Daily Nashville union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1862, 1862-04-26

/ exposition OF tne Dfdef IN inc JiASihhatl
Gazette:
But the most damnable and atrocious
part Of this dark plot is yet TO be told,
and if it does not arouse the languid pa
triotic blood now resting in security to
stand united against the working of this
: foul treason, then, indeed, our liberties
are in danger The X. G. g., through
this secret organization, have the blood
thirsty scheme of disseminating Northern
Union men, and creating anarchy and
civil war in the North, as a means Of
ending resistance to the rebellion Be-
! lieyiDg that other means will fail, they
are already privately armed and arming
for the conflict
! have before stated that as a part Of
the programme, that all Northern Union
men who voted for Lincoln, or sltgtain the
government in a vigorous prosecution Of
the war to crush out the rebellion, are to
be branded as "ABoLirloN1sTs," ergo
TRAITORS" equally guilty with JEFF Davis
/ ana his crew, because Garrison anu Wen
dell Phillips and other fanatcal Abo-
| litionists, have been notorious and ignO-
minious as disunioaists. Let the Nor
thern Abolition traitors and the Southern
Rebel leaders be hung up together, il at
all, !" is now the watchword--" Let them
perish in equal numbers, as the authors
of the war" "The Abolitionists Of the
North must first be put dotcn' before the
War can come to an end" "The danger
of Northern uprising against the Gov
eminent, il the war is not speedily brought
to close" ave are fighting our own
brethren" "They are willing to conpro-
mise, but the Abolitionists will not"
"The people viii rise and fight before
they will pay taxes to keep our soldiers
killing our brothers in the South" "The
Abolitionists are worse traitors, 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 re-
belliOn South" "Blood must flow in
the North, as well as the South before
we getrid Of the worst traitors to the
UniOn' Abolitionists must be put in
Fort Warren as well as Southern men, if
you want peace" These and numerous
other similar dark and blood foreboding
expressions that may be heard in talking
with high knights" only go to fully
cOrrOborate the written evidence now be- |
fore me, of blood thirsty plot to assassi-
nate Union men TO Secure the success
of the South" Ihave seen and read The
special dispatches of high ~'Knights,"
sent from one castle to the high officials |
of another, in which the whole program
me Of operations, and the means TO be |
used were deliberately laid down and |
commented upon, in which it is always |
distinctly stated that the only way to
success in the North, is to secure the |
success ofHe South by concerted action |
throughout the North-that the country |
must be tired and worried out with tax |
es and the horrors Of war, until pre-
tense is given to warrant Northern |
civil war, and an uprising against the |
"Abolitionists," as the cause Of the be-
ginning and continuance of the conflict |
Then the private arms are TO be used. |
Each K q. G. is pledged to arm himself
with a long knife and revolving pistol. |
They are also provided with small dark |
pocket or police lamps, One dispatch to |
high functionary. stated that if secresy |
and success attended tho project--and he |
had no doubt on that score--it would |
prove a second Sicilian Vesper, which has !
reference also, to some of the test words |
ofrecognition. "Are you going te Yes
pers y "Are you ready for Nespers ~
is the sly way of asking each other if |
they are "amea" and 'Teady;' and also
Of asking a stranger if ne is X. G. c.
or, if in a mixed crowd any conversa-
ton in which the word "Yespers" is
used, indicates membership, which leads |
to further tests.
/ have heard that the more desperate |
openly state that if this war is not closed |
in less than four months, "AbolitiOn |
blood will flow in every Northern city |
/ am not permitted to 60 more into de-
tail at this time. l have given you but a
faint outline of the plot, and the means
10 be used to overthrow the Ship of State.
When il eliminates into the assassina-
ton Of Union men in the peaceful, loyal |
North, by band of secretly organized
traitors - when the bell shall toll for
another Sicilian Vespers when traitors
shall shout their songs of rebellion as
the signal for the Grand Carnival of
Treason TO commence, with one side Sc
cretly armed for the conhict-theu the
country will inquire with amazement
whetheE the events of March 80, 1882,
are not to have their counterpart here in
the year 1862. for no other crime than
being loyal TO the Government, and will
ling TO put down the most wicked and
causeless rebellion that ever existed -
frhen, perhaps, the Government will be
laroused 70 the importance of not harbor-
hng yipers in its bosom to sting its very
'lifeblood--then the loyal people will rise
in their might and protect their own lib
critics, and woe be unto those who have