Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-08-26
VINO the Purchasers OF the Hesoivers
aud ANN mi fiout

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Governor MoRTox, that the authorities here were
fully aware Of all the circumstances attending
the purchase and shipment of tie revolyers and
ammunition which we're sezed upon the premises
of DopD 4 Co. And what i singular, there y
nothing TO show that any person, except those IN
the employ Of the Administration, bad any
knowledge Of the affair The partners OF mr
DoDD disclam any completely 10 The matter
We are told By CAKRISGroN and Company that
the Government authorities were fully advised oi
the transaction from the purchase, II they we're
purchased until the delivery OF the articles IN
this city There is not particle OF evidence to
show that even DopD was the purchaser, and Ger
tainly none 10 compromise any other member oil
the Democratic party
This fact gives color to the prevailing impres
sion that the arms and ammunition seized had
been bought by or brought here Nv the represen
tatives of the party in power 10 involve Demo
Gratis in what is pronounced to be disloJal prac
tees. In proof Of this view of the case We give
the evidence presented by His Excellency him
self. Here il ia, taken from his organ:
On Saturday Gov Morton received the follow
ing letter. the names Of which are left blank for
proper reason:
August H. 1864.
Gov. O. p. Morton
SrR: The facts hereby stated have come 10
nv knoWled in a manner and from source
such as to leave no doubt in nv mind OF their
reliability.
The Copperheads of Indiana haze ordered and
paid for thirty thousand rsuolrers. with az bores
of fired ammunition, to be distributed amongst
the antagonists Of our government, for the pur
pose of controlling the Presidential election.
August 5th, the steamer Granite State landed
in New York, ~ boxes Of revolvers and ammu
nitior: August 9th, the steamer City Of Hart
ford landed % boxes of ammunition, destined to
indianapolis. Thirty t,ro boIes of the above
have been forwarded to J Parsons, Indanap-
oils, via Merchants Dispatch. and marked
-; the balance is stored at No -
street. New York, a,oaning The convenience Of
the espperhesds to pay for the same before ship
ping
Upon such evidence Governor MoRToS ar
raigns the Democratic party. In the first place
il is charged that 1.-THE copperheads of Indiana
have ordered and paid for thirty thousand re
yolyers." and then il is stated that Thirty two
boxes of the above have been forwarded TO j j
Parsons, indianapolis. via Merchants Dispatch
and marked --; the balance i stored at
No street. New York, 0uaiiing tie
convenience Of the copptrheads 10 jan for the same
tefore shipping" Certainly this anonymous
letter was very clgmsily gotten up 10y MoEToN,
CAaRINGTos Co, and Il an illustra-
ton of the old adage that murder
will out In the first place the Governor
charged tina, thirty thousand revovers have
been paid for. then that thirty boxes con
tanning only four hundred were shipped here and
the balance were in New York awaiting the con
venience of the copperheads to pay for them be-
fore shipping That kind OF a story may answer
TO deceive green and gulble fellows like our
patriotic friend Major General JANEs BLAKE, but
no, men OF any practical sense Is not the evi
dence that the authorities themselves present
we'll calculated TO make the impression that the
revolvers in question were shipped here by de
tectives the employ of MoRToN, CAERISGroS
and company. for the purpose and with the hope
that it would compromise the Democratic party