, 1865-03-07

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| ! Do not know that my father received any rem.
menta. ne vas. for time, tho Colonel Of one e! |
attended school At St Asaths's Catholic Acad
| my, In Chicago, where waa 4 boarder. lnevs
remember any gentleman being presented to N
borne nor b. Hunter. ialIas Csps. Hines, ntt
Ths Cont then sajo11n's!a ept1 tomorrow, Fr
CMcIrxAr1, March 3.
The Military commfssfon assembled this mon
Il The record OF the last session Of the Court n,
Hiss Msfggic Wai.b WI. then called UPON tn
photograph presented to me BY Mr.. Hssy, n
correct picture Of the exterior Of M father
house. The fence ahcWn IN the drawing as
itont OF The houae. is on the other eide Of Ii
Ihs h photograph VA then submitted .s eridenc
oy ne counsel. and al his request attached to th
By s1e JHSae Adroeate.-My uncle, who Intro
ouced Mr. Travts, or Daniels, and lii. Can1ill t
ne: :spe1la his name Teahon, and not Thchon,
ce,ye men @ to vote IN Chicago.
Mf w4 ina ET9e r.. by
[ -1EsT11oEY or NR. EWING.
;, ETqfnlTed By Judge Bartley.-My name IL VII
lem =. Ewing. I an an attorney Ut law, and re-
ads ~ 99eneI ~ 1havs besa member q u
Knights. Ijoiued it In he apstnc Of 1essl and
fhe last 1neebngl attended was in July or August
Council, and REPRESENTED woodtord C connt, mt in taa
body The object oft Order, ar understood
u wa TO organize the Democratic party IN such
way that it could defend Itself ana 1ghts at the
polls: There Was particular manner pointed op1
by which this was to be attained, and that vas thai
the members were to be armed. do NOT know
ber being expected 10 provide htmseT win !
weapon. The OCCASION Of the Organization, As
! Learned, grew out OF the presence Of secret Or.
@ asr calted the Union League, In the other polii.
No other object than ae1ug on tho defensive,
,s. Tas entertatned y tae oEdsE: never heard he
}ect a that Of aiding the confederate army. or Re-
leasing tie Confederate prIsoncra was in any way
Incidentally Gea.ssed 1t Tie mseanc eo9aS Of tbs
Grand Council In Chicago-the last / atfeuded :
some one asked what . to be done in regard to
the arait, stating that somc members Of &c Or
Gsntxauon IN his county, Hould hot submit to the
draft, and wanted to know what action the cp1ncU
would take. In reply TO this member, Mr. Green,
who believe was IN the chair, ssid that the Order
would take no action at ali In The matter: The
members hsd sworn to obey the laws, and I'd rcslst
the dram would be violation Of that oath. The
empers PC q tne @ Council generally aequiessed tn
20 vote or official aetion was taken Don't ,recoi-
iset eaat re- subject q releasing ihe Confederate
DO not believe TINT any resiatance 10 The author
tiles OF the United Sstes Wxt cver contemplated
except II The eycnt Of any Interference On their
part with tbs rights Of bemocrats at the polls,
and then We were to act on the defensive only.
| CROSS ExAM1NAT1oN.
By the Judge Adrocdtt-I Joined the Order Of
American Knights In the spring Of 1861 at Spring
Who heard WIS stterWs1ds editor Il the % Se1
se.!sss;: ddo not how anything er the Older 81
meeting Of he radical members Of he ~ American 4
hnlghta, 1t New York, in February, 1864. I do
nof Know That there VA only change made in
tn the rttual for understood that rcry cardinal
s!tefstont were made IN the ritual 1 hare sem
@ she ritual Of ne Order OF American Knights and
! derstood b ne II only pledged that We mnsl d.
tead onr rights At he polls, and did not contain
p1i1e'R'ts 51 sRposed T. The sa
e'le With that nndezs:&nding this portion OF the
oatht Tell me III quote correctiy:
~ do promise further, thsr At al ttnea will IT
! ed. Aay. monarch, trst ef all against any mon
arch, prince, potentate, power Of government
usnIped, itnay be even II srns saa waging war
| sgainet people or peoples, who arc endeaTor1pg
TO etta6iish or has46nangu1ased government for
themselves Of their own free choice"
co.ee Sat 1fsf thpf nv WsS Il soR.S il RSSs
nd The Gon.titution. Ind authority Of fhe United
arght II should b. boris IN mind tbat IN he nr.t i
degree II Is laid down that the Constitution Of the
United 6tAtea contains the fundamental Law md
sas and IL 7or q u
doerinee md opinions Of the Order Of the N Amer. M
nonou: il he Ritual Of H. Sons Of Liberty. 10 W.
az Nd9s Adroeate-Who are 1.-THE oppressed F."
