The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1864-09-01
THE GATE CITY

& ! THURsD AY, SEPT: 1o'A

The Inasano Co0sDAS1ssrs.
Since the exposure of the feelings asd
desires of the Indiana members Of the se-
cret Order of American Knights, and she
seizure of arms and ammunition secreted
on the premises Of member high in the
Order, the Democratic Journals have
changed their base in their treatment Of
the disclosures. Nov. instead of attempt
ing to ridicule the developments, and az
fec,iug to deny the existence Of such An
organl z ltion, they attempt to justify it.,
aud the gathering Of arms and smmu-
milton by it they assume to defend on the
constitutional right of every citizen to
bear arms.
But if their organization is justiiiable
why did they deny it If it was for law
full purposes, ~hy was it secret? And If
they have right to bear arms, Why did
they not bear them, instead Of secretinp
them?
Every man has right to bear arms.
The right 10 not sectional or restricted.
IL exists 10 Georgia just as much as 10
Indiana. 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 arc found with arms in
their hands, or with quantities of arms
gathered, the question for them to ans
wer is, which side are they armed for?
In the South, when they are not known
to be armed for the Government, it is,
presumed that they are armed for rebel
lion, and they are treated accordingly
The same law govern in Indiana. 1t is
incumbent on these men to chow that they
were not armed for the rebellion; and the
appearance in their correspondence and
in the revelation of their organization and
purposes are decidedly against them.
This correspondence reveals to the
people OF Indiana the leaders of the dem-
ocratic party in sympathy with the rebel
lion from the first, promising i, the aid OF
the democrats in the North; notified in
1861 10 have that hundred thousand men
ready; put down for season by the moral
force Of the popular uprising at the reali-
ty Of the war; cowed and driven to secre-
oy; hoping all the while for the defeat
and destruction of our armies; mutually
declaring this their only hope; conspiring
and srming to take advantage of disaster
TO raise the standard Of Democratic revolt
in the North. plunge the State into the
horrors OF civil war, and holding out tie
offer Of cooperation to Confederate in
vssion.
There is nothing in the record Of
treachery that can compare with this
There is nothing in the history of con-
spiracies that equals this Democratic con-
spiracy in the bIoodiness and villainy Of
its deliberate designs. Bu.iike all secret
plosters they shrank from action They
wished blood to flow without risking1heir
own. The correspondence shows con-
trast between atroci.y in desire and tim
idi,y in performances. The discoveries
show also that the number Of this order
OF INTERVALS has been over estimated. ! II
is an inside circle for controlling the par
ty bs throwing into the Conventions a
disciplined force to carry out the secret
programme; but it is not likely that il
contains the majority of the rank and file
OF the Democratic party in Indiana.
Tho people can see what a volcano oil
yillainy they have been sitting ovor, and
they have made the discovery in time
to suppress this danger. We apprehend
that the storm of popular Indignation
viii chafe these men into retirement, and
load their names with immortal infamy.-
TCin. Gsz.