, 1864-11-18
THEINDIANA MILITARY
COMMISSION.
Secret History Of the CHI
cago Convention.
EAlkhEDiGEhH makes THE
PLATFORM,
LIE Submits it to a Meeting of the
Sens Before it is offered to
tie Convention,

man named Majors, and Mr., Barrett hnth
whom rrofessed to be authorized to ~ a. :,
Southern Conftdcracy. Thcy dtI ~ ~ ius san! !.
sent any particular States. hit the 70 Tnnfs9'a Xxx
ccy at large. or the nort;es who ,omNoe <un.Us &c
pected and didn't come fl,;nt, AZ a1nas m9.e G =
Of Paris, Illinois, was one Mr. Vailandinfo he
= was also expected, but prior tn the 1naSt,, ~
1t was asccrtaincd that he could not atten,
: and messengers, ] think Mr.. Hollowav m
Mr.. Green, Of Washington county, VIZ sc1 Nv
to see him:
Mr. Dodd represented TINT 1,e Ind hoon 4
Niagara, at the Clifton House. to mect II
. Confederate Peace Commissinncre- Mes.r ~
= Clay, Holcomb, Sanders, DC. In tie conten
} ana, aud Mr.. Vallandigham in Ohio II II Aau ~
understood that the latter had forces at h =
| disposal in Canada, with which he Ton1S T. !,
wade Ohio. 1carned these narticnIara ~ =.
Bowlcs. = "
: Our expenses we're paid by Mr.. Barrett o,,
myself and Green. Mcssrs. Barrett. Boxic' Bow ~
Williams, Built, Piper, Majors, Sven, Walsh
tol ChacaEo) Holloway, Dodd aud Greer. .Ter
IIesenI. NJ PIPER was sort Of general nil
fiJay tb;s 'oa tae ordcr: Mr.. Barrett announcet
Order. d. owIss rot e mrsa1fanyy 1fry beads Of tn
~ ~ seuaig Us as members Of his staff. DodG
~ ~; GoSslueleo mi1tary leader Of the 0rdc
4n,aaS aniS n.ale. NotninS was definitely deter
a11nea t1 on IN elt6er OF the meetings ATTENDED
Az at tae s.1 niehmond House, but suspect they
neia otheT meetings, to which was not I'D
mlt1ed. haye reason to believe this was th'
Isct, because saw other persons about. t
WHOM was not introduced, and heard them
In close conversation in IN adjoining room,
ar. Green, DR.. Bowles, and my Wife. came
PACK on the same train with me from Chicago
l had frequent conversations with Bowls,
atter my return. I understood from him
about the first Of August, that Dodd had
abandoned the intention of having an imme,
dlate uprising. Did not learn Tly it wa
abandoned. Heard Bowles speak Of coIa1nu.
lucky, under Price and Buckner. The ~ forcas
under Price and Buekncr were nndcrasoo5 -
be the forces with which those of fhn f1rdar
were to cooperate in tIe upr;s;nr. Ao o4o't
The uprising was to take place hv oraer nj
Dodd, who would send out couri:rs to tha
T State, they to the county temn1es. and ID the the
The general SIGNAL VIZ to he tia raannti
the news that Febcl forces Ind w;t o.
| In striking distance Of Louisville md St
Louis. The forces Of the Order in Southern
under command Of Dr., Bowles. n 1iT. 1ii;no,s.
they were to rendezvous at several nointsP aols
Rock Island, Springfield and Ch;caoo ia
not learn who was 10 lead The ilIinSis forcas ua
but understood that after taiin1 t,a "a atata,
arsenals, they we're to 70 to St. Lo11js 1.s ma
ffla law
were to be concentrated at fn;3ianonois Mess
Aaate Gae' Se aapn1 e. t psshps Terre
to be accomplished under he sncc;a1 st W. mas
sion Of MIR. Dold. He was To t}o # hr %att;,,[-
up public meetings, cllcd at some i plasse s|e easi
was customary to hold sahhaii, Snh"aP "aetG ~ ~
MICS. There seemed n he th-oa a'Guol LUZ plc-
points east of Camn Mortnn a. ,ri,;at Iso'note '.
ings were to be called. One of Them ,u1 ~
to be called as Sabbath & Scboni 1Snn 1nsa,s %as
ing, the other rs political gnthcrin"
The members OF the Order % were pte'cnne: to cn,no
in wagons, with their arms conceo,cd n nohe tt,e
bottoms of the warons cotoraJ .s.a. ~ LIZ iue
straw. After they Ind asse,nh,ad thox ,nas masa
to have drill withont ar1ns s<' th fne} were
man would know his place. In tbc % aror,"1u n~4
when fhe so1dicrs a. rn.nr - tne evening,
dress parade. sienal was ~ n,o ~ 4h,, ~e.e u
from the camp. wien thev Eouid mi, ~ tu Y
wagons, take their arms and rno-.h To- 49,. ~ eae
camp. At the same lime tha f:aneas Gr "a,us ans
buildings at Camp Morton were to ha f,rad aI1
so as to release the nrisonc1a 1Tho ,raGi5 ne5
forces Of the oiier attacleG Joiets. t. WI ~ns1e me
tween them It Was snnnosaa - ~ one; o,a; ~.
would be distribufed nmnnr nf tha ,ngix as;sa afs
While this WINS going on. q g6ecIai dcfoii 1S"s,
to be sent to take care" Of Governor afors n@s
and hn
arms to Be distributed to memhers o ail ta nr 1ne
der end the prisoners, Then thev wara ~ ~ ~
seize the JeffersouyiIlc railroad anS 3ronat -.
their forces to Jetlersonyiiie and rereat t},n;s
performances there, after Which thev wnrIa t
cross and take Louisville, This is n'crc ont.
line Of the scheme. 4 crcat deai of the nj
nutia / have forgotten. This srhen.. w ra
made known to every member Of the 0rscr "n7 =,
Washington county. don, " know sno VGr o,,o,.a II
other counties. The organization nnmfnrs
over thousand in nv corntv.
31r. HefIren was not nrcssnt at FIN finn
when Mr.. Dodd sstalkrd frcason n 1;ttie ;e
while" in the November mcctinr. I cannai
Tint time. do nat thint Afhnn w. Aln m.a W
nnt. I was furnished With a thnusona "a2 5e pies
by Bov4Hs 10 nurchase or,e far s,,a3, uoi'ars
II the Ori1cr r. ,rars ~ " o lol sucn members
solves, went to scc IL eont eot ~ ~ a1n I'LL .ae!a
,any. about nurchn s;ny ar7ns LEV. ~ ne" IL IL
money now. let It out to nc,snns s Iot tn ,n .ne
substitutes with. 'S ~ pe'sons u ouy
was expressly told that thu ,r,ro,,,ro,,.
5ou1d mike m I,,cdras raso ~, 1ua:ns
from any 6nc. he1a a the nas;tia nG m
i =, ARcient Re brother IN our county Temple.
ant General On his staff. but I did nnt ~.
ept;; I told him l vas physically incapaci-
atcd, and had no military knowledge. Il
me sons Of Liberty were in session at Chi
aEo during the Convention which nominated
4ctlellan: They met at the Richmond
aouse: f;aaa; Mr. Dodd was there. Mr. Moss, Of
\ llssourl, was gVite prominent. 1 met Amos
areen I there. a1f. Jaekson aud Air. Vallan-
1enam were there. Val]andigham was Chair.
nan: lie made short speech. He spoke of
ne distracted state Of the party. lie hn1
honght until recently, that The Chicago Com /
e ent1on would 60. the same road as the |
~ re Convention, and end in blow up;