Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-11-04

lisl,ed the ssons of Libcrty:'--
Brigadier CarringtOn the Con-
spirntor. ~
II Is the trouble Of conspirators that hired
witnesses some times testify too much. The
Abolition court martial which has been sit
ting in indianapolis investigating and pro-
mitigating the alleged reasonable conspir-
acy OF secret society called the Sons Of
Liberty, found witness of this character
the other day in one STIDGER, the paid de-
teotive and hired witness of BOBBY Briga-
dier CARRINGToN. STIDGER has been the
chief witness for the Government in the
conspiracy cases, and his testimony against
Democrats has been regularly telegraphed
to the Abolition papers as astounding de-
velopments and gospel truth. On Wednes-
day last, SrrDGER was placed on the witness
stand and testified as follows:
II went into the Order as a United States
Detective, and entered the Order for the
purpose of disclosing the secrets thereof.
Government officials employed me with a
full knowledge of what was about to do.
General Darlington and Colonel Jones, Of
Louisville, authorized me to proceed. re-
ported to General Darlington from time to
time; sometimes | reported once Il week,
sometimes twice a month, sometimes In
writing and sometimes orally. General
Darlington knew from time to time, the
progress of the plans of the insurrection.
communicated with him continually.
'He knew from me all about the pro-
gramme of the seizing of the arsenal here,
the liberation of the prisoners at Camp
Morton, and other purposes OF the conspir-
ators. He had all the plan of the projected
uprising. l repeat, l communicated with
him at stated and understood times, verbal
ly and in writing. He kne,c, and the authort-
ties Of the Government kne,o, that tods engaged
in disseminating the Order throughout Kentucky.
The authorities knew that the Order was
instituted in the interest and aid of the re-
bellion. The authorities instructed me to pro-
coed actively in organizing the Order. 1 toas in
structed TO get as many IN as possible, u, order
that they might be brought tOjustice, tcas in
structed TO 90 on and ertend the Order. go.
''Question-Were you instructed to 60 on
and extend the Order for the purpose of be-
traying men into the committing of trea-
son? .r ~ .a. IN
'.Here the Judge Advocate interposed,
and the question of defendants counsel
was overruled; and the Commission adj
journed till Thursday" al .
1t is not surprising that the "Commis-
sion" ofmiltary officials should precipitate-
ly adjourn upon hearing such develop
ment; neither is it surprising that this por-
tion of STIDGER's testimony has been rig
idly suppressed by those Abolition journals
whose won't it has been for months to pub
lish all STIDGER's disclosures at the expense
of having it telegraphed specially. They
will never publish this leaf of treason and
conspiracy; but they will continue to de-
lude their readers with the oft repeated lie
that the Democracy of Indiana have been
convicted of treason. ...
The BOBBY Brigadier DARLINGTON, who
deserted from his regiment at Lebanon,
Kentucky, and who has since succeeded in
maintaining position he has doubly dis
honored by acting as the spy of the Ad
ministration, lock breaker, tattler, caves
dropper and nspirator-CARRINGToN ap-
pears in his true character in this precious
bitoftestimony by yhisstool-pigeonS STIDGER.
CARRINGToN and DoDD, another stool-pig-
con, appear to be the only conspirators yet
developed in the whole investigation. CAR
RINGToN, acting under the authority of the
Government, sent STIDGER to organize
reasonable lodges, where no such lodges
before existed, and to entice men to commit
treason who never before dreamed OF trea-
son. And for what purpose? In 'order
that they might be brought to justice"-in
order that innocent men should be punished
in order that CARRNGToN might secure
the pay his cowardice had forfeited, and that
his itching for notoriety might be gratified |
lin order that MORTON, the arch conspira- |
tor and ballot-box suffer, might perpetuate
his reign by fraud, deception and falsehood-
in order, finally, that JOSEPH Holt might
aid his masters election by issuing slam
derous, maliciously false and outrageous !
charging million of men better |
than himself with treason. This is what
the BOBBY Brigadier conspirator EARRING
TON has done. His own detective and paid |
witness convicts CARRINGToN of fraud, trea-
son, conspiracy and perjury; and these, add
ed to the other qualities OF coward, spy and
humbug, combine to render him the most
1etestable and infamous scoundrel that has
turned up in history since TITUS OATES
suffered martyrdom in the stocks, to which
his successor deserves to be sentenced.