The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-07
X. G.. C. MARTYRS.

During the war certain indiscreet and not
yer-patriotie persons were arrested, impris-
ned, tried by drum-head courts, punished,
&c., &c. They were generally members of a
soret society called Knights of the Golden
fFircle. or something of that sort-a society
D more unlawful than the Union League, snd
1eobably as well intended They were ar
lsted, imprisoned, tried, punished, &C., &c.,
defiance of all law. Their arrests. impris-
iment, trials, &c, &C., were arbitrary, ills-
81 outrages upon the name and principles of
institutional liberty, and in this respect they
I'D the sympathy of all true lovers of law
I'D order. Among this number was one L..
Il. Milligan, hot headed, indiscreet lawyer,
\ Indiana, who was tried by military COM
ission at Indiansp polls for Conspiracy" in
ling prominent officer in an organization
eown as the ''Sons of Liberty" He was
Dtenced to death, but, by the intsrcsssion of
". Morton with President Lincoln, impris-
msnt for life in the Columbus penltentiary
Is substituted. Recently the US. supreme
urt decided that there was no warrant for
e trial of the alleged conspirato,. by mill
L nv authority, and they were released-not
I ,ardoped," as the copperhead Union erro-
/ sously states.
|. No one who has any regard for our
/ cory and system of laws can do other than
,,prove of the discharge of these prisoners,
40, If they had done aught to subject them:
i Ives to punishment or penalty, were amen
4 lie to the civil authority.
y I. Mr.. Mill,gan has now assumed the role of
/. artyrdon. He had, the other day, grand
Il ceptlon" and ovation at the town Of Bluff
i 81, Wells county, Indiana. where he deliver,
himself of set speech of some three col
Il ans in length, IN which he gave his views
4, political affairs from an ultra stand point
f.ais effusion is "nuts" to the radica,
.pers, which are giving it wide circula-
an, as the opening gun from the dsmocra-
1. lin Indiana" and parading some of its ex
eme features in emphatic italics and start
,g capitals. The speech. however, has pre-
II ,us little in it of the creed of the democrat.
v party, and this little ia overwhelmed by a
| antity of stuff of g kind that is dissented
/: m in toto by the great mass of that party
II lie point on which the radicals dwell with
i, bst emphasis is that, Lincoln's assassina
/. in was q Providential dispensation. Az
Il Is is precisely what the radical preachers
!, Timed at the time OF the assassi "a alton, and
i, which they were not rebuked by the radi
do
ii slligan disagree. We congratulate the rad
8. lis that Milligan has become a convert tt
/ ssir doctrines.
For our part we have seen enough o.
faventions of the democracy, and we hope
!. ~ will have good sense enough, in future
a. stay quietly at home. They have been 6
Is d on our shoulders long enough. While
) were being prosecuted we endeavored tc
cure for them their constitutional and law.
II rights. But they are in no danger of il
III hl, unlawful and arbitrary arrests now, OF
D ,slrum-h head and shoulder-strap mock trials
~ we beg them to relieve the. democracy oil
i, ahr advice or their presence. Let Vallan.
II ham, Edison Odds, Geo. W. Jones, Mahon.
u; Sheahan, M Y. johnson. Milligans & Co.,
II all the K. G. C.'s have discretion ENOUGH
I, Keep little out of sight, if they can, and
!. EVE the democracy of their opinions or
n ir presence, aud 1t will be great deal bet
for the country. They have damaged the
1 nocracy quite enough, and the sooner the
II Ter break entirely loose from such imprac.
I ables and Missionaries, the better it will be
their prospects. Having been war man
y the start, and sustained it its glorious
q 10. we are about sick of the talk, presence
n advice of the K. G. C.'s. Talk about the
Il righteousness of thewar is "played out,
threats to repudiate the national deb
n II no response among the honest multitude
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