, 1876-09-23
SONS OF LIBERTY.
Plans and Purposes Of This Amia"
BILE Order.
Efforts to Seize Camp Douglas and Lib
orpto the Prisoners.
Prominent Individuals Who We're Inter"
ested In These Loyal Objects.
oonspiring with Rebel Officers to Overthrow
the Government.

Oonspiring with Hsbol 0iaoers to Ovorthro"
the Government.
In lctter from Mr.. 8. Corning Judd, pub
1lshcd In Thursdays Tinses, ho states that he
WINS Grand Commander OF the Order OF tho Sons
Of Ltbeqty iu Illinois; that the organization was
purely political, and "A loyal to the Union NJ tlo
"Union Lcaguc,'' and that among the members
OF the organization wcrc officers and soldiers OF
tho Union Army. Memory Is n trcaclierons
thing, and She long Cheney controversy mny
hAyo driven out Of tho Grand Commanders
mind tho plans and purposes OF 1854 In order
to refresh bts recollection, THB TRIBUNE rcrlb-
Col. u. ]. Sweet IN rcfcEonccto to
che plot " capture Camp Douglas and release
tho Rebel prlsonors. Tho Colonel waa prcsunla-
bly, not ono Of the Union otllcers who belonged
to tho Sons OF Liberty. since, as will DO noticed,
lie spcalis OF II rs reasonable organization,
tho only soldiers connected with It being Con-
fedcratc Colonuls aud Capta!us and Coppcrhcad
amateur Brigader-Goncrais.
Mr.. Judd eays In bis letter that individual
momScra Of tile Order pcrlnps entertained
ttcasonabc purposcs, hut any such tend
cncics were stcrnly rebuked. BY whoma
Col. swcots report shows that tho
Treasurer Of the Order, Brigalfor-
General, a Secretary Of Tho Chicago Tenplc,
Grand Senior, member OF the Stato Council,
and somo minor. officers, wcro arrested. Some
Of them were tried aud found guilty, but 1t was
by Court-Martia1, and not by tho Suns Of
Liberty, nceorling to A1r. Judd. who "stcrnly
rcbukcd" all reasonable demonstrations.
At tho onl Of the report will be found n list
pf prominent members Of tho Order in this
State. The Illinois soldiers will ind difficulty
discovering In II the names Of any of their
comrades or commanders
Following ia tho report:
nl. lsspSo4a7ikso NV. A. isoi@Gdp L smi, dssto1t
da}usant 0eatral, Di.trtct Hea'fYuar'srs, spring~
Il 1eso U tbo s as to tsspsss s
result. up to the present time, u the lase Rebel
d for tho o. rcs9sng The e, ,n Of
a ssearrunning ho States of illinois and Indiana ia
Thnt M I JaceS % Thosnpson Of mississippi, Secretary
1ashanan. went to Windsor canaia, some tlme
By b6s the ''' sbe w aovefn'acn F" 'S With fssso
operstions 10 oTgantzo III Canada an expedition 10
rslc.sc rebel prisoners of var It difcrnt camps IL
tas and t1 The Sem Of
enl!y In tho statcs of Illinois and lsdlaua, against
the Government Of the United states. ~,
vas % o.gansed M T at To,onto' M Gsnsda, adat Ehs In"
NJ ~ Ns1r.
% eornnse ~ h ~ @ c"cnnnd
11-ssnncrs ma r,ch"i soitcrs arcomnnnicd hy XII
~ Iernr u I,renfr, at nne tim" Murran,s tbIrf
sec sSG serna,ds e. nsnceinp, !nsr.i ~, H.
.,M 2. y, ah e Rraw". fn Timrrnt Marma.,ut" al s"'
6tsn ~ ut,.,ui % ~ H., al nn',rsnn ~ 1fantunx,
Santa. '''C casticman antI cantrII + fofmorly 81
ILL.,. MaTsna,.s cnnmnna n,,5 "thnr uasI nnfccr~s ~
1s Snro s's srnca i niaieIs ~ TCrou r.
xtacd md IT, me,1nrH in titisnna' drcss rnr,e n
hIa,,n a ~ % J'Msranp ro,aos in H. s",1s trsin.
cs 0 ~ ta ,,r"n%i ~ hn n.s
snn,b',d nn H. o,h ~ Anvnst ~ thn ahir.vn INV.
: 13n w nj u his ,aa + s;1cif no ~ eisct tf"r
pressnco. $3.50 ""'S>3 'Ao " "N'NS' ~ '1'''
f.Sss"~ss -. ...- l-
H6ona Of Liberty" and otter Encrrllas, " tho came
In In rad '
nnu e nu t s " ~ ri V ~ it ~
tncuAG eolnA1a4u ~ Ot,s aeu' S1a'ea ""19isso VI
Tho presence Of these oaeefa and men fdt that
purpose was suspected BY the dotet1lment, and
Ielnf0rcemcnts wero madn to TIC gafrisun At Camp
Douglas, which thwartcd the cIpcdltlustt and 1ts
members dinpdrsPd-BunH Of the ltsbel officers and
soldiers to Canadn, othsrh 10 Kentucky, aud yet
others to Southern Indiana and Illno u, and tho
Sons Of Liberty aud gucrriIins 10 their rcspect
Two houes-io await signal for the Ecnufa uprs-