The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-23
KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.


KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.
Vallandigham, in his address to the
'men of Ohio" denies the existence oi
the "Knights of the Golden Circle, y
but says it is probable" that there is
an order, "secret in its proceedings,
designed as counter movement TO the
Union League. This is 4 very shah
BY denial. Tho name is nothing, the
order which was called the "Kights ol
the Golden Circle" exists, as he ad-
mits. stt. ~ sA
That this order is ripe for revolution
Chat it knew of Vallandigham return
that it is sworn to protect him, ap.
pears from the following which he ad.
dressed to the crowd at Dayton, on the
night Of his return;
"IIo had come back, he said, for the
purpose of living at home with the
wife of his bosom and his child, to live
in his own home from which he had
Eccn torn thirteen months before, and
receiving in quiet the calls of his
| friends. There was something refresh
ingly cool in the way which he argu-
ed to himself the devotion ofhis friends
and in the way it was swallowed. lie
did not e.rpect to be again molestcd
unless by men in this city, and the
former scenes revived. "If this be
DONE" he said, ~ ocarn them that The
result wW be such as compared to it, the
other pdS but dust in the scale"
Ho would mako no threats, but he
did not como from n foreign coun-
try without deliberate calcula.
tion of the cause and the consequences
and a deliberate preparation 10 meet
them. He could be taken by any due
civil process, by any crippled consta.
Bile, but without that no force could
do it. Three hundred men, armed to
the teeth, would not again find him in
his house after tic door had been but.
toned down, but they would find hin,
the merit day not far off, Immense
cheers, and ifany military command.
or of the President were to undertake
such an arrest, he warned them that
in this town the persons and proper.
ty Of those instigating such a proceed.
ing would bo held as hostages. lie
should urge an eye for an eye, and q
tooth for tooth, SO help him cvor-liv.
ing Jehovah. lie thon reviewed his
personal and political history, defying
any person to show wherein he had
mcritcd the treatment he received. Hc
again repeated that he desired no dis
turbanco, and believed there would be
none, He did not believe thcro would
be any attempt to arrest him again
but should there be, he repeated hi
warning, not, rs he said, in y spiri
Of bravado, but to let his friends know
that he and his friends wcro prepared
for any emergency, This threat he
several times repeated" .
One of two things is certain: either
this is the most unblushng gasconadc
over uttered, or there is q secret ordcl
pledged to join in revolution, ifVal
landigham is again arrested.
That this order extends over tn,
country, appears from the followin!
dispatch from tho Democratic Convcn
ton held at ingfeld, Illinois, TO tn
Convention held at Hamilton, whcr
Fallandigham first appeared:
A resolution was unanmousl,
adopted declaring as follows: THAT w
piedgc oWSeLreS TO stand by Ohio in pro
tccting &. Il. Vdilandigham and her cdi
=cas, under the Constitution and the Iap
There is Of course u branch ordc
in this county. How many men ar
there in Fairfield, ready to shouIde
their rifles, and follow Vallandighan
to ruin?