Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-11-03

been prompted u oscnt confessions more or esa
detailed, in regard 20 the Order and their connec
ton with il. The PRINCIPALS Df these are Hlnt.
Dunn ans Smith, grand commander, deputy grand
commander, and grand secretary Of the Order in
Missouri, to whose Statements frcquen. reference
las been made. These confessions. though in
some degree guarded and disingenoous, hare fur
nished TO the Coyernuea. much valuable infor-
mutton in regard TO tbs sccrc; operations of the
Order. especially IN Missouri. the af,ation OF its
Leaders with Price. &c. /. IS 70 be noted that
Dunn makes tie statement, In common with other
witnesses that, in entering the Order. ho quite
Ignorant offs true purposes. lie saws: "I did not
become member under-.hn.ngiy; the ntiatorv
step VAS taken IN the DARK, without reflection and
without knowledge
I, Dcser.crs from Oh: army, who. upon beiag
RppIehe ended, confessed that they had been nfucn
ced md assisted TO desert by members Of the Order
II was, indeed, princpallr from these confessions
tha: the existence Of the secret treasorabIe or
ganziiion of X. G.. C.'s Was Grs. discovered in
Indiana. in the year 1862
8. Writers of ANONYMOUS communications, ad-
dressed TO heads Of departments provost mar
shals disclosing facts corroboritiye Of other moro
important statements.
9. The Witnesses before The grand jury at Indi-
annapolis, in 1863, when the order was formally
presented as treAsoRablc organic tion. and those
whose testimony has been introduced upon the re
cent trial Of DUdd.
1t need only be added that most satisfactory
tcSt of the credbiity and weight OF much of tho
evidence which has been furnished is aGoedcd by
the printed testimony in regard 10 the ch ,racter
and intention Of the Order which ia found in its
national and state constitutions and It's ritual -
Indeed. the statements Of the various witnesses
are but presentations Of logical and reSitable con-
Sequences and results Of the principles therein set
forth.
In concluding t.iis review. Il remains only TO
state thI; = constant reference has been made ia
ihe elaborate Official reports in regard to the Or
der, of Brigadivr General Carrington. command
ing District OF Indiana, ani o; Col. Sanderson.
Provost Marshall General Of the Department Of
Missouri. The great MASS OF the testimony upon
the subject Of the secret conspiracy has been fur
nished by these 0ficeTs the latter acting under the
orders of Maior General Rosecrans, and the for
mcr cooperating under the Instructions OF the
Secretary of War. with Major General Bnrbridge.
commanding District Of Kentucky, as we'll As with
Governor Morton, of Indiana, who, though at one
time greatly embarrassed ~ Legislature strongly
tainted With dis waltz. il his effort to repress tho
domestic enemy, has ai last seen bis State relieved
from the danger OF civil war.
But, although the treason or the Order has been
thoroughly exposed. and although its capacity for
fatal mischief has By means OF the arrest Of it,
leaders, tho seizure of lis me- and tie other wig
orOus me ms which have been pursued, been scri
ously impaired, il is still busted with its secret
pottings against the Government and with It's per
tidious designs i'll aid Of tho Southern rebellion
Ii IL reported 70 have recently issued new signs
and pass words and IL members assert that foul
means viii! be used 20 prevent the success Of the
Administration at the coming election. and threat
cncd an extended revolt in the event Of The cleo
ton of President Lincoln
In the presence of the rebellion and this secret
Orler-whch is but its echo and faithful ally
we cannot but be am ,zcd Il, the utter and wide
spread prof gacy, personal and political, which
these movements against the Government disclose,
The guilty men engaged in them, after casting
aside their allegiance, seem 10 have trodden under
foot every sentiment Of honor, and every restraint
oil law, human and divine. Judea produced but
one Judas lScariot, and Rome, from the sinks Of
Ecr decentralization, pr uccd but one Catlinc and
yet, as events prove, there has arisen together in
our land an entire brood Of such traitors, all ami
mated hv the same parricdal spirit and all strur-
Cling with the >ame relentless malgni,y foc- the
dsmcmbcrnent of our Union. OF this cxtrsord-
nary phen0m en0n--n0t parlllelcd, II is believed,
III the world history-thcrc bc but one ex-
planation, and all these blackened and fctid
streams Of crime NAV well be traced TO tho same
common fountain. So aercclr intolerant and inn
perlous was the temper engcIdcrcd by slavery,
that when the Southern people, after having con-
trollcd the national councils for half century,
were beaten at an election their leaders turned up
on The Government with the insolcnt fury with
which thoy would have drawn their rcyoirers on =
rebeicus slave in OF their negro quarters; and
they have continued since TO prosecute their war
fare, amid all the bsrbarisns ahd atrocities natu.
rally and necessarily inspired by the internal ins
sutton in whose interest they arc sacrificing alike
themselves and their country. Many ofthese con.
spirators, as is well known. fed, clothed and
educated a: the expense Of the nation,.an were
loaded with its hOnors al the very moment thcv
struck At its life Ylth the horrible criun. .lity of
tafN- Of liz
impressinc kisses on his checks. The leaders of
the traitors in the loyal States who completely
fraternike with these conspirItors, and whose ma.
chinatons are row uumIsb ed, it is as clearly the
duty OF the Administration 20 prosecute and pun
ish, rs II Is its duty 10 s'9ugatc the rebel. who
are openly in ARMS against the Government. In
the performance of this duty it is entitled 10 cr-
poet, and will doubtless receive, the Jealous CO.
operation of true men everywhere, who, in crush
ing tie ,ruculent foe. ambushcd in tho haunts of
this secret Order. should rival in courage and
iaithiulness the armies which arc SO nooiy sus-
tanning our flag on the battle fields Of the South.
Respectfully submitted,
J. HoLT, Judge Advocate General.