech itself.
At the close of Governor Cobb’s address the
meeting adjourned to the
BARBACUE,
which wau< a most bountiful one, and which was
gotten up injfine style, by those parties in the
neighborhood. A repast so bounteous, and so
well prepared, the. reader may be assured, had .
ample justice done to it. We have to return
our thanks for* our share of the feast, which, we i
learn, was prepared by our old friend Richard j
Seals, of Cobb, a.ssisted by Thomas Hunter, Isaac '
and John Cox, .and William B. Haygood, of I
Cherokee
In about an from the adjournment, the ;
people again surrounded the stand, and were ad
dressed by
JAS. N. ?MILNER,ESQR.
The speech of this, gentleman was characterised
by earnestness, notarg ument; much declamation,
no substance ; an avoi dance, and a skilful one
of the truo issues; and a resort to elap trap. He <
had no use, not he, f< »r foreigners. Protestant '
Irishmen he could hug t o his bosom, for he was
the deecendant of a Protestant Irishman, but he
had no use for the Cat hoi U* Irish. I’he gentle- ;
man appeared to forget that the protestant, as well
as the Catholic Irish, were? proscribed by his j
“American Party.” N > argur/ient, or dispute of j
the facts laid down by Governc'.' Cobb, did we i
hear, but much did we hear repeated, that was
urged by Mr. Lester, in his axldres s. We regret
that we cannot say something more compliment
ary of this speech. Mr. Milner is gentlemar
of far more than ordinary ability ; in .vbad cause
his services are worth having. In ago od caust
he always acquits himself handsomely • Bu
what could he do, truth, and justice, and
against him!
The closing speech of the day was made by
JOHN W. H. UNDERWOOD ESQ.
It was now late in the afternoon. A portion
of the aduiencc, during Mr. Milner’s speech, had
retired on account of a slight rain and the threat,
ening appearance of the. weather ; but we were
destined, notwithstanding the weather had cleared
away, and the threatning appearance of the sky
had vanished, to witness a stampede of the
“Order,” who had crowded around their la t
speaker to the end of his discourse. They un
deretood, and played their game, better than we {
could have done. They were posted it appeared
to us, in regard to what followed. So utter a
demolition of the two gentlemen who ap
peared at the meeting, the champions of Know
; Nothingism, we had never before, on any
| occasion witnessed. Right and left, he pitched
i into them, and held up their glaring incousiston
j cies to the people. Neither did he forget to pay
his respects to the “Demosthenes of the Moun- j
| tains," as the champion of Know Nothingism. •
at Rome, Dr. Miller, has been termed, though
the speaker took occasion to correct the press, and
apply to that gentleman the term “Cataline" in - !
stead. He charged upon him, that, in one day.
he was seeking the Democratic Anti-Know No- i
thing nomination, as a candidate for Congress, i
for the Fifth Congressional District, and tailing !
to receive it. of being in a Know Nothing Coun-!
eilon the next; of actually eaucassing with'
democrats, to-day, and, disapjiointed in his per
sonal aspiration, of going over to the enemy to- •
morrow. His exposure and rebuke of the
'■lofty patriotism" (!) of this “Cataline of Rome."
electrified the crowd, and told terribly against i
the "Order.” -Nor did he permit the candidate
■ , . . I
for Congress, on the Know Nothing side, Col.;
Tumlin, to escape. His pretensions to represent
the fifth district in the National Council, he
; placed in the limits ot' the sirallest nutshell, and I
literally crushed them into powder. The pre- >
i tensions of the “Secret Order” as set forth in the i
Philadelphia Platform, to reform die National I
Legislature, by sending to it abler and purer men. ■
: he illustrated and exposed by referring to their!
nomination of Mr. Tumlin in one Congressional 1
1 district, and Mr. Willis Hawkins in another.
In reference to the election in the Blue Ridge '
1 Circuit, ho paid a deserving compliment to Cob j
I Joseph E. Brown, the “Mill Buy of the Moun
tains, and dem-jcrntic, Anti-Know Nothing can- I
I didate lor Judge; and in the same connection ac-1
j counted h»r the zeal ot Mr. Lester, in his advoca- j
. ey oi the “Sccrur Order,” by relating the anec-i
. dote of the “ boy and the load of hay.” with j
j which our readers, we presume, are familiar, and •
; stating that Judge Irwin, Mr. Lester’s “dad/ ‘
1 was under the load. A vindication of his party’s !
i policy, of their candidates in the field, and a
I thorough aud complete exposure of their antago
i nists, closed this able elfort of Mr. Underwood,
i e wish he could be heard in every district in
Georgia, and we take occasion hen* to sav, that
! he has been prevailed upon to visit Atlanta, ere
i long.
