The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27
y. ". VOORHEES, and the .. A. X.
spicy Letter from General Car.

.. ". Voorhees, ana the .. A. X.
spicy Letter from General Car.
INDIANAPOLIS, August %.
Some time since copies Of the ritual of
the q. A. X. were found In the ONCE of %.
w. Voorhees,, Of Tcrre Haute, which nat
urally led to the inference that they were
the property Of D. w. Voorhees,. He has
made denial 70 Cox 4. ". Thompson
and to Gen. Darlington, which oocasi0ned
the following reply. That ''the people NAV
know the truth" and judge for themselves.
We lay 1t before our readers
LETTER FROM GEN. n. b. DARLINGTON no
D. ". vooRnIEs.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. l6, 1854.
Hon. d. ". Voorhees,, Member q. * Con-
gress, Tesre Houte. Ind:
have received from you Q copy Of your
letter % Col. r w. Thompson, Provost
Marshal, and his reply. The following la
comic note accompanies them:
gen. CARRINoToN: As you published
this falsehood in the newspapers, shall
expect You to correct 1t ~ Col. Thompson
has done. D. w. VOORHEES,"
The assumption in the above il 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 Col. Thompson. The points you
make are:
LIST. THAT the Office in which it is said
these papers were found, had not been oc-
cupied by you, or by any one connected
with you, or been in any way under your
control since last November"
I'd. You "desire to ascertain whether the
circumstances connected with the discOv-
cry Of those papers in that Office led to the
al Hotx vA1o han
was even aware Of their existence3"
You desire this, 'that the people may
know the truth" and mot that you at
uments."
The papers referred to are liz copies Of
the Ritual of the o. A. K, reasonable
Order, aiming. to overthrow the Govern
ment 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 are ''some of the circum
stances" that led me to suppose that they
were correct in the superstition:
Your law library and office furniture
were in the Office where "these papers"
were found.
You had declined a denomination for
Congress, and the Office was reported as not
for rent, as late as April, 1864.
The Ritual had been issued In the autumn
Of 1863. Your Congressional documents
were In the Office where these papers
were found.
Your speeches, up to March, Of your en-
tire Congressional career, with the g John
Brown speech, were in the office where
these papers" were found.
The correspondence of Senator Wall, of
New Jersey, under his frank, endorsing q
proposition to furnish you with q, 900 stand
Of Garibaldi rifles, just imported, for
which he could vouch," was in the Office
where these papers were found.
The correspondence of G. L. vallandig-
ham, from Windsor, G. W., assuring you
"our people win fight" and that he is
ready, and fixing = 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 q bold
and open resistance to all attempts to keep
ours . united people by force Of STEEL" and
that this was 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 Geo. HI. Pendle-
ton, which states that Etheridge's plan to
organize Congress, viz: - TO elect himself
Clerk and Cox as Speaker" "though he
(Pendleton) will not facilitate the e-nomi-
nation Of any man for Clerk whose pro-
gramme is for his defeat as Speaker" sug-
costing to you to have it whispered in the
ear of Etheridge to reciprocate favors and
opposition" and do this amthoyitativelg,
where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of J. Mcdonald, who
had and an interview with Perkins, "in
one of his Perkins, lucid intervals with
regard to the discovery of northwest
passage" by Perkins, for which he claimed
the credit, &C., was in the Office where these
papers were found.
The correspondence of f. C. Hibben.
who assures you that !" the Democracy are
fast stiffening up, when this war is to be
openly declared as being waged for the
purpose of freeing thu negro" which will
arouse another section Of the country 10
arms" and declaring that Lincoln bayo-
nets are shouldered for cold blooded MUIR
DER" was in the Office where these papers
were found.
The correspondence Of ]. Hardesty, who
"wants you to have that hundred thousand
men ready, a. We do not know how aOon
we may need them," was in the office
where this ritual was found.
The correspondence Of J. j. Bingham,
who asks you ssif you think the South has
resources enough to keep the Union forces
1t bay" and says that 'syou must have
sources Of information which he has not"
was in the office where "these papers were
found.
The correspondence Of John G. Davis,
informing you that n certain New York
journal ''is wonderfully exercised about
secret anti-war movements, and tremble
in their boots In view Of the terrible reac-
ton which 10 sure to await them,' was in
the Office whore these papers, were
found.
The correspondence Of w. 8. Walker,
who keeps out Of the way because they are
trying to arrest him for officiating in secret
societies." inclosing the oath OF the X. G.
C.'s, prior to that Of the o. A. K, was in
the office where ''these papers, were
found.
The petition Of C. L. vallandigham, D.
w. Voorhees, and Benjamin Wood in favor
of two Republics, and q united South, was
in the Office sthese papers, were found.
The correspondents Of Campbell, who
says the Democracy was once not afraid
to let their purpose out to daylight" but
that s'now it is deemed best to work in Sc
cret, and asking your consrnt," were in
the Office where "these papers" were
found.
Tho corrosnondancA Of H. EtheridQe