, 1865-03-11
'1.lifago Grtbnue.


oA AACAUA1. MARCd IL 1SUj-
41dE ORGAN OF. TIE CONSPIRACY.
The Chicago Times has been eating nettl c
by the datly handful for weeks past in til
rcrela'io Which hare been going on at Gin
efnn2h relative to the Chicago conspiracy.
The righteous s3uls ofits editors aTe afflicted
at the Erieyous expense OF the trial as bur
den to Taxpayers in addition to the national
:. debt: Their holy wfath is stirred at the dirt
hayoc 1t is making with the Constitution.
+: Our wonder diminishes as We learn, however,
dhat ut least four Of its editors arc implicated
In tho -tatiafr." james s. Rock, who WAS the
commercial editor OF the Chicago Times up to
" the day the Testimony Of Dr.. aver, imp:icat.
ing linn. wae gtTcn, says:
During that tune vas commercial reporter
OF the Chtesgo 7inste: tOIued the 3oc.ety 81 the
0tim In 1868, at the fnstt.auon Of either Jemca
Gooasell. local editor ot the ch1easo 7t".1s, Of .
III. Richter. ptoof:readef Of the 7i0ats. Among
.aae enp1oyces Of the Chicago 1tHses who were
1ncmbt rs OF the Sons Of Liberty besides myself;
Tsrc % %Gooassll Alshte.. n,n r. named @ B;1ry. and M
1onCed TO was called the 1llini. Col. Sweet 1Esf
told me It Waa branch Of the Sons Of Ltberty."',
"Rock, Richter, Goodse11 Barry dnd
: offes"- Too numerous to mention .
Besides these, VIM. Z. Campben tcstides
3hat while employed Us reporter on the
1aats, he took q trunk-fuu Of eight inch
"Democlatic" rcTolvers from Chicago to
Peoria, to project Democrats" at the great
peace meeting ut which none but ''Dsmo-
Gratis" Would be seen, and only the scaliest
of those. For these he tooS receipt in
(which they were STATED as 'ee5 vols. Of -; y
a lorm Of receipt familiar only to burglars,
cnuntcrieiters, consplrators, rebels and other
conscious Criminals. This fact will satisfy
every render that It was not necessary that
any person should be member of the o. A.
KS, Sons Of Liberty, or lllini. In order to bc
Entrusted By those Orders with their most
secret and ''de1icate'' business, The nero
fact That he was an editor Of the Times con-
stiiuted him On honorary member Of all trca-
.sonablc societies e=-opzclo without auy oath,
dues, or other conditions. So far rs there Is
yet amy positive proof, all connected with
the 11ncs Office were active agents in those
nrcnpszations which nrioino al 91,o r,,,,,,;...
sn.,o,s "A 1na anh.,r,- ,,,,.ta,*s 9paas
anpo1aea Inc nehl'ng pulacfnnfs' secretcd
Inv D,ocaa IN Which :. nomacr.tto T..A,t
tees" bad concealed them. ready to swarm
forth on election day and vote illegally 70.
Mcclellan In the uamc Of purity Of the ballo.
boz, murder the resident voters Of Chicago
under pretense Of ''fiee ballot Or free
fight" !" and let out the prisoners from Camp
Douglas to burn and sack the city to the err
OF the ''Unfon as 1t WAS md the Constitution
as 1t Is" There ARE still one or two editors
OF The. TIMES who may or may not have been
members Ct these treasonab1e consplracies,
bit with at least four editors proven in haze
f,c,oorri7 tn +hese orders and a afth .o,,,,.
.c4onsu ~ ~ .:a.ss.s'.sS nsss e.u, auo Mln ae'lne
as agent In distributing their arms, it is rem
dere1 cGrta}p TINT the office nf the Go,fo5a-
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1ate ofean WIS 1he very nest "hcFe all the
yipcrs cppcrecatsd, and that the Confederate
oFean Mas 1ns 'ets luz aau SOU OF Inc
1rsasonable societies and OF a1l their plots.
Is it possible to conceive That with Ger.
his associate editors belonging to these
4ilihf' ana Sons o1 L1oertJ, the chief editor
Of the 1sm<a, TOO wary perhaps TO put his
o~n nneefs 1n1o Inc n.e, was tgnosaal o.
wlat "as being done IN their meetings in the
interest Of The Democratic party and cam
paienf DAILY D. for weeks before re the i e election a
the rehc1 organ was filed with threats of
<.nccted violence ut the approaching c,e,-
=. s..s
<rce wifi, +he r,phts nf Deuccrntz IN ro@o
~-.~ "1~'. ~A ~ Wv.
fct tney were 1nfn importing huho1cds Of
rebels, having no fl@ht 10 vote mere, 50 rs to
compel tie government 10 Commit tAat very
anterierence when they pretended 10
deprccate" The Times Threatened fight
It's editors belonged to associations |
which were importing ''bu!ternuts," not
only to take part In fight, but whose pres
cnce here directly tended to bring about
fight: Vas there no connection between the |