The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
WAYNESBURG, PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST l. 1866


ern defeats gave thcmro joy, and North
Vrn disasters no sorrows'' They are
the men who eXcrted their influence tC
prevent their Democratic friends from
going into the army, and Who by thciI
incessant and yenomous ISLANDERS agains
the Government esecked tho spirit o
volunteering aud made drafting necesi'
ty. And when the draft had been fore
ed upon the country their wretrhed
subordinatcs inspired by Their deyilisI
teachings cndeavored IN many places by
force of arms ard the murder of enroll.
ING officers to prclen its execution,
They arc the men who corresponded
with the rebel leader in the South, Civ.
ing them full information OF our condi-
ton, and assuring them that reyolu>
ton IN public opinion was at hand, and
that they had but TO persevere few
months longer and the National Govern
ment would fall to pieces Of its own
weight
They are the men who in the Lcgisla-
ture Of 1868, attempted to oyelturn the
State Government and establish a Leg
islatiye revolution by selling the military
power of the State ard transferring 1t
into the hands Of four State officers three
of whom were members Of the trcasona
bic society known as the Sons ofLlbrro
ty"
They are the men, who, having failed
TO overtutn the State Government by
soizi"g the military power, determined
to defeat It's operations and bring about
anarchy, by locking up the public treas
urc and thus Withholding the money
necessary to carry on the Government
They are the men who for the rur~
pose Of private speculation, and to dis>
credit The State, before the world cons
spircd 10 prevent the payment Of the
interest ON the public debt, by withhold
ling 'h'orgh ! fr@u%Nlent hwsgit the
money 60 we'd from taxes, pad for that
very purpose This lawsuit was traudu-
cntly smngg'ed through the Circuit
Court ard lodged in the Supreme Cour:
before the MINUTES Of the case had been
rcadand ,igncd by the Circuit Judge, or
he had been made acquainted with its
charactor--and was hastily decided by
the Saprcme Court aga nst the credit OF
the State.
They are the men who introduced and
organized in this State that dangerous
anG widespread conspiracy first known
as the "knights of the Golden Circle, j"
and afterwards as the Sons of LIBERTY"
which had for its purpose the overthrow
Of Che StSlc and National Governments
Not all Of thcm, il is true, belonged
formerly to this infamous order, but
such as stood on the outside had knowl,
edge OF its existence, purposes and plans
and carefully conceaIing their knowledge
was ready to accept its work.
To accomplish the hellish work Of this
conspiracy, military Offices ere appoint
ed, military organizations created, arms
and ammunition purchased IN immense
quantities and smugg!ed into the State,
correspondence opened with rebel COM
mandcrs, and military combinations
agreed upon, rebel officers and agents
nu oduced into the capitol and conceal>
ed in hotels and boarding houses, and it
was deliberately planned 'and agreed
that upon day fixed, they would sud>
denly upri$e, and murder the Executive,
seize the arsenal and its arms and am
muniton, and releasing 5000 rebel prs,
oners in Camp Morton. put arms into
their hands, and with their combined
forces effect military and bloody reyo.
luton in the State Ills dreadful
scheme necessarily involved murder,
conhagration, robbery, and the commits,
sion of every crime which makes black
the chronicles Of civil war. ard vet its
authors and at ettors, with the proofs of
their guilt piled mouni;n bigh, are
again struggling for power and asking
the people to put into their guilty hands
the government and prosperity ofthc
State. Some OF these men who are high
IN favor and authority in their party,
and are largely entrusted with its man.
agement have heretofore occupied off.
ces of great trust and responsibility in
which they proved TO be recreant and
corrupt
They are the men who, in the Legis-
lature of Indiana bitterly opposed and
denounced every effort to confer tho right
OF suffrage upon soldiers in the field who
could not come home to vote
They are the men who wrote letters to
solGiers in the army, urging them to de-