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VIBRATION CONTROL AND
ACTUATION OF LARGE-SCALE
SYSTEMS
VIBRATION
CONTROL AND
ACTUATION
OF LARGE-SCALE
SYSTEMS
Edited by
ix
x Contributors
xi
xii Preface
1
Analysis of vibration signals
Adam Biernat
Electrical Department, Institute of Control and Industrial Electronics (ISEP),
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
O U T L I N E
1 Introduction 1
2 Vibration process 2
3 Frequency-frequency analysis 3
4 Analysis of vibration process based on F-F image 12
4.1 Analysis of vibrations caused by a unbalanced forces of
kinematic origin 12
4.2 Analysis of vibrations caused by unbalanced forces of
electromagnetic origin 19
5 Conclusions 29
References 29
1 Introduction
Unbalanced forces occurring in electromechanical systems are the
cause of time-varying displacements (vibrations) of elements of a given
mechanical system (structure). Displacements arise as a result of the prop-
agation of disturbation caused by the occurrence of an unbalanced force
by a number of paths through elements of the mechanical system charac-
terized by specific resonance properties, nonlinearity caused by the clear-
ance, discontinuity and anisotropy of the medium, and modulating
properties associated with the cyclicity of changes in the mutual position
of system elements. The amplitude and shape of the time course of
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2 1. Analysis of vibration signals
2 Vibration process
(1.1)
where xξ(t,p) is the vibration signal in position p, xs(t) is the signal repre-
senting the primary disturbance, xd(t) is the function dependent on the
path and direction of propagation of the disturbation, xwm(t) is the func-
tion describing all factors modulating the disturbance signal, xwn(t) is
the function describing all nonmodulating external factors, h(t) is the func-
tion describing the resonance properties of system components, n(t) is the
function representing random disturbances.
Primary disturbances may in general be purely mechanical distortions,
distortions caused by unbalanced forces in the medium where the electro-
magnetic field is propagated and electromagnetic torque ripples appear-
ing when the electromechanical energy converter is coupled with another
mechanical or electromechanical device. The relationship reveals the com-
plicated vibration structure that is specific to a given point on the surface
of the electromechanical system under consideration. It should be empha-
sized that modulating factors as well as resonance properties of system
components have a significant impact on the frequency range of the spec-
trum of generated vibrations. Thus, identifying primary unbalanced
forces based on the recorded vibration signal requires an analysis of the
vibration spectrum over the widest possible range of frequencies. There-
fore, it is important to ensure a wide frequency range of the signal while
maintaining proper frequency resolution. In the case of recording a dis-
crete signal, this requires a high sampling frequency and a sufficiently
3 Frequency-frequency analysis 3
long measurement time. When the condition of the stability of basic pro-
cess parameters is not met (this problem concerns most technical imple-
mentations), there are problems with identification (especially in the
range of higher frequencies) of the frequency components of the vibration
spectrum. The proposed solution is frequency-frequency analysis (F-F
analysis) of the vibration spectrum. The vibration spectrum is transformed
into an image that reveals the occurring frequency components as well as
their harmonics and side bands. Image analysis makes possible to identify
all the frequency components of the spectrum, their interrelationships,
and also reveals a possible failure to meet the condition of process param-
eters stability—amplitude and frequency of the primary disturbance.
3 Frequency-frequency analysis
The idea of creating an F-F image [2] is presented in Fig. 1.1. The real
part of the discrete frequency spectrum (DFT) of the vibration signal after
removing the element representing the constant component is treated as a
vector S ¼ [sk], k ¼ 1, 2, … ks, ks ¼ 1/2(T/Δt) is a vector S length, T is a
measurement duration, Δt is sampling period of the vibration signal,
where sk represents the amplitude of the spectral line at a frequency
kΔf, Δf ¼ 1/T is the spectrum frequency resolution. The S vector is trans-
formed into a P table:
S ¼ ½sk ! P5½pn, m , (1.2)
where n ¼ 1, 2, … np, np—row length, m ¼ 1, 2, … mp, mp—column length,
in such a way that consecutive fragments of the vector S with the length of
np create the next rows of the table P, wherein ks npmp. The quantity
fP ¼ npΔf is to be called the characteristic frequency of the table P. In the
F-F image created on the basis of the table P, the amplitude of individual
frequency components is represented by the degree of color intensity sim-
ilar to the case of single-color cartographic maps. The F-F image is orga-
nized so that the p1,1 element is in the lower left corner.
