The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-08-05

mHnder at The NOrth-NHm Is oi
Other Leaders.
The Mo. Dcmocratpublishcs q long
account Of the conspiracy for The
erection of Northwestern Coufcd.
eracy, referred to a few days since.
The organization engaged in this
conspiracy is known as the order OF
American Knights, and its real OBJ
ject is to embarrass and thwart the
Government in the conduct of the
war, and to overthrow the Govern
ment if necessary for the supremacy
of the Order.
Its professions and purposes arc
different in different States. 1t pro.
claims a war policy in New York,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and other
Eastern States, while in the West il
is for peace.
The order is of Southern origin,
being erected on the ruins of the
knights of the Golden Circle, and
Gen. Sterling Price is Supreme Com.
mander. Vallandigham, while in
Richmond, was made Supreme Com
mander of the Northern section of
this order, and n conspiracy entered
into between him and the rebel au.
thorities to divide the East and the
West, and thus aid the Southern re.
bcllion. Vallandigham's time in
Canada was principally spent in fur
theriug this scheme. He had con.
ference with some of the leading
spirits in the North, soon after his
arrival in Canada, and arranged for
the establishment oftheordcr through
out the loyal States The names OF
all who visited him at the Clifton
House are known to the Government.
Among them are VIM. Il. Reed, Phil
,adelphia; Pendleton and Pugh, O.;
k ibhe,, 81. I.oni5 ntorsy ~,d No,
rick. Chicago, which are published.
The result of this conference was
also known to the Government about
the first of January. Vallandigham
Issued an address to the lodges OF the
loyal States, in which he calls upon
the members to renew their VOWS, and
says that the time is approaching
which will test their sinccrity--that
the prosecution of the war is a viola
tion of the rights of States and that
President Lincoln was q usurper.
A meeting of these and command
ers OF the different States, was held
in New York on the 22d day Of Feb
ruary, for the purpose of organizing
the outbreak on the 10th of March
the day fixed for the draft, but no def.
mite plan was resolved upon. The
names of these conspirators were
also known to the same commanders,
who had convection with the su-
prcmc commander Mt Windsor, Cana
da, carly in April, for general con.
sutaton.
Among those in attendance were
McNIastor's Of New York, Charles
l.. Hunt of st. Louis, and Lafayette
Devclin of Indiana.
The programme adopted By this
meeting was that Vallandigham
should represent his District, Third
Ohio, in the Democratic National
Convention, and there proclain the
doctrines Of the order, viz:
Pronounce the existing Admins
tration of the Governmental power
usurped, which the people have &
right to eXpcl by force, if necessary;
in fact, inaugurating rebellion in the
North, in which he was TO be support
cd by the order. Each grand com
: mandor was to have an armed body
guard at the Convention, for the de-
fense of Nallandigham. This, it was
thought, would prcciptate the people
of the free States into an armed con
fict, and would he n signal for mem
bers of the order to unite against law
ful authorities; kill or capture civi
and military officers; seize arsenals
and public property of all kinds, ant
proclaimthe Government oyerthrown
There is most convincing evidence
of the truthfulness Of the statemen
that the reason of Vallandigham'
sudden return to Ohio was the iea
of being defeated as delegate TO Chi
cago, and il was only by his presence
that his election was secured.
The numerical strength OF this or
der is said 10 bu considerably owe
half million, one hundred and tifl5
thousand of whom are armed and or
ganized. The order III New York
called the Mcclellan Minute Men
number over two hundred thousand
The Grand Commander of Missouri
!. is Charles l.. Hunt, neplew ofJame
II. Lucas, many years Belgian Con
= sui here. The Deputy Grand Com
mander is Charles Dunn, city office
of st, Louis,
A long list Of the names of th'
members Of the order of the diileren
States, together with full information
: concerning the whole scheme, arc II
the hands of the authorities at Wash
, ington, and will be given to the pub
lie at the proper time.
There is little doubt that parties o
opperheads from Iowa and lllinoi
ave been passing into North Nilsson
ri the last three weeks, commande'
by Thornton. This accords with tn
statement made by Thornton at Platt
City, that fifteen hundred Illinoisan
would join his force at tho river
+ Partro still keeps up north of Wym
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