/ mentioned in the oath which yon sly have
nHnt.s-i thint al ot NJ. tust now.
nagr 1asesatsMeach do you con1ider the
] f31r A1o- -. 3x1-
indicated. may have heard It exprcssed In tho
| order that President lincoln was exercising some
powers not delegated TO him by the Constitution,
| dtnal principle OF the order. 1t may hpye been
held that the President had usurped some powers,
ri e p
| order.
Judge 4droeat<-The oath says that you will
epPo1e which IL w.kng W. aganst
aa 9se@ digit sstps9' {sss appPss '0' "enfe'Fe' 10
applied to the coniederates; though il ron 1nistl
the sentence, Jon will read: endeavosing to
sash ioandsd e he
cred that Mr. lincoln had usu1ped soma Pow@ra,
It was believed that Jet Davis had usurpcd al the
powe1s- When va Unlisted asked whether q
the Confederacy, and was distinctly informed BY
Mr. Wright that Il had not Il Il tene the South
Rs9ps sSos as;S;5 e ds
nnaerrt2nd by that osth that they we're to ass!sE
them.
Gcuounclng the COERCION Of a sovereign State By
t tbe General government
Fitaess: do not believe in any such senii.
oef 9 knshts f a "a nf ;ha
zone portions Of the ritual read By the Judge Ad-
yes.te belonr 10 The Sons of Liberty.
dhs x y s5S sa g. a,so, II r. r1ds, 9,1
Government formed BY the un1o1 Of tho thirteen
free and original States.
M. A,ay w,,ned 70 fntgrpo.e IN objection
lime Or place. He eonsiaezed I'll te.dmcnJ ~ to
fectiy Irrelevant Hi objection sas not made by
sny conRultation with his brother COUNSEL but was
entirely on hls OWL responsibility on behalf OF
GrenIeI, On hi behalf also, though he understood
no proof hsd been adduced to show, even # 1t wa4
claimed that II. Grenfe} wss At al implicated in
regarding the Order. lie did not wish to Uphold
+, condemn II, or whitewash Il. He did not be-
1ieye II secret political societies at al. though be
member now, Tor when be discovered the real OBJ
right hsnd 90 a. to exhibit to advantage .
%a:sFS 3 ~ 5ss III I'd Aaaa R'a;e1E ss
pocket. nsaumed an extremely d1gnihed
I'D Il yhfB as 1s
lieved At the intense weight he had removed from
his confidence, Mr, Asay wAa enabled to quote
tie Report o5 the Judge Advocate General, as
serts, In Its denn,ion pf the term, that military
charge consists Of two positions, tho charge pro-
lines the odense. the other more eiaboratey sPe-
CITES ito na,ure--where II the trta} Of soldier
charge might te simply sDranl," % Wien he lie
proper, evidence might he submitted In In M the
present case, the prisoners were rot charged with
being menheIa Of AZ Order eonspiring to commit
HT16cGrH n Fxf
the Order >showing that 1t trcasonable and its
members traitors, would be admieslble, hut are
sa S9 9u5se HaTnsg ls nsltspa :aq6 |
inquiry whether 1t the Richmond House con-
spitsey was completed which had been COM
. % u as sua 81 LSePtg Is etesfsas fas
tr5irg, hy riding two horses, to get round he
f1g tn some shape Or other.
re 5aaf7-Why bad .ou not thought Of thus
&r. dsay-Becapte had raised so many obiec-
nons, aqua1e, Gut technical, which have been
H1,es,des which. r. willing that s5s eiinmsIine
light should break in upon ths ceszpool OF secret
Nsx + t. III IL e.ss ss g.. daa fs
nsF viii y removed foS tfiai 10 hiehef bat On
.judgt Barley, on the part Of Judge Norris. de-
sired that the evidence with respect TO this organ
izaon might be received, as It was to the adTant.
age Of hif client that 1t should be shown whether
Loyal.
The Judge Advocate did not care 10 have this
testimony continued. 1t was at the discretion OF
the defenee whether any further testimony should
eyer If it might be possible that the defense conld
chow that this organization Wis loyal, he ,would
he glad to hare such testimony continued In
order to remove the stain OF guilt which
now rests onAo many Of the people Of this coun-
try.
The Court On delibcrauon, declined to enter.
tain the objection.
In reference to ,he Sovereignty of The thirteen
original States, referred to- In the Eittal the wit
ness continued: understand the General Cor
Statet; and underltand that the States In all
matters which they hare not couTeyed to the Gen.