i We have thus placed before our readers,
j what we saw and heard of the debate, in Chero-1
• kee. un Thursday last. It took place in a most
i pojiulous section of that county, and scarcely any
1 of our Mountian counties were without a repre
j sentative there. We have omitted a great deal
I that ha I we time and space, would interest the •
j reader, and encourage our Anti-Know Nothing ,
I friends. The spontaneous burst of applause that i
broke forth, when Governor Cobb, in his speech?:
' referring to. eulogized the services to the South of j
I th-
HON. A. H. STEPHENS,
! told how deeply the people of Cherokee, men,
! women, and children, even, sympathised with
i that patriot son of Georgia. But we have written
' enough, and must come to a close. We shall
' do so after making the following statement.
; First, we are. and were, before leaving the
I ground of debate, assured that our cause had tri
umphed there, and that many had declared an
intention to abandon the Order, and, thence
forth, tu battle against it.
Second, a number of ouc political friends, ironi
various portions of the Fifth Di«trict. assembled
together during the evening, and after a careful
comparing of not s. authorized the assertion,
through the pres*, that Governor Johnson, and
JJudgc Lumpkin would defeat their antagonists
i in that district by a majority of not less than
TWO THOUSAND VOTES.
And that in the Blue Ridge Circuit, Colonel *
, Joseph E. Biown, would beat Judge Irwin, at I
! least
j SIXTEEN HUNDRED VOTES. I
Hopes arc entertained that these majorities
will be increased, by the day of the election, as
the cause gains ground every day.
I In Cherokee county, the following ticket for
| our State Senate and Legislature, has been put
i out. and will be supported with a zeal not ex
' celled any where else by the opponents of j
i Know Nothingism.
For /Ae Senate, .
M. J. CAMDEN.
For the Legislature,
LAWSON FIELDS,
LITTLEBERRY HOLCOMBE. J
A strong ticket —one which ought to. and will;
carry the county by a handsome majority.
On our return homo, we had th.- pleasure of
hearing Governor Cobb address a large meeting j
in the Court House at Marietta. And on the ;
| sain- evening, although mueh fatigued, he yield” j
I ed to the wishes of our citizens, and addressed |
I .s large a number of them, as we have seen as_
I sembled here, in his usual eloquent and impres.
I sive style. At both places. Marietta and here, he
did good service f >r the cause in which he is en
gaged.
B®.. Thomas H. Clark, who formerly
edited and published a know nothing pa- '
per atCarrolton, Miss., has written a letter
j to the editor of the Afississiqipian. publicly
i withdrawing his connection with the Order,
j the following extract from Mr. Clark’s let-
I ter indicates his reasons for joining and for
■ with drawing:
I joinedit, not only voluntarily, buteheer-
I fully, because I firmly believed, at the time
I that I was assisting to lay the foundation of
j a party that would ultimately arrest the black
tide of abolitionism, that now threatens to
sweap away every right ot the slave States.
1 believed that I was assisting to form the
nucleus of a party in the South, around the
Northern standard of which were claimed
most, if not all, the conservative and nat- ,
j ional men of the free Statesjand the special
I misson of which wasto‘-nip i’ the bud” the i
' treasonable designs of thej enemies of sla-
I very. Let the historyof the past ten months
I say whether my expectations have been
i realized. Every free State in the Union is j
I under the undisputed control of the know-
I nothings, and in the recent eleetion in the j
i North, scarcely a man has been elected !
who is not an open and avowed, opponent ‘
i of slavery.
t- BSV. >lubge Bronson has written an opin
n ion against the New-York prohibitory law.
c, He assumes first, that it takes an unwarran
,e table liberty with existing rights to prop
lt erty by denying to the owner thereof, the
n right to sell it Secondly, that the legislature
cannot make a thing a nuisance by declar
ing it-to be such. Third, thatalthough ex
cessive drinking is an evil, it does not fol
, low that the moderate use of liqor is a sin
i against either God or man. From the
t„ me of Noah down, it has been practised,
• an> i neither the Savior, nor Pall forbade
■it Fourth, it reverses rules of evidence,
I inflic/ a g r ’ evous pennalties, is direetd a
gainst. a particular class, islretractive. &<?.,
I &c., aiM.’ fifth, even though the law is valid i
;it does- ba't apply to imported liquors. He i
i closes .by .hoping that no man will distrust •
i the jud?cia\’y. but wait patiently the action j
'of the le-.\al tribunals. — Charleston Cour-\
I -
The Nk * French Silver.—The pub- i
jlic having a new method of obtaining in '
’ large quantit. ’ es , froln sh at most abundant
' of deposits, coi Rnton elay. a metal which ri
i valsf n beauty w 'th silver, and surpasses it in
i durability, not tc ’ mention other qualites.
