Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-04-13
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The Knights Of the Golden Circle
a pretty complete laccount Of whom
we gave some time ago, have founj
al last country which answers toiIa
eA'smaiieal No. 8, which was 1Le1
announced as the object of their re.
cara ana purposes. No. 6" i NJ.
!co. Ten George Bicklev Of Vir.
Sinla, the chief of this order VIII
proposes to take under is pyotecrin-
~-!eid all widowed aad orr.Ieaej
states made, a fe'F dayssince. a speech
at Atlanta. Georgia, at public meet.
lns' III which he laid bare the Mana
OF himself and associates. TL;."miI.
Itary organization, lie said was or;.
g!nalIy intended TO adrauce ther;gLts
and interests Of tie Southern Ststes.'
and those rights and Interests. be rro.
cceleQ 70 explain, can lie better sub.
served by armed Intervention in fa.
vor OF lie Liberal Or Jaurcz Dartyp
in Mexico, than ia any other W
This party, he declared. has i.yirci
the r. u. {. TO assist them IN e.t.b.
lIshlng q permanent government. and
IN putting down tie tactious malcon.
tents which twLoI have bror-5t 1aso.
iatlon AID revolution upon lhe coan.
try"
/ There Is good deal more Of tLs
same sort aad 70 the same purpose in
the speech Of this new blue-evcd man
Of destiny" Gen. B;cklev. Mexico
/ l. 10 be, to use his bastard and uu-
prlacipled participle-Aiaericapiz
ed. The South owes j. to cIviIiza.
ton, TO rePublicanism. TO her own in.
stltu;.0as. 10 push her arms southwark.
anu TO conquer q country which
opens 50 fine q field for Southern
capital and Southern enterprise" In
short, 10 strip the speech of all It's fra
yerJ.age, Gen. B:ckIey proposes. if
he can raise the men and means. 70
overrUn Mexico, suppress both Mira.
mon and Jaurez, hold the country as
conquered province, re-est2bliSh sla-
very, open 1t 10 81 emigration Of SOU
thcrn Shareholders, annex i TO the
United States, Or, vixen tie time
comes. make It part Of the Southern
Coatederacv, which. thus Strengthened.
Is TO spring from the rain Of The Fed.
eral Union. To the call for aid for
this purpose. the General said other
southern States had responded no.
bly, Maryland, Virginia. North
Iarollna. >yGth Carolina. Kentucky.
Tennessee Louisiana. Mississippi. 81.
a6ama, and Texas. have already in tho
hc.d, fully armed AMI eouipr-I. from
one 10 two regiments, ready to march
at a moments notice. Georgia. be
asked. should take with her sisters
an equal share in the rich. eloriou,
blessings Of the future" by coming to
the aid Of ar organization already %
ripe, and which embraces Southern
Governors, Senator's, Members of Con.
gress, and many Of the best citizen,
OF The South, as well az a numerous
membership in the Mexican Repub.
Precisely how much the present
Administration at Washington has TO
do with this plan-whether it will
permit II TO mature uuuuestioned-
whether the recognition Of the Jaurez
Government, and the capture of Mir.
anon steamers, under a general order
to get into row ifpossible. were in-
tended TO give it aid and comfort
we do not certainly know. nor very
much care. For this We do know
II the conspiracy is as widespread
and as strong as its leader represents
II, and if the South is determined that
Tor the perpetuation Of her domiuion
over Northern white men and South
ern blacks it IS necessary TO extend
slavery into Mexico. she will have
the countenance, and when the time
comes that il can be given with anv
show OF dccency, the aid, not onIy Of
this but Of any other Democratic Ad-
that NAV come into DOW.
or. For the scheme itself. il has this
advantage: 1t aims at the acquisi.
ton, not ofa united and powerful col
ony ola European Kingdom. like Cuba,
to be reached only BY the sea, but Of
a border State, torn and distracted bv
convulsions, WORKOUT and
helpless from internecine strife. ready
10 fall an easy prey to the frs, conner
wicked enough and strong enough TO
subject her to his own purposes. And
It has this advantage: that the scheme
s as tale twicetoli: the annexation
Of Texas was brought about under
and by similar meas
lres; but, as forewarnci Is forearned.
he very fact that such an act mas been
accomplished, will render i; d.tdcul.
+ not impossible TO 10 !, over again.
In any event, we doubt if the X.
J. c." will have finished the work it
between this and November,
md after that time. we trust. there
will be new order of things at Wash
ngton, which will efectUaiiy restrain
he ardOr Of these gentlemen of medi-
wal propensities.-N. Y. Tribune.
New ORLEANS, April G-Tvo sub-
,rdiuate officers Of the kUiuhts Of he