The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-01-27
characteristic effrontery and egotism he named
the band of clubs the "B. P. LIZ,
''BRIcK PoMERoY LEAGUE. )"


| the band of clubs the "B. P. LIZ,
''BRICK poMERoY LEAGUE"
| To these clubs he issued documents advising
| secession from the government, and plumber Of
the rich, calling to his followers to sight the
gun directly at the black hearts of bondhold-
ers, and telling men of property that they de
serve to have their banks broken open, thelr
houses plundered, their furniture stolen, thelr
possessions confiscated' These are literal
quotations from the incendiary documents sent
over this State by Pomeroy.l He called upon
them to shoot Congressman who supported old
and well-established principles OF finance, and
unless reputation was decreed to overthrow
the Government, wipe out the Indebtedness
of the United States, and commence anew.
He advised the organization OF committees OF
safety to watch legislators and judges, and
if necessary 'l1ill them on the spot" and sug-
gested an assemblage of
GREENBACK DELEGATES
from every Congressional District in the
United States which should declare itself to be
Congress and proceed to legislate for the coun-
try. Such was the character of the documents
distributed in Maine by the tramps who per-
ambulated the State last year, organizing Sc
cret clubs and preaching sedition and revolu-
ton. Not few converts were made among
the idle the vicious and the fanatical. The
effect of these teachings is seen to-day in the
disregard of law, she abuse Of its officers, the
appetite for plumber, the revolutionary tone of
Fusion journals, the bands of armed men
whose purpose to overthrow the legal govern
ment of the State is scarcely concealed.
THE 3. P. L. IN MAINE.
The B. P. L. began its existence in Maine on
the eleventh of September last, when the first
"circle" of the Order was formed in this city
by some of the Western adventures then in
the State. This afterwards became the grand
central State circle, from which all the local
circles derive their authority and to which
they look for instructions and leadership. To
it came prominent Greenback leaders from
Androscoggin and other counties farther east
who were initiated, and who then went home
to organize local leagues. Since September
the Order has been steadily increasing, and
now reaches from Rockland to Biddeford. 1t
was but few days since, on the 18th inst,
that circle was formed in Saco. The central
iunto which controls the League consists of
seven men, all prominent currency and labor
reform agitators. 1t was intended to ex-
ercise great discretion in the admission
of members, and but comparatively few Green
hackers have been acquainted with even the
existence of the order. The ritual commands
that only "known and tried men" shall be ad-
mitted. But it is proverbial that conspirators
secrets are never kept, and thus it comes
about that the PRESS is in possession of the
names Of the men who make up the central
junto, of the officers of the various local cir
Giles and the dates of their establishment, of
the constitution and obligation, of the ritual
and cipher. The names of these men will, if
the public interest demands, be made public.
Such publication is now deemed unnecessary,
for these dangerous oath-bound organizations
are under surveillance, and the plot to seize
the State House is believed to be defeated by
the prompt action of the State authorities. But
any overt act on the part of the plotters will
provoke condign punishment. Enough here
will be indicated to show them that they have
been betrayed.
The document under which the local circles
hold their powers from the central authorities
is in this form: