The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1862-04-03
TREASON IN MICHIGAN.
The Secret History Of the Past Year
---Curious Development. I'd

! curious Development.
] The following is the article in tn,
Detroit Tribune, referred to 10 wednes
days debate lin the q. s. Senate:
/ The following letter VIC have from az
official source, the original Of which i,
now in the Department Of State al
Washington. 1t gave IN the authori.
ties mere and at Washington the 6rst
clue to the existence of such traitorous
secret clubs in the State, and furnished
the FIRST data for Investigations which
established the fact that such clubs OK
isted here al tho date of the letter. and
that they have heen increased and OK.
tended to most, if not all the principal
towns in the State. 1t also led to the
discovery of sufficient evidence of trea.
son against several individuals to war.
rant their arrest aud imprisonme ent in
Fort Lafayette. hH.H".
This letter was communicated to the
proper authorities last October. At
that time twas discovered that the se-
cret organizations referred to existed in
Detroit, Ypsilanti, jackson, Michigan
Centre, KalouInzoo. Lnpeer, North
Branch, Almont, Lakeville, Utica, Mt.
Clemens, Emmett, and other towns in
the interior of Michigan, and Port Sar-
MIA, st. Marys, Windsor, Hamilton, To.
ronto, and other towns in Canada West.
1t must be remembered that the let.
ter itself is dated last October, and the
reasonable purposes it seems to refer
to never ripened into action.
The explanations of the initials in
brackets are furnished us by the officers
who have investigated the matter, and
are believed to be in the main correct. !
NORTH BRANCH, LAPEER Co., Mich. !
"R. NJ c., Esq. . '0''
DEAR AND HoNoRED SIR: write
to inform you that the c., Tcommis
sions, the signatures of the s. of
S, &c, attached with a number of
skeIeton Pts, [p'rmits,1 will bo
found at the house Of R l.,
W. Z. W. Windsor, Canada West by
the 9th instant. "
"Tho work, dear sir, goes bravely on.
| have received replies from over sixty
different localities, and forwarded then
to their proper destination; and, I mn
happy to say, thus far without breath
of suspicion or any accident Our fel.
low !citiEens are better prepared for the
grand movement than even the most
sanRuine of our leaders dared to hone
The League [is] extending it's ramifca-
tions in every direction, and gaining
new and valuable adherents daily. 7
feel greatly strengthened in the belief
that WHOM the honr comes to erect our
glorious standard, an overwhelming
force will spring up at the first trum.
pot cell. Many VIII" are oltwarliy raL.
il in the tyrant's favor, are with us,
heart aud soul. cannot, in common
with C's st, refrain from express
Ing MY asionishnent, not to saw de-
light, nt the unparalleled success and
secresy which has thus far attended
the efforts Of the brotherhood. God
cannot help blessing cause whose
Object is the restoration of a rreat
nation TO peace and unity, by the
overthrow Of the blackest and mot
dam nable dcspotsm that ever usurpcd
the liberties Of free people. 7r..'
1T is not difficult to convince nm
honest. intelligent man that the only !
way left to restore the honor aud res. |
cue the Constitution from beneath the
feet of the tyrantS,. whero il is row
lying, is to insure by concerted action
throughout tho N TNorth.1 ! the ,
success of the S. GSouth until
tired and disgustcd, the conservative
element is Strong enough to rise and
tnitc, II necessary, NTH The A-1Ar.
o,y, Of the S. SOuih1 ouerrna tks !
u North. Ike a harricane, s,oeep. .
hg The A. Administration. into .
'terni,y, or al least dririHg them into /
'onPfete and unconditional submission.
This is the only way in which our lib-
rites aud our country'cun be saved.
Such a result would again unite the
". North and S. TSouth1 ! in
new bonds Of amity aud interest, re-,
'tore the Union. in oil its former
strength and beauty. and tho Consttu.
ion to the sacred niche from which il
has been ruthlessly hurled by the des.
pots. May tho League prove the step.
1ing-stone TO such a result. -
al have it from the best authority
hat the League is doing noble work in
Nd Maryland.] even anisng the
\. S. Federal Soldiers1 at Fort NJ
Fort Monroel. If God continues to
prosper our efforts the hour of Union
'otwee" N. North ] and S. rSouth1 is 7
rot far distant. Prepared and united,
'ur force win prove irresistible, and
he aeoursed Ais Gabolitionists1
Ell be swept into the Atlantic
presnt P President Pierce1, in
lis pi s'ng', has drawn many brave and I
nfinentia men to the League P---y
# the l.. G. D---t League Club, De.
.rOit] sent line to DR., F., (by II. l.
uiekey] the mormon Eldcr), who, US I
IOu perhaps know, iE just across
he line from Port H. Port Hu.
on The League is doing nobly IN
VI :, l. and Wis. Michigan, Indiana and
Wisconsin. He is cautious, but, in
iommon with others, is gradually pro.
'aring the minds oftbe people for
great change, He expresses fear that
ny attempt to draught men will pro.
iuco premature outbreak. think
iis fear is well founded. A member
If tie League Of Genesec Michigan !
sho passed through the woods with dis.
patches on his way to DR.. p, told