New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-03
INK ARMED CONSPIRACY IN THE
WEST.

WEST.
The Order Of the Sons Of Liberty. What OF
III Indeed, what of it, TO people as accus-
toned as wc are to every form of secret sssocia-
ton. that tie vanity o.! oaice-holding, the love
of mystery. the cowardice of diseontented
politics. the organization Of bcnevolonce upon
pans supposed to derive strength from The dark
and to be made attractive through the shelter
Of the inyisble7 The Sons Of Liberty !-chaps
in stsrched, white cotton horse collars; in blue,
and red, and yellow paper-muslin aprons
depicted with skulls aud bones, with
the inevitable square Of the carpenter, the una
voidable COMPASS, and the eternal symbol Oh
the line and plummet-children of a larger
don't propose to disturb their
play, do youi Play! Vallandigham play, CHI
The political trainers Of the Chicago Platform,
play, ell! The Democratic leaders in Indiana,
Illinois, Ohio, Delaware. Missouri. New-fork,
Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maryland-thcy play
with paper muslin and staIched cotton! Oh
you Americans who have 40 conception OF
thc complete openness Of Republican govern
ment 10 conspiracy md violence, because you
ncvor see the force by which it coheres and IS
maintained, how little thought have you that
under the cover of an association seemingly no
more hostile, 10 more unlawful, than was The
dark lantern fraternity Of tho Kaow-Nothing,
the Rebcl at Richmond have consplfed with
the Rebels in the West and The North, to seize
tho arsenals i'll Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri
aud kentucky, to hbcrate and arm the Rebel
prisoners, 20 throw those States open 70 invasion
and occupancy by Reel armies to hand them
over manaclcd and helpless TO Inc South, and 10
paralyze the Federal Government AMI The 10y
alty ofthe nation, by sudden ard oycrwhehn-
ins aanl, attack upon tho region whence sc
draw our food entirely, and largely recruit or
wasted brigadcs This parncidal crime was
the business Of the Sons Of Liberty. Clement
l.. Vallandigham, The guiding spirit Of The Gin
caro- Convention. ard the man who seconded
the nomination of Mcclellan, il the Commander
in.Chef OF this Order and the Government,
conscious Of It's strength 10 the affections and
courage OF the people, permits him to 60 at
large, and make speeches urging McClellans
election to the Presidency! "Suppresslon oi
the liberty of speech" Why, there Is not such
a spectacle in the history Of politics OF states
manship o. the freedom Of this traitor in this
month OF October, on The soil Of Ohio.
Read the sworn testimony, evoked in open
court, a. to the bloody purposes Of this gigantic
treason. arming in The dark throughout the
West. and working. with passwords and grip,
I'D 70 the nations throat. Read it-ond then
reflect that the man whoso finger moves this
conspiracy. and whose final order was to burst
Il upon his country. Is the primo minister OF Ne
Clelnl's political fortunes--and that he ia a The
his moment st1mping we.torn state IL be-
halfof McCicl1ns election
We want words TO express our sense Of the
eriminality of this dark-lauteTu' con piracy--
Tor the shocked sense of the sudscous treason #
the william who leads il aud ofhisopen permitted,
praised and carcssed support Of a candidate for
tie Presidency Of The United States, We can find
no words The nation who votes for Tallan-
d'cha,n's candidate, is nation that has already
persisted.