Secret Band of Brothers eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 285 pages of information about Secret Band of Brothers.

Secret Band of Brothers eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 285 pages of information about Secret Band of Brothers.

This last number is one which will prohibit whoever is entitled to it, from holding the high and honourable office of Grand Master; and whoever is known to sell or give intoxicating liquors to a Brother, for the purpose of making him subserve to his avaricious purpose, shall be highly censured, and made to pay over double the amount which the victim has lost.  If a Brother sees proper to distil, or vend intoxicating spirits, and at the same time notifies the Brethren, when they call on him, that he does not make and sell the same for any other purpose than to prostrate the minds of the tyrannical priestcraft, and their victims, he shall be sustained in his noble enterprise.

Third:  NAUGH—­a flash word, signifies SIZE AND COMPLEXION—­and, therefore, each number has a double meaning.

No. 1 signifies the person to be Large and Tall. " 2 " " Low and Heavy. " 3 " " Tall and Slender. " 4 " " Medium. " 5 " " Small. " 6 " " Sandy Complexion. " 7 " " Light Complexion. " 8 " " Dark Complexion, " 9 " " Coloured.

A person of the last-named colour is never to be admitted, unless as an outlaw, who is to be used by the Worthy Grand, and who is to be so educated that he will not dare to commit any daring act, without permission from the Worthy Grand; and it shall be highly reprehensible in any Brother to converse with any coloured Brother, upon any business pertaining to the Brotherhood; and all such shall lay themselves liable to a vote of censure—­as the man of colour is not admitted for other purpose, than to carry out deeds thought highly honourable, but which many worthy Brethren dislike to execute, but for which the Worthy Grand can always depend on his coloured Brother; and, furthermore, should he be detected, the Brotherhood will be in no manner endangered, as the coloured Brother’s testimony cannot be used against them.

Fourth:  MAUGH—­a flash word, signifying PROFESSION—­is designated thus: 

No. 1 signifies a Brother of wealth and a Labourer. " 2 " Seaman. " 3 " Lawyer. " 4 " Physician. " 5 " Mechanic. " 6 " Merchant. " 7 " Sporting Man. " 8 " Planter or Farmer.
    + " 9 " Felon.

This last number is considered in a different light from any of the others.  When a cross is placed over it, it signifies that the Brother bearing it has been a martyr in the great and noble cause of Equal Rights; or, in other words, that in performing his duty as a freeman, he has been seized and cast into prison by the tyrants of the world:  and it shall be considered a deed worthy of censure, for any Brother to mistreat, or throw any obstacle in the way of another, who may be entitled to the cross over the figure 9, in the fourth line of Quality;—­and all

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