, 1865-04-02

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago T.thnnc.1
CINCINNATI, April /. ls'5.
The Commission met pursuant to adjnurnrr1t
S. Z. judd, wltacss for the t,rs.asc testified as
follows:
taennsd oq Eo6t. Ihrr+y. Esq. II resi.1c Mt
nnnacr aEd chcr officer Of the Order OF The Sons
CT Liberty in tue State of illinois. One Of thr
1ra1n purposes in crsanizinS the Order vas that
1t night absorb and control certnn local; aud nj
we thought, dangerous pcmocsat;c organizations.
aro1htr ul1ect was tn place ourselves In apsannn-
I'm 10 the 20 called L.oya. League, which of;1n.
drilled. Knowing that arbitrary arrests had hlcn
made, pemqcrasic newspapers suppressed and
our rights in other ways tare7teusd. il VAS
1hal'"ht adv!sahlc to o7Eanze and make auc}l
preparations ns the cSf.rncy might dcn,au,i.
Gut in str1Cf accordance With tue Constitution aad
lsWs. ltwas no part OF the Objects Of tlc order 10
release rete1 Prisoners, or to establish North
Western CaEfvdrrncy, or TO resist the authorities
OF the i1tsed States IN INV way, aud st,! less to
llad such az object heen Contemplated by the Or.
der q hy tic Grand Council mus. have known
II. The organization was never intended to at
in eng way but in accordance with the Constitu-
ton and laws Of the lind. The order was intcndcd
to Re an auxiliary 10 tic Democratic party. not TO
control 's. a. Wy tts intention to preserve thc
until the freedom felcctlon was stricken down.
e' olec;s y vas in 9F. & violation q ,ler oats
our organization, aud their defense and IN tlu,s,
nanss wefe a%4onE the chief obtcste of r. order
OF the arrest OF Mr. Nslth and Judge NarrIs.
StraRn care To me In st. Lonls and sHid he
had been Instructed By the UfdcF in Chicago 10
come to mt Tor assistance in regard to the fascpe
OF those who had been arrested. md requested
that would 1sc the power that hr!d in my hands
tG s h.a snS S;en ;'S a i ,h9;s
culfr had no desire 10 'assist 1hca,, ind II tn
were not guilty. hast no power which I could Of
,e1ed a, ny refusal 10 ail in forcing resistance Of
the authorities. While there be- received fs]c-
s.aphle desrateh addressed 70 my care from /.
TN c.!lars toward Ii. espvnses. IL 81. seemed do to
think should ADVANCE this tuun"y but i r,raEtd,
ian howsyeE took him e .hs har, and o"lt:v u:
Tor that amount On Dr. Ayers credit.
:, The Order was dissolved, or allowed 10 quietly
illegal :ntcnts Of The oreansz;cn IL nisna ~ mi tni
Missouri i had got into tho bscds ol Rad men.
who Mere trying to use the organisation tn tho.c
We thought 1t he.1er fron these things to allow it
quietly to drep, aud there was no regular meeting
of the Grand Iouncil subsequent to March, lSoi,
ihonEh one or two Efforts WcTI made to get meet
Ing subsequent 10 that tine, more especially in
Gh!esGo on ths 5th 81 july; vas present at an
slates Msider myself and he sapscme comman ol
dr.. As. Eal!aI dieha At windeos, Canaaa West
At that meeting Mr. urnt, who rcp1escut4l Mis-.
heen made IN the rlfual, and inslsttd or H. or.
can,safion rena!atag N .Ii8touri a. fae 0rirr o.
n.ian ~ ~ bh,Shfs 5t ni fatr ht. .atiag
roy q citing oid aHd comfort to ht tonftdt ~a:es
5no g1ss Ms apnt sncn cssteaon ss nevs.
have nothing 10 do With such IN organization, II
It contaminated a1y euth purpose: and added
as th.l to Jtd: Davis k,.e. II va. al-o further
settled that II things went to extremes, and . re.
sort to force was decided or. and even II a whole
renee OF all ihe st.tss. believe Il va. IN tsit
occasion thai Mr. Mcalasters aIsucdted cr d:11d.
ed the right Of q STAR TO stteI+ from the fn;oa
believe Mr. Hunt cotncidcl with him; hut The
aiscnsion WAS abandoned. and never afterwards
ITos. Ercnfnatioa-ono reason :why ,hc Order
WAS allowed 10 dit out WIS that our o;t!cfr4tione
with respect 10 the Interference at elections were
leaeuo did no, show SO much Vitality. Bat tdc
chief reason was that TIE organisation sras being
ustd In ladian0 ard .4.stopfs .ror improper ,nr-
Ss, to qaies1s de- II the ordes sfsefWard%s % % mat
a. understand It did, tn chicago. Il WAS not IN
concurrence, With the State ,orEanizatiou,. but
my taea dcsisns as tosc wita whicti tic accused @
arc CHARGED. 1t was IN d1rctt violation uf their
oaths and the rule: Of tho Order, for which they
s. o!as4 would be responsible and net the
Thc organization In Chicago was looked upon
oi Of ,1os9 soanfcftd m'f1 ii: ordsr 10 ~ aieaa5 aa
,rrrt Tcdieak, nntn. ond nnd<rsfood to *
.atn ef!'tle standiaa or character. There were,
hu~eyer, sou1e few exceptions, Doolittic was
regsrdcd 1.y everybody as Wild, rash and vision.
a1y man. S1awn was copei 'crcd qulto untuited
7" his POSITION ,1'ly from lis youia aud hts un-
disested 1d2as, and be was considered rash .ather
th,n o'hrrwise.
WEs invited to TO TO 4 meeting In Chicaro
shortly fer the nomination, ut which F. F. DOoi.
Milhcau, Dr. Bow les and some othrrs, were p:cs.
cnt, asd which met at the Mchnond House. it
wa. meeting 81 the Order. There were about
eighty thousand members in the order of fh.s
Son. OF Liberty in 1lilnole.
BY Eeeert IL, rty. ESq.-1 d not Include Judge
Norrie among those In whom had no copadcnee
IN Chicago. regarded lin a. a cnnsersarvc
nAr, In whom had nlnnoxt implicit confidence
The address i.sucd By P. Z. Wright WIS resd at
wa u1ivczsa1ly lauRhca and scoNed n. Il ~ ~.
ceved no Official trt c;ion In the Oriier wha;e,rr
BY the J.d9t datoc1.s.-There wal 40 m1l{tsl.