Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-12

upon the traitosous organization. until Monday
lAsts the dsy psecsding she elsctiop, ahd that
he JeuynqI obtnined the psstIcplars e the e
ssuls spon Ne ecassls" and the capture Of ihe
ecommaoder, = on the same night, aud IN time
for its Issue OF Tuesdsy morning, the day OF the
slectien. We leave thereader todraw his own
infsrences from these coincident eircumstances
Nor do We deem u worth uhile 70 continent
upon the fact that man who, ike PrrrR Hor
xlns. wonld perform tbs rite Of Initiating
member into a secret order. in wagon In th'
open air, must have been either iunatic Of
naturally destitute Of common serse.
| Bat there is one thing In the statements tS
which the Jsnynal has given currency, which
deserves q passing notice. II says that "th'
man Couar" Who was arrested In Marion, statet
that "there are NIsE HuSDRED of them [ths
Knights In Columbus" The Journal prints th'
aNine Hundred" in capitals, and then adds
"Arouse, friends, and cruah this villainous con
spiracy against our country!p In is issue o.
Wednesday morning, In speaking Of the result
OF the election in this county, 1t said: "Ths
Knights Of the Golden Circle have been busy
intimating that through their influence the
large Democratic majorities had been obtained
Thus, the Journal has given publicity to-, and
lis Endorsement Of the base slander which IL puts
into the mouth of "the man CcuRr," upon our
city and county. No man here believes 1.-THE
editor Of the Journal himself does not believe
IL; but to serve low, mean, partisan purpose,
he was willing to sacrifice the good name OF the
community in which he lives, by publishing to
the world statement uncontradicted and appa-
rently sanctioned, that nearly or quite one third
of the legal voters Of the Capital City of Ohio,
are sworn traitors to the Government and the
Union. Taken in connection with the fact that
the Democracy of this county. In common with
that Of our State and country generally, have
always been opposed to all secret political or
gsnizstions, the insnuation that hundreds oil
Democrats In this city have entered into Sc
cret reasonable association, and that the recent
election In this county was carried in favor Of
the Democratic candidates through the inau
ence of members Of that organization, bears
upon its face Its own refutation, and shows that
IL originated in the lowest depths Of that parti-
san selfshness, which sticks at nolie and rejects
no slander, to compass its ends.
The Journals article, with its false and ma
licious Islander upon the fair fame Of this city
and county, has been published in oil the lead
Ing Fusion papers Of the State, and no one that
we have seen has intimated that 1t was not all
the sober truth. slandering the Democracy is,
We suppose, the way these Union men take to
the loyal sentiment Of the country
and weaken the hands Of Southern rebels.
Every true Democrat will say with Us, that
II any traitors are among rs, whether in the
Golden Circle or out Of 1t, let them be brought
to justice forthwith; but let there be no whole.
sale accusations of treason made or counte-
nanced against the loyal citizens Of any com
munity, or the members Of any political party.
We have enough to do to grapple with the stern
'acts of the rebellion without seeking to SOW
iiscord among loyal men by bitter taunts and
'alse accusations.
The Cleveisnd Leader of the 10Th inst, states
hat on the 9th wednesday,, Dr.. J. M. CHRis- |
IAN and THOMAS HoDDER, of Marion, were
rrested, brought to that city and lodged In
all, to await their examination on the charge
4 being implicated in the order Of Knights Of
he Golden Circle in Marion county. If these
men and their alleged confederate, CoURr, have
,een plotting treason, . judicial investigation
will settle the question Of their guilt and their
punishment; in the meantime, our neighbOr Of
he Journal, If he 10 really honest and patriotic
rs he p:ofesses to be, would do well to with.
lraw his false insinuations against the loyalty
# citizens Of this city and county. ,els