The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-04-12

designation of the place where "Knights" con.
gregate to concoct treason) There is the most
perfect and uninterrupted communications be-
tween the South and England through this or.
der. Their principal avenue is through the
Canadas, where they have numerous Castles
and 90 workers, - we'll a. In Europe. There
are numerous Southerners located in Canada,
rs connecting links in the agency, and several
Of the employees of the Provincial railroads
connecting with the States are the active agents
and messengers" Of this secret treason against
the Government. At both ends of the Grand
Trunk, the Great Western, the Buffalo & Lake
Huron reads. these agents are busy, but most
ly so on the Grand Trunk and the connecting
lines into Vermont. Several Of the represen-
tatives of large British capitalists residing in
Canada are known to be most active operators
and sympathizers. The Donneganna and st.
Lawrence hotels at Montreal are the resorts OF
Southern rebels, where they are met and treat
ed with great kindness and cordially; also, at
Quebec, Toronto, Hamilton, SC. The K. G. C.
| claim to own, or have controlling interest, in
| nearly every leading newspaper in the Cana
das. In Canada, as in England, this organize
ton, and sympathy with the rebellion, is con-
fined to the feudal, aristocratic, and what they
claim to be the ruling classes, viz: those "born
to rule by royal prerogatiye." They dread the
influence of Republican America; they con-
slider her o rival power, dangerous to the ex-
tension of their own lease Of monarchical rule,
and are ready to seize upon the first favorable
| opportunity to assist in her overthrow-and
thus demonstrate to their own subjects, already
restless, if not clamorous, for many ..reforms''
approximating to our young Government, that
| the s'model Republic" is a failure; that Democ-
racy cannot constitute permanent govern
ment; that nothing short Of monarchical, or
strong central government, can Withstand the
shock of ages. The overthrow, or division and
| disruption Of our government, would be point
ed to as ful6llment of the long -heralded pro-
phecies of monarchists. The active and adroit
diplomacy of the rebel States, through their
ablest men, knew well where to secure strong
foothold in Europe, and they struck with sue
cess They sought the association of aristoc-
racy and capital, as the strong point to be
gained, and hence, to large extent, have se-
cured the tone of the aristocratic press, with.
out striking the responsive chord in the hearts
Of the great mass Of the European people-the
working and tax-paying classes, whose repre-
sentatives are performers" who turn q
listening ear to the musical strains of liberty
and equality which float to them from across
the Atlantic, and cause the inquiry why they
cannot enjoy the same blessing without risking
a perilous voyage from their native land to the
New World, where all are 'sovereigns," and
the rulers only the subjects and servants. The
X. G. c. never seem to lack money to send mes
sengers on long journeys, and keep them con-
stantly in the field, or do anything else they
deem important This gives color to their
claim that the European associated aristocracy
are secretly furnishing large sums of money to
second the base objects of the Southern rebel
lion. have no doubt Of it,
ASSASSlNATION!-But the most damnable
and atrocious part of this dark plot is yet to
be told, and if it does not arouse the languid
patriotic blood now resting in security to stand
united against the working of this foul treason
then, indeed our Liberties are in danger. The
K. G. c., through this secret orgar;:...uon'
have the blood-thirsty scheme , -:
Northern Union men. u creating anarchy
and civil var in ~. North, as means of end
in - r.sis. I've to the rebellion! Believing that
n1s.r means will fail they are already privately
armed and arming for the conflict
| have before stated as a part of the pro.
gramme, that all Northern Union men who
voted for Lincoln, or sustain the Government in
vigorous prosecution of the war to crush out
the rebellion, are to be branded ssABoI1T1oN-
IsTs," ergo, straitors," equally guilty with
jeff Davis and his crew, because Garrison and
Wendell Phillips and other fanatical Abolition
lists, have been notorious and ignominious as
dsunionists. ''Let the Northern Abolition trait
ors and the Southern Rebel leaders be hung
up together, if at ALL" is now the watchword
-"Let them perish in equal numbers, as the
authors of the war. 1.-THE Abolitionists of
the North must first be put down before the
War can come to an end The danger of
Northern uprising against the Government,
If the war is not speedily brought to close"
"We are fighting our own brethren"
I'VE are willing to compromise, but the Abo-
htionlsts will not" 1.-The people will rise
and fight before they will pay taxes to keep
South" ''Yhe Abolltionists are worse trait
ors, and more to blame than the South. -
'The Abolitionists must be cleaned out, and
then we can have peace" "The people must
rise and hang the Abolitionists at the same
time the army put down the rebellion South"
"Blood must flow in the North, as well as the
South, before we get rid of the worst traitors to
the Union" "Abolitionist must be put in
Fort Warren as well as Southern men, if you
want peace" These and numerous other SINH
lar dark and blood foreboding expressions that
may be heard in talking with high ''Knights."
only 60 to fully corroborate the written evil
dence now before me, of blood. thirsty plot to |
assassinate Union men to secure the success |
special dispatches of high knights" sent |
from one castle to the high officials of another
in which the whole programme of operations,
and the means to be used were deliberately laid
down and commented upon, in which it is al
ways distinctly stated that the only way to
su cess IN the North is to secure the success of
me South by concerted action throughout the
North, that the country mustibe tired and wor-
Fled out with trxes and the horrors of war,
until pretense is given to warrant North
'rn civil war, and an uprising against the Sab
'lltionlsts, as the cause Of the beginning and
continuance of the conflict Then the private
arms are to be used. Each K. G. C. is pledged
o arm himself with long knife and a revoly-
ng pistol They are also provided with small
lark pocket or police lamps. One dispatch to
! high functionary, stated that if secrecy and
uccess attended the project-and he had no |
lonbt on that score--it would prove second {
'icllian Vesper, which has reference also to
ONE OF the test words of recognition care |
ON gong to VespersF"-"Are you ready for !
Iespersf' is the sly way of asking each other I
they are EARNED" and "rsady;'' and also of ,
skiing stranger if he is Ak G. Cor if in a t
nixed crowd, any conversation in which the a
Tord 'Vsspers" is used ind icates membership q
7hich leads to further tests
nave heard the more desperate openly state +
h"' u ehis WAR Is not closed In less than four |
ionths, abolition" blood would flow in every
ofthern city. l am not permitted to 60 more t
ito detail at this time. have given you but 6
faint outline of the plot, and the means to be t
sed to overthrow the old Ship of State When C
eliminates into the assassination of Union a
en in the peaceful, loyal North, by band of c
,eretly organized trators-when the bell shall "
III for another Sicilian Vespers-when traitors
'all shout their songs of rebellion as the sig r
II for the Grand Carnival of Treason to com o
ence, with one side secretly armed for the G.
nfiict-then the country will inquire with n
nazement, whether the events of March 30. ~
'o2, are not to have their counterpart here I,
the year 1862, for no other crime than being y
val to the Government, and wishing to nut tt
wn the most wicked and causeess rebellion
at ever existed! Then, pei haps, the Govern
ent will be aroused to the Importance of lot te
rboring vipers in its bosom to sting its very TO
e-blood--then the loyal people will rise in th
cir might and protect their own liberties. and st
'e be unto those who have their lot cast with to
r. &C, or have followed their leadership re
These are startling developments, and will 10