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reporting the existence Of snch societies. +.
nightly drilliDgs Of their members and t.,c
daily threatenings of Union men. Near
every newspaper In the South that take n
makes mention Of them, and in nr;vat
scarcely Democrat pretends now to den
that The h. q. G. are veritable Institution
the state. lust had q conversation with
leading Democrat in the Southern part nf III
state, well known to the editor of the Heo;,te,
ana whose Democracy is as unimpeachable a
Lanphler's. he says that he Inns no doubt .
|! lte existence Of such society, and that it |
numerous and armed. He deprecates th
iact, and frankly says he anticipates blood,
Tunes In the State in consequence thereof,
Again, 1t is we'll known that Mahouy. O
Galena, went oyer to Dubuque, Iowa. and or
ganized some Castles Of the society In tha
place. He got some Irish members iutt
them; and 1t being contrary to the uolic,
ard practice Of the Catholic Church to ollbg
secret societies 70 exist, of whlch they cauho
hhVe supreme control, the Catholic Bfshon o.
Dubuque denounced Mahoney md his attennt,
TO ca1se his congregation to disobey the teach
iDgs Of the church, ard thus WItbt,raw % tfcm
ont6ide hs pale, from the rery altar! In thaf
remuneration tho Bishop, who was No inuht
made acquainted with Mahoup's nrocesdfnoa
and the nature Of his secret castles. fhTonGh'
the confessional, declared that these socleties
'N's directed against the authority and nc refy
GIs1ence q ne Government Of tue United Statesj
He kne'7 well w1at he vas talking nbout' AZ
Will show presently.
: Still the poor innocent and jgnorant editor
o1 the Hegtstet does not believe there Il a ain.
gle society Ct the kind In the State Of Iliu ois
=; again, IND IN the Charleston {Coles Co.
1Ia1aaxateT, of the 18th Inst, q long, rambling
that he vas Marshal Of that famous armed
democratic procession which took place At
Mattoon, on Saturday, the 1st of August. an
admission Of the existence Of such societiss.
lie kays. o'-S''
, With regard to citizens drilling. can aav that
pave simply acqnieeced In it, hasiug never organ
regarded 1t q harmless exercise, when cnntrn!Iad
BY good E1cn. But consider that # ia the Icoifi
mate result Of rtetn SO de-
eizepshp. Glady dHst,y RyoaIa and atssn.i ate m1
nelShbors and friends return to their usuai hahit
Again: have before no bo,k which Is the
fltuA Of the secret order, referred to. Ia thfs
state. 1t came fronl the Office Of The Grand
s,t Secretary OF The order In this city: In that
obligations taken by the noyitiate on nis ~.
tering the second or T degree:
I do further promise, that I viii ,5 NJ, 4,,,s.
y neeo be, take up atms In the cause Of The m,
pfeescd[in my country first Of al1-asainst nny
19an n,s1 Pfnc m 5p,G pogE Or uBupsf
egaaat5 people, OF peoples who arc cndcaSosiog
g g eStAolle6, OF hare 1nangurated, q government
iot themeelses Of their own free choice in accord
10y Win ana lounucd upon, the eternal pfucIDIo.
ol Truth which have il1st sworn fu the w.
lthe aIst as1eel and now In this prcsrnce do
~ H;1 70 mantan M lnroate snd defend with my
evasion Of mind; without regard to tie nan,ss m.
lsop, condition OF designation Of tho inyaine ar
cceaeanE poWc;, whether It shall reside withia OF
The above obligation defends tho r}rht of |
secession, for which the South have taFen
INNS; AID net only does 1t do this, but swear5
every member Of the order to take up arms
'gainst the Government Of his country shnn1j
i, Is IT Is now doing, attempt to preserve it. |
sea nom destruction at the hands Of rebels
TIT = atms: M bn. more than this, it defends the
ounded on the great principle Of Truth.
Which means that negro s1aye.Y is founded ~
ustice and the faw Of God. It VIII be Noticed
hnt the above obligation refers to apother
1onnded On the eternal principles Of truih.1
fnlen l1e nog4tiatc had previously taken. or
thers: 0A' 11e
"a. Az nen are endowed by tho Creator Will. |
e;taa 1'ghts-eqnal. only as far as there is coual
= r me SspaSty ioF fhe appreciation, enjoyment
This is en- improvement upon the D.c,a,,-
On OF Independence, by simply coutr1dictlnr
in toto. The improvement consists In ths
sclnrat1ou 1nterpo!ated with d clause for the
sp1ess purpose Of sancticnfrg negro slaycrY.
