The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1862-01-11
Treason at Work.

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We presume that no rational man IN the
nation doubts that there are many dlsaf5c
ted men 10 the loyal States. who have ell
ther plegded themselves 70 assist the rebel
lion. or orlv await an opportunity to do so.
The indic stions of their existence have been
too frequent and une4uivocal 10 allow a
doubt on that point. but many have donht-
ed whether they would muster au laclty
enough to engage in any positive act OF nos
tlity. The peril OF treason now Is So great
that it is not outraging reason 10 suppose
that the most viru ent enemies Ot the gov
erament have concluded 70 be quiet. saying
nothing publicly. preserving i sfadInuS ab-
stinence t.om all topics aod alusioHs that
ight irritate loyal feeling against them,
and showing their real spirit only IN secret
rel icing at national defeats, or in such as
sauts upon the Government might be
easily attributed 10 some less obnoxious mo-
i've. But though reason might be resS
onsbly Supposed to be driven % las conceal
ment, and The course of the Sentinel and
other rebel sympathizng organs wouli
seem to confirm the suppositon, there Is 10
sJlute proof that it has not confined li~clt
to such harmless operations. Ii Is actively
at work right 10 cur mi lst, and in various
places in the s ate II still preserves is
outside appearance OF discontenet quiet,
willing to let he public believe that II Is not
lead, if they will only believe that it is not
at work, hds under this veil II Is reaching
out in all directions to size and combine the
elements of resistance to the Gyvernmeut
and fashion them into deadly power for
evil. We have, heretofore. alluded to some
o. The efforts, ns,igated by john e. Davis
aud sapporte by the Sentinel, which aimed
To defeat the collection of the direct tax in
this STATE. bat later discoveries show that
there efforts were but the beginning aud
rough outline of system which Is now as
complete and Thoroughly prepared for its
Internal work as il can be. BY means
which 1t Is not necessary to disclose II has
been ascertaInei thata secret society has
been nrganizsa IN tbs STATE lcitG the P,tr-
pose Of opposing the lc4r and defeating all
attempts to sustain At by ta.ratiOR. This
Society has its oaths, passwords, signs and
lodges, as any other secret society. and is
undoubtedly an offshot of the X. q. z"
association. adapted to this latitude. 1t ex-
lists IN this city, IN Terre Haute, in Rock
vile, in Madison, AID several other places.
Its meetings are secret and its lodge rooms
are Kept carefully concealed. Its memb~rs
IN this city, and several others are positive
iy known. though tits not known that there
may not be others connected with it than
those who have been "spotted." The ex-
istence of the Society has been known for
some time, but it has only been within
short time that appliances could be brought
to bear to procure q full exposure Of tho
secrets. The meetings have been watclts8s
and their participants marked. but their pur-
pose could only be conjectured. They have
been tracked night after night through all
that could be learned outside has been made
as familiar to the detectives as to the MEM
bers themselves. Bat recently detection
has got inside. and We publish below the
exposure it has male: