Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-08-09
From the Indianapolis Journal.
"The COnspirItOrS.'

From tie Indianapolis Journal.
"'The COnspiratOrS.'
The Herald of Yesterday morning CON
tanned an article entitled The COnspira-
tors. from which we quote the following
passage:
morton, Darlington and Company la
bored for long time TO iasten upon the
public mind the belief that somebody in
some place wanted. and cOnspired to kill,
slay and murder. without benefit of the
clergy, our noble Governor. They sent
out spies. listened at keyholcS. stole pri-
vate papers. robbed offices. held military
commissions in which suborned witnesses
told what they heard. and that which they
had imagined, and yet the man that was To
do the wOlul deed, that was 10 kill poor
cock robin, could not be found"
There is a boldness and vigOr in the
falSehood and impudence OF this article
which are quite refreshing, and especially
as we believe it was written by one of the
conSpirators" who. upon his arrest, turned
States evidence and became Government
witness. This man. who. it will be re-
membered. as the editor of the Sentinel and
while member of the ''Sons of Liberty"
for more than two wears before his arrest.
and braZenlv asserted that the story was
gotten up by the Governor for political eff
feet. and hcaped upon him the most inia-
nous abuse from day 10 day for having
been ruilty of such AN outrage. And now,
he with scores of others as guilty as him
self and who were parties To a conspiracy
which involved murder. the release aid
arming of nine thousand rebel prisoners
and the burning and Sacking of this city,
together with every atrocity and horror
that inevitably attends civil war, now walk
the streets blowing and staggering about
Democracy. :he rights of the States, the
villainy of Congress because it does not
admit rebels as members, and traducing
ard sandering the men whom they had
conspircd TO plundcr and murder. Some
of them edit newspapers. and others make
speeches in which they whine piteOuSly be-
cause Union men have not forgotten their
record, forgiven their crimes, and think
them 10 better now than they were then
They seem To think that a conspiracy TO
murder. and Overturn the Government was
IA small thing, mere political movement,
a tritiing circumstance. which should not
affect gcntlcman's character. or he disa-
greeably referred TO in speeches or conycr-
satiOn.
They are now men of peace. conciiatory
gentlemen. who want by-gones to be by
cones: who want the dead To bury the dead,
and the dead past to be forever forgotten.
Our readers will the better understand
the insolence and falsehood of the article
we have quoted from the Herald by refer
ring to the evidence o. the Hon. Horace
Hcifren. Joseph j. Bingham and DIR. James
II Nx-fs al
On page l27. Indiana Treason Trials,
Hon. Horace Hefiren testifieS a. follows:
Question. Detail to the Court what YOU
learned in reference TO that.
Answer. This | also received from the
same source-Dr. Wilson. lie told me
that upon a certain dav, the 10th. but
whether of August or July, am not GER
tain, of this year, there was 10 have been
an uprising; the prisoners were to be re-
leased at the camp near Chicago-I think
at Camp Douglas, at Camp Morton, and a
camp near Columbus, Ohio, Camp Chase,
it is called, believe. The arsenals of the
United States were TO be seized and the
prisoners armed with the arms and equip
ments contained therein.
Q. What then was to be done?
a. Governor Morton was TO be taken
care Of
Q. What do you mean by being taken
care of?
A. He was to be held as a hostage for
those who might be taken prisoners, and
engaged in the uprising. DR.. Athon was
to be Governor under the law Ofthe State
of Indiana, passed "A few sessions since; in
case of the Governor failing to serve. he
would be Governor; we should call out the
q. In case YOU failed to capture Gov
Morton, what then?
a. In case he was not captured and
made hostage, he was to be made away
with in some way, but | was never told
how.
Q. After the arscnals were seized. the
rebel prisoners armed, and the members of
the Order armed, what then was to be
done by the members of the Order?
y. | did not understand that all the
members of the Order were TO take part; it
was the military part, and as many as cod
be induced by excitement or any means,
or be drawn into it through the influence
of the military leaders. Then the State
Government was to go ahead, with the law
and constitution as we had it. except that
DR.. Athon was to replace Governor Nor
ton.
On page l2s he further testifies in answer
Q. Did you ever hear the appointment
of committee of ten?
a The committee of ten that think you
refer TO was not a committee. They were
individuals selected, as my understanding
was, to take care of Gov. Morton.
Q. Did you learn who they were?
A. did not.
Q. What do you mean by taking care of
Governor Morton?
A. To hold him as hostage; or, in case
he could not be held, whether he was to be
killed or not, / did not hear; but he was to
be put out of the way by some means.
Q. They were to dispose of him, and get
him out of the way; how?
A. can not say; but they were to get
rid of him if he was not held as hostage.
On page l29 he says:
@. Did you learn the names of the men
comprising this committee of ten, who
were to take care of Gov. Morton?
A. No, sir, / never did; they were to be
selected by the Committee of Thirteen, and
were only known to the Grand Council and
to this Committee Of Thirteen. Mr. Harri