Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-08-31
MORNING LEADER
The COpperhead Press and General
Darlington.

themselves to lavishing all manner of
blackguard terms upon Genertl H. B. Car
rington, commanding the Department of
Indiana. The cause of this sudden at
tack is the fact of the General having un-
holed a copperhead conspiracy to resist the
enforcement of the draft by force of arms.
The discovery implicated the cOpperhead
big gun Indiana, D. W. VOORHEES,,
formerly of United States Senator, who
undertook to deny that the documents
which led to the discovery of the conspira-
cy were found in his law Office, which de-
NAL called forth the following very point
ed reply from the General, so pointed, that
the copperheads, for want of argument
have resorted to applying naughty epi-
thets to its author. We publish the cor
respondence entire:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August 20, 1894.
Some time since copies of the ritual of
the o. A. K. were found in the Office of
D. W. VOORHEES,, at Terre Haute, which
naturally led to the inference that they
were the property of D. W. Voorhees,. He
has made denial to Colonel R. W. Tomp-
son and to General Darlington, which oc-
casioned the following reply. That the
people may know the truth and judge for
themselves, we lay it before our readers -
LETTER FROM GENERAL H. B. DARLINGTON
To D. W VoOHFFs
INDIASAPoLIs, Ind, August l6, 1854.
Hon D. W. VOORHEES,, Member United
States Congress, Terre Haute, Ind
l have received from you a copy of your
letter to Colonel R. W. Thompson, Provost
Marshal, and his reply. The following la
comic note accompanied them -
GENERAL CARRNGToE.-As you pub
lished this talsehood in the newspapers, !
shall expect you to correct it as Colonel
Thompson has done.
D. w. VOORHEES,.
The assumption in the above is ground
less. Your name is not mentioned by me
in my reports, neither have I published
anything about you whatever.
You insist upon my answering your note
to Colonel Thompson. The points you
make are:
Ffrst-"That the office in which it is
said these papers we're found had not been
occupied by you, or by any one connected
with you, or been in any way under your
control since last September"
lSecoRd-You adesire to ascertain whether
the circumstance connected with the dis
coyery of those papers in that Office led TO
the suppositiOn that you placed them there,
or was even aware Of their existence"
You desire this that the people may
know the truth, and "not that you attach
any particular Importance to the dccu-
ments."
The papers referred to are one hundred
and twelve copies Of the ritual Ofthe o. A.
K, a REASONABLE order, aiming to overturn
the government of the United States,
of which you are member.
The gentlemen who found 'these papers"
told me they were found in your office.
The following 'tare some of the circum-
stances" that led me to suppose they were
correct in the supposition:
Your law library and office furniture
were in the office where "these papers
were found.
You had declined denomination for Con-
gress, and the office was reported as not for
rent as late as April, 1864. The ritual had
been issued in the autumnof 1863.
Your Congressional documents were in
tie office where "these papers" were
found.
Your speeches, up to March, of your en-
tire Congressional career, with the =" John
Brown speech, we're in the Office where
"these papers were found.
The Correspondence of Senator Wall, Of
New jersey, under his frank, endorsing a
proposition to furnish you with twenty
thousand stand of Garibaldi rifles, Just inn
ported, "for which he could vouch," was
In the Office where these papers were
found.
The correspondence of @. L. Vallsndig-
ham, from Windsor, @. W assuring you that
q our people will fight" and that Z" he is
ready" and fixing a point on the Lima
road at (which to meet you" was in the
office where these papers were found.
The correspondence of Joseph Ristine,
| Auditor of State, declaring that "he would
like to see all democrats unite in a bold
and open resistance to all attempts to keep
ours a united people by force of steel and
that this was a war against the democra-
cy, and our only hope was the successful
resistance of the South" was in the Office
where these papers were found
The correspondence of E. c. Hibben, who
assures you that "the democracy are fast
stifiening up when this war is to be openly
declared as being waged for the purpose OF
freeing the negro" (which will arouse
another section of the country to arms,
and declaring "that Lincoln bayonets are
shouldered for cold-blooded MURDER" was
in the office where these papers were
found.
The correspondence of J. Hardesty, who
wants you to have that hundred thou.
sand men ready, as we do not know how
soon We may need them,P was in the office
where this ritual was found.
The correspondence of j. j. Bingham
who asks you " if you think the South has
resources enough to keep the Union force:
at bay2" and says that "you must have
sources of information which he has not,
was in the office where these papers were
found.
The correspondence of John G. Davis, in
informing YOU that a certain New Yorh
journal ais wonderfully exercised about Sc
cret anti-war movements, and tremble il
their boots in view of the terrible reac'
ton which is sure to await them" wa
in the Office where these papers were
found.
The correspondence Of W. s. Walker
who keeps out of the way because the!
are trying to arrest him for officiating il
secret societies" enclosing the oath Of tn,
NJ. G. C's, prior TO that part of the o. A
K, was in the Office where these paper
were found.
The petition of c. L. Vslladigham, D
W VOORHEES, and Benjamin Wood, in favo
eff two Republics and united South, wa
in the office where "these papers" wer