Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-09-01
Coz Caught Agsin.

fsft will be recollected that that pestiferous
Abolition organ grinder, Cover, of the Grant
County Herald made positive statement that
he knew Of lodges Of the Gold Circle it Grant
county--al of the "Copperhead" order. To
prove which he was snbpGnaed before the u.
;. Grand Jury, in Milwaukee, and when he
had raised his hand before his God and the
Grand Jury, his courage failed him. He dare
not testify falsely before such tribunal, as he
bad before his.daped readers. and he was COM
PEELED TO swear that be knew nothing about
the aforesaid lodges. So that matter was set
tied, and Cover returned 10 his old haunt, a
convicted man"
The above is rehash BY the Madison
Patriot, Of cloth at first appearing III the
milwaukee, Neacs. We were, wi b others
fr1nthis county, summoned to meet the U.
S. Grand Jury at Milwaukee; that is true,
and The OILY truth presented by the Meas
and Patriot. The q. S. Attorney inform
ed us, the writer hereof that we had been
summoned to tel all we had learned con
corning an attempt to organize lodge of
The X. G. G.'s or United Brotherhood at
Lancaster, with the names Of persons con-
cerned, also, 10 testify as to our authority
for publishing IN the Herald one or more
notices Of tho probable formation of such
lodges. Ii our testimony we gave the
names of persons of whom we obtained
the Information concerning such matters,
themselves acknowledged members of he
order one since soldier in the rebel ar
my. the other a repenting one now tire,l of
the K. G. C's and Copperheadism, and
willing to 90 before the same court and
tell all be knows.
In the matter Of an attempt last spring
to organize lodge at Lancaster by Judge
Bailey, a notice Thereof appearing in our
paper and which caused our being summon
ell, the facts were fully proven, as we stated
them, by the testimony Of Geo. H. Cox
aud Felix Dilger--tho latter acting by the
direction of Bailey in applying to Cox for
the use Of bis ball. wherein to organise
lodge Of Said United Brotherhood. The
same understood by Dilgerto be treason.
able society. Cox refused The use of his
hall for such purpose, then entrusted to a
friend an account Of the matter who
thought it tod good ID. keep private. We
got hold OF the facts and published them,
Just as sworn to before the U. s. Grand
Jury by Cox and Dilger. In justice to
Dilger, VI do not believe, and so far as We
know, Others do not, that be meant to com
init any wrong in consenting to join Bailey
in this act of treason. He was under
,Bailey's influence and being partner in
the Lancaster Mills, al d with unequal cap
ital, was rather 10 his power Bailey used
the advantage, and those not acquainted
with the circumstances might censure Mr..
digger. Judge Bailey left the state shortly
after. He was Copperhead, admired the
Milwaukee Negs, which was regularly
brought to him by the news boy, and called
himself democrat. AS to Cox, he acted
the gentleman and the part Of a loyal dem
ocrat and we claiis. i1or ourself considerable
credit for blowing up these little home re-
bel confederacies before fairly 10 blast. II
would be too much to ask tie Noes and
Patriot to publish this reply to their state
inenls. but 81 some Of the union papers
will do so we'll be glad.