Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-27

" WI power viii not kielQ up It's
power until II is taken from them by an
independent people, by fierce Of Gr4as.
NIL-ITs SPECIFIC PURPosEs AND
OPERATIONS.
These are:
4 /. Aiding soldiers 70 desert and hdr-
boring and protecting dessrtsrs =
Agents we're sent into the armies for
this purpose A certain attorney of In
dianaPolis, named Walpole, who was
conspicuous in furnishing facilities Of
this character to soldiers who applied to
/ him, has boasted that he has thus aided
! fve hundred enlisted men to escape
1 from their contracts Through the
schemes Of the order in Indiana, whole
/ companies were broken np,; a whole de-
tachment of battery company, for in
stance, deserting on one occasion TO the
enemy, With two of its guns, and the
camps were imbued with q spirit Of dis
content aud dissatisfaction with the ser
vice. Every obstruction was offered to
the arrest Of these dessrters In one
instance in Indiana, where an officer in
charge Of deserter properly refused to
obey the writ, after it had been suspend
ed in such cases BY the President, his
attachment for contempt was ordered by
the Chief Justice of the State, who de-
| declared that the streets of Indianapolis
might rua With blood, but that he would
enioree his authority against the Presi-
dent order" On another occasion GER
| tain United States officers who had made
the arrest of deserters in Illinois, we're
! . Lfarm.rs..a.
held to trial BY disloyal judge, who at
the same time discharged the deseriers,
though acknowledging them to be such.
torcible resistance TO arrest at one time
was common, and civil war was immi-
nent in Indiana.
2 Encouraging Enlistnaents and re-
sisting. the Draft - Enrolling officers
were shot in Ind ana aud Illinois, aud
outbreaks were excited against the u. s.
ofheers Where members Of the order
were forced into the army by the draft,
they were instructed, in sase they were
prevented from presently eeaping, and
were obliged to 90 to the 6sld, to use
their arms in battle against their fellow
soldiers, rather than the enemy, or, IL
possible to desert to the enemy, By
whom, through the signs of the order,
they would be recognized aud received
as friends 1t is to be added that when.
ever member volunteersd in the array,
be was at once expelled from the order
3. Circulation IF Disloyal and Treas
enable Publications. - Great numbers
have been spread abroad, such as Pol
lard's Southern History Of the War,
. 4 l-hfms. l. q a~EsaI. .
Metropolitan Record, &c
4. Communicating Wfth aud Giring
Intelligence 10 The Enemy Members Of
the order act as spies for the rebel army,
aud other rebel spies are protected and
assisted In bis official report Of June
18th last Col Sanderson remarks:
This department 10 filed with rebel
spies, all Of whom belong 10 The order >
In Missouri, regular mail oommuaica-
ton was for long time maintained,
through the agency Of the order from
ST. Louis to Prices army, by means Of
which private letters, as we'll as official
dispatches, between him aud the Grand
Commander Of Missouri we're regularly
transmitted. Correspondence with the
enemy was industriously carried on in
Kentucky and elsewhere; information Of
important movements given, &c. The
Grand SacretsSy OF the order in Nilsson
ri states, 10 his confession: " One of the
special objects Of the order was to place
members on steamboats,, ferry-boats,
telegraph Offices, express Offices, depart
meut headquarters, provost marshal >
offices, aud, in fact, in every position
where they could do valuable service !"
8. Aiding .he Enemy by Recruiting
for Them. or Assisting Them 10 Recruit
Within Oar Lfnes. --fhis has also been
extensively carried on By members Of
the order, particularly in Kentucky and
Misaouri. Ii is estimated that two thous-
and men we're sent South from Louisville
alone, during few weeks 10 April and
Nav, 1864. The order and its friends al
, that city have a permanent fund, to
which there are many subscribers, for
+ the purpose Of fitting out with pistols
clothing, money, &c, men desiring to
Z joan the Southern service: and, In the
: lodges Of ihs order in ST. Louis and
: Northern Missouri, money has Otter
been raised 20 purchase horses, arms
! and equipments for soldiers about 70 b.
I tOf WAE1SA W A&&E tag&AA6A4
. G FarHiskiHg the Rebels Soith Arms
! Ammunition, dc.
+ I. Cooperating rith the Eneny II
e Raids and Inrasions This plan hal
p been twofold. and consisted, frat, Of /
= rising Of the Order in Missouri, aided b,
a strong detachment from Illinois, ant
= a cooperation with q rebel army unde
o Price, second, Of similar rising in In
= diana, Ohio, and Kentucky, and q co
q operation with 3 force under Breckin
Il ridge, Buckner, Morgan, or some othe
d rebel commander, Sho "a to invade th
n latter State. A rising omewhst Of th
u character described sas~ intended {
e have taken place " he Spring Of thi
d year, simultaneouf with an expecte
J, advance Of the army Of Lee upon Vast
Ie ington but the plans Of the enemy ha'
n ing been anticipated by the movement
81 Of our own Generals, the risin. Of -
D. D consYirutsrs was necessarily postponed
= Again, . general movement Of th
= Southern forces was anticipated 10 tax
a place about July 4, aud with this the o.
y der was 10 cooperate. A speech, TO b
ls made by Vallandigham at the Chicag
kOLNGhkAOn vas - - a1kAf W ~ hAE 5tk
nal for the rising; bat the postpoD'
y ment of the Convention, as well a. th
1e failure Of TIE rebel armies to engage j
be the anticipated movement, again opeI
. eted TO disturb the schemes Of the orde
Nor are these plans yet abandoned, b
oi have thus far been frustrated partly
7@ the energy and activity of our Generals
r. and it is partly the inability Of the pul
N lie enemy, in the nov declining day
n the rebellion, TO initiate the desire
co movements, which has prevented the o
ns der from engaging In open warfare; az
N it has lately been seriously considered
ns their councils, whether they should n,
y proceed with their revolt, relying alor
% upon the guerrilla bands Of Syphert, Je
g Sc, and Others, for support and assis
H. ance.