I The discoverer— Cer so we must call him—
;is Mr. Sainte Ciaii ’eJDeviile. Aluminium,!
: which hitherto exist *fd only in very small ■
; quantities, and estee. ite'd rather as a curi-:
osity, can now be prodi ict'd in masses suffi-1
. cient and cheap enough to replace copper,
i and even iron in many ,'espt ets. and thus
, dlaee the “new stiver" 'tipen or in soni"
i points to the real article, into s. tch com
mon use as to suit the mean s of the poorest ;
’ persons.
Military Review.—On t he 10th ins t.
there was a review of Sherman ’s (formerly ,
Ringgold’s Flying Artillery at Fort Snell
ing, Minnesota, in the presence of Gen.’ 1
Shields, Governor Gorman Senatvr Sum
mer, and a number of others.
[ Fur the Daily
HON. A. 11 STEPHENS
1 1. is somewhat amusing for one who:
keeps his ey-s open to stand by, ami see i
how matters are working along the cur- i
rent of political excitement in these vol- i
umiuous times. Old parties andtheir ties I
are sundered, and with them, it seems,'
even the kindly and generous feelings, that '
once characterized us Georgians in our in- !
tereourse with each other, are about to be i
scattered on the ambient winds. Men.,)
whose names once tilled ns with no other :
feelings but those of admiration and love
—admiration for their talents and love for
their virtues are now unblushingly
abused and openly deirded by this young
er growth of upstart politicians. Men,
who have stood by the South in her dark- 1
est and gloomist hour i—men, who have]
stood at her helm to guide her when storm :
clouds were bursting above her —-men, who ;
have never deserted their post, when oth-1
ers shrank from the dangers and responsi
bilities of the hour “that tried men’s)
souls;” such men are now to be laid on i
the shelf, simply lajcause they do not ;
choose to “go it blind” with every new ;
political Zsin 4hieh may chance to spring
up around them
Now, nothing shows more dearly the
corruption and innate meanness of any
patty or sect than this very disposition to
proscribe those who do not think proper
to pitch indiscriminately and unhesi
tatingly into its ranks. Two years ago
Alexander Stephens was the idol of Geor
gia—.the nation’s favorite—the great
Southerner, who “stood head and should
ers taller’’ in Congress than any other
statesman from the land of sunshine and
flowers. Not a man in Georgia, whig or
democrat, that was not prowl of Alex.
Stephens! The whig party doted on him,
and talked frothily, and bragged and sput
tered much, to the infinite discomfiture
of us poor devils of democrats because we I
could not boast an equal to him. Now '
“none so poor to dohim reverence.” And ;
why is this ? Has Stephens turned trai-1
tor to his party or recreant to the. South ? ;
No. He stands just where he always
stood. He is yet the honest man and the
unwavering statesman He is yet the
unflinching friend to the soil that gave
him birth, and the undaunted foe to her
enemies But his party, many of them,
have gone away from him, and they abuse
him because he does not see proper to fol
low. Certain of the American party are
making speeches about, and are handling
! Stephens’ name quite freely, and (to use
a phrase of their own “showing him up
lin a ridiculous light.” Why don’t they
I make those speeches where Stephens can
. hear and reply to them ?
We sincerely hope that there are j
enough voters left, who have not been ta- i
ken in by the specious assertionsand the
oil rtiptaiuluw ruli/iis arguments of this
fungous party, to elect A. H. Stephens to
| Congress in his distiict. The next Con
| gress is destined to be a stormy one, and
we shall need the cool head and the true
heart of our immortal Stephens ; and woe
be to the south the day she beats him, and
sends some upstart Know-Nothing in his
• place to the Congress of the nation ! The
• Union is in danger, the rights of the
I South are in jeopardy, and shall we South.
I ern men be so blindly lost to our own
I interests as to leave such men as Stephens
I at home, and send up some inexperienced
| and at best less talented representation ?
I honestly believe there is an under
current about this know nothingism that
! has hitherto escaped the observation of
Southern men; and I hope, if there is, that
they may see it ere it is too late. When
Phillip of Macedon was about to draw the
Athenians into a treaty the conditions of
1 which were that they should give up
their orators, Demosthenes related to the
I people the fable concerning the wolves
and the shepherds. I think the moral of
I that familiar fable would be no disadvan
, tage to us Southerners at this particular
! juncture. God forbid, at least, that we
j should be so blind as to give up our ora
■ tors!
