The weekly union record., 1864-08-06
The Order of American Knights.

The St. Louis Democrat Of the twenty eig;h
ult- publishes Al account Of a conspiracy for
the erection Of Northwestern Coufederscv.
The orgsnizaiion Is known by the above name
The real object Is to embarrass and ,bwar. tie
Government in the conduct of the war aud the
overthrow Of the Government. The profes
sions and purposes are difereGt in di5areat
States. Il pFoelaims for tie war policy in y
\ oFk, Pennsylvania, New jersey, and ether
Eastern States. while in the West it is for
peace. The Order is Of Southern origin. being
erected ou the ruios OF The Knights Of the Col
den Circle. Sterling Price is the Supreme
Commander Nsl!andisham. while 10 Rich-
mOud, was made Supreme Commander of The
northern section Of the Order. 4 CONSPIRACY
was entered into between him anl the rebel
authorities 10 divide the East from the West.
and thus aid tie Southern rebellion TalIan
dighans time in Canada was priucipaTly spent
10 tlriberiDs this scheme He had confer
euce with some leading spirits 10 the \ orih
sOan after his arrival in Canada. and arranged
The establishment Of the Order throughout The
.oyal States The names Of al who visited
him st the Clifton House are known 10 the
Government; among them are the names Of
II. B. Reed. Philadelphia Pendeton and
Pugh. Ohio; keybben, St. Louis Storey and
Merrlck. Chicago; are published. The results
Of their conference are well known to the Gov
eTnmeut.
About the first Of January, Nallandigham
issued an address TO the Lodges in the loyal
States, in which he called upon the members
to renew their voices He says the time ap-
preaching viii test their sincerity that the
prosecution Of the war is in violation Of their
rights; and states that President Lincoln is a
usurper.
\ meeting Of the Grand Commanders Of the
different States was held in New York, on the
22d Of February, for the purpose of organizing
for an outbreak on the 10Th of March, the
day fixed for the draft. The same Comman-
ders had q conversation with the Supreme
Commander at Windsor Canada West. early
in April for general consultation. Among
those in attendance were McMaster, of y. \ !;
Charles Hunt. st. Louis and Lafayette Deyhn
OF Indiana. The programme proposed at this
meeting VAS that NaIlaudigham should repre-
sent his district in the Ohio Democratic Ma
tional Convention, and there proclaim the
doctrioe of the Order. Reed was 10 pronounce
the present administration Of the Government
as usurped, which the people had the right to
expel by force. If necessary to inaugurate q
rebellion in the North. which was to be sup
ported by the Order. Each Grand Comman-
der was to have an armed body guard in the
Convention for the defence of Nalandgham.
This, it was thought. would preciptate the
people of the free States into au armed conflict
which would be signal for The members Of
the OrdCf to unite against the lawful authori.
ties and kill and capture the civil and military
officers. seize all arsenas and arms, ard the
public property of all kiudS, aud proclaim the
Government oyerthrown. The evidences Of
the trnthfulneSS of this statement was the rea
son Of Y Valandighams sudden return to Ohio
and fear of his being defeated as delegate to
the Chicago Convention. Only by bis pres
euce could his election be secured. The nu-
mericll strength of the order is said to be con-
siderable over half million, one hundred and
fifty thousand of whom are armed and organi
zed. The order in New York is called the
Mcclellan Minute Men, numbering 200,0O0
A long list OF the names of members of the
Order in the different States, together with
information. are in the hands of the ulhorites
at Washington, aud probably be given publ
city.