The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-08-11
FULL And AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT
.l OF THE
CONSPIRACY TO ESTABLLSH A
h-WeStem COnfederacy.
NAMES OF PROMINENT PARTIES
INVOLVED.
Strength nud Purpose OF tho Organi-
cation.

Strength mud Purpose OF tho Organi-
cation. ..-. ...
In tho st. Louis DemDcrat of July
2Sth, We find the details Of this con
spiracy given at large. We deem
them of sufficient importance to lay
them before the public, in order that
our people may see the steps that are
taken to subvert the best government
of earth. We can only reproduce the
more essential and salient points pre-
Sented by the st. Louis paper at great
length. .. ....a"T......
Az AvERRED CONSPIRACY.
In April, May and June last a
number of prominent citizens of st.
Louis and other parts of Missouri,
were arrested by order of Provost Mar
shal Sanderson, but on what charge
did not transpire.
1t now appears that the arrests re-
ferrcd 10, somo made as early rs last
April, grow out of reliable information
of the existence of an extensive secret
organization contemplating distinct
and effective movement to cooperate
with the armed rebels in the overthrow
Of the Govcrnmcnt. The Clue was
gained by Provost Marshal Sanderson
as early as last March, and has since
engaged his laborious and careful at
tention, producing an investigation in
which voluminous testimony has been
taken, and numerous additional ar
rests have been made, both in the city
and elsewhere.
OF the citizens arrested number
were refused parole or bond, and con-
tinucd imprisoned. 1t now leaks out
that those men have been found to be
influential officers of an extensive as
sociation, cooperating with similar
oncin rebeldom, looking to the establish
ment of a northeastern Confederacy @
and including as part of the programme
tho forcible election of Mr.. Lincoln
from the executive Office! The tcsti-
mony collected, embodying the reports
of his agents and proceedings of the
secret "Lodgcs'' or "Temples" cover
it is said, full rcam of fools-cap pa.
per, and has been transmitted in re-
port to General Rosecrans, to the au-
thorities at Washington.
The project Of these cohspirators in
this department have, of course, been
"hcadcd off," and it is to be hoped
that they will be disposed of in like
summary manner elsewhere.
Tho evidence is said to implicate
many public men, and proves the or
ganization formidable and dangerous
ifundiscovercd. Ono of the arrested
parties vainly offered . bond Of $780,
900 for his release.
.r - THE ohDER, ...
The order is q sccfct one. 1t i,
called by different names in different
localities or States, and is known among
its members by these initials written
thus: o. A. X. It's real object is tc
embarrass and thwart tho administra-
tion of the General Government in the
conduct of the war; and overthrow the
Government if that be necessary tc
secure the supremacy of the order.
IT'S PRINCIPLE, AND OATH.
The aim and fundamental principle
if principle it may be called, upon
which the organization is founded
and which is Incorporated in the oatt
or obligation Of every degree taken By
any member thereof, is that the chosen
officers of the Government have usurp
ed authority, and they claim it MOI
only as their right, but as their duty
to resist those officers, and if needs bt
to expel them by force--in plain, uu
vanished English, that Abraham Lin
coin is an usurper, and that it is ,theil
duty to drive him out Of the White
house .yyYl oass. 10 taemastga /.
IL div rai t,. ar ORIGIN, f;,t,5.- .f.,.,
| The origin of the order is traced tt
the Southern Confederacy, and it hat
been erected upon the ruins Of tht
Knights of the Golden Circle Il which
at one time was extensive among, tht