Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-31


prisoners of var one Of The objects contemplate
BY this order I
Arsrer-It never sss / reref heard that
srhiect alluded TO At sny meeting IAN infor nal
one being the ouc sas presented ail Of TIE or
canizaiion. nor by any member OF that orsan1s-
iiou. 70 zee.
oues,ion-Whsn did Jou first learn Of the ex-
i,,eace Of any such purpose that from persons
belonging 20 the order
Answer-Neser, uuiil read Of The ares, Of
Harrison in Indianapolis. and saw. perhaps
non'h or - later the charges and specifications
a. the Judge advocate. That was the first
kuo-ledge that ever bad of any such purposes
being entertained hy Any member. snd never BY
the order a. an organization.
Question-Did toe order have IN view. OF take
any action In reference to the release Of confed-
crate prisoners 10 ChicagOl
Ansver-It never did. aud | never heard,
until the development Of these trials THAI any at
tempt vas being made IN Chicago al the time OF
the convention When ! did hear il. was
much surprised a. any one, though bad heard
that large BODY Of troops had been sent TO Chi
ca 90 during that convention, and that there were
some apprehensiOns that i was intended To pre-
vent the convention being held. | thought il
was from prudential reasons, on account OF the
vast coneouFse Of people there, and had no idea
that that was 10 be made the occasion OF an At
tempt to release the confederate prisoners.
Odd this order have 10 view as one OF it,
purposes 10 render aid aud afford protection to
escaped rebel prisoners Of war;
Al never heard of il in that connection, nor
did ever hear any member of the organization
make any statement Of that kind; the purpose
| OF that order was 10 dsconnect itself utterly
from everything Of that kind.
Q-Wasit any purpose or object of the order
TO furnish arms soldiers or supplies to the south
ern confederacy2
Alt was not.
Q-State if this order had for one of It's ob
jects the establishment Of a northwestern cOnfed-
eraey.
Al never heard the subject of a northwest
| ern coniederacy mentioned in connection with
this organization until yesterday, in conversation
| with Judge BARLEY. Nv opinions TO a
northwestern confederscy were expressed in con-
gress; If they are considered pertinent to this
l matter. they easily accessible.
Question With respect to the instructions
| and directions which you gave TO those members
| of the order, / ask for those which yOu gave as
supreme commander Of the order. in or out OF
| the order
| Answer never issued any order i'm writing :,
at all. or OF any formal order TO be promulgs
ted, but instructions orally 10 officers of the or
| der, and on the occasion when number OF OH
GERS VI the order were officially present D April
| that very question was considered and | there
defined the position that the true rule was, that
inasnuch as we had peaceable mode OF rev0
| luton. il was better TO acquiesce in arbitrary
rests, the contemplated suppression of the liberty
OF the press, aud all else that hAs been complain
ed of bv the Democratic party, rather than resist
forcby, until j, came TO the destruction OF thai
mode OF peaceable revolution. and then | believ
| ed that the contn gency would have arrived for
resort to arms. that would be matter of de
Tense of the exercise OF the righ; of suffrage
| Questionable this order contemplate. ore
Of its purposes resistance 10 the authority OF The
| federal government!
Answer--It did not except in that contingency
to which | have feieTTed-the contingency OF
| defending the right or elective franchise
Question-Had you any knowledge that any
lodge, or portion OF this order. contemplated any
| attempt 10 release the confederate prisoners a
| Camp Douglas?
| Ansser-Aost distinctly had not; neither al
| Camp Douglas, a. anv other camp. nor Al
any other place.
In the cross-exsminstion. in reply to the ques
tons of the Judge advocate. Mr.. YALLASDIc
HAN thus repeated what lie understood, as su
preme commander. n he the object of the or
ganizatiOn:
Queston-Do L understand you To say tina
the purpose and object of this order, so far yoI
understand, was the protection OF the democratic
party, and TO act Offset TO the loyal leagu
ers. and to protect themselves from mob violence
and 10 DC ready in case their rights were takeI
from them at tSle pollss
Answer-Ies, sir; those were the chief object
of the organization; ! never heard Of any othe
intentions or purposes of the order.
|, Question-You say, do you, that you have
heard Of members having other obiectsg
Answer Il have seen in these development
J that there were men connected with the orde
who proposed things that were totally false t.
the objects and intentions of the order; some of
them were evidently detectives in the service oil
the government. and some were protessedy
members of the order.
Questionable you assent TO and endorse TIT
principles enunciated in this work? The ritual
Of the sons of liberty
Answer would not have expressed then
, in the language they have there, but they arr
the doctrines hold now, and have held eve
since first studied politics at all
Our space will no. permit US TO give furthe
extracts from the testimony of Mr.. VALLANDIc
NAN to- day Hereafter we will give his re.pons
te the questions of the Judge advocate upon tn
cross examination, in explanation. and in vindi
cation of the objects and principles of the order
a. he understood and accepted them "a its su
preme commander.