Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-08-26
THE EVENING STAR.


IL II IAt lXNo ~ hlAo
THE o. A. ks IN INDIANA.
Papers Discovered m the office Of Con-
sressmen Vearhees-Sharp Letter from
General Carrlnston.
An Indianapolis letter in the Cincinnati Ga
zette says:
Some time since copies of the ritua, Of the 0,
A. K. we're found in the Office Of ID. W. Voor-
hees, at Terre Haute, which naturally led to
the that ~ they S. were the property OF
Colonel r.. w. Thompson and to General
CaIrngton, whicn occasioned the following
reply:
LETTER FROM GENERAL H. B. CARR1Neros To
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Aug. 16, ls6i-Hon. D.
W. Vsorhees, Member United States Congress,
copy OF ysur letter to Col. R. W. Thompson,
Provost Marshal, and his reply. The following
Iaconlc note accompanies them:
"General Darlington AS you published
this falsehood in the newspapers. shall ex-
Pect you to correct itas Colonel Thompson mas
done. ID. w. VooRHBEs'
The assumption in the above is groundiess'
Your name is not mentioned by me In my re.
ports, neither have 1 published anything ABOUT
you, whatever.
Colonel THOMPSON. The points you make are:
list aThat the Office in which 1t is said these
papers were found mad not osen occupied oy
any way under your control since last Novem.
ber"
d..
circumstances connected with the discovery OF
those papers in that office led to the SUPPOSE
ton that you placed them there, or was even
aware Of their existence"
You desire this :" that the people may know
the truth, and "not that you attach any par
ticular Importance to the documents"
The papers referred to are one hundred and
twelve copies of the Ritual of the o. A. K,
reasonable order, aiming TO overturn the Gov
eminent OF the United States, Of which you are
member.
The gentleman who found " these papers,
told me they were found in your office.
The following are /" some of the circumstan-
ces, that led me to suppose they were correct
Your law library and office furniture were
in the office where i" these papers" were found.
You had declined 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, ur to March, of your entire
Congressional career. with the "John Brown.
speech, were in the Office where ssthese papers,
were found.
The correspondence of Senator Wall, of New
Jersey, under his frank indorsing proposition
to furnish you with twenty thousand stand of
Garibaldi rifles, just imported, "for which he
could vouch," was in the Office where "rhese
papers" were found.
The correspondence of @. l.. Vallandigham,
from Windsor, CIV, assuring you sour people
will fight" and that she is ready" and fixing
point on 'the Lima road at (which to meet
you" was in the office where s'these papers"
were found.
The correspondence of Joseph Ristine, Audi.
tor Of State, declaring that he "would like to
see all Democrats unite in a bold and open
resistance to all attempts to keeps ours united
people by force Of STEEL" and that "this was a
war against the Democracy, and our only hope
was the successful resistance of the South
was in the office where "these papers, were
found.
The correspondence of E. q. Hibben, who
assures you that 'the Democracy are fast stiff.
eniRg up when this war is to be openly de.
elared as being waged i for the purpose Of free
section of the country to arms" and declaring
"that Lincoln bayonets are shouldered for
,sthese papers" were found.
The correspondence OF j. Hardesty, who
"wants you to have that hundred thousand men
ready, as we do not know how soon we may
need them," was in the office where this ritual
wssfound.
asks you elf you think the South has resources
enough to keep the Union forces at bay" and
says that "you must have sources Of infor-
nation which he has not" was in the office
where "these papers" were found.
Tho correspondence of John q. Davis, in
forming you That q eertein New York journal
ant-war movements, and trerable in their boots
In view Of the terrible reaction which sure
to await them was in the office where "these
The correspondence Of w. S. Walker who
.'keeps out OF the way because they are try.
Ing TO arrest him for officiating in secret
n. n.
C.'s, prior to that Of the o. A. K, was in the
office where "these papers" were found.
The petition OF c. L: yallandigham, D. W.
VOORHEES, and Benjamin Wood, in favor of two
republics and a united South, was in the office
where "these papers" were found.
The CORES pondence of Campbell, who says
Ihe "Democraey were once not afraid to let
their purposes out TO daylight but that ''now
it is deemed bert to work in secret. and asking
your consent" was in the office where "these
papers" were found
The correspondence of E. Etheridge, Clerk Of
the House OF Representatives, giving Official
sat M as o. sne
hled in the proper Office" and Tor you "to come
on" was in the office where sthese papers,
The correspondence Of George H. Pendleton,
which states that Etheridge's plan to organize
Congress, viz: ITO elect himself Clerk and Cox
as Speaker, "though he (Pendleton) will not
facilitate the denomination Of any man as Clerk
whose programme is for his defeat as Speak,
err" ,isuggesting to yon to have 1t whispered
and opposition and do this authoritatively,
but not as from him, &c, was in the office
where "these papers" Were found.
The correspondence Of ]. Mcdonald, who
had an interview with Perkins, sin one Of his
(Perkins') lucid intervals" with regard to
nthe discovery Of the Northwest passage" by
was In the office where "these papers, were
found.
And SO Of B. W. Hanna, who wants a good
gan, and so Of w. J. Pierce, who awiIl show
the Beasts that Lincoln has turned out to be
monsters In 1s64;' and SO Of Bigger and Dew.
lin and Dodd, &c, whose said correspondence
was in the office where ''these papers" were
foupd.
These are some OF "the circumstances that
led me to believe that 'these papers," the Rit.
nal OF the o. A. K, were found In your office.
i looked upon these circumstances as a plain
juror might be supposed to do, and not as
statesman, and innocently supposed that such
papers as these, If spared from the fire. would
be in the possession of the owner, and that the
ONCE OF the owner would be the place where
these papers would be found.
Ant yet with Col. Thompson, cheerfully
accept your denlal and so respond, as you re-
guest, "that the people may know the truth"
Your welI.wisher,
HENRY B. DARLINGTON.