Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-08-14
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The, Grand Jurors .ofthsaltaitei States
of America, within. nnt,f9r the District of,
Indiana, ei,panneled, sworn aud charged in
said district al sara Nay term thercof' h hayye. =
ing about com plctcr their labors 9and be-
ingrnowreaiy to silje,un) J feclhit aheir am.
perative, duty tocmneanesfiuz respectful
manner. TO this honorable court the general
features OF Some startling developments
made during sthcirs inScstig These
de9elopemuts.i when csnsidefed in con-
neetion with tho, disturbed condition of
the causcless and atrocions rebellion against
the Constitution and laws of the land, are
deemed of the gravest Importance and
should be made known, that prompt and
efiieieht easures ays be- taken by the civ-
| il, and military sauthoriticswto smeetg and
ward, off the effect Of the wicked and .trea,
sonaJle designs of those connected, with
such Developments .s'1 : a4' V''s
"A recent act Of sCongress made IL The
duty of the Grand Jury to inquire into
any combinations OF eenspiracies formed
! by individuals within the Jurisdiction of
the court to prevent. the execution OF any
! law of the United States Having heard
that organizations witt, this object in view
existed in certain localities. witnesses were
sent for. and brought before tho Grand
Jury. These witnesses came from many
counties, and lived IN various parts of the
State After careful md diIigcnt exam
ination of the itestimonys from witnesses
well acquainted with tho, facts deposed,
and haring a personal knosi'5ge of' 'fhe mai,
ters, said Grand Jury are constrained to
say that secret and oath bound organiza-
tion exists. Wandering SOME fifteen 'fhous-
a,si iu Indiana, as .estilnatcd by the mem )
bers of their order. commonly known as
Knights Of Tie Golden -Gxfle. and even in
the same localities byldifferents Danes
Their lodges, or Castles" as they denom
mate thems are located in various parts Of
the State. yet they have, common signs.
grips. and words, Whereby the members are
able to distinguish each other, and pass
words to enable the member TO enter. the
castle in which he was initiated, or any
other which such member may choose to
visityY they have signals by which they
can communicate with each other in the
day. or the night time, and above all they
have signal or sign which may be recog-
nizel at great distance from the person
giving it,. This last signal, we regret TO
say. was invented for tie use Of such nss,s-
bers as should. By draft or other,cise, be
compelled 10 serrc in The ranks of The. army
/ In such case members of the order serving
in opposing armies receiving the sign are
reminded of ftheir obligation MOTTO injur.
Ethe naensLer giviny a. Thistsig,fal is given
lin every instance upon The initiation OF, "a
new member. and its observance is strictly
fcnjoined upon every individual belonging
to tho order. BY the teachings Of the or.
ganization it is ,tlosiusy of its members
engaged, in the present war;. although ar.
trayed on opposite siles. upon the signal
being given. IL they shoot at all. "fo shoo
orer each 3her." Many members of the
order ex ahmed bcforei us lad,rlt fhe 5iadi,ss
force ef ~. p5liasnies, aud Itetend to D al
ttJy y rs ,cWred, inprinciple., q -. toss
I Said Grand Jury would respectfully
lsubmis tina: the effect OF such obligation j,
! to set aside the. oath taken by every SOL
der when he enters the service of the Uni
ted Statest The obligation imposed by
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withthe duties ola soldier who in battls
dare not spare the, person, of his enemy
| We must either disarm or destroy him,
and especially so long as the rebel may be
seeking totatc the life o. The Loyal soldier.
! To do otherwise would be grossly trsach
erous, and justly suoject the guilty party
1, to a traitors DOOM. r...t
Il From the evidence introduced before
said Grand jury it would seem that the
/ order called tho Knights ofthe Golden
!, Circle had their origin in sthe southern
] States. andwas introduced into this State
from kentucky. It's primary object. .yheT
IL origininated, was to organize the friend
! of the institution of african slavery in th
United States. for the purpose Of acyHir
ing more territory in Mexico anil the Cen
trail American States. anu also the acdui
sition of Cuba. thcsebyl to extend and fos
ter great slave empisc,- even though il
should dye those countries in human blood
Hence the various raids made upon thos,
countries which have called forth from tim
to time the proclamations of our formel
Presidents. denouncing such attempts and
threatening the exercise. of the power o
the IG Government to aphts them down.
4 Wicked as these. hel!ishs sehemesu;w were
said Grand Jury would not have troublel
4 this Honorable Court with this present
ment had the lmachinatiohs of'the Knight
!, ofthe bGoldsn Circle bcsnsc copiide isolelJ
to theirs original designs Finding -hes
useful such an orgaization was for tho pur
poses, originally intended, said Grand Ju.
!. ry believe tha. il not only exssn.is al pros
ens shrchgh every PsAiof .asa ssatk;lshs
every depsrtmentoo Of thebrebel sarmps br
during last winter and spring, WAS iptro
!, lduced into, the State Of Indiapa and, Other
northern states. SinSc that. time il ha,
! made alarming prossessfn our midst via
! entirely new features ATTACHED TO in view
of the npnsturals conf aict.newsc cdesoIating
l,our country. Not only are the loyal SOD
!, ,diers IN tie army to be treaeherously 6etrqyes
in The Bloody hour ofbhttie. BY the sig gnai
hbefoS sfeferred f0.c D6f Said d49Ta6I T ',yur1