Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1864-11-11
REBEL EAIp ON CHICAGO.
4 EsInains Conspiracy of ilse Copper.
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& Haunting Conspiracy of tlse Copper
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Tho Chicago papers Of the 8,h contain the
particulars Of 3 projected raid OF that city
by Kaights6f ire Golden Circle, i. T., cop
pcTh ads. The details Of ,he affair prove
that they had inside all their plans to set st
liberty and arm the Il, 600 .robel prisoners
confined ct Camp Douglas, Invade the city,
sejza the polls, sack the city and lay it in
as'cs, carrying off the principal Union man
Of the city Ga prisoners, and numbering ali
those who shquId oppose him. Intelligence
Of the plot was brought TO the authorties
several days prcvio rs to the public snrounce-
mcnt Of i;s discovery, and prompt steps were
taken TO illustrate the plans Of the traitors,
and happily we're completely successful: TIL
Tribune publishes an account Of The arrest
and disclosures made by Charles Walsh, t.
prominent coppeTheaa Of Chicago, and who
was one Of the rins'eaacrs of the projected
raid The account says:
lie is terrified nj thc extent Of his crmos,
now that sober second thought superyenes
on the excitement OF conspiracy. The con,
fession sperfcctly daIsning, duplicating large
numbers Of Copperhesds in this city, leading
members of the Inyincible Cnh, some Of
them candidates on the Coppcrhesd ticket
| lie confcsscs TO all; yea to much more than
was supposed. Ne hope to TO able to pub
Ish his confession IN full to morrow the
following are the leading features in the con
spiracy, TO which he admits himself to have
! been not tn uninp0rtant party. ..s
Walsh admits that the niiue should have
been sprung weeks ago, but for various
reasons the execution Of the plot was post
poncd till election day. The plAn was the
very same al first as subsequently,, except as
/ TO interfering with the election. The intcr
nal scheme as last shaped was IS follows:
A force Of about 400 men-k. q. C.a-
! hushxbackcrs and gusrI!Iss, were to be as
| scmlled hare, and with them al attack sho' i
have been ma9e on Camp Douglas last even.
ing Tor the purpose Of Eberating the rebels
confined there. T. NalSh, with $50 men, was
to assault The cast side Of the camp, and an
othir man whose rame We may net now
| furnish, vita 200 was to take the ives. side
The operation to be superintCnded by Mar
madpEc, who should have the remaining SO
men as reserve corps ready to act where
wanted. The programme was to break down
The fence, and staInpCde the 1900 prison
ers who were all ready for the work, having
been Informed of it in some way best knewr
TO themselves. The prisoners were to be
armed as rapidly as possible, the garrison
overpowered, their arms and artillery secnr
ed, and the garrison made prisoners. This
it was believed, could easily be done if tht
/ l.. Ia nd frla
there is little room TO hope thai II would have
been otherwise than successful had it mo-
been nipped in the bud by premature ex
posure Of the whole scheme.
With Marinaduke at their head, the rebel:
were to march into the city, and take pos
session Of the Court House and square as
the base Of offensive operations. They wert
then TO take possession o! the polls, voting
in each precinct, and preventing the dcposi
ton in the ballot boxes Of any other thl.
; tho Mcclellan ticket This being accom-
plished, and majority in the State thus Sc
cured, they were to proceed to the work o
destruction All the banks were to be robb
ed, the stores Quilted, and then fire sat to tn
| principal buildings; for the purpose Of con
trolling this latter phase Of the business, tn
water pings had ell been marked, and fore
detailed TO Set the water running so as Z
: empty the Insins and exhaust the water sup
, ply The tels graph wires were 10 be cut o.
tbs first onset and then fire Sc! to the Rail
rosd depo;s, tbs elevators, the shipping, &c
The persons Of the leading Usion men in tn
city were to be seized, and they, with til
. plumber, marched of SouLhWard
|, was believed that with this force Q
nearly 3,000,men the city could be SO Quick
ly overwhelmed as that effective opposition
would be impossible, and it.t .tAey coul
) then, under ihoir !eadtr Maruadukc, marc
in any direction with perfect impuniY.
The schcne was well concoctei. 1t Iscke,
only one essential successful issue
Thank Providence that it was denied them
. They had assembled here, 81 per programme
and had tho arrests been delayed = sHgl
day it would hsgs beer. too lste--the of,
! repeated threat would have been executed
and rivers OF blood would have run in tn
streets Of Chicago. No one can doubt that
had they once commenced active operations
, they would have been joined by a sufficient,
, large number Of Chiesgo dsloyasts to har
made clean sweep Of the city and reduce
TO heap Of ashes. ..' "-
J walah'is completely urmana-d-broke