The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29

In the personal statements and confessions
Of the members and particularly of its
prominent officers, who have been induced
70 make disclosures to the Government
Among the most significant Of these con-
fessions are those already alluded to, OF
order in Missouri. The latter, whose
statement il full and explicit, says: AT
the time joined the order, understood
that its object was to aid and assist the
Confederate Government, and endeavor to
restore the Union ~ 1t WINS prior to the
rebellion" He adds: " The order u hos
tilein every respect to the general govern
federate government. It Is exclusively
made up Of disloyal persons-of all Demo-
Gratis that are desirous Of securing the in
dependence of the Confederate States, with
. view Of restoring the Union as it was"
It would be idle to comment on such glib
berish n the statement that - the indepen-
dence Of the Confederate States" was to
be used a. the means of restoring "the
Union as it was;' and yet, under the ma
nipulations of these traitorous jugglers,
doubtless the brains of many have been 80
far muddled as to accept this shameless
declaration - true.
But to proceed to the specific purposes OF
the order, which its leaders have had in
view from the beginning. and which, as
will be seen, has been able, in many ca.
90, to carry out with very considerable
success, the following are found to be
most pointedly presented by the Testimony:
!. Aiding Soldiers to Desert, and HGr-
boring aud Protecting DeseyterS.-Earlv in
1ts history the order essayed to undermine
such portions Of the army as were exposed
to its insidious approaches. Agents were
sent by the X. g. G. into the camps to in
troduce the order among the soldiers, and
l,<Nf
to induce ~ many of their comrades as
possible to desert, and for this purpose the
latter were furnished by the order with
money and citizens clothing. Soldiers
who hesitated at desertion but desired to
leave the arm, were introduced to lawyers
who engaged to furnish them some quasi
legal psetext for SO doing, and . certain
who was particularly conspicuous in fur
uishing facilities OF this character to soldiers
who applied to him. has boasted that he
has thus aided five hundred enlisted men
- escape from their contracts. Through
the schemes Of the order in Indiana whole
companies were broken up; large detach-
ment Of battery company, for instance,
0eeerting on one occasion to the enemy,
with two Of its guns, and the camps were
tmbued with splrit Of discomfort and dis.
satisfaction with the service. Some esti-
mate Of the number Of deserters ut this
time may be derived from q report of the
Adjutant General Of Indiana, Of January,
In 1868, setting forth that the number Of
- anI sSensoee fesurnea 70 the
10y ousM sno POst o. 4noianapolis
.Os 1uiu > o sne Anontno OF december, 1S6z,
Az soon as arrests Of these deserters be.
gan to be generally made, writs of habeas
corpus were issued In their cases bv dis.
loyal Judges, and q considerable number
~ y, S;a...L ~ suelevn. A one instance
$1,000 !. 70 mne.e ~ omcer IA charge OF
~. - hPvy leluSeu 70 0Dey the writ,
- ~ !. P-s.;sse,t sS s;I P IA sucn cases
s:.,, ~ 80. sr uis a4:aC1ment Ior con-
~ 49, =, w JsSesL ~ ~ CnleI Sustice OF
T.S;an.s Mno usCs.leo tnat the streets OF
4hse ~ -Po.i. ena&nt tun Win oiooo, but
49, 49,. ~ ~ woulu entorcs ms authority against
49,. - sssausnt oL1sr IN another occa-
10y sAaA OniteQ otase0 omcers who had
..ue sno a.xest q oeeerters IN Illinois,
ctsssi - ~ I0r ki0nepping, ana held
sla " 0lsioya! Judge, who at the
.eErn s.L.S u.scnnrgeo tne deeerters, though
cca -, them to be such.
,., upon oeserting, were assured OF
t;as mun.sy from punishment and protec-
. svn "a me psit 81 the order, and were in
-. uoeeu 70 olInG away with them their
IDS Anu' mounted, their horses. De-
u saats sent 70 arrest them by the military
---s-s- SsS - 00veldA cases lOIcaOly
1esisteu, anu wnere not unusually strong
IN numoe were driven back by large
Oo0les o. men subsequently generally as
Tg5Ianed 20 oe members Of the order
Wnere arrests were effected, our troops
we're openly attacked and fired upon on
tnelr return. Instances Of such attacks
occurring Ia Morgan and Rush counties,
Indiana, are especially noticed by General
- M orsgs o IN the case Of the outbreak
n1tho T kau cOonIy, :. 9: Bingham, editor
IS snS Ae1ert.naROns 0e'sssneI, . member or
1;sio.s = ~ oEueI, sou&nt 70 Forward TO the
iniam ma a tpsan ., tne west ia,se ana 40
,..sr - - Ky seiserapnic dlspatcnes IN
sisv Ma = hue -. .na. 4 20 tne en1ct that cav
crsts - az sa. seu. % aIl 49, Al me DeMo'
tai creat o,,tvssy .naI ny nao c o;.;na...
had bean shot srj Sd; ;ns. sse .a',.sn
soldiers caruc. I hiS so ~ Aen eIos 3. =
nieht Civil ws "" ara tI hS.he ~ sris
table, The .s.ert;ors - The d;sn.tch
,varo ort;.~i.s es1 49, 1919 .. s0 - IT,