FRANKLIN.
From the Nashville Union.
Know !t'otlUng Meeting on Record.«
The first know-nothing meeting wa
J held one nqy/ri.inthe city of Sodom, 188
i years before Christ, in opposition to the
j foreigner Lot .and two other strangers
(angels,) who visited their wicked city.—
This Lot was a preacher of righteousness
among this degenerate people twenty
three years, and yet the hardened wretch
' es became worse and worse, until God was
determined to destroy them all, sending
two strangers (angels,) for that purpose,
and whom Lot entertained. When the
citizens heard of the arrival of those two
foreigners, they became jealous, and even
1 ■ accused their old foreign born citizens
! preacher Lot in these words, “this one
- fellow came in to sojourn, and he will
; needs bp a judge,” and through envy and
- jealousy formed themselves together with
( all the citizens, “both old and young from
i every quarter.’’ into a party to destroy the
; emigrants but the doom of those know
I nothings was fixed on account of their
i former wickedness, and were all destroyed
'on that account, while iu the very act of
; making their attempt to tyranize, injure
I and insult the foreigner.
ALPHENSO.
Nashville, July 22d, 1855.
A French Story.—A royal love letter
has come to light in Lyons under singular
circumstances. A grocer was putting up :
half a pound of figs in a yellowish, time-'
word paper The purchaser was an ama- j
teur of autographs, and his quick eye at!
one detected a billett-doux, from Henry !
,to the Belle Gabrielle. When will I
, people to learn to destroy their improper
.correspondence ? However, in this case
if .makes no difference, as Henry IV, had i
• .-xr-ntation to lose, nor Belle" Gabrielle;
CONSTITUTION OF THE
NATIONAL COUNCIL
or rue united states ok nokth amkru'a. I
I
Article First.
I This Organization shall be known by the
i name and title of THE NATION A LCOUN
!C(L OF THE UNITED STATES OF
i AMERICA, and its jurisdiction and power
I shall extend to all the States. Districts and
I Territories of the United Slates of Nortli
: America.
Article Second.
) The object of this organization shall Is- to :
I protect every American citizen in the legal
i And proper exercise of all his civil and religious
j -rights and privileges; to resist .the insiduous
policy of the Church of Rome, and all other
foreign influence against our republican insti
tutions. in all lawful ways : to place in all of
fices of honor, trust, or profit, in the gift of
the |H-ople, or by appointment, none but native
horn Protestant citizens ; and to protect, pre-
■ serve, and uphold the union of these States
i and the Constitution of the same.
Article Third.
: Sec. I.—A pel-son to become a member of
1 any Snbordinatinate Council must lie twenty-
I one years of age: he must believe in the exist-
■ ence of a Supreme Being as the Creator and
: Preserveer of the Universe. He must be a na
| tive born citizen ; a Protestant, either horn of
I Protestant parents, or reared under Protestant
J influence; and not united in marriage with a
■ Roman Catholic; provided, nevertheless, that
■ in this last respect, the State, District, or Ter
' ritorial Councils shall be authorized to so con
struct their respective Constitutions as shall
best promote the interests of the American
cause in their several jurisdictions; and pro
vided, moreover, that no member who may
have a Roman Catholic wife shall be eligible
to office in this Order ; and provided, further,
should any State, District, or Territorial Coun
cil prefer the words “Roman Catholic” as a
disqualification to membership, in place of “Pro
testant” as a qualification to, they may so con
sider this Constitution, and govern their action
accordingly.
Sec. 2.—There shall be an interval of three
weeks between the conferring of the Second
and Third Degrees— prmhded, that this rcstric-
I tion shall not apply to those who have receiv
ed the Second Degree previous to the first day
of December next; and prowded./urMer, that
the President, of State, District, and Territo
rial Councils may grant dispensations for initi
ating in all the degrees, officers of new Coun
cils.
Sec. 3.—The National Council shall hold ;
its Annual meetings in the month of June, at'
such place as may be designated by the Nation-1
I al Council at tlie previous Annual meeting, >
( and it may adjourn from time to time. Spe
; eial meetings may be called by the President
on the written request of five delegations rep-,
resenting five State Councils; provided, that
j sixty days’ notice shall be given to the State
I Councils previous to said meeting.
Sec. 4.—The National Council shall lie
composed of seven delegates from each State,
to be chosen by the State (’omieils: and each
District or Territory where a District or Ter
ritorial Council shall exist, shall be entitled to
send two delegates, to be chosen from said
Council—proi-zded, that in the nomination of
candidates for President and Vice President of
the. United States, each Stale shall bo entitled '
to cast the same number of votes as they shall
have members in both Houses of Congress.—-
In all sessions of the National Council, thirty
two delegates, representing thirteen States.
