The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-01-25

tCommunicatodl
The Grand Army of the Republic"
FRANKLIN, WARREN Co., ONO, I
January g8. 1867


communicating to you the following start
ling intelligence which deem Of sufficient
Importance to be made public, as showing
the reasonable and bloodthirsty designs of
the Radical leaders and their miserable
dupcs throughout the country.
About two weeks ago / was invited by a
young man who had served with me In the
army to attend meeting, 60 be held that
evening, for the purpose of organizing a.
Soldiers Protection Society. Relieving at
the time that the objects of the organiza-
tion Of the society were to benefit the SOL
dlers, attended the meeting--but when
the meeting was called to order (havlng
always been Democracy you may Judge
Off my surprise when it was announced to
he to organize "Camp of the Grand Army
Of the Republic" thought, however, that
I would remain and see the thing through,
and did, and here Is the result-to which
call the attention of rejecting minds
After the organization was completed
and all present we're sworn In, some fellow
present, Il think he was from your city,
was called upon TO address the Brother
hood--which he did, in substance as fol-
lows;
"The organization which we have affect
ed tonight Is all over the country; IL Is
very powcrful It Is not confined to SOL
diers-all that Is necessary, a you have
seen tonight, is TO swear to support the
Representatives of the people in Congress,
aud to vote for no man for office who Is not
! loyal, and to sustain and obey your superior
officers IN ALL THINGS.
There are organizers throughout the
South organizing the colored men-the or
gaulzaton through all grades, from Gen
eral down is oilicered exactly on the plan
of the United States Army"
He assured us that Andy johnson will
surely be impeached and deposed from of
flee that on the assembling of the 40th
Congress Ben. Wade will be elected Presi-
dent of the Senate, and on the removal of
Andy johnson win be acting President of
the United States. The number Of Judges
of the Supreme Court will be increased and
Ben. Wade will nominate to the Senate
Radicals for that purpose. The Southern
Senators are to be then organized on the
basis of Negro Suffrage and the exclusion
OF all persons who voluntarily aided the
rebellion in any manner from suffrage,
Jch. Davis TO be then tried by Court Mar
tial under resolution of Congress, and II
found guilty. to be hung as a warning to
traitors. The property of Southern rebels
to be confscated to help to pay the expen-
ses Of the Government in carrying on the
late war He said that if Andy johnson
: rcsists his arrest he will be deposed by res
: olutiOn of Congress whether arrested OF
not aud Ben. Wade made President, who
will, by authority of Congress, seize the
Telegraph and Railroad lines, and suspend
! the writ of hGbeGs corpus, as a military ne
f cessity, throughout the United States, and
r seize and imprison every man of promi.
, nence opposed to the action of Congress
T The Governors of the States will be called
r upon to see TO the arming and equipping o.
r the Grand Army of the Republic, and al
: other volunteers who will fight under the
banner of Congress, that there are plenty
\ of arms scattered throughout the country
: and in the State Arsenals for that purpose
= and that the loyal Representatives of tn,
g people, and the loyal Governors, will see Il
1t that the friends of the cause will be caret
\ for.
e The foregoing are about the most i'm
portant points in his harangue. If thi
. means anything 1t means treason and revo
, luton of the most diabolical character, anc
is certainly in keeping with the devillsf
spirit Of the Jacobln Leaders. think the
only way for the Conservative men Of the
country to prevent or overcome this threat.
ened revolution is to organize as soon a.
, possible. There is no time to be lost. A
volcano is beneath your feet, and may
burst forth and engulf you at any mo
ment that some bloodthirsty Guy Faukes
can be found to apply the match. Orga-
nize then as men, quietly and constitutions
ally, but in firm and determined manner
so that if the issue of blood is forced upon
you, you will be able, in conjunction with
the Army and Navy who are on your side
to teach fanaticism lesson it will long re-
member. Yours, &c.