Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-08-01
ANOTHER REBELLION THREATENED

situations, that some startling events were
about to transpire, but these intimations
we're too vague to determine their precise i'm
port The Great Democratic Meeting
at Reading on July 18th, however, seems to
have been the auspicious moment when
their intentions were 10 be made more man
ifest, as will be seen by the following ex
tracts from the telegrapkic reports of the
speeches and resolutions, to wit:
II warn my hearers that they are on the
ere of another Girl acdr, the battle e-ields OF
which will be in the North, while the South
will remain united "Should the Radl
Gals carry the election in October. the result
,ciU be the establishment of two Presidents
and two Congresses. -Speech0 Of lNontgona-
cry Blair;
''The President is sworn to enforce the
| laws, and that ,ce call upoa him, in the name
of an outraged and violated Constitution
| and imperiled Union, to make the Congress
| what the Constitution requires it to be-the
representative body of the whole peo-
pie, :. and We adjure him by the mem
ory of the immortal Jackson. to conuince the
| Radical disunionists by cord and deed, that
| the Federal Union must and shall be pre-
served - Reading Copperhead Resola
tions.
Here we have the position of the so call
ed Democratic party clearly defined. Should
they be defeated at the October election,
! (of which we have not the slightest doubt: J
they threaten to inaugurate another ctrit
scar''-that they will call upon HIM (the
President) to make Congress do their bid
ding or they will again rebel, and ''the re-
sult ,ciU be tie establishment Of taoo Presi-
dents and t,oo Congresses. But lest our
readers may think that this feeling is not be-
coming general throughout the State we
quote the following:
The irrepressible conflict may as ,oeH be
reaeCed again. If it opens now, the peo-
| pie can SOON RID THEMSELVES OF great
burthen that is tied around their necks, In
the shape of green paper. Revolution Is
what the Radicals are working for, and they
| tciW get 1t as sure as the sun shines, UNLESS
THEY DRY UP - Clearfeld Republican of
July 25, 1866
Here the threat of revolution" or re-
bellion, is so plainly made that there is no
misunderstanding it. 1t is positive and un-
equivocal. 1t is also significant fact that
the declaration is made by the home organ
of the Chairman of the De nocratic State
Central Committee, under the auspices of
which a secret political society-the ''Mys-
tic Circle e"-is being organized all over our
State, the ostensible object of which is to
''ensure the success of the principles of the
Democratic party, but the real, hidden
purpose of which is dimly shadowed forth
in that part of the pledge, or oath, which
says:
Il, A. B., before these witnesses, do sol
emnly pledge my honor as a man, and my
character as citizen, that ;. | will sus
tain the Democratic party, obey the orders
Of the officers Of this society, work fully to
attain its objects, and will never reveal it's
bers, or its officers All this | do most sol
EMMY promise - Oath Of the Mystic CIR
: Gle.
In this oath the members are pledged to
keep secret the existence of the organiza-
tion-are to keep silent as to its formula,
name, and numbers-are to be strictly ODE
dent to the 'oRDERs OF THE OFFICERS =
and rigilantin promoting the objects Of this
society" Now, the particular point in this
|
ton of the people, is contained in the words
''obey the orders Of the officers If the
party leaders intend to inaugurate another
rebellion, all they have to do is to call upon
the officers of this society for aid, and the
members, according to their solemn pledge
or oath, are bound to obey and take up arms
: in defence of the objects of the Democratic
party. This is truly lamentable state of
of facts, and only pertinent to the party
leaders who SO strongly sympathized with
Southern rebels in their late attempt to de-
stroy the Union.
Thus We have pretty clearly demonstrated
that the Copperhead leaders favor another
rebellion mot in the South but in the North
in case they are beaten in the coming fall
elections, and that they are perfecting an
organization to aid them in case they resolve
to precipitate such an event. Previous to
| the late war, the same leaders urged rebel
lion in case their candidates were defeated.
The result is known. They appealed to
arms but they most signaly failed in their
attempt to dissever and ruin the Union, sim
ply because they had failed to corrupt the
great body of their own party: and the ma
ton lived Now they again talk ominously
of rebelling should their candidates be de-
feated VIII they do it? Time will tell.
Should they make the attempt they will
meet with the same ignominious defeat as
in the past They will find that the senti-
ment of pure patriotism and the instinct of
true National unity will prove too potent