, 1863-03-20
The Union League Before the
Grnnd Jury.

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Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury of Crawford county, Ohio,
have recently been making an investigation
Of the Union League. A large number OF
Witnesses from Crestline and Bucyrus were
examined. We learn from the Bucyrus jour-
nal, each witness was dismissed By the Grand
Jury, with the assurauce that the organiza-
tion was not m Objectionable one, and that
the oath taken by them WAS not any more OBJ
jcctionable, and not unlike that taken by
Grand Jurors themselves. The Journal giFes
synopsis Of the testimony taken, us furnish
ed by tho witnesses and reported by the Jury:
fcuAs. BRIMsIKY's ExAM1SAT1ox.
Foremnu-wherc do you reside!
Mr.. B. At Crestlinc In this county.
Do you know Whist we have summoned you
hcrc for! do not.
Do you know Of a secret organization in
Crestlinc? Yes, lido:
the General Government ! i do not know Of
DO youknow Of secret Union organization.
do.
Do you belong TO that organization? I do.
Do you ob1igate yourself in that organiza-
gar6 to the business transactions: do.
Do you think the oath administered By the
Clerk Of the Court more binding than that
administered By your Lodge? They areahout
the samoan oath is an oath
Give the nature and objects Of the organi-
but strictly for the advancement Of the cause
Of the Union and the maintenance Of the
laws.
How do PERSONS become members Of your
orders By being proposed, if qualified they
ate accepted.
What arc the qualifications A member
must be a citizen Of the United States, good
Union man, and an adherent Of the Constitu-
tion. No man that is rebel, 6ecesaioDist, in
fdel or mean nan can get in.
What do you mean by rebel? ANY man
who will not subject himself to the laws Of
the Government Is a reoel-let him live North
or South.
Do Won, as an organization, indorse the
| Union and the Constitution: We do and moth
| ing else.
| ton? We do.
| Is 1t the intention Of tho order to aid the
Government with all your power? 1t is: We
are for the Union and nothing but the Union
and the Constitution.
Do you intend to be good peaccable men !?
Yes, and nothing else.
Do you indorse Lincoln and his advisers:
and do you think be has done right in all res,
| poets? It is a matter that is never admitted
In our Lodge-poltics il not our business;
when the proper time comes We will show our
likes and dislikes.
Arc you in favor Of mob law! Not in the
least.
When you are satisfied that ~: men are :cbels
Lodge? We do.
What measures do you adopt with rebel ?
We ende.Tor to persuade him to be Union
man and quit reasonable acts and language.
II he does not, then ne tell him he must, and
has got to dry up.
Josiah Young testified:
Whom do you admit? AL good Union
men, We have among us Republicans, Dem
ccrats and few Abolitioniats.
Why do you admit Abolitionistss If they
are not strictly loyal, We make them 10.
Do sou go in for mob law? We do not. It
Is our design to maintain and sustain the law.
If = man violates law it is our duty to make
him amenab1e to it.
MARTIN DEALS TESTIMONY.
Do you belong to secret organization
known as the Union League? belong to
something Of the kind; do not know certain
as to the name.
| Do you or the members believe in encour-
aging riots; do not, and do not belong to
that am ashamed Of, or to any that I an
unwilling to give all the information in my
| possession, except the signs and Passwords.
Do you know Of any Organization having,
or have ron concealed weapons! I have
none myself, nor has any organization to
which belong.
What oath do you take! It is to defend
and maintain the laws Of our country in op-
position to riot and treason.
Are you to defend any particular Admins
tra1ion Or SET Of men? We are not.
Are you to do this when you are called up
on by the proper authorities, or On your OWL
account? When am called on.
Another witness:
Union organiZation2 They are Of suck {
rebel would be willing to endorse them a
any time, OF any place. We are "foy ths
Union as it was and the Constitution asst is. :
} How large is your organization? On th'
1st Of January VIC numbered G0, 600 member
! in this State; We now number, suppose
!, from &C, 300 10 $50, 600 in Ohio; am also Lei
; to believe that We are very numerous in al
! | the loyal States, including Maryland, Ken
| lucky, Tennessee and Missouri, and that th
| soldiers of the Southern and Western arm
! belong to it in large numbers.
t The following question VAS asked sewers
witncescs, but VIC give tile answer OF but one
!, Do you, or does the organization to whic
i YOU belong, approve Of the action Of Genera
Gilbert In breaking up the Democratic Cor
y yention, at Frankfort, Ky? As On indiyidus
{ ] do; the Union organization does not dlscue
G the action Of Generals in any Way.
Another witness: ..
/ Fore,nan-What are you here for? don
= know.
e Foreman-We are tired aud sick of til
6 business. Your company Is good, but we wi
D excuse you.