Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1862-05-01

"'C'' 'hc great mass ot the people Q
this broad land shall be permitted {
exist.
There is good reason to believe tha
the chief scat of the power of th
X. q. G. has recently been transferre,
from the Southern States TO Canada
and that it has powerful allies anon!
the nobility, bankers and merchant
OF England. Having accomplished it
great design at the South, by arous
ing the people to the fighting point, i
leaves them in the hands of the mill
tary despots, who rule them with
rod of iron, joins hands with our for
elgn foes, and seeks, by the foules
secret means, the overthrow of ou
Liberties. Our foreign enemies arr
banded together in this infamou:
league, by tens eff thousands, and are
vigorously at work. night and day
lat all times and all seasons, by fail
means and by foul" to accomplish the
fuliillment Of their long cherished
hopes, and oft repeated predictions OF
the downfall of our Republican form
OF Government, the dismembcrment OF
our Union, and the utter destruction
of this last and greatest home of free.
dom for the oppressed nations of the
old world.
Men of America! who love your
country with all its bright prospects
of future greatness, whose fathers
freely shed their blood to secure to
you and to your children the blessings
of civil and religious liberty, these arc
facts! and you shall be convinced OF
them. Your enemies arc secretly al
work in your very midst, and are in
conspiracy with foreign emissarics to
deprive You of the blessings which
you have ever enjoyed under your
patcrnal Government, and for the
maintenance Of which you may be
compelled yet again to peril your lives
and your fortunes. Are you willing
that this hcllish conspiracy shall be
permitted to go on undisturbcd until
the wicked traitors who are engaged
in it shall have accomplished their de-
signs, until you are bound hand and
foot, and chained to the car of despo-
tlsm 10y fetters that cannot be broken :
or will you at once awake to realiza-
tion OF the impending danger, and by
united effort strangle the monster.
An exposition of the work of the
h. u, T., was first published in the
columns of the Louisville Journal, in
July, 1854. of its authenticity there
can be no doubt. Geo. ID. Prentice,
the editor OF the Journal, gives his
solemn assurance as an editor and
rs a man." that the documents from
which he derived his information are
authentic. He asserts, moreover, that
he received them from a prominent
Knight of the third degree. The gem
ulneness OF these documents has never
yet been denied by any man whose
word can be regarded as valid tcsti-
mony in the case.
Since It's Introduction into the North.
western States and Canada. the order
has adopted modus operaudi differ
ing from the one now revealed, and
perhaps better suited 20 its new field
Of operations. Its most active mem
bcrs are among the noiSiest of thcpre-
tended friends Of the Union; and there
is reason to suspect that il has its
cmiSsaries in high and confidential
positions i'm the civil and military de-
partments of our Government. Its
real designs are cloakcd under a spc-
clous garb Of patriotism, and of in
tense soicitude for the preservation
OF the Union and for the welfare of
our people. ...
They are banded together by themost
solemn obligations, to obey the orders
OF their commanders, whatever they
may be and it is evident that human
life is held To be Of but little value,
should it offer an obstacle to the ac-
complishment of the objects sought.
That the X G. c. planned the assas-
sination of Mr.. Lincoln, either on his
journey to the Capitol, or during the
ceremonies of his Inauguration, scarce
ly admits of doubt The plot was
discovered and revealed to his friends
long before his departure from his
home for the City Of Washington, and
was frustrated by the vigilance of his
friends and the military precaution of
Gen. Scott.
From the first outbreak of the pres
ent rebellion, the tone of the British
Press toward the Government and
people of the loyal portion of the
United States, has been of the most
hostile and ungracious character; and
a careful comparison Of the articles
which have appeared in a majority of
the leading British newspapers, with
those published IN the South, shows
unmistakable evidence of identity of
origin. All have been dictated in the
same spirit, and probably, to a great
extent Ivy the same parties. In the
discussions arising out of the arrest
of Slidell and Mason, the similarity ol
tone and temper was too palpable t.
be overlooked. The British Press
teemed with unfounded ISLANDERS upo,
our Government and people. The
public mind of England was infamed
by the publication of the most deliber
ate falsehoods, wholesale vituperation
and the foulest calumnies, such as
could originate nowhere else than in
the distempered brains of men who
viewed everything from the Secession
standpoint, and who were determined
to accomplish, so far as was in their
power, the disruption of the Union by
means Of a foreign war, and the estab.
lishmcnt of two separate contederacies
within it's limits. That a large and
powerful interest in England was de
tcrmincd on war with the United
States, was perfectly plain. Whenc,
came these indisputabe manifestations
of hostility towards the United States
but from the h. G.. G. and its allie.
abroad.
The following letter is from the pei
Of a gentleman who has had ampl,
opportunity to make himself acquaint
cd with the facts whereof he writes
and who has devoted much time I,