A lot of newspapers and general public figures engaged in witch-hunts in which they accused intended Southern sympathizers, including President Franklin Pierce, of getting customers of the Knights of the Golden Circle. As opposed to most secret societies, the Golden Circle didn’t just worry itself with clandestine meetings and mysterious strategi

The extremely existence of secret societies has normally prompted antagonism and fostered accusations of immorality, subversion, and heresy. These claims were being created against the Roman mystery cults and were accustomed to justify the ruthless suppression with the Knights Templar while in the early 14th century. Philip IV of France accused the