The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-07-05

SANDERS against the Government,
checked the spirit Of volunteering, and
madc drafting necessity. And when
the draft had thus been forced upon
the country, their wretched subordi.
mates, inspired by their devilish teach.
iDgs, endeavored in many places, by
the force OF arms, and the murder Of
enrolling officers, to prevent its exc
cution. HgNoi a3 .'f.i fit
They are the men who corrcsponded
with the rebel leaders in the South,
giving them full information of our
fcondilion, and assuring them that a
revolution in public opinion was at
hand, and that they had to persevcrc
but a few months longer, and the Ma,
tional Government would fall TO pieces
of its own weight.
They are the men who, in the Leg.
islature of 1868, attempted to overturn
the State Government, and establish a
legislative revolution, by seizing the
military power of the State, and trans.
ferring it into the hands of four State
officers, three of whom were members
of the reasonable society known as
the "Sons of Liberty" .G
They are the men who, having fail
ed TO overturn the State Government
and establish a legislative revolution,
by seizing the military power, deter
mined to defeat its operations and
bring about anarchy, by locking up
the public treasure, and Withholding
the money necessary to carry on the
Government. .a.
They are the men who, for the pur-
pose of private speculation, and to dis
credit the State before the world, con
spircd to prevent the payment of the
interest on the public debt, by with.
holding through fraudulent lawsuit,
the money received from taxes paid for
that very purpose. This lawsuit was
fraudulently smuggled through the
Circuit Court and lodged in the Su-
preme Court, before the minutes of the
case had been read and signed by the
Circuit Judge, or he had been made
acquainted with its character, and was
hastily decided by the Supreme Court
against the credit of the State.
They are the men who introduced
and organized in this State that dan.
gerous and wide spread conspiracy first
known as the knights of the Golden
Circle" and afterwards as the "Sons Of
Liberty" which had for its purpose
the overthrow of the State and Nation.
al Governments. Not all of them, it is
true, belonged formerly to this infa.
nous order, but such as stood on the
outside had knowledge of its existence
purposes and plans, and carefully con
cealed their knowledge, and stood
ready to accept its work.
To accomplish the hcllsh work Of
this conspiracy, military officers were
appointed, military organizations crca.
ted, arms and ammunition purchased
in immense quantities and smuggled
into the State, correspondence opened
with rebel commanders. and military
combinations agreed upon; rebel Off
GERS and agents introduced into the
capital and concealed in hotels and
boarding houses, and it was deliberate
ly planned and agreed that upon q day
fixed, they would suddenly uprise and
murder the Executive, seize the arsenal
and its arms and ammunition, and re.
leasing 5000 prisoners in Camp Nor.
ton, put arms into their hands, and
with their combined forces effect a
military and bloody revolution in the
State. This dreadful scheme necessa.
riIy involved murder, confagation
robbery and the commission of every
crime which makes black the chron
icles of civil war, and yet its authors
and abcttors, with the proofs of their
guilt piled mountain high, are again
struggling for power, and asking the
people to put into their guilty hands
the Government and prosperity of the
State. Some of these men who orc
high in favor and authority in their
party, and are largely entrusted with
its management, have heretofore occu
pied offices Of great trust and responsi
bility, in which they proved to be rec
reant and corrupt
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