, 1876-09-24

Northwestern States, Illinois, Indiana, NJ
Ohio, could be seized and held This beir
done, Kentucky and Missouri would rise, On
stills in sizty days acould end the Var"
s. The postponement of the meeting
the Chicago Democratic Convention fro,
July to August 90 postponed the rising
and July 20 was fixed, aud then later datt
| 6. THOMPSON furnished Confederate gold t
have three monster peace-meetings in Ill
nois, one at Peoria, one at Springfield, and on
at Chicago. The Peoria meeting was
grand success.
z. The arms Of the "Sons of Liberty,
purchased by Confederate gold and sent II
Indianapolis, were seized, and numbers o1
the leading ''Sons were arrested.
| 8. MCDONALD, Democratic candidate fol
Governor OF Indiana, threatened to expose
the whole business unless the rising wa!
abandoned, and the rising did not take place
I mo Democratic candidate, or member, o,
Grand Commander in Illinois squealed.
Arrests and exposures followed, which demor.
ahzed the ''Sons of Liberty
8. The large sum OF Confederate gold e1.
pended among the Sons OF Liberty to pro-
mote the conspiracy in aid Of the Re-
bellion was wasted, except that it required
the withdrawal Of $4,000 Union troops from
the front to watch the Sons of Liberty and
this was the most servceablo expenditure Of
the like sum of money by the Rebel Gov
ernment during the War.
10. Relates the further expenditure Of
Confederate gold in various attempts, es-
pecially that Of the release Of the prisoners
at Camp Douglas, the burning Of New
York, etc., etc.
II. The Order Of the s'Star" succeeds
the Sons of Liberty,-the members swearing
to resist the draft
We submit these two reports. At the time
THOMPSON wrote his, he had seen that of
Judge Holt, and contradicts it only in the
reported number of the "Sons of Liberty"
which he says Holt put too high. Judge
Holt put the number in Illinois at 100000
to 10000. JUDD, who twas member and
Grand Commander in Illinois," states that
there were over 100; 900 in the State, and We
suppose he speaks BY the card, and confirms
HoLr
We promptly, and in the next issue Of the
paper, retracted the 1udicrous story Of Mr.
JUDD raising company of cavalry in Fulton
County; We had no design then, and have
none now, to make any untrue or unfair
statement concerning him. we have in no
sense assailed his private character. He has
put the history Of the s'Sons Of Liberty" at
issue; has declared that it was purely
Democratic organization, and that be was
Grand Commander in Illinois Of the Order.
Upon that issue made by him we have SUBJ
mitted the sworn testimony Of a member of !
the Order in this State, the sworn statements !
and confessions Of members of the Order in |
other States, the fact Of the trial and convio-
lion OF numerous members of the Order for
treason, have given extracts from the oaths
and obligations Of the Order, and finally the
official reports made to the United States and
% the Confederate States Governments. In
;hese there is q concurrent mass of testimony
o establish that Judge Holt properly de-
aounced the Order Of the Sons Of Liberty as
conspiracy to aid the Southern Rebellion
Mr. JUDD thinks proper to denounce the
Witness CLAYTON as perjured traitor. We
;now him only as q Son Of Liberty. We
now Mr. JUDD as member Of the same
Order, holding higher rank. We have no
means Of deciding as to tho relative verecity
# the more than 100000 members of the
)rder in this State, md of the hosts in other
tates. CLAYTON tells one story, JUDD an
ther. JAKE THOMPSON and HoLr confirm |
LAYTON, and we leave the public to form
heir own opinions.