This is an institution of Chivalry, Humanity, Mercy, and Patriotism ;… its peculiar objects being
First : To protect the weak, the innocent, and the defenseless, from the indignities, wrongs, and outrages of the lawless, the violent, and the brutal ; to relieve the injured and oppressed ; to succor the suffering and unfortunate, and especially the widows and orphans of Confederate soldiers.
Second : To protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, and all laws passed in conformity thereto, and to protect the States and the people thereof from all invasion from any source whatever.Third : To aid and assist in the execution of all constitutional laws, and to protect the people from unlawful seizure, and from trial except by their peers in conformity to the laws of the land.
Interrogations to be asked
… 5th. Are you opposed to negro equality, both social and political ?
6th. Are you in favor of a white man’s government in this country ?
7th. Are you in favor of Constitutional liberty, and a Government of equitable laws instead of a Government of violence and oppression ?
8th. Are you in favor of maintaining the Constitutional rights of the South ?
9th. Are you in favor of the re-enfranchisement and emancipation of the white men of the South, and the restitution of the Southern people to all their rights, alike proprietary, civil, and political ?…Textes de référence : 41, 55.Citations :« Every laborer shall have full and perfect liberty to choose his employer but, when once chosen, he shall not be allowed to leave his place of employment until the fulfilment of his contract… and if they do so leave, without cause or permission, they shall forfeit all wages earned to the time of abandonment…