Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1864-08-25
CIVIL WAR THREATENED I'M
INDIANA. Co.
A Copperhead PIot-Democrnts
Alas mcd-How the Outbreak
was Postponed.
Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette.

Correspondence Cincinnati Gazette
Indianapolis. Aug. 10. 1864.
Facts just come to light put new face
on the Address Of the State Central Com
mittee of the Democratic party. Its
session of two days and nights was one of
perplexity and peril. On the one hand
was the detection of the Peace wing Of the
party from its non-committal nominees.
which had assumed such alarming proper.
tons that the secret Order proposed
revolution at once. There were present at
that meeting of the Committee such Con-
gressmen as Voorhees,, who. more than a
year ago. proposed to settle the issue
between his friends and the Government
by the sword. Joseph X. Edgerton. of
the Fort Wayne District. was also with
the Committee. On the 9th of June,
1868. he denounced the Burnside and
Hascall policy in Ohio aud Indiana. and
said: The end of these acts Of
despotism mist come. either by Mr.. LIN
them. or by their resistance by the people
eren unto death" Such were the men
who met to squelch the scheme for revolu-
ton planned by the Sons of Liberty. who
fixed the 10th Of this month fer seizing
Gov. Morton and other officials. getting
possession OF the srsensls. liberating rebel
prisoners, establishing provisional
government. and thus arraying the North
west in rebellion.
Bingham Of the Sentinel. and Ristine.
State Auditor. were called up before the
Committee. and admitted they belonged
to the Order. but they were not in the
inner circle. and did not know Of the plot
Saturday. lie met the committee, and H.
II. Dodd and j. G.. Walker, State Agent
at New York, were called before them.
At first they were defiant, but admitted the
revelation had been plannd. Athon was
to be Provisional Governor. The Order
was to strike. at the same time. at
Columbus and Cincinnati. Ohio. and
Chicago. Illinois. They had recently met
Sanders AMI IIolcombe at Clifton,
Canada. and agreed on this plot. Nc
Donald asked Dodd: How many
troops do you think there are about
Indianapolis" lie answered: "Only a
lew invails anil veterans" There are
enough" said Mcdonald. 'to whip you
and clean out your whole Order in the
State"
Mcdonald aud others Of the Com mittee
protested against revolution now as mad
ness, and prevailed on Dodd to send
secre, circular. by virtue of his authority
as Grand Commander, ordering the
various lodges to desist from revolution
now. The circular was sent. and the 10Th
passed off without the revolution planned
by the order.
This revelation throws new light on the
advice of the State Central COMMITTEES to
the Copperheais to form open armed
organizations. and proves that tina whole
intent IS TO put, in the name Of law. arms
in the hands of Democrats. anil then
make them allies OF the secret order in a
revolution which has been postponed for
a more convenient opportunity. Mean
time. these Copperheals will strive for a
provocation for civil war.
Right in the face Of McDonald's
knowledge OF the existence Of this secret
OTucT, anu It's INTENDED revolution, which
at his demand is postponed. he asserts in
public that he knows nothing about it,
The disclosures also prove the peace
mission of Sanders & Co. sham. whose
sole object in their stay at Clifton. was to
arrange for a rebellion in the Northwest.
l also learn on undoubted authority
that one Of the delegates to the Chicago
Convention. from the Eighth District, a
peace man, states that terms of peace from
the rebel Government will be submitted to
that Convention.
McDonald's charge that the list
Indiana took military possession of the
polls in this city in October. 1862. is
false. The regiment was not in the city.
but was furloughed home to vote.
For the sake of giving color to the
charge that there was no freedom of cleo
ton here. the Democracy have let the
election go by default. They knew they
would be beaten, and SO stall away to
enter the plea of fraud and force as
r.