Next, the properties of the P table are discussed.
Property I. The frequency of the spectral line associated with the element of the
table P is unambiguously described by the indices n and m:
fpn, m ¼ ðm 1Þnp Δf + nΔf , (1.3)
so successive elements in the row are distant by a frequency Δf, while successive
elements of the column are distant by a characteristic frequency fP.
Property II. Operation (1.2) can be treated as shifts of the m-th fragment of the
spectrum in the frequency domain by the frequency fP. This means that in the case
of existence of higher harmonics caused by the primary disturbance xs(t), succes-
sive parts of the spectrum show a high degree of similarity.
FIG. 1.1 The idea of creating an F-F image.
3 Frequency-frequency analysis 5
Let’s introduce the criterion for choosing the characteristic frequency fP.
In this purpose, the concept of F-F image ordering is defined:
The F-F image or its fragment is ordered when the given fundamental
frequency component and its higher harmonics form successive elements
of the table P column.
Fig. 1.2 illustrates the adopted ordering criterion. Marked elements of
the table P (image points) represent the given frequency component fx and
its second harmonic 2fx. Image fragment ordering is obtained when fP ¼ fx
(left side of the drawing). A fragment of the image that does not meet the
criteria of ordering fP 6¼ fx is presented on the right. A given vibration pro-
cess creates an individual pattern in the F-F image. Next, the patterns
appearing in the F-F image that represent the basic vibration processes
are discussed in turn.
Pattern 1. Single primary disturbance. Spectrum of the vibration pro-
cess contains the basic and higher harmonics components with the kfa
(k ¼ 1, 2, … kh) frequencies. The characteristic frequency fP ¼ fa. The fre-
quency components form successive elements of the column pa,k (indexed
by the parameter a) of the table P (Fig. 1.3A).
In many technical issues, it is convenient to observe the occurrence of
even and odd harmonics separately. Separating them in this case requires
only adopting the characteristic frequency fP ¼ 2fa (Fig. 1.3B). The pattern
consists of two columns, left containing odd harmonics, right containing
even harmonics of the vibration process. If both even and odd harmonics
are present, the right and left side of the F-F image is characterized by a
high degree of similarity.
Pattern 2. Single primary disturbance. The spectrum of the vibration
process contains the basic and two-sided bands components with the
fb kfa, (k ¼ 1, 2, … kh) frequencies resulting from the nonlinear modula-
tion process. The characteristic frequency fP ¼ fa. The frequency compo-
nents form successive elements of the column pb,k (indexed by the
parameter b) of the table P (Fig. 1.4).
FIG. 1.3 Pattern 1. The F-F image elements with the kfa frequencies are marked with color.
Characteristic frequency fP ¼ fa (A). Characteristic frequency fP ¼ 2fa (B).
FIG. 1.4 Pattern 2. The F-F image elements with the fb kfa frequencies components are
marked with color. E (fb/fP)—natural part of the ratio fa/fP.
a and a lb) of the table P (Fig. 1.5A). In some cases only side band com-
ponents are present.
Often it is convenient to arrange the F-F image so that the characteristic
frequency and its higher harmonics are in the image center (Fig. 1.5B). This
makes easier to capture the symmetries of image patterns associated with
existing side bands.
Note that the relationship (1.3) between the spectral lines frequency and
the indices n and m of the table P cells should be modified accordingly.
Pattern 4. Single primary disturbance. As in the case of Pattern 1, the
spectrum of the vibration process contains the basic and higher harmonics
components with the frequencies lfb (l ¼ 1, 2, … lh). The characteristic fre-
quency fP > fb. The frequency components form elements pn,m of the table
P. Starting from pb,1 the diagonal pattern is created (Fig. 1.6).
The diagonal pattern deviates from the vertical axis by the angle γ
depending on the difference in real frequencies f ∗P and f ∗b and the scale
of the image determined by the ratio md to nd:
fP∗ fb∗ md
tgγ ¼ : (1.4)
Δf nd
The deviation angle γ of the pattern from the vertical axis can be treated
as a measure of the ordering of a given vibration process. The smaller it is,
the greater the orderliness is. When γ ¼ 0 there is order due to the charac-
teristic frequency fP and in this case fP ¼ fb.
