The examiner., 1882-03-11

Last week we had occasion to speak of secret political organization started in and extending to this country, for the purpose of overthrowirg our republican institutions here, and institu- ting 8 monarchy instead. The following extracts from letter, by the way, not designed for publication. will give our readers an opportunity of judging for themselves as to the amount of credence safe to bestow in the matter. The writer is an artist of high reputation who upon his visit abroad and painting many of the distinguished and wealthy nabobs of the British aristocracy came in possession of the knowledge of this conspiracy. He is now preparing pamphlet on the subject, which will soon appear. s..
 We are permitted to publish the follow ing -
 The more I-see of the EXAMINER the more like it. Most all of the regular papers see say so much and say nothing. am novice as regards the move you are engaged in, and do not understand the plan of operations but this much I feel that it is an organized effort in the direc- tion in which my conclusions have been carrying me for some years, wholly with out any outside influence. To see the whole people drifting in the dark at the mercy of crew of wreckers in charge of the ship, was exceedingly painful to me, but I could see no remedy and heard of no organized effort to arrest the helpless drifting all seemed to be mass of selfish inertia except the gang of selfish wrecks, and my own voice was like the squeak of a mouse in the storm.
 From almost despair of 8 change l awake to hope when see men organizing and newspapers issuing with sentiments showing men behind them who are equal to the occasion.
 My own experience is an indication that there must exist in the community 8 considerable element which circumstances have been educating and shaping so that when the light reaches them they are more than glad to respond. These ideas have not reached more than one in a hundred in the land.
 There is strength in union, and strength sufficient to man the ship will develop if we are not deprived of the franchise before the strength is yielded into work ing shape.
 To provide for that contingency we must be on the alert. We must keep hor, ao& ;~> State who will be sufficiently posted to enable them to give the alarm and organ ize resistance at once if the people are to be tricked out of the local franchise of legislative enactment, as in Rhode Island. That is one of the most important matters and must be carefully guarded against. In reference to the bolder revolutionary move of which spoke in former letter, we must be ready for instant, earnest l action at any time, though most likely they will first try legislative action to curtail the franchise, failing of which they will surely resort to revolution, as fraudu. lent counting of votes cannot help them except temporarily. Do not be lulled bJ the hope that they will not resort tc extreme measures, preparation is being made on large scale already.
 am desirous of knowing how you1 organization stands in Conn. This is not my native state. I am native of New Hampshire, but resided in Washington Boston, Connecticut, St. Paul and Phila delphia after the war Gin which partici pated for four years), up to the time o my going abroad five years ago.
 As 8 sample of the feeling here amongs what are termed the ''better classes il reference to this conspiracy, will quot. the words of Gov. Bigelow to me las spring. He said: We are not ready fol monarchy here, ssot get. It may b' necessary however by and by to have goot government, if the lo,Oer orders get toe p0s0erf1I. N. T. HARTsHoRN. | MerGden.