, 1864-05-28
FROM CAIRO.
Startling Revelations Of Copper
headism.
THE "AMERlCAh ASSOCIATION.
SECTION NORTH"
An Important D0eument-The OTerthreH OF
the Government Openly Urged.
From Our Own Correspondent

CAIRO. Nay q, 1864.
The recent troubles in Southern Illinois.
the loud and boasHul conduct of Copper
heads generally, and the defiant Language of
tie few papers in their secrets, and supposed
to represent their public views, have given
rise to the opinion that for some time past
m organization has been inaugurated, having
Tor Its object distinct, but, at the same time,
covert, opposition to the Government, and,
Of course, as a natural result, giving aid and
comfort, If not arms nnd hands, to the Con-
federacy. But 1t has not been until recently
that any definite c1ew could be found to the
whereabouts, the rendezvous, or the men
composing this secret cabal. The little that
is known cannot yet be made public in full
without Interfering with the ends of Justice,
But the following document, printed COPY
Of which have secured, reveals some of the
ends, aims aud intentions of the *4Americau
Association, Section North":
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, SECTION NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Al ADDRESS OF THE sUrREH C0AAANDER.
DEC. 8 A. D. 1861, a. OF, M.u,D.s.
Brothers: In accordance with approved usage
address leu, and especially the section Of our
lrothezheo1 within tho States OF the North and
nandcr In this regard would be easy to perform !;
now It involves fearful responsibility.
The present Supreme occaslon in The affatEs Of
your gloriout, sovereign. frs 6na Indeps ydent
attributes which disticgnish msnhoodNthe e1sr "a:
and illustrated The American character, those VII
tues which the pstdots and statesmen Of the revo-
lntiona1J epoch SO nobly practsced and inculclted
II The anpasslleied aaosance % .s Witch 1 disn. nisi
guishes It. ''the Government" which has
invaded the sacred, and hitherto respected
sovereignty Of youz several States-has disregard
ed the constitution, laws and ordinances Of those
statee, which the people thereof have ordained
and accepted for their government for the estab-
netcent inetitunonB designed for insuring.their
exalted ci1iliza aaion-hss invaded the eacrcd prs-
denied yon every Tedrrss and defense againit tne
outrrges and atrocities witch h3ye beon pefpetrat-
ed By its lawle:s minlons-has entered your courts
On the ermines Of her minis,ers-has, even, tn tie
wantonness OF its pr1rent lust, entered the eanc-
tuAfy Of God expelled therefrom yonr chosen
9nd to 5on dss wo1sh
terEolated it with formulas Of its own dictatton
which arc nothing short Of positiye b1asphcmy.
am relieved, somewhat, OF the labor oi emu
an able and patriotic address which has recently
e1nanated from The Grand Council OF one OF the
noble States within the Jurisdiction Of our Order
/ entreat you, read and ponder 1t well: 49,
1.-The extraordinary condition OF onr beloved
country, the ern which threatens every interest.
aud every Institution, and tue profoundly excited
grave attention.
TIC war iuaugurated by the Black Republican
psrty IN its mad efforts 70 achieve power aud rcvo-
our ..hfs hiss already drenehed the land in fratef-
nal blood. and now shakes the very temple o: free
dom to its foundation,
The unn1incipled and desperate f cion that now
wieioa IN the very wantonness Of ftenzied hnatt-
ctEm, the mighty enereics OF the Federal Govern
meat, has denounced the sacred and fundamental
tfvt@a ft+vff &J
Fpirtt its plnincst precepts, It's most vital princi-
ples, and proclaimed undying hostility to the
Union as 1t came from the hands Of Its trainers.
writ Of liberty; the suppression Of the press and
Of the freedom Of speech; the arbitrary arrests Of
the citizens o the different States and thelr ttans-
ton for nontha and years without charge, 1ndict-
ment or trial; the declaration Of martial Law over
hos se saa srsa and districts et where
Justice ,eatmpeded; A. sesolt to tic Il
9sss The {ns'aioos advances q u.asp.tios % and to
Hthts, tie nbeltes, the lives md tic property ora
trial by dfum-head court martsal Of The ioiriest
citizens nnd pnrest patriots Of The land, upon
ss peape aSE IL St s
e1pair,ahon, By which The most eminent citizens
have been driven into exile; the recent acts or d
tbs body and the life Of every ahle.boded citizen
Of the land have been placed at the viii Of Abrs-
ham Lincoln, in dcrogstion OF individual right aud
Snae prcfoEntive, md bY which the properties und
RESOURCES Of the entire people are norig1ged and
pledged 10 syI1c1n OF unboundcl psprr crcJts
md rccE!eas and unhridird e1tsasa-1ncc tho ab-
eulntc disregard of constitutional guarantees nut
State rights by the unhuly partition of tbo Old Do
1nnion ahe suppression OF frec Ia lot }n sutno
Of Tic States by military ord.rs: tho procl .malon
OfnreIo emancipation Issued by tho President, ny
Which lie t04nestsc Institutions and whnfo rocinl
crcatien OF lhe Southern Hta:cb nru eou-ht 10 bu
Disrupted; tho elevation and enrolment Of czrocs
1uto the hitherto proud armies Of the I1cpullc:
the opC,l declaration Of the totally chm rcd
ard p'sn]y unconstitutional objects Ut tbe hor.
I'D var tba noT appafe every heart; the undoub,-
and e1 csy at of the bad men In power, to b1eak
dor The safeguards of the States, and to conso.
date ali tie great powers Of tho nation, including
The 1estfred rights Of stater, into ono grand, al
rc1yading Ill Powca centralized .1,asp ,aasspolen ihs
eriit Of corruption, decentralization and lccntlous
ncre: lie recent written dccla1aion OF tho Psesi-
lnt, that the military necessities Q! tue Govern
N, ut, as Been and Interpreted by him as the gu
p1cu,e head OF tho State, form. entirely lrrespectlse
Of the Constitution. the only Limitations q Federal
! evidence which must not bc overlooked, Of the
tru,h Of our declarations, the reality OF our fear,
! t'~ ptltenti6us peril Of the p osant pcflod.
Tne Power which has done thcso things AL
these and mare thsn thesr'-ls. By every Just ded-
1dts, dfsVotin. and It In 80 regarded BY sll jast
men on o.hcontincnts-adeap eapotism whore power
! il rsuSTta, not granted by the Consultation nor
conceoru by ordnance bar open. proclaimed, un-
;h.nshinE u1arpni1n. which has become 70 bold,
throu:h IMMUNITY, that It has cast OF the dtu,sy
time before the tootIIEhta and stards In tho a.
1ontkhed gaze oi tha civilized earth at once spec