, 1876-09-24
THE ''S0Ns OF LIBERTY"

he has been damaged by publication il
The TRIBUNE to the amount Of $50: 900, an
he has notified us, further, that he intends
when he has time, to institute 3 crimina
prosecution for libel, Pending these pro
ceedings the public are entitled to the facts
On Monday evening, Sept. is, Mr. JuD1
presided at the TnuaBu11. meeting, and, i
so doing, indulged in some indecorous Ian
guage, and especially denounced Senate
LOGAN with having recruited soldiers for th,
Rebel army. The report OF this meeting wa.
written out late at night, and the fact of tht
political association Of Judge TRusnU11 ant
Mr.. JUDD, and, the suggestion being made
| that such story was once current IN Fulton
County, paragraph was written in which il
Was stated that Mr: JUDD had raised q CON-
pa1y Of cavalry to resist the draft The
next day, Mr. JUDD assumed that his sspri-
vate character" had been assailed, and ad-
dressed letter to this Office, filed with in
temperate and scurnlous language, in which
he denied the story Of the cavalry company.
Despite the language, which would have ius~
tilted its exclusion, We printed his letter, and
at the same time published editorially re-
traction Of the story. What we said was as
follows:
We publish card from Alr. S. CORNING JUDD
in answer to paragraph which appeared in Tue
TRIBUNE yesterday concerning him. We published
the statement because it has been repeatedly made
during the last twelve years, and supposed it was
true. Mr.. JuDD, as long ago as 1864, eujoycd the
distinction Of being the head in Illinois OF the
knights Of the Golden Circle, and the revelations
Of the character and design OF the object Of that
organization rendered the raising Of company Of
cavalry small affair in comparison. In the Off
cia1 report Of the Judge-Advocate- General, Ho1r.
ION the Order ct American Knights or Sons
Of Liberty Western conspiracy in aid Of the
Southern Rebellion, - made under date of Oct. &
1864. ia given the names Of the officers, etc.. OF
the organization in several States and contains the
following paragraph:
r9e Gsana Co GSmm9ndsr & IN Inoists OF
as Also as member q ASDteHAxs staG. s onr Of
hnvns hfdp esz sSa
listing members
We give Mr.: JUDI the full benefit Of his denial
OF the f-cayalfy story, and We will give
him the benefit Of denial that he wasa member and
ocero the knights or the Sons Of Liberty, and by
morrow VIC will be able to explain and give eyi-
dcnce from official pspers as to the purposes and
ends OF that organization and Of its operations in
this sae and other States in opposition to the War
and in aid Of the Rebellion
Ibis, We supposed, ended the matter: but it
seems that Mr.. JuDD had started out to have
q fight with some person He had begun bv
direct personal assault upon Gen. LOGAN
BY the repetition of libel which he knew
had been repeatedly refuted, and, taking the |
pretext Of notice in TIE TRIBUNE, thought
he would Try and gain little notoriety by n
controversy with newspaper. He begun
the business OF defamation, and is now
plaintiff" in an action Of damages:
On the day this appeared (Sept- 20) he |
sent to this Office another letter, written in
What Seems to be peculiar style with him.
de assumed the tone Of the bully, and, in
he language of the bar-room, INDUCED in
currility with proficiency that was re-
He was informed that be would
laVe to modify some Of the language of his
etter, If he desired its publication. This be
efused to do, and published his letter else
there. In this second letter he denied that
q had been member of the Knights of the
iolden Circle, and he added:
Was however, member and "Grand Com
ander' IN Illinois of the Order Of ''sons OF LIB
ty, " IN entirely different organization from that
the knights Of the Golden Circle. The
large in your editorial that this Order OF 1.-THE
>ns OF Liberty" was 'tconspiracy in aid OF the
'nthern Rebellion" Is another OF the malicious
isehoods to which you do not hesitate to give |
litoF'al circulation That organization was q
'!it'cal one, and was an offset in the Democratic