The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-10-07
1N1oulTY COMING TO LIGHT

That the, copperhead party Of the North has
had strong bond of sympathy to connect it
with the rebellion, few loyal men have been
permitted to doubt. To what extent it was
committed to the rebel chiefs, or to what ex-
tent the active agents of the rebellion were in
the confidence Of the copperhead leaders, it
has been difficult to determine, but facts are
now developing which show closer connec-
ton between the leaders in the two sections,
than honest Democrats have been willing to
confess, ..-ftfr,sy -s,.;s,aa,fT
The Buffalo, N. z, cypress publishes let
ter from SANFORD B. Hunt, late Medical Di-
rector of Cavalry Forces Of the Military Diy-
isionof the Gull, which makes revelation Of
the most interesting character to. those who
would trace the connection towhich we have
referred. aWecan do no better service for the
public than to give Mr.. Hunts communication
in his own words. He says: 7r7r4 40 ssoa,A
About June LIST of this year was station
ed at Selma, Ala One morning i received a
visit from Col Cunningham, G. S. A. late
Chief of Staff for General John Morgan, OF
Ohio raid notoriety., The conversation turn
ing upon hCrse-fesh, Col. O. said that In the
summer of 1864 he was ordered from CHICAGO,
ILL, to Richmond, Va, and, not daring to take
the cars, he male the entire distance from Chi
cago to point in Virginia, where he could
take cars for Richmond, at the rate of so miles
a day. Naturally, this drew out inquiries as
to what he, Confederate Colonel, was doing
in Chicago in the summer of 1884,
Col. Cunningham said that he was delegate
to the Chicago Democratic National Gonven-
ton, from district of Southern Illinois This
residence is In Tennessee,) and that ne bad the
honor voting for the nomination Of McC1el-
| Ian. His real errand there, however, was to
release the Confederate prisoners at Camp
Douglas. He had 800 picked men Of his own
command concentrated al Chicago. Upon
these he could rely, and he also had the prOns
Use of 5000 eopperheads to assist him. He said
that he found the ''coppefheads to be only wa
ter-snakes. i They took to the tan grass At
any rate he got no practical aid from them, as
he said, because they were the d-dest cow
ards on the footstool" n G
Col cunningham. further said that with his
reliable 300men he could, at some loss, have
taken Camp Douglas the evening before the
Convention met; that he aUoald have done So
il everybody else had beenas plucky as EAlex7
ander Bong of Ohio; that Long was 1game,"
but that Vallandigham was e. thorough going
coward and his lack ofmoral courage defeated
the whole enterprise. yg49 hne hiCg .mTsV
Col. Cunningham, IS now, believe, at Nash
vile, Tenn Should this meet his eye hefwill
recognize the author, and am personally ac-
coHntabIe to linn for the above as a correct
version Of a conversation which had several
Witnesses He win not dispute it and only
need to call attention to the facts 1t exhibits
list. Il 1t shows that at least one confederate
officer of high rank was delegate to the Chi
IL ax,I
Of Mcclellan. 20 al Wv y -
I'd. That the author of the Chicago plat
/ form of 1854 and some of the leaders of that
Convention were cognizant Of and partfeeps
crtnlisafs m an attempt to release some 10000
rebel prisoners, and turn them loose I'M the
streets of Chicago to commence the work of
rapine and bloodshed."e ann .aaa sssad ~ -