Territories, or Districts, shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
Sec. s.—The National Council shall fas
vested with the following powers and privi
leges :
It shall be the head of the Organization for
j the United States of North America, and
j shall fix and establish all signs, grips, passwords.
I an<l such other secret work, as may seem to Jt
■ necessary.
It shall have the power to decide all mat
ters appertaining to National Politics.
Jt shall have the power to exact from the
State Councils, quarterly or annual statements
as to the numlter of members under their juris
dictions, and in relation to all other matters
necessary for its information.
Jt shall have the power to form State, Ter
ritorial or District Councils, and to grant dis
pensations for the formation of such bodies,
when five Subordinate Councils shall have
been pnt into operation in any State, Territo
ry. or District, and application made.
ft shall have the power to determine upon a
male of punishment in case of any derelic
tion of duty on the part of its members or offi
cers.
, It shall have power to adopt cabalastic char
acters for the purpose of writing or telegraph
ing. Said characters to be communicated to
I the Presidents of the State Councils, and by
• them to the Presidents of the Subordinate
Councils.
J t shall have the power to adopt any and
; every measure it may deem necessary to secure
~ the success of the Organization; provided, that
nothing shall be done by the said National
Council in violation of the Constitution ; and
, provided, further, that in all political matters,
its members may be instructed by tho State
! Councils, and if so instructed, shall carry out
‘ such instructions, of the State Councils, which
they represent until overruled by a majority of
' the National Council.
Article Fourth.
1 The President shall always preside over the
’ National Council when present, and in his
absence the Vice President shall preside, and
in the absence of both, the National Council
1 shall appoint a President pro tempore ; and
, the presiding officers may at all times call a
member to the chair, but such appointment
' shall not extend beyond one sitting of the Na
tional Council.
Article Fifth.
j Sec. I.—The officers of the National Coun
, <-il shall lie a President, Vice President, Chap
j lain. Corresponding Secretary, Recording Sec
; retary, Treasurer, and two Sentinels ; with
j such other officers as the National Council may
see tit to appoint from time to time; and the
Secretaries and Sentinels may receive such
compensation as the National Council shall de
termine.
Sec. 2.—The duties of the several officers
created by this Constitution shall be such
as the work of this Organization prescrilies.
Article Sixth.
Sec. ].—All officers provided for by this
Constitution, except Sentinels, shall be elected
annually by ballot. The President may appoint
Sentinels from time to time.
■ St-.c. 2.—A majority of all the votes cast
; shall ta- requisite to an election for an of
' fice.
i Sec. 3.—A1l officers and delegates of this
: Council, and of all State, District, Territorial
I anil Subordinate Councils, must be invested
with all the Degrees of this Order.
Sec. 4.—Ail vacancies in the elective offices
! shall be filled by a vote of the National Coun-
I cil, and only for the unexpired term of the said
> vacancy.
Article Seventh.
Sec. I.—The National Council shall enter
tain and decide al! cases of appeal, and it shall
establish a form of appeal.
Sec. 2.—The National Council shall levy a
tax upon the State. District, or Territorial
Councils, for the support of the National Coun
j cil. to be paid in such manner and at such
I times as the National Council shall deter
mine.
Article Eighth.
j This National Council may alter and amend
I this Constitution at its regular Annual meeting
; in June next, by a vote of the majority of the
! whole number of the memta-rs present. (Cin-
I cinnatti. Nov. 24. 1854.)
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
; Rule oxk.—Each State. District or Terri-
• tory. in which there may exist five or more Sub
ordinate Councils working under dispensations
from the National Councils of the United
States of North America, or under regular dis-
Note. —See Constitution. Art. 3. Sec. 4,
p. 5.
pensations from some State. District or Terri- '
torial Council, and when so established, to form I
for themselves Constitutions and By-lxiws for
their government, in pursuance of, mid in conso
nance with, the Constitution of the National
Council of the United States: provided, hew
ever, that all District, or Territorial Constitu
tions shall ta> subject to the approval of the
National Council of the United States. (June
1854.)
Rt l.s: two.—All State, District or Territori
al Councils, when established, shall have, full
power and authority to establislt all Subordinate
Councils within their resjsetive limits ; and
the Constitutions and By-I.aws of all such
Subordinate Councils, must be approved by I
their r<-s]x!ctive State. District or Territorial i
Councils. (June 1854.)