8 1. Analysis of vibration signals
FIG. 1.5 Pattern 3. The F-F image (A) and the modified F-F image (B) elements with the kfa
and the kfa lfb frequencies components are marked with color.
FIG. 1.6 Pattern 4. The F-F image elements with the lfb frequencies components are
marked with color.
FIG. 1.7 Pattern 5 (A). The F-F image elements with the noise-like frequencies components
are marked with color. Frequency fa is optional. Pattern 6 (B). The F-F image elements with the
noise-like frequencies and the kfa frequencies components are marked with color.
Property IV. When, for a given np, an ordered image or fragment of an image
(pattern) is obtained, one can assume that the frequency fP ¼ Δfnp is the basic fre-
quency of the relevant vibration process.
Property V. The side bands created as a result of modulation process introduce
symmetry of image fragments relative to the vertical axis.
3 Frequency-frequency analysis 11
FIG. 1.8 Pattern 6a (A). The F-F image elements with the noise-like frequencies and the
limited band kfa frequencies components are marked with color. Pattern 6b (B). The F-F image
elements with noise-like frequencies and limited band kfa fb frequencies components are
marked with color.
Property VII. The pattern meeting the adopted ordering criterion is obtained
only for the disturbance with the frequency fx ¼ fP. Disturbance with other fre-
quencies will create their own patterns that do not meet the order criterion. This
property allows to find subtle changes occurring in the vibration process.
Property VIII. There is a possibility of occurrence of patterns suggesting a
false frequency of the vibration process, associated with the occurrence of aliases
in the same way as in the case of sampling an analogous signal that does not meet
the Nyquist criterion. This applies to patterns created by processes with a basic
frequency that is not a characteristic frequency.
The intensity of the vibration process is demonstrated by both its fre-
quency range and vibration amplitude. Based on the F-F image, one can
create a measure that shows sensitivity to both the amplitude of the vibra-
tions and their frequency range—the average value of the amplitudes of
the frequency components and their higher harmonics:
(m )
1 X
p
FIG. 1.9 Vibration acceleration spectrum of the slip-ring induction motor housing.
FIG. 1.10 The F-F image of the spectrum of vibration acceleration of the slip-ring induc-
tion motor housing.
frequency fr. They are clearly correlated with the distribution of the aver-
age amplitude of the vibration acceleration Ams (Fig. 1.11). The phenom-
enon of side band blur will be discussed later.
FIG. 1.11 Distribution of the average amplitude of the vibration acceleration Ams of the
slip-ring induction motor housing. Arrows indicate fragments of the Ams distribution corre-
sponding to the areas marked in Fig. 1.10.
4 Analysis of vibration process based on F-F image 15
FIG. 1.13 The F-F image of the spectrum of vibration acceleration of the synchronous
motor housing.
16 1. Analysis of vibration signals
FIG. 1.14 Distribution of the average amplitude of the vibration acceleration Ams of the
synchronous motor housing.
The vibrations were recorded at two housing points. In the first case the
radial vibration sensor was placed on the edge of the bearing shield from
the drive side (Fig. 1.15), in the second on the machine housing, close to the
bearing shield on the opposite side of the drive (Fig. 1.16). The dependence
FIG. 1.15 Vibration acceleration spectrum of the squirrel cage induction motor housing
(drive-side position of the measuring sensor).
FIG. 1.16 Vibration acceleration spectrum of the squirrel cage induction motor housing
(opposite to drive-side position of the measuring sensor).
