The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-06-22


to change the public servants and their pol
Icy, not by force, but peaceably through th,
ballot, l nos ani here reiterate in thcir MT
most extent aad with AL their signifcanc,
repeat them. one and all, in no spirit q
challenge or bTayado, but rs earnest, sober
solemn truth and warning to the people
Upon another sahject allow me here ;
word:
A powerful, widely spread and very dan.
gerOus secret oath-bOund combination
among the friends of the Administration
known as the Loyal Union League, exist,
in every State, yet the very men who con.
troll it, charge persisteBtly upon the mem
hers of the Democratic party, that they
have organizc-espeeally in the North
west-the Order of Knights of the Gold
den Circle" or some other secret society.
reasonable or "disloyal in its character,
affiliated with the South, and for the purpose
Of armed resistance to the authorities ofthe
Federal and State Government Whether
any such ever existed | do not know; but
the charge that organizations Of that sort, or
having any such purpose, do now exist
among members of that party ill Ohio or
other non-slayeholding States, is totally and
positively false.
That lawful political or party associations
have been established. having, as their OBJ
ject, the organizing and strengthening of
the Democratic party, and its success in the
coming Presidential election, and designed
as countermovement to the so-called I'm
ion Leagues, and, therefore, secret in their
proceedings, is very probable, and however
Objectionable hitherto and in ordinary times
recognize, to the fullest extent, not the
lawfulness only but the propriety and neces-
sity of such organizations for when bad
men combine good men must associate -
But they are no conspiracy against the Gov
ernment, and their members are not con-
splrators, but patriots; men not leauged to-
gether for the overthrow of the Constitution
or the laws, and and still less, of liberty, but
firmly united for the preservation and sup
port of these great objects There is, in
decd, a conspiracy very powerful, very
ancient, and trust that before long | may
add, strongly consolidated also, upon sound
principles, and destined yet to be triumph
ant-a conspiracy known asthe Democratic
party, the present object of which is the
overthrow Of the Administration in Noyem-
Der next, not by force, but through TIE BAL
LOT ROX, the election of President who
shall be true to his OATH to Liberty and the
Constitution. This is the sole conspiracy of
which | know anything; and am proud to
be one Of the conspirators. If any other
exist, looking to unlawful armed resistance
to the Federal Or State authorities any where
in the exercise of their legal and Constitu-
tional rights, | admonish all persons con-
cerned that the act is treason and the penal
ty death. But | warn also the men in pow
er, that there is vast multitude, a host
whom they can not number, bound together
by the strongest and holiest ties, to defend
by whatever means and exigeucies Of the
times shall demand, their natural and con-
stitutional rights as freemcn, at all hazards
and to the last extremity.
Three years have now passed, Men of Ohio,
and the great issue Constitutional Liberty
and Free Popular Government, is still be-
fore you. 10 you | again commit it, conf
dent that in this the time of their greatest
peril, you will be found worry of the ances-
tors who for so many ages in England and
Amorica, ou the field, in prison and upon
the scaffold, defended them against tyrants
and usurpers whether i'll councils or in
arms.