Ri i.e three.—All State, District or Terri-1
torial Councils, when established and until the
formation of Constitutions, shall work under I
the Constitution of the National Council of the
U. States. (June. 1844.)
Rule sour.—ln till cases where, for the con
venience of the Organization, two State or Ter
ritorial Councils may be established, the two
Councils together shall be entitled to hnt thir
teen* delegates in the National Council of the
United States—the proportioned number of
delegates to depend on the number of members
in the Organization; provided, that no State
shall be allowed to have more than one State
Council without the consent of the Nation
al Council of the United States. (.June,
1854.)
Rule five. —In any State, District or Terri
tory, where there muv be more than one Organ
ization working on the same basis, (to wit. the
•‘Lodges” and “Councils”) the same shall be re
quired to combine; the officers of each Organi
zation shall resign, and new officers be elected ;
and thereafter these liodies shall Im known as
State Councils, and Subordinate Councils, and
new Charters shall be granted to them by the
National Council. (June, 1844.)
Rule six.—lt shall be considered a penal of
fence for any brother not an officer of a Subor
dinate Council, to make use of the sign or sum
mons adopted for public notification, except by
direction of the President; or for officers of a
Council to post the same at any other time from
midnight to one hour before daybreak, and this
ruleshal! be incorporated into the By-Laws of
the State. District and Territorial Councils.—
(June, 1854.)
Rule seven.—The determination of the ne
cesityand mode of issuing posters for public no
tification shall be entrusted to the State. Dis
trict or Territorial Councils. (June, 1854.)
Rule eight.—-The respective State, District I
zr ’l'erritoriul Councils shall be required to make i
statements of the munbi-v of members within
their respective limits, at the next meeting of
this National Council, and annually thereafter,
at the regular annual meeting. (June. 1854.)
Rule nine.—The delegates to National
Council of the United States of North Ameri
ca. shall be entitled to three dollars per day for
their attendance upon the National Council,
and for each day that may be necessary in go
ing and returning from the same; and five cents
per mile for every mile they may necessarily '
travel in going to, and returning from, the
place of meeting of the National Council; to l«>
computed by the nearest mail route: which
shall be paid out of the Treasury of the Na
tional Council. (Nov. 1854.
Rule tex. —Each State. District or'l'erritor
ial Council, shall be taxed four cents per an
num, for every member in good standing belon
ging to each Subordinate Council under its ju
risdiction on the first day of April, which shall
be reported to the National Council, and paid
into the National Treasury, on or before the
first day of the annual session, to be held in
June; and on the same day in each succeeding
year. And the first fiscal year shall be consid
ered as commencing on tho first day of Decem
ber, 1854, and ending on the fifteenth day of
May, 1855. (November. 1854.)
Rule eleven.—The following shall be the
Key to determine and ascertain the purport of
any communication that may lie addressed to
the President of a State, District or Territorial
Council by the President of the National Coun
cil. who is hereby instructed to communicate a
knowledge of the same to said officers:
ABCDEFG H I J K L M
17 13 19 25 2 8 14 20 26 3 9 15
N O P Q R S T U VW X Y Z
21 4 10 16.22 5 11 17 23 6 12 18 24
Rule twelve.—The clause of the article of
the Constitution relative to belief in the Su
preme Being is obligatory up >n every State
and Subordinate Council, as well as upon each
individual member. (June 1854.)
Rule thirteen.—The following shall be the
compensation of the officers of this Council:
Ist. The Corresponding Secretary shall be
paid ’i’wo Thousand Dollars per annum, from
the 17th day of June 1854.
2d. The Treasurer shall be paid Five Hun
dred Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of
•lune. 1854.
3d. The Sentinels shall be paid Five Dollars
for every day they may lx 1 in attendance on the
sittings of the N ational (Council.
4th. The Chaplain shall be paid one Hun
dred Dollars per annum, from the 17th day of
June, 1854.
!>th. The Recording Secretary shall be paid
Five Hundred Dollars per annum, from the 17th
day of June, 1854.
6th. The Assistant Secretary shall be paid
'. Five Dollars per day, for every day he may be
in attendance on the sitting of the Nat ional
Council. All of which is to be paid out of the
National Treasury, on the draft of the Presi
-1 dent. (November, 1854.)
Special Voting.
Vote First.—This National Council hereby
grants to the State of Virginia, two State
Councils, the one to Ik 1 located in Eastern and
the other in Western Virginia, the Blue Ridge
Mountains being the geographical line between
the two jurisdictions. (June, 1854.)
Vote second. —The President shall have
power, till the next session of the National
Council, to grant dispensations for the forma
tion of State, District, or Territorial Councils,
in form most agreeable to his own discretion,
upon proper application being made. (June,
1854.
