The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-11-03
The Great Copperhead Conspiracy
in Aid of the Rebellion---Con-
fession Of a Democratic Editor.

In Aid OF the Rebellion---Con-
fession off Democratic Editor.
Any skepticism ss to the existence Of a
secret organization Known as the Sons Of
Liberty having for its object a bloody
revolution 10 the Nor,h-western States,
in direct aid of the slaye-holders' rebell.
ion, must yield to the evidence accumu.
lated during the investigation in progress
before the Military Commission, now In
session in the city ofIndianapoIs.
All that has been charged agains, this
order aud its association, more or less
with the Democratic party, is confirmed
by the testimony of j. J. BiSeHAM, editor
Of the Iudianapolis State Seafinei,
The central organ oftho Demos ratio
.,arty in Indiana, and Chairman Of the
Democratic State Central Committee of
that State, condensed portion Of which
we publish in another part of to.days
paper. Mr.. BINGHAM like Mr.. HARRISON,
Grand Secretary of the Order of Sons Of
Liberty, turned Stalc's evidence aud thus
revealed the helIish plot of the Demo
cratic conspirators TO inOuguratc civil
war in the North.
Mr.. BINGHAM alleges that he was mis-.
led as TO the character ofthe organization
and its ultimate purposes, and was not
made aware of them till some months
after his intlmation. The programme Of
the revolutivnists included a general ris.
ing in the Northwest; the assassination
Of Governor MORTON; the release Of
rebel prisoners at Camp Chase, Ohio;
Camp Douglas, Chicago; Camp Morton,
Indianapolis; and on Johnson's Island
or course they were 20 be armed, when
released. and to aid the infamous csn.
spirntors IN the work of sluughtering
their Union neighbors, aud transferring
the seat of war, as Mr.. DAVIS desired il
should be, north Of the Ohio River
We desire to call the readers aucn.
ton to this important fact: While the
existence Of this infamous organization
was known to MIR. BINGHAM, and its hor-
tiolc purpose perfectly understood by
him. he denied through his paper all
Know ledge Of existence of the order
and ridiculed the charges made against il
by the union papers of the West, us
Abolition lies manufactured for partisan
purposes. AT the same time he was
supporting for important offices in the
State of Indiana and asking the people to
vote Tor men whom he knew to be in full
membership in the order, and undoubted.
ly acquainted with il not actual participa.
tors in the bloody programme, of which
DoDD is now made the scapegoat. 1t
also sppears that Mr.. JOSEPH Z. McDoS.
AID, the late Democratic candidate for
Governor OF the State, though possibly
not a member of the order, carried the
tremendous secret Of the preparations for
this revolution which was 20 commence.
with the assassination of his competitor
for office, and end in the desolation and
ruin of his State, locked up in his breast
during the Gubernatorial canvass, and
while he was speaking from the same
platform with the man whom he knew, il
the uprising OF the conspirators was sue
cesssu, would be the first victim of this
cowardly and bloody business.
We are willing to credit Mr.. BINGHAM
with all that he claims, q stcudrast resis.
tanco 10 the revolutionary scheme, and
we have no doubt Mr.. MCDONALD opposed
its execution. But the fact still remains
that, rather than injuro their party, rath.
er than diminish the chances of the sue
cess of the ticket headed by Mr.. McDoS.
AID, but having on il the names of men
whom they knew were up to their arm
pits in schemes Of blood and ruin, they
endeavored, by repeated and persistent
denial, 10 blind the eyes of the authori.
ties, prevent the discovery of the afro.
cious plot, aud the arrest of the devlish
conspirators. In other words, they pre-
ferred pultry party triumph to the peace
of the State, and concealed the wickedist
OF crimes, lest the williams, with hands
itching for blood, should be defeated at
the ballot box.