The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1863-01-24
Northern Treason.

The fostering corruption of treason
in the North is coming to head. Soon
the thealer of war may be removed, in
part. from the South to the prairies of
Illinois and the bogs Of Indiana. The
$4,000 members Of the Knights of the
Golden Circle in these states are ripe
for mischief: and the rebels ot Richmond
kno,c 1t. The gloom of the past is but
dim shadow compared with tie dark
ness Of the future, according to all hu-
man probabilities and finite ken.
JEFF. Davis makes speech at Rich
mond in which he speaks of aid for the
rebels coming from the west; and his
words are echoed at the North by all
the Vallandingham and Wood stripe Of
Democrats. 1t is evident there is an
understanding between these two wings
Of the body of treason, and the result is
beyond the foretelling of finite beings.
We lave all the time said thai this
was the aim of the Vallandingham De-
mocracv, and some have thought We
were too severe; but now the fearful
fact IS about TO be recorded in blood /;
and the end no human being can FORE
see.
We have said that these men love
their party and Slavery better than their
country. and now they are going TO
prove the assertion 10 be true. BY the
laying waste OF peaceful homes, aud
the uprealing of the shaggy head Of
treason in the midst of the peaceful
North.
IL probable that before this resches
our iesders, the work Of organized trea-
son in the North will have developed
itself into open acts of rebellion agains,
the government. We recoil from the
contemplation of the dark picture; but il,
IS one Of the stem realities Of the times,
and the stoim must BE- met. Hereafter.
more clearly than ever, it will be seen
that there are but two parties in the
country. tie one adhsring 10 the old
government. the other 20 jeff. Davis
All the monsrels, the half-hesrted I'm.
lonlsts. sld those who love party O,
Slavery better than they do their coun
try. will be found with the rebels
4 Illinois. Indiana, Ohio, and probabl,
Pennsylvania. New Jersey and New
York. will be delused in blood. 1t. i
even possible that Iowa and Kansa
may share the SAME fate.
Most unfortunately this Vallanding
ham treason WAS 10, crushed 10 the bud
and now the bitter fruit has ,ipened
and 1t becomes seif-producing. Wher
is the end?
rs said that tie Emancipation Pro
clSmaiion is the cause of this action
but We happen to know that month
before the. proclamation of Septembe
WAS issued this treason at the Nor,
was organized. 1t only seizes upo
the proclamation as pretext to sho,
itself-if that Lad not been given, som
other pretsxt would have served th
same purpose. This Northern Treason
is the left wing of JEFF. Davis army
and it Was concocied in secret for tn
purpose>of aiding the rebels. Ths
purpose is row about 10 be carried ou
One leading feature Of the scheme
Of these traitors is to cut off New Eng
land and unite the rest of the State
under jeff. Davis with the Souther
Confedcracy! What degree Of success
will attend their efforts remains TO b
seen. The aspects Of the politics
heavens are dismal and foIbidding i
the extreme. Every hour We may ex
pect 10 hear the breaking forth Of th
tempest. Ii come j. must. let it como
and God maintain tie right.
OF one thing We feel confident, an
that is, that in spite of all that combir
ed treason can accomplish, Slavery wi
be destroyed. If treason at the Nor,
should become any way formidable
that fact will only lead TO the speed
arming Of the blacks. If as iha, tres
sonable sheet, the Gin. Enquirer, say:
mot another Democrat will 60 to tll
war;" then insteal of Democrats iii
dsrkies mus. be depended npon; All
between the Vallaudinsham Democrac
and the negroes. We would make c!ioic
Of the latter ten times over. for all loys
purposes.
p Since the foregoing was j
type, we have the intelligence that Gov
Morton defea'ed The first attempts Q
the Northern traitors al open revolt.