, 1864-08-24
FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
The Indiana Peace Plot.
Seizure Of Thirty Cascs OF Arms by the
u. >. Au1horirlcx-A Copperlaead.
Schct1c Nippcd IN the EsNd.

4SpIAEAfofIa. AuFutt "a, 1861.
In reviewing iron tho stand po,pt Of the
present hour the events that have transpired
during the past ten days, the thoughtful OBJ
server Of them cannot but reflect that the
hours which made u2 those days. and Which
seen ed to drag 70 heavily, md to be so dull
and Iifeltes, ware burlened with the heaviest
responsibilities, and pregnant With tha
Eravest results. And as al these events d.
Mpd the one upon the other, and form to-
gether regular chain, linking the present
tDeet with the aateeedent cause. It will be
e1Efnentfy proper, to c1ear understanding
Of all the mnttcrr, that should 20 back to
what may be called tie beginning, 1t being
the first overt act of the drama
On the 18th Of this present month, the
Democratic STATE Central Committee aseem-
b1ed in this city for consultation. All the
members OF the Committee were present
but one. The reasons Of their coming to.
gether at that time were varIous, the priact.
pul one befrg that the peace. atlny- price
wing Of the party were threatening open and
armed revolt. In truth, tho psace meu had
long ft1t that they bad nothing whatever IN
Mcdonald, by swindling them ont Of their
rights in The Convention Of july 18th, and
had determined to do 1ethfng to get the
1eins OF the party In their own hands
through tic agency Of the secret Order OF
thc Sors Of Liberty. And It had become
knorr to the Genital Committee that plos
invoiFirg such armed revolt was well nigh
natured- that It was fully So, and
that on the 18th day Of This month IN attack
uas to be made On the guards of the rrison
csmps In Columbus, indianapolis, Chicago
srd st. Louis. The programme here lnvolv-
cd a'eo the seizure Of Gov. Morton and tha
appointment Of Athon as Provisional Gov
a kf~o, Init .n&{ {f,ra tn$n
nnd the Northwest, snil In tie light Of eub-
stquent events the scheme does not look Us
!:ild aud Impossible aR It did d week ago.
Iht Ccmtnittee tori seeing naugnt but cruah-
Ing defeat snd destruction for the Demo-
cratlc p5rty os the tinSl outcome Of d scheme
go eslcc1hy the child Of desperate energies,
dett1Tinsd to sque1ch 1t. Results show
Ife sence OF the ], ,017 men that compose the
toth McsEaclUeetts regiment. a1d the vete-
Iane OF the 4Sa snd Sd Indisua regiments
mad 6tMe effect iu Inducing Grand Com.
= Earder Dcdd md lis cattbroats to respect
tIe ontt ority rt the Committee.
Nr- aEt:cfEata. TEt colnusiitee Eutt and
. stormy, session they had Of It. It lasted
ihat timo. Mr. hIcDonsld, not Icing mem,
ber 1f the order, was Indignant on 11eariur
the details Of The plot, mud asked Dodl If he
dispppotis? Dodd replied that there ucrc
i'only the Invalid corps and few veterans. !,
McDorald replied, 'There nre eloueS, Mr.
Dodd, to clean ont you aud all sour order in
the Siate." And the result OF the sess,na
vas that Dodd was induced to Issue bis o.;
| der as Grand COMMANDER to all the lodges II
| the State fosbidding the rising, as the pfoper
| tlme had not yet arrived. Tie committes n
tile result OF an agreement with tho Dodd
scouu1rela, on their part, issued manlfesto
I to The Democracy Of the State. This mani.