4 Analysis of vibration process based on F-F image 17
FIG. 1.17 The F-F image of vibration acceleration of the squirrel cage induction motor
housing (drive-side position of the measuring sensor).
of the vibration signal on the place of registration confirms the clear dif-
ferences between the two spectra presented. Areas of occurrence of reso-
nance vibrations are marked. The FF image created on the basis of the
spectrum of the signal registered by the sensor placed on the drive side
for fP ¼ fi, shows a high degree of ordering (combination of Patterns 3,
6a and b) enabling the identification of the dominant frequency of vibra-
tions fi, its higher harmonics, and side bands resulting from frequency
modulation fr i fr ft (Fig. 1.17).
Fig. 1.18, presenting the distribution of the average amplitude of the
vibration acceleration Ams, enables all dominant side bands to be
identified.
FIG. 1.18 Distribution of the average amplitude of vibration acceleration Ams of the squir-
rel cage induction motor housing (drive-side position of the measuring sensor).
18 1. Analysis of vibration signals
FIG. 1.19 The F-F image of vibration acceleration of the squirrel cage induction motor
housing (drive-side position of the measuring sensor).
4 Analysis of vibration process based on F-F image 19
and tangential forces take into account the degree of overlap of the stator
and rotor teeth [3]:
Lrβ 2
pr ðα, tÞ ¼ b ðβ, δ, iÞ, (1.10)
2μ0 δ
Lδ 2
pt ðα, tÞ ¼ b ðβ, δ, iÞ, (1.11)
2μ0 δ
where Lrβ and Lδ are coefficients taking into account the volume δLrβ
defined as the level of overlap of the stator and rotor tooth, δ is the width
of the air gap, L is the packet length of the rotor core, r is the rotor radius,
β is the angle of overlap between the stator and rotor tooth.
In both cases, the primary disturbance is a function of both time-
varying air gap and phase band current.
The space-time variability of the air gap conductivity is associated with
the influence of the shape of the stator and rotor teeth:
μ0 μ0
λðα, tÞ ¼ ¼ , (1.12)
δðα, tÞ δs ðaÞ + δr ðα, tÞ + δ0
where δs(α), δr(α,t) are the modifications of the air gap caused by teeth of
the stator and rotor, δ0 is the constant component of the air gap width.
The expressions δs(α), and δr(α,t) describing the air gap modifications
can be approximated by a harmonic series containing frequency compo-
nents determined by the number of teeth of the stator Ns and the rotor Nr
and their higher harmonics, respectively:
X
δs ðαÞ ¼ Δms cos ms Ns α φms , (1.13)
ms
X
δr ðα, tÞ ¼ Δmr cos mr Nr ðα ωr tÞ φmr , (1.14)
mr
(1.15)
where θs(α, t), θ∗r (α, t) are the stator flow and the rotor flow related to the
stator, ns ¼ 1, 2, …, nr ¼ 1, 2, … are harmonic order, p is the number of pole
pairs, φns, φ∗ nr are the harmonic phase shift of ns and nr order, respectively,
ωns is a pulsation of the order of ns, ω1 is the basic pulsation of the stator
current.
4 Analysis of vibration process based on F-F image 21
Substituting the expressions (1.13) and (1.14) to (1.12), then (1.12) and
(1.15) to (1.9) and then to (1.8) or (1.10) and (1.11) we obtain an expression
describing the frequency components of the primary distortions of electro-
magnetic origin found in electrical machines. They will correspond to all
possible combinations of additive-differential pulsation components: ω1,
ωns, nrω1, mrNrωr and (mrNr msNs)ωr [4].
FIG. 1.20 Vibration acceleration spectrum of the squirrel cage induction motor housing
(opposite to drive side position of the measuring sensor).
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amended, on motion of Mr. Douglas, to read: “That so much of the
8th section of an act approved March 6, 1820, (the Missouri
compromise) *** which, being inconsistent with the principles of
non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and
Territories, as recognized by the legislature of 1850, commonly called
the Compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void;
it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery
into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave
the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic
institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the
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was not agreed to; and the bill finally passed without it, on the 25th
May, 1854.
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emigrated there seemed to regard the pursuits of business as of more
interest than the discussion of slavery. Kansas was less fortunate.