Vote third. —The seats of all delegates to
and members of the present National Council
shall be vacated on the first Tuesday in J uuc,
1855. at the hour of six o’clock in the forenoon;
and the National Council convening in annual
session upon that day, shall be composed exclu
sively of delegates elected under and in accor
dance with the provisions of the Constitution,
as amended at the present session of this Na
tional Council; provided. that this resolution
shall not apply to the officers of the National
Council. (Nov., 1854.)
Vote fourth. —Hie corresponding Secretary
of this Council is authorized to have printed
the names of the delegates to this National
Council; also, those of the Presidents of the
several State, District, and Territorial (Councils,
together with their address, and to forward a
copy of the same to each )x-rson named ; and
further, the Corresponding Secretaries of each
State, District, and 'Territory, are requested to
forward a copy of their several Constitutions to
each other. (November, 1854.)
Vote fifth.—ln the publication of the Con
stitution and the Ritual, under the direction of
the Committee—brothers Deshler, Damn'll and
Stephens—the Name. Signs. Grips and Pass
words of the Order, shall be indicated by I * * *,] 1
and a copy of the same shall l>e furnished to
each State. District and Territorial Council, I
and to each member of that hixly. (November, I
1854.)
Vote sixth.—A copy of the Constitution of
each State, District, and Territorial Council,
shall lie submitted to this Council for examina
tion. (Nov., 1854.)
Vote seventh. —It shall be the duty of the
Treasurer, at each annual meeting of this body.!
to make a report of all monies received or ex- i
pended in the interval. (Nov., 1854.)
Vote eighth.—Messrs Gifford of Pa.; Bar
ker, of N. V.; Deshler of N. J.; Williamson. |
Va.; and Stephens, of Md., are appointed a [
committee to confer with similar committees (
that have been appointed for the purpose of!
consolidating the various American Orders, with
power to make the necessary arrangements for
such consolidation—subject to the approval of
this National Council, at its next session.—
(November, 1854.)
Vote ninth. Ou the receipt of tho new
Ritual by the members of this National Coun
cil who have received the Third Degree, they
or any of them niiiy. and they are hereby em
powered to confer tin Third Degree u|ion mem-
Im-i-h of this body in their respective States,
Districts and Territories, and upon the Presi
dent.- and other off •er: of their State, District,
and Territorial t'.j.ir : . And further, the
Presidents of the State. Di.-trict. and Territori
al Councils shall in tin- first instance confer the
Third Degree upon us many of the Presidents
and officers of their Siibordinate Councils, as
cun be assembled together in their resjiectivi
localities, und afterwards the same may ta- con
ferral upon officers of other Subordinate Coun
cils, as can be ns-s-mbled together in their rr
spective localities, and afterwards the same may
lx- conferred upon officers of < th -r Subordinate
Councils, by any presiding < Dice■ of a Council,
who shall have previously rei-eivisl it under
tiie provisions of the < 'onstitution. (November,
1854.)
Vote tenth.— To entitle any delegate to a
seat in this National Council, at its annual
session in June next, he must present a prop
erly authenticated certificate that he was duly
elected us a delegate to the same; or appointed
a substitute in accordance with the require
ments of the Constitutions of State, Territorial
or District Councils. And no delegate shall ta
received from any State. District, or Territorial
Council, which has not adopted the Constitution
and Ritunl of this .National Council. (Nov.,
1854.)
Vote eleventh. —The Comniittce on print
in-!' the (’onstitution and llituul is authorized
to have a sufficient nnmta-r of the same printed
for the usi-of the Order. And no State, Dis
trict, or Territorial < Council, shall be allowed to
reprint the same. (Nov., 1854.)
Vote twelfth. —The right to establish all
Subordinate Councils in any of the States,
Districts, and Territories n-pn-sented in this
National Council, shall be confined to the State,
District, or Territorial Councils, which they
represent. (Nov., 1854.)
Constitution.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF SUBORDINATE COUNCILS.
Article I.
Sec. I.—Each Subordinate Council shall Is
composed of not less than thirteen members,
all of whom shall have received all the degrees
of the Order, and shall be known and recognized
as Council, No. of the of
the county of . and State of North Car-
olina.
Ski-. 2.—No person shall lie a member of
any Subordinate Council in this State, unless
he possesses all the qnalitieutions. and comes up
to all the requirements laid down in the Con
stitution of the National Council, and whose
wife, (if bo has one.) is not a Roman Catholic.
Sec. 3.—No application for membership
shall ta- received and acted on from a person
residing out of the State, or who resides in a
comity where there is a Council in existence,
unless upon special cause to lie stated to the
Council, to tie jndged of by the same; and
such person, if the reasons ta- considered suffi
cient. may be initiated the same night be is
proposed, provided he resides five miles or more
from the place where the Council is located.—
But no peison can vote in any Council, except
the one of which he is a member.