III 1act my other sort If found ueccssarv'
a!s 1 s,, Il what IL referred to In the T ITEM
- obligation which the novltiate had frst
ce,) "and now In thls presence {ths SECOND
gnes,) 90 swear to maintain inViolate and
So that, in brlef, the E. G. C. OAK
.Giety, or by whatever namo 1t may be
'4go' 'e1p' Mas init,ated ana Is kept ia existence
lst- Defending The right Of secession as
aiEst tie United States Government or auy |
her, by force Ct arms. !
I'd. Of defending that right of secession be-
use It Is founded GU the eternal principles
trnth-teat Is, that the right to hold q Ger
IN class Of men in Slavery Is God-gi7en. aud I
should be maintained inSio1ate, and to snch {
y mt his life. 1'A' pup
ID. And flrally the K. G. c Society I. aim. s
4 Z q secTet Eocaety Tor the purpofe Of helping +
rrer sto1e Of which is human slavery. Wv l
And the members Of this society fsee Mr.. q
Wis speech at Hickory Greek, Bond Co>'i i
I'm thai it has one Aurdlcd thousand armed ! =
n IN the State CT Illinois! :
tnt sp to cllnch the matter, and bring 1t home
Inc accr ot this poor, innocent, and fguo- r
1T edltor Of the Registtr, propose to make .
following statement: Oh tic fourth Of :
lgubta meeting Of the Grand Council Of this I
sstty was to have takec place In ChIcago. u
vas 10 be composed Of two de1cgntes from II
y y county IN the State, in whlch Castle or Il
GfIhz nv nd H.. |
'enty one. One cf the editors Of thc R,ais. ri y
promised to attend this meeting in com II
y with some Of the delegates from this and =
ICE counties, and SO gave out. But he did ! -,
attend, Whenasked why he did not, he said a. -,
some son friends, that be found out it was :,
ret a7et,a meeting, e. and he would not couso. -
5 it TINT he had IN intimation from friends "
Government employ that he had better not i
Tue Latter Is the most reasonable suppo- -,
On, oecause there was no public meefirr -
ne democracy called for that day, and con. =. -
uently the editor Of the Register muathaye q
,MWn M from the first that the meeting was /
:, however, ha cannot dodge the Issue, as :, g
acknowledged to the secresy Of the meet r
'eVertheless, have no doubt tia. to.uor- y y
:, and the day after that, md so On till af. =.
the next election, the editor of the Haqis- ~, ~
honest but deludcdewilI Continue to as. z, e.
that no secret disloyal society exists in ~
sois, ard no secret meetings for drill take a.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE. II II
week OF tHo since the Z. G. C. of Fair hi
|. Wayne county, rescued deserter from
Provost Marshal. A citizen named s. II. co
tams, who assisted the Marsl,al to retain l,a
prisoner, was rery badly beaten with the te1
/
nds 1pon his head. Though the Sheriff th
Magistrate stood by, no effort was made On
ssist the Marshal Or faye Williams. be-
TIE TROUBLES IN FULTON COUNTY, en-
la operations Of the Z. G. G. In the Full nj
county district are bearing their lcrfti- gu
frult. THIS is considered BY the K. G. lIo m
oIe OF their best organized districts, nc l1
Lewis Winans Ross, H. G., bitter Cop 20
cad, peace and Vallandigham Democrat, gls
adcrtake the responsible post; but un. M .4a
land hc hangs fire, like Gen. Singleton, Ne
= lt comes to the pinch. In the mean tt.sp
lne Fulton County Democrat, alarmed at II II
suite Of affairs it had itse1f helped to Aa; n
+ Saf1atc, While It loudly calls upon the ~ 1nn
|t that It would lake twenty times one Pc
red cavalry to clean out Fulton county. ert,
! then they would succeed only in con. ~
ing county laid waste by the torch and cl ncl
pplated By carnage" In some localities nus
5nces, hay and grain Of Union men hsyc sass one
burned, and torce Of horse aud f,os Gen
ers have been sent there from Gimp But ny
be laws. thai
various other counties In the State. n
q men are calling 1oudly for help. Still Oni
'opperhead organs persist in laying all Ml5 n,
:ouole to your correspondent and Gov. THa 1se1
I'd Democrats fara hacc,na ,1,rmod,ona | chal