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conflict between the advocates of slavery, and the free soil men from
the North who went there to resist the establishment of that
institution in the territory. Differences arose between the Legislature
and the Governor, brought about by antagonisms between the Pro-
slavery party and the Free State party; and the condition of affairs in
Kansas assumed so frightful a mien in January, 1856, that the
President sent a special message to Congress on the subject, January
24, 1856; followed by a Proclamation, February 11, 1856, “warning all
unlawful combinations (in the territory) to retire peaceably to their
respective abodes, or he would use the power of the local militia, and
the available forces of the United States to disperse them.”
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years, for the admission of Kansas as a state in the Union; upon the
basis of three separate and distinct constitutions, all differing as to
the main questions at issue between the contending factions. The
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lawless and anarchical. Elections became mere farces, and the
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depended. The suit was instituted by Dred Scott, a negro slave, in the
Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Missouri, in
April Term, 1854, against John F. A. Sanford, his alleged owner, for
trespass vi et armis, in holding the plaintiff and his wife and
daughters in slavery in said District of Missouri, where by law slavery
was prohibited; they having been previously lawfully held in slavery
by a former owner—Dr. Emerson—in the State of Illinois, from
whence they were taken by him to Missouri, and sold to the
defendant, Sanford. The case went up on appeal to the Supreme
Court of the United States, and was clearly and elaborately argued.
The majority opinion, delivered by Chief Justice Taney, as also the
dissenting opinions, are reported in full in Howard’s U. S. Supreme
Court Reports, Volume 19, page 393. In respect to the territories the
Constitution grants to Congress the power “to make all needful rules
and regulations concerning the territory and other property
belonging to the United States.” The Court was of opinion that the
clause of the Constitution applies only to the territory within the
original States at the time the Constitution was adopted, and that it
did not apply to future territory acquired by treaty or conquest from
foreign nations. They were also of opinion that the power of Congress
over such future territorial acquisitions was not unlimited, that the
citizens of the States migrating to a territory were not to be regarded
as colonists, subject to absolute power in Congress, but as citizens of
the United States, with all the rights of citizenship guarantied by the
Constitution, and that no legislation was constitutional which
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resident of a territory. This question in the case arose under the act
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(acquired from France, afterwards the State), and of which the
territory of Missouri was formed. Any obscurity as to what
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according to the Constitution. Citizenship at large in the sense of the
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to be enjoyed within its own dominion. But State regulations of this
character do not make the persons on whom such rights are
conferred citizens of the United States or entitle them to the
privileges and immunities of citizens in another State. See 5
Wheaton, (U. S. Supreme Court Reports), page 49.
The Court said in The Dred Scott case, above referred to, that:
—“The right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed
in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it like the ordinary article
of merchandise and property was guarantied to the citizens of the
United States, in every State that might desire it for twenty years,
and the government in express terms is pledged to protect it in all
future time if the slave escapes from his owner. This is done in plain
words—too plain to be misunderstood, and no word can be found in
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property, or which entitles property of that kind to less protection
than the property of any other description. The only power conferred
is the power coupled with the duty of guarding and protecting the
owner in his rights. Upon these considerations, it is the opinion of
the Court that the Act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from
holding and owning property of this kind in the territory of the
United States north of the line therein mentioned, is not warranted
by the Constitution and is therefore void; and that neither Dred Scott
himself, nor any of his family were made free by being carried into
this territory; even if they had been carried there by the owner with
the intention of becoming a permanent resident.” The abolition of
slavery by the 13th amendment to the Constitution of the United
States ratified and adopted December 18, 1865, has put an end to
these discussions formerly so numerous.
As early as 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska controversy on the
territorial government bill, resulted in a division of the Whig party in
the North. Those not sufficiently opposed to slavery to enter the new
Republican party, then in its incipiency, allied themselves with the
Know-Nothing order, which now accepting the name of American
party established a separate and independent political existence. The
party had no hold in the West; it was entirely Middle State at this
time, and polled a large vote in Massachusetts, Delaware and New
York. In the State elections of 1855 the American party made a stride
Southward. In 1855, the absence of naturalized citizens was universal
in the South, and even so late as 1881 the proportion of foreign born
population in the Southern States, with the exception of Florida,
Louisiana, and Texas was under two per cent. At the early date—1855
—the nativist feeling among the Whigs of that section, made it easy
to transfer them to the American party, which thus secured in both
the Eastern and Southern States, the election of Governor and
Legislature in the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, California and Kentucky; and also
elected part of its State ticket in Maryland, and Texas; and only lost
the States of Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by
small majorities against it.
