The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-08-14

sscrss Troassa In Indiana and Iowa
The Grand Jury. at its recent session
in indianapolis, learned that the secret
society in aid and comfort of traitors mum
bered over fifteen thousand persons IN
that State. We have no doubt that un.
der the manipulations of Fl. Lafayette
Jones, Mahony and their myrmidons
! throughout this State the number of the
members of the lodges in Iowa are quite
as large in proportion to population as in
Indiana.
We take it for granted that the head
quarters of this secret reasonable associ-
alton for this State are located at Da-
buqne, and in the following paragraphs
arc indicated the effects it produces in a
community, which are specially charac-
teristic of Dubuque:
From the evidence introduced before
said Grand Jury, it would seem that the
order called the Knights of the Golden
Circle had their origin in some of the
Southern States, and was introduced into
this State from Kentucky. Its primary
object, when it originated, was to organ
ize the friends of the institution of Afri-
can slavery in the United States, for tie
purpose of acquiring more territory in
| Mexico and the Central American States,
and also for the acquisition of Cuba,
thereby to extend and foster great slave
empire, even though it should dye those
countries in human blood Hence the
various raids made upon those countries
which have called forth, from time to
time, the rroclamations of our former
Presidents, denouncing such attempts,
and threatening the exercise of the power
of the Government to put them down
Wicked as these helish schemes were,
said Grand Jury would not have troubled
this honorable court with this present.
ment, had the Vaccinations of the Knights
of the Golden Circle been confined solely
to their original designs. Finding how
useful such an organization was for the
purposes originally intended, said Grand
Jury believe that it not only extends at
present through every part Of the South,
and every department of the rebel army,
but, during the last winter and spring,
was introduced into the State of Indiana
and northern States. Since that time it
has made alarming progress in our midst,
with entirely new features attached to it,
In view OF the unnatural conflict now des-
olating the country. Not only are the
loyal soldiers in the army to be treach-
erously betrayed in the bloody hour of
battle, by the signals before referred To,
but said Grand Jury have abundant evil
dence of the membership binding them
selves to resist the payment of the Fed
eral tax, and prevent enlistments in the
armies of the United States.
1t is fact worthy of note, and conclu-
sively shown, that in localities whore this
organization extensively prevails there
has been a failure to furnish fair pro-
portion of volunteers. Said Grand Jury,
after a thorough examination on that
point, have been unable to find any in
stance where member of said organiza-
ton had volunteered to fight for the
Union under the late requisition for VOL
unteers. Said Grand Jury were informed
that an individual of the Order had pro-
posed to make up company to be called
"Jayhawkers.' composed exclusively of
"knights Of the golden Circle" But
said Grand Jury believe that at no time
was the proposition seriously entertained
but in fact only intended as cover to
hide their reasonable purposes when they
found they were about to be discovered.