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other council to which you may be attached, so long as they do not con
flict with the constitution of the United States, nor that of the State in
which you reside; that you will, under all circumstances, if in your
power so to do, attend to all regular signs or summons that may be
thrown or sent to you by a brother of this or any other degree of this or-
der; that you will support in all political matters, for all political offi-
ces, members of this order in preference to other persons; that, it may
be done legally, you will, when elected or appointed to any official sta-
tion conferring on you the power to do so, remove all foreigners, aliens,
or Roman Catholics from office or place in your gift. You do also prom-
ise and swear that this and all other obligations which you have pre-
viously taken in this order shall be kept through life sacred and invio-
late. All this promise and declare as Americans to sustain and abide
by, without any hesitation or mental reservation whatever, so help you
God, and keep you steadfast! [Each will answer " I do."]

President. Brother Marshal, you will now present the brothers to the
instructor for instructions in the second degree of the order.

Marshal. Brother Instructor: By direction of our worthy president,
I present these brothers before you, that you may instruct them in the
secrets and mysteries of the second degree of the order.

Instructor.—Brothers: In this degree we have an entering sign and

a countersign. At the outer door, proceed---------; at the inner door

you will make---------, and proceed as in the first degree, giving the

second degree pass-word, (which is---------,) instead of that of the

first degree. If found to be correct, you will then be admitted, and
proceed---------, giving the countersign, which is made thus ——.

The sign of recognition in this degree is the same as in the first de-
gree, with addition of---------, and the response to be made in---------.

Marshal, you will now present the brothers to the Worthy President
for admonition.

Marshal.—Worthy President: I now present these candidates to
you for admonition.

President.—Brothers: You are now duly initiated into the second
degree of this order. Renewing the congratulations which wo extend-
ed to you upon your admission to the first degree, we admonish you
by every tie that may move patriots to aid us in our efforts to restore
the political institutions of our country to their original purity. Be-
gin with the youth of our land. Instil into their minds the lessons of
their country's history—the glorious battles and brilliant deeds of pa-
triotism of our fathers, through which we received the inestimable
blessings of civil and religious liberty. Point them to the example of
the sages and statesmen who founded our government. Implant in
their bosoms an ardent love for the Union. Above all else, keep alive
in their hearts the memory, the maxims, and the deathless example of
our illustrious Washington.

Brothers: Recalling to your minds the solemn obligations which
you have severally taken in this and the first degree, I now pronounce
you entitled to all the privileges of membership in this second degree
of our order.