Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-04-21
TIE HERALD.
Lancaster, Tues, April |, 1888.
nspaY q "a union nemocrat },

We answer "A Union Democrat" who
Communicates through the Boscobel Argats
dating his letter at Potosi, March 22d,
that what we said concerning the K. G.
C's, at Potosi and elsewhere, in our paper
ofthe 18th March, was stated upon good
and sufficient testimony. We thought
the young chap had made enough by his
anonymous writing and entangling Of
friends thereby. But as he defantly wears
"copperhead" in bis shirt bosom en-
blem Of the X. G. C's-this too notwith-
standing patcrnal counsels and the printed
afirmations of kind father claiming the
loyalty of his son. and dreading that any
stigma of disloyalty should ever be attach
ed to his Connections, we treat him accor-
dinghy. In the first place we note that Mr..
Geo. II. Cox, democrat before and ever
since this bogus Union Democrat" was
born, admits that he was called on Just be-
fore court and asked for the use of a room
in his house to open a lodge Of K. G. Cs,
at I.ancasterj that one of the applicants
was democrat, the other blasted repub-
l;can; that lie was asked 70 join with five
Others, and that he Indignantly refused.
In the next place, some days before the
Dem. Con. Dist, ccnTehlion met last fall
at Mineral Point, a man called on US with
letters showing him to be employed by the
War Department as secret service agent.
pers.ns so employed must Of course pro-
fess to be what they are not when necessary,
SO he was outside peace roaring demo-
crat, favored Western Conieleraey, was
down on Tie Cohscription, Proclamation
and Confscation and didn't want the Mig
gers employed to help save the union be-
cause such service would degrade some
body and lead to negro equality. We
heard him talk that day at the hotel to
some democrats and they fell happy over
it. lie had been TO Mineral Point, Du-
buque and Galena, had his pockets cram
med with handbills calling a democratic
convention at Mineral Point, one Of which
he took care TO post in the presence Of COM
pany. He claimed to he in possession of
the ritual signs and passes of the X. q. C's.,
whose lodges he Sometimes attended He
He said the lodges were not numerous in
this State-but one at eacl Of the three
places above named, one somewhere in
Lafayette county, aud here and there one
through the State but none as vet in Grant
County, though he bad heard that appll-
cations had then been made 20 the Grand
Castle at Dubuque for charters for lodges
ut Potosi, Beetown and atsome other place
He then read from his memorandum book,
written in characters unknown to us, the
names of members Of the order residing ia
this county and who had been initiated at
neighboring lodges. On pledge ofneyef
reveahng he allowed US to copy the names
fourteen in number, most of whom we
know; and to be sure that we were not
imposed upon we have since spoken to one
of the men and made him aware Of our
knowledge of his connection with the order
which we were sorry for afterwards as he
took on spasmodicalF. in vain he denied
his flushed face changed to paIeness when
we reminded him OF particulars Of his in
itiation, place, time, DC, as We bad learned
these from said agent. Then he madden
ed and wanted to bite or fight somebody,
though thanking Us for the Information.
lie sRore vengeance upon mankind in gen
eral, cursed the rotten war democracy and
gave them Hail Columbia. We have not
6luee seen said agent, understood him to
say he would be most Of the time in Iowa.
We have since learned enough to satisfy
us that lodges have been started at or near
British in Potosi and at or near Beetown,
but for sundry reasons they hav'nt done
much at Potosi. Some have taken alarm
and lodged without finishing their first de-
gree. One had to stop half way and per
feet his naturalization before finishing.
AS only renegade Catholics could JON
those in whom politics and party are deep
er rooted in the heart than church, the
number Of qualified persons was fonnd to
be small at Potosi. Furthermore, the rit-
ua of the order does caution the brother
hood against admitting Catholics, as well
as sotrie other classes. And we affirm
this also, that no good Catholic can be a
K. G.. c., or traitor to the country to which
be has sworn allegiance, and we appeal tc
any Catholic Priest for proof All Cath
olics judged to be true and faithful to THEN
church and the constitution and laws d
their adopted country cannot be mem.
bers of the. X. g. C's. In The South
they are all excluded, and as consequence
four-fiths of them, clergy and laity. are
loyal to thu union. In the North, where
all but those guilty Of trsasontothe church
ao also so declared, they are disposed to
be loyal, and would be 50 only for the Van.
kee damagogues who continue to lead
them by exciting all manner Of prejudice
on the Niger question. What is known
of The X. G.. C's., is valid. as iteones from
members Of the order WHO were sworn to
tell all they knew before the Federal Count
of Indiana, held at indianapolis in De-
cenlber and Jaunary last and published By
authority. In our statements gye are con-
&c., -, tbaf rann41 G., 49,. 49, 1870,