Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-26
&c Indlana ConspIrator..

Since the exposure of the feeling and de-
slres OF the Indiana members of the secret
Order of American Knights, and the seiz.
ure of arms and ammunition secreted on
the premises of a member high in the Or
der, the Democratic journals have changed
their base in their treatment of the disclos-
ures, Now, instead of attempting to ridi-
cnle the developments, and affecting to de-
ny the existence Of such an organization,
they attempt to justify il; and the gather
ing OF arms and ammunition by it they as
sure to defend on the constitutional right of
every citizen TO bear arms. --
But If their organization is iustifable
why cid they deny it2 Ifit was for lawful
purposes, why was it secret And if they
have right to bear arms, why did they mo-
bear them, instead of fsecreting them?
Every man has right to bear arms
The right Is not sectional or restricted. IL
exists IN Georgia just as much as in Indi-
ana. But the right to bear arms does not
relieve people from liability for the way
they bear them. And in time of war, when
people are found with arms in their hands,
or,with quantities of arms gathered, the oaes-
tion for them to answer is, which side ara
they armed for2
In the South, when they are not known
to be armed for the Government, it is prs-
slmed that they are armed for rebellion
and they are treated accordingly The
same laws govern in Indiana. 1t is in
eumbent on these men to show that tbev
were not armed toF-the rebellion; and the [
appearance IN their correspondence and in 4
the revelation of their organization and !
purposes are decidedly against them.
This correspondence reveals to the peo-
pie of Indiana the leaders of the Democrat
lc party in sympathy with the rebellion 1
from the first promising it the aid of the /
Democrats in the North; notified in 1861 |
to have that hundreds and thousands of .
men ready; put down for a season BY the
moral force OF the popular uprising at the
reality Of the war; cowed and driven TO
secrecy; hoping all the while for the defeat
and destruction Of our armies; mutually
declaring this their only hope; conspiring
and aiming to take advantage of disaster to
raise the standard of Democratic revolt in
the North, plunge the State into the hor-
rors of civil war, and holding out the offer
Of cooperation to Confederate invasion.
There Is nothing in the record of treaeh-
cry that can compare with this. There is
nothing in the history of conspiracies that
equals this Democratic conspiracy in the
boldness and villainy Of its deliberate de-
signs. But like all secret plotters thev
shrank from action. They wished blood
TO flow without risking their own. The
shows contrast between
atrocity in desire and timidity in perform
ance. The discoveries show also that the
number of this order of INTERVALS has been
over-estimated. 1t is an inside circle for
the party by throwing into the
Convention disciplined force to carry out
The secret programme; but it is not likely
hat it contains the majority Of the rank
and file Of the Democratic party in In
LLAMA. t.ta..
The people can see what volcano ofvil-
Amy they have been sitting over, and they
nave made the discovery in time to sup
press this danger. spprehend that the
torn Of popular Indignation will chafe ;
hese men into retirement and load their
names with immortal infamy.- Cincinnati
Gazette. 4