Sue. -I.—Every person applying for member
ship. shall be voted for by ballot, in open Coun
cil. if a ballot is requested by a single mein tar.
If one third of the votes cast be against the ap
plicant, he shall be rejected. If any applicant
Ik- rejected, he shall not be again proposed
within six months thereafter. Nothing herein
contained shall be construed to prevent the ini
tiation of applicants privately, by those em
powered to do so, in localities where there an
no Councils within a convenient distance.
Sec. s.—Any member ot one Subordinate
Council wishing to change his membership to
another Council, shall apply to the Council to
which he belongs, either in writing or orally
through another inenilier, and thequestionshall
be decided by the Council. If a majority are
in favor of granting him an honorable dismis
sion. he shall receive the same in writing, to be
signal by the President and countersigned by
the Seci-etary. But until a niember thus re
-1 reiving an honorable dismission Ims actually
been admitted to inemta-rship in another Coun
cil, he shall be held subject to the discipline of
the Council from which he has received the
dismission, to 1«- dealt with by the same, for
any violation of the requirements of the Order.
Before being received in the Council, to which
he wishes to transfer his membership, he shall
present said certificate of honorable dismission,
and shall lx- received as new members are.
Sec. 6.—Applications for the Second Degree
shall not be received except in Second Degree
Council, and voted on by Second and 'Third
J legree members only, and applications for the
Third Degree shall be received in Third Degree
, Councils, and voted on by 'Third Degree mem
bers only.
Article 11.
Each Subordinate Council shall fix its own
time and place for meeting: and shall meet nt
least once a month, but where not very inconve
nient. it is recommended that they meet once a
week. Thirteen members shall form a quorum
for the transaction of business. Special meet
ings may be called by the President, at any time,
at the request of four members of the Order.
Article 111.
Sec. I.—'The members of each Subordinate
Council shall consist of a President , Vice Presi
dent, Instructor, Secretary,Treasurer, Marshal,
Inside and Outside Sentinel, and shall hold their
offices for the term of six months, or until their
successors are elected and instalk'd.
Sec. 2.—The officers of each Subordinate
Council (except the sentinels, who shall be ap
pointed by the President,) shall lx; elected at
the first regular meeting m January and July,
separately, and by ballot; and each shall re
ceive a majority of all the votes cast to entitle
him to an election. No member shall be elect
id to uny office, unless he be present and signify
his assent thereto at the time of his election.—
Any vacancy which may occur by death, resig
nation, or otherwise, shall be filled at the next
meeting thereafter, in the manner anil form
above described.
Sec. 3. 77ic President.— Jtshull be the duty
of the President of each Subordinate Council,
to preside in the Council, and enforce a due ob
servance of the Constitution and rules of the
Order, and a projx'r respect, for the State Coun
cil and the National Council—to have sole and
exclusive charge of the Charter and the Con
stitution and Ritual of the Order, which he
must always have with him when his Council is
in session, to see that ull officers perform their
respective duties—to announce ull ballottings
to the Council—to decide ull questions of order
—to give the casting vote in all casts ofa tie—
to convene special meetings when deemed expe
dient—to draw warrants on the Treasurer for
all sums, the payment of which is ordered by
the Council —and to ]x rform such other duties
as are demanded of him by the Constitutions
and .ritual of the Order.
Sec. 4.—The Vice President of each Subor
dinate Council shall assist the President in the
discharge of his duties, whilst his Council is in
session; and in his absence, shall perforin all
the duties of the President.
Sec. s.—The Instructor shall perforin the
duties of the President, in the absence of the
President and Vice President, and shall, under
i the direction of the President, perform such
duties as may be assigned to him by the Ititu
i al.
Sec. 6.—'The Secretary shall keep an nccu-
I rate record of the proceedings of the Council.—
I He shall write all communications, fill ull noti
ces, attest all warrants drawn by the President
for the payment of money ; he shall keep a cor
rect roll of all the members of the Council, to
gether with their age. residence and occupation,
in the Order in which they have been admitted ;
he shall, at the expiration of every three months,
make out a report of all work done during that
time, which report he shall forward to the .Sec
retary of the State Council; and when super
cixled in his office, shall deliver ull Ixxiks, pa-
Ixts, &c., in his hands to his successor.
Sec. 7. —The Treasurer shall hold all monieu
raised exclusively for the use of the State Coun
cil. which he shall pay over to the Secretary so
the State Council at its regular sessions, or
whenever tailed upon by the President of ’ the
State Council. He shall receive all monies for