The order began preparations for a campaign as a National party,
in 1856. It aimed to introduce opposition to aliens and Roman
Catholicism as a national question. On the 21st of February, 1856,
the National Council held a session at Philadelphia, and proceeded to
formulate a declaration of principles, and make a platform, which
were as follows:
“An humble acknowledgement to the Supreme Being, for his
protecting care vouchsafed to our fathers in their successful
Revolutionary struggle, and hitherto manifested to us, their
descendants, in the preservation of the liberties, the independence,
and the union of these States.
2d. The perpetuation of the Federal Union, as the palladium of our
civil and religious liberties, and the only sure Bulwark of American
independence.
3d. Americans must rule America, and to this end, native-born
citizens should be selected for all state, federal, and municipal offices
or government employment, in preference to all others; nevertheless,
4th. Persons born of American parents residing temporarily
abroad, should be entitled to all the rights of native-born citizens;
but,
5th. No person shall be selected for political station (whether of
native or foreign birth), who recognizes any allegiance or obligation,
of any description, to any foreign prince, potentate, or power, or who
refuses to recognize the Federal and State constitutions (each within
its sphere) as paramount to all other laws, as rules of political action.
6th. The unqualified recognition and maintenance of the reserved
rights of the several States, and the cultivation of harmony and
fraternal good will, between the citizens of the several States, and to
this end, non-interference by congress with questions appertaining
solely to the individual States, and non-intervention by each State
with the affairs of any other State.
7th. The recognition of the right of the native-born and naturalized
citizens of the United States, permanently residing in any territory
thereof, to frame their constitution and laws, and to regulate their
domestic and social affairs in their own mode, subject only to the
provisions of the Federal Constitution, with the privilege of
admission into the Union, whenever they have the requisite
population for one representative in Congress.—Provided always,
that none but those who are citizens of the United States, under the
Constitution and laws thereof, and who have a fixed residence in any
such territory, ought to participate in the formation of the
Constitution, or in the enactment of laws for said Territory or State.
8th. An enforcement of the principle that no State or Territory
ought to admit others than citizens of the United States to the right
of suffrage, or of holding political office.
9th. A change in the laws of naturalization, making a continued
residence of twenty-one years, of all not hereinbefore provided for,
an indispensable requisite for citizenship hereafter, and excluding all
paupers, and persons convicted of crime, from landing upon our
shores; but no interference with the vested rights of foreigners.
10th. Opposition to any union between Church and State; no
interference with religious faith, or worship, and no test oaths for
office.
11th. Free and thorough investigation into any and all alleged
abuses of public functionaries, and a strict economy in public
expenditures.
12th. The maintenance and enforcement of all laws
constitutionally enacted, until said laws shall be repealed, or shall be
declared null and void by competent judicial authority.
The American Ritual, or Constitution, rules, regulations, and
ordinances of the Order were as follows:—
AMERICAN RITUAL.
Constitution of the National Council of the United States of North
America.
Art. 1st. This organization shall be known by the name and title of
The National Council of the United States of North America,
and its jurisdiction and power shall extend to all the states, districts,
and territories of the United States of North America.
Art. 2d. The object of this organization shall be to protect every
American citizen in the legal and proper exercise of all his civil and
religious rights and privileges; to resist the insidious policy of the
Church of Rome, and all other foreign influence against our
republican institutions in all lawful ways; to place in all offices of
honor, trust, or profit, in the gift of the people, or by appointment,
none but native-born Protestant citizens, and to protect, preserve,
and uphold the union of these states and the constitution of the
same.
Art. 3d. Sec. 1.—A person to become a member of any subordinate
council must be twenty-one years of age; he must believe in the
existence of a Supreme Being as the Creator and preserver of the
universe. He must be a native-born citizen; a Protestant, either born
of Protestant parents, or reared under Protestant influence; and not
united in marriage with a Roman Catholic; provided, nevertheless,
that in this last respect, the state, district, or territorial councils shall
be authorized to so construct their respective constitutions as shall
best promote the interests of the American cause in their several
jurisdictions; and provided, 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 council
prefer the words “Roman Catholic” as a disqualification to
membership, in place of “Protestant” as a qualification, they may so
consider this constitution and govern their action accordingly.
