The Portland daily press., 1864-10-22

Gov. MORTON ON THE INDIANA CoNsPIR-
AcY-Goy. Morton made an address in In
dianapolis, August %, in which he discussed,
at length the recent development regarding
the alleged conspiracy and the finding of arms
ammunition, &C, He says; s1isp tas "a
The arms and ammunition that we're seized
In this city on Saturday are but drop in the
bucket c3mpared 10 the immense quantity
that has been imported into the State in
similar manner during the last twelve or
eighteen months. Tue seizure amounts to
this: Some four or Ave hundred revolyers and
one hundred and thirty-tive thousand rounds
of AMMUNITION; that is to say, one hundred
and thirsy.tive rounds for aregIment of one
Thousand men. Evidently this large amount
or ammunition was not intended simply for
the use OF four or tive hundred revolvers,-
The reyplyers seized are but part of a lot OF
thirty thousand yet 10 come; and the large
amount Of ammunition captured is but a por-
tion Of q lot of forty two boxes, containing al
togAther about two hundred and ten thousand
rounds. .eath&A s'eai2 ita
The question has been asked me this even
ing, what money it is that has been expended
in the purchase of those arms and munitions
of war, and where 1t came fromP In answer
10 that question must say that do not know:
Lut will tell what i do know. Some men in
Indiana who arc wholly unable to provide
COW ior their families lave BEEN sporting re-
volvers siuce these operations began. There
is large class of suca persons. Where the
money that bought the weapons which they
narrylcame IRON | do nnt know; Ipnly know
that large sums Of money have been and still
are being provided somewhere by somebody
to send arms and ammunition into the State Of
Indiana. We can at best only imagine where
the sources OF this fund is. l believe, howev-
err and am as confident of the fact as am OF
any other fact of which have otpositive and
undnbitable evidence, that this money with
which these operations are and have been car
Fied onin Indiana has been supplied by the
re0eilion, either directly from the Confederate
authorities or by their authorized agents IN
new YORK. For myself, | entertain no doubt
upon that subject. 1t is utterly impossible that
the large amount Of money required for the
Purenase OF THESE large quantities of arms and
ammunition could have been raised in the or
dinary way OF contribution. I happened to
know something Of the difficulty OF raising
twentyshfty or hundred thousand dollars In
that way. IS e.9
In the city of New FORK there are b,,nd,ads
and thousands of men who have heen COM
PEELED to leave the rebel States, and who bovo
both the means and the disposition to aid the
rebellion in this way. In addition to these
there are also there large number of resi- ,
dent capitalists who have sympathized with
the rebellion from the very first. Their trade
was In the South at the breaking out of the
war; their financial interests have been in the
South from the very first, and they have doubt
less contributed Literally toward paying the ex
penses or organizing and equiping this trea
sonable organization in the North. Ii4 s6I
e. 1t is all one thing to JEFF Davis whether We
shall fall by means of defeat at the coming
elections or by the overthrow of the Union ar
mics in the field. five shall elect a candi
date for the Presidency who is in favor of peace
upon the terms of JEFF. Davis, who is In favol
OF Withdrawing our armies from the field and
recognizing the independence Of the Southern
Confederacy, they will gain their object Just