Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-09-01
RUTLAND HERALD.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 80, 1864.
The conspiracy I'm Indiana.

existence Off dangerous conspiracy AT
The West. There can no longer be
,bt 1t .crding members ofthe "dem-
ocratien ,ariv are concerned In It, The
ATTEMPTED riuicGl2 Of copperhead news I
mar can no longer conceal It, Inc
deni, "a parties implicated can no
long, "'u tneu'' ine H"
disIneh.. ne loyal people TO be-
lieye in the existence Of such malignant
and vigorous treason in their own midst
must give way to overwhelming and in
dubitable evidence.
We have here proof as clear as noon
day of what is meant by "peace" in the
mouths of copperheads: 1t is craven
nor. resistance to the destruction of the
government and the Union by southern
traitors, or if the loyal people cannot be
made to submit to this, then civil war,
bloodshed and ruin at the north in aid
Of the southern treason.
II was long before the loyal people
could be brought to believe that the
southern leaders were mad enough to
intend civil war and destruction of the
Union. The very reluctance to believe
in the intended commission of so gigan-
tic crime left us unprepared for it.
That lesson should not be lost upon the
government and the people. The dis
covery of this Western conspiracy will
90 far towards stripping 1t of its power
for evil. But it is the duty Of the gov
eminent, for its honor, for its very life,
TO be on the alert and to deal with these
conspirators as their unparalleled and
unmitigated crime deserves. 1t is the
duty of the people to rise in their might
and crush the vipers and the party
which sustains them. by united YER
dict against them at the polls. Else the
nation is lost.
We have already published some o
the facts lately developed in Indiana
We give below something further in re
lation thereto. 1t will be remembered
that many of the recently discovered
documents-among them the rituals c
the 40. A. K."--were stated to hav
been found in the law Office of d. "
voorhees,, copperhead member of Cor
gress from Indiana. Voorhees, in lei
ter to Gen. Carringten, tried to deny ths
the office in which they were discoyere
was his. The General replies, giving Ii
following rather convincing reasons fc
6a
Some idea of the correspondence discoy
cred will be gathered from this lettel
The General says
The gentleman who found "these pa
pers" told me they were found in you
office The following are "some of tn
circumstances" that led me to suppos
they were correct in the superstition;
Your law library and office furnitul
were in the Office where "these papers
were found.
You had declined denomination fl
Congress and the office was reported ;
not for rent as late as April, 1864. III
ritual had been issued in the autumn
1868,
Your congressional documents wei
in the Office where "these papers" wei
found.
Your speeches, up to March, of you
entire congressional career, with Il
"John Brown" speech, were in the Off
where "these papers" were found.
The correspondence of Senator Wa
OF New Jersey, under his frank, endor
ing his proposition to furnish you wit
twenty thousand stand of Garibalt
rifles, Just imported, "for which he coul
vouch,n was in the Office where "the
papers were found
The correspondence of G. l.. Valla
digham, from Windsor, c. W., assurir
you ''our people will fight" and that q
is ready" and fixing a point on I'll
Lima road at (which to meet you, " WI
ia the Office where "these papers we
found
The correspondence of Joseph Ristin
auditor OF state, declaring that
''would like to see all democrats unite
u bold and open resistance to all q
tempts to keep ours united people
force of steel" and that "thfS was w
against the democracy, and our on
hope was the successful resistance
the South" was in the office whe
"these papers" We're found.
The correspondence of Il. G. Hibbe
who assures you that "the democra,
are fast stitching up when this war
to be openly declared as being wag
for the purpose of freeing the negr
which will arouse another section of t
country to arms" and declaring 9TH
Lincoln bayonets are shouldered for col
blooded MURDER was in the office whe
'these papers" were found.
The correspondence of j. Hardest, wi
fwants you to have that hundred tho
sand men ready, as we do not kno
how soon we may need them" was
the Office where this ritual was found
The correspondence Of j. ]. Bingham
who asks you 'if you think the Sou
has resources enough to keep the Uni
forces at bay, and says that "you mu
have sources of information which
has not" was in the Office where "the
papers were found
Tlt5 '''l"" Of John G.. Davi
informing YOU mat a certain New Yo