Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-18
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For the enlightenment Of our readers and the
public. We insert on our first page, from th'
Cleveland Leader; the first days proceeding
In the examination, before United States Com
missioner WHIrr, oi'FREDERicK CouRT, charged
with being member of the reasonable order
called ".Knights of the Golden Circle ant
with cOnspiring With others to overthrow tn
Government Of the United States" We for
bear comment on the proceedings or testimony
while the case 10 pending.
The excitement about .Knights Of the Colder
Circle " is perfect god send to certain papers
and politicians in Ohio. They were sadly de-
fcisns m politieai capital, and this affords them
rich placer, which they are working with COM
msudable industry and perseverance The
Stats Convention of their party had essayed to
come over on Democratc ground, by adopting
a. tar AZ thew went, the Democratic State plat
form. and had nominated fer Governor On "old
not-metL locofoco,"" Under such distressing
circumstances, the advent of the knights OF
the Golden Circle, was most opportune, and az
forded the old opponents Of the Democracy q
rich banquet in which to gloat and get intoxi-
Gated TO their hearts content.
In the same number Of the Cleveland Leader,
from which we take the proceedings in the case
of CouRr, is an editorial article headed "Ihe
Knights and their Defender" 1t begins Dy
sav;ae. aTbe Columbus Statesman has at length
come to the defense OF the hnign's " 'n'
Golden .Circle.D The Sfdttsman has never
contained word in defense, palliation or excuse
of the aforesaid Knights This the editors Oh
the Leader, if they had read our articles knew
when they wrote the foregoing sentence Du.
they wanted, poor fellows, to make the most Oh
the little capital they Thought they had IN hano,
for demelishing Democratic newspapers anu
Democrats generally. That's the only apology
for them. .sj Ni1'ssltsA
The UyaeiOus gentlemep OF the Asade' 90 Oh
to say that the statesman "denies IN 'ne sMons
est terms that there is any iodge OF 'ne Ainu ~
Columbus, or the State ana 'nas ID says
point-blank that there is no such order In onio.
We have carefully examined every eui'oriai III
the Statesman relating to the hnign!S' anu
have found no such denial In strong' or weak
OF any other terms, nor any such point pianK OF
other assertion. The inference is that the eoi-
tors of the Leader were In grievous want Oh
monstrous lie, and so manufactured one' or per-
haps, from long habit, it came naturally when
they, or one Of them sat down to write Tor the
paper. sslseft a ts@
It is said "a man can smile and smile, and
be villain" The editors of the Ledde' affect
to be very gracious toward u.s. They say; "We
do not charge him 1.-THE editor of the statesmanl
with being Knight" thank you, gentlemen,]
"but" Imark the terrible bal--"but bis posi-
tiveness is suspicious" Was there ever any
thing more excruciatipg, not to say utterly an
nihilating2, Positive assertions are put into our
mouth which we never used, and then we are
suspected because of our pOsitiueness. 1t seems
almost pity that we did not use such asser-
tions, or at least suggest something Of the
kind for the accommodation of the courteous
editors of the Leader, and thus save them
vast amount of downright lying Perhaps,
this after all would have been but slight ac- |
commodation, as they seem to have done up the
job they under took with surprising facility.
The Leader bhmes us for saying "little or
nothing of the guilt which would pertain to the
Knights, if any existed" "4 We did demand in
tho Arst rtice we vvrota on the aubiect sin the