Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-12-01
The Triumph of the Secret
LeaSuerS.

The triumph Of the Secret Lcaguers, at
the late elections, finds a parallel in the
reign Of Know NOthingism in 1854. The
Know Hothings swept everything before
them in 1854. and the Leaguers. aided by
administra ton patronage and shoddy con-
tractors and military seTvilence, haze car
ried the elections in 1868.
The Loyal League organisation is said to
be similar to that Of the Know No.hings.as
far as secret osths and intolerant pledges
are concerned, but il admits all who sN ear
fidelity to the present corrupt and Gespotic
dynasty that rules the nation, regardless Of
lnr, birth. PLACE or religion. II il strict
ly political organization FOR the elevation
Of men to Office who espouse its hidden
principles and endorse the radical measures
of tie President and Cabinet. No man
who stands by the old lind marks, the
constitution a. it is and the Union as it
vas, can be Loyal Lacquer.
1t is true the association sail. under the
false colors Of uncoA iiticnal Unior:sm, but
in its embrace are found all the original
disunionis.s and Northern null f ,rs in the
l"yal States. The men wha drfied Govern
ment Ctficers ard resisted With force and
arms the execution Of the laws OF Congress-,
and who have preached up negro equality
are Loyal Leaguers. end l,udest in their
declarations of love for The Union And
the III Know Nothiugs. with scarcely
single sxreDiion. bsl,ug to the same secret
organ zasion.
Thus it is easiy seen how the L val
Lesguers trium5hed at the late elections.
Their organ zasion is perfect, so far as
BIN Ing ell the dsvotees Of AboIiticrism
md the enemies of the Democratic party
together for one purppse-the requirement
OF Office ami power. They won this year
By n'aiGrrins that set all the ordinary rules
Of cnicilsjiuu at d: farce. but the same late
awaits them that hefrl the Know Nl,hing
party.
The psoIle Of tie United States are not
deaf t. the warnings OF Washirgto against
secret r. litical societies, and when aroused
To the fact Of their dangerous tendencies,
they will not fail to discard them and vine
them out, And though the Loyal Laag>
uers by their perfsct unity and seer ct m lch
inaiions carried The elections in 1868, in
1864, they will sssursdly meet the fate of
their kinired-plotters Of Thags remember.
snce.
The power Of the secret political organ.
ization thst swept everything before it this
year, is already on the wane. A large
majority OF the PC nple are opposed to &C.
cret political societies. Ii we had only TO
grapi l. with the Loyal Lsaguers we woul /
have no apFrehe nsion of the future result,
but with the purse and sword to aid them
it will require the full strength of those
believing in the constitution and laws, "a
administered by the fathers of the Repub-
lie, to restore the country to its former
greatness and glory.
Therefore, let Democrats commence or
ga 1lzing fer the contest now. We
haze the numerical strength. AID all we
want is organization to ensure our triumph.
We want secret outh-bOund organization
but an organization open for all to examine
its workings and rules. Democracy re-
quires no secrecy to hide it from public
scrutiny; and if those who believe in it's
glorious truths will go to work and prepare
to meet the midnight plotters and Admir-
iStration minions. the great political contest
IN 1861 will result in their elevation to
power.