Sec. 2.—There shall be an interval of three weeks between the
conferring of the first and second degrees; and of three months
between the conferring of the second and third degrees—provided,
that this restriction shall not apply to those who may have received
the second degree previous to the first day of December next; and
provided, further, that the presidents of state, district, and territorial
councils may grant dispensations for initiating in all the degrees,
officers of new councils.
Sec. 3.—The national council shall hold its annual meetings on the
first Tuesday in the month of June, at such place as may be
designated by the national council at the previous annual meeting,
and it may adjourn from time to time. Special meetings may be
called by the President, on the written request of five delegations
representing five state councils; provided, that sixty days’ notice shall
be given to the state councils previous to said meeting.
Sec. 4.—The national council shall be composed of seven delegates
from each state, to be chosen by the state councils; and each district
or territory where a district or territorial council shall exist, shall be
entitled to send two delegates, to be chosen from said council—
provided that in the nomination of candidates for President and
Vice-President of the United States, and each state shall be 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. 5.—The national council shall be vested with the following
powers and privileges:
It shall be the head of the organization for the United States of
North America, and shall fix and establish all signs, grips, pass-
words, and such other secret work, as may seem to it necessary.
It shall have the power to decide all matters appertaining to
national politics.
It shall have the power to exact from the state councils, quarterly
or annual statements as to the number of members under their
jurisdictions, and in relation to all other matters necessary for its
information.
It shall have the power to form state, territorial, or district
councils, and to grant dispensations for the formation of such bodies,
when five subordinate councils shall have been put in operation in
any state, territory, or district, and application made.
It shall have the power to determine upon a mode of punishment
in case of any dereliction of duty on the part of its members or
officers.
It shall have the power to adopt cabalistic characters for the
purpose of writing or telegraphing. Said characters to be
communicated to the presidents of the state councils, and by them to
the presidents of the subordinate councils.
It 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 the 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.
Art. 4. 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 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 national council.
Art. 5. Sec. 1.—The officers of the National Council shall be a
President, Vice-President, Chaplain, Corresponding Secretary,
Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and two Sentinels, with such other
officers as the national council may see fit to appoint from time to
time; and the secretaries and sentinels may receive such
compensation as the national council shall determine.
Sec. 2.—The duties of the several officers created by this
constitution shall be such as the work of this organization prescribes.
Art. 6. Sec. 1.—All officers provided for by this constitution, except
the sentinels, shall be elected annually by ballot. The president may
appoint sentinels from time to time.
Sec. 2.—A majority of all the votes cast shall be requisite to an
election for an office.
Sec. 3.—All officers and delegates of this council, and of all state,
district, territorial, and subordinate councils, must be invested with
all the degrees of this order.
Sec. 4.—All vacancies in the elective offices shall be filled by a vote
of the national council, and only for the unexpired term of the said
vacancy.
Art. 7. Sec. 1.—The national council shall entertain and decide all
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 council,
to be paid in such manner and at such times as the national council
shall determine.
Art. 8.—This national council may alter and amend this
constitution at its regular annual meeting in June next, by a vote of
the majority of the whole number of the members present.
(Cincinnati, Nov. 24, 1854.)
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SPECIAL VOTING.
To ——
President of the State Council of North Carolina:—
We, the undersigned, members of the Third Degree, being
desirous of extending the influence and usefulness of our
organization, do hereby ask for a warrant of dispensation, instituting
and organizing us as a subordinate branch of the order, under the
jurisdiction of the State Council of the State of North Carolina, to be
known and hailed as Council No. ——, and to be located at ——, in
the county of ——, State of North Carolina.
And we do hereby pledge ourselves to be governed by the
Constitution of the State Council of the State of North Carolina, and
of the Grand Council of the U. S. N. A., and that we will in all things
conform to the rules and usages of the order.
Names. Residences.
—— President, —— Council,
No. ——.
—— Secretary.