Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-08-30
INDIANA AFFAIRS.
ID. w. voorhees, ana the o. A. II
SPICY LETTER FROM GEN. oARRINGToN

Especial Corrsspondenes Of Cincinnati GAzstts
f.. INDIANAPOLIS, August 20.
Some time since copies Of tho ritual Of the o,
A. K were found in the office Of d. W. Voorhees,,
at Terre Haute, which naturally led .to-the infer.
enoe that they were the property OF D. Voorhees,.
He has made denial to Colonel r. W.. Thomp-
son and TO General Carrington which occasionad
the following reply. That ''the people may
know the truth" and Judge for themselves, Ne
lay it before our readers;
LETTER FROM GEN. H. b. CARRINGroN
TO D. W. VOORHEES,.
INDIASAPoLIs, IND, Aug. 16, 1864.
Hon d. W. Voorhess, Member United State Ooa-
grsss, Terrs Hdufe Indiand:
have received from you = copy OF your letter
TO Colonel X. W. Thompson, Provost Marshal,
and his reply. The following lAeonic note Ac-
companies them:
"GeHSrGi Carrington-As you published this
falsehood in the newspaper, shall expect you
to correct it as Colonel Thompson has done.
D. W. YooHHEEs."
The assumption in the above is groundlese.-
Your name is not mentioned by me in my reporte,
neither have l published anything shout you
whatever.
You insist upon my answering your note to
Colonel Thompson. The points you make are /:
1st. "That the office in which il is said these
papers were found, had not been occupied by
you, or by any one connected with you, or been
in any way under your control since last No.
vember."
I'd. You "desire to ascertain whether the cir
cHmstanceB connected with the discovery Of
those papers in that office led 10 the supposition
that you placed them there, or Was even aware
of their existenoet"
You desire this, "that the people may know
the truth" and 'not that you attach any par
ticular importance to the doouments."
The papers referred TO are ll2 copies Of the
Rituul Of the o. A. X, reasonable order, aim
ing TO Oveiturn tho Government Of the United
States, Of which you are q member.
The gentlemen who found "these papers" told
me they were found 10 your ofice.
The following are ''some Of the oircumstances''
that led me to suppose they were correct in the
superstition;
Your law library aud office furniture were in
the Office where "ihess 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
1868 Your Congressional documents were 10
the Office where ''these papers" were found.
Your speeches, up to March, Of yonr entire
Congressional career, with the "JOhn Brown"
speech, were in the office WheEe "these papers"
were found.
The correspondence Of Senator Wall Of New
Jersey, under his frank, indOrsing proposition
to furnish you with 0,000 stand Of GAribAldi
rifles Just imported, "for which he oeuld Vouch'
Was in the office where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of G. L. Vallandigham,
from Windsor, q. W., assuring you sour people
will fight" and that "he is ready" and fxinR .
poiut on "the Lima road" at (which 10 meet
you," was in the office where these papers were
found. n
The correspondence Of Joseph Ristine, Auditor
Of Slate, declaring that "he would like to sec ell
Democrats unite in 3 bold and open resistance to
all attempts to keep ours united people by force
Of Steel" and that "this was war Againat the
Democracy, and our only hope was the suoosss.
full resistance Of the South" Was 10 the Office
where these papers were found.
The correspondence Of E G. Hibben, who as
cures you that ''the Democracy are fast stiffen-
ing up when this war is TO be openly declared 81
being waged for the purpose OF freeing the ne
] gro, ssWhich will arouse another section OF the
( country to arms" aud declaring 'thAt Lincoln
bayonets are shouldered for cold-blooded mur-
DER" was in the office where the papers were
found.
The correspondence Of ]. HardeAty, who
"wapts you to have that hundred thousand mer
ready. as we do not know how soon We may
need them" aere in the office where the ritua
J WAS found.
The correspondence Of ]. ]. Bingham VIII
asks you ''i. you think the South has resource
enough 10 keep the Union forces Al bay" an,
! ssys that "you must have sources Of information