Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-07-04
WHOLE. :. NO. 259 6

I hope ils.fsfred" began to make ths 1sihOsratio
heart sick. The Governor negotiated an arrange
ment with the loyal house Of Winslow. Lanier Z
/ Co. by which they came forward and paid the in
serving her credit and defeatidg the Vaccinations
During ali this time the State authorities laborsd
without eeasing 20 supply thetr0ops called fer BY
! the President but the task had become one OF
great difficulty aud labor. Through the ineessant
exertions OfDemocratic leaders and the fierce de-
nuneiation of Is Ell press, The spirit Of volunteer
/ ing greatly Weakeleds and sometimes apparently
d estroyed, but would again revive and go forward
raised IN the State under the circumstances, and
their splendid behavior in the held, exelted uni-
pT6sui increased in fss d
1864. as the organization Of the Sons OF Liberty
was. extended and consolidated. aud their hostil-
/ ity TO the Government and war becanis more open
Enrolling officers were murdered, recruit
| ing officers were shot at on lonely roads, nu
merous bodies of armed men frequently as
sembled, performing military drill, and de-
elaring their purpose to resist the authority
of the Government. Various schemes OF IN
surrection and murder were frequently
formed in the secret lodges Of the Order
which fell through from time to time, and
others succeeded, until the spring and sum
mer of 1864, definite plan of revolution
was agreed upon, to the execution of which
all the energy and power of the order In Ia
diana and the Western States were to be dl-
rected. The arms and ammunition IN In
dianapolis were to be seized, rebel prison
ers at Camp Morton to be released and
armed and the combined forces after dis
patching the obnoxious, Governor and SELF
ing the capitol, were to march through the
State raising the standard Of revolt IN feTOr
Of the confederaey But here again, Bit
ter disappointment was in store; the mighty
secret could not be kept. The arming Of
reasonable bands had been going on for two
years, but the unexpected discovery and
seizure of a-large quantity Of arms and am
munitiOn in this city brought On an. explo-
sion, and the prompt arrest by Gen. HoYey,
OF a number of their leaders, struck terror
into their ranks, and suddenly brought to
an end the great conspiracy When the ar
rested parties were put upon trial. quite
number of them turned States evidence, and
laid bare desperate plot, which, for magnl-
tude and deliberate and atr0cious wicked
ness is almost without parallel in the an
mails of crime. In the election which tel-
lowed in October, the Union party carried
the State by large majority, and was equal
ly triumphant in all the Northern States
In January following, the Legislature as
sembled, and the attention of the members
was Immediately invited to the examination
Of the various accounts presented by the
GovernOr-the moneys borrowed, the ex-
penditure of the same for the asylums, PEN
itentiaries, military purposes, relief Of SICK
and wounded soldiers, payment OF interest
on the public debt, &c.,-all Of which was
referred to q -eempetent~ joint committee OF
both Houses for examination, who, after in
approved the account in every
part, not taking exception to q single item,
md asrla1i a11xv 1a1 fha ma r11ar
which it had been kept, and iTeeommendedit
for adoption by the State officers. The re-
port was adopted by the Legislature, and sp-
made immediately to pay of
the money borrowed by the Governor, and
.hus ended the Financial Bureau" l.I
1t was grave responsibility, assumed un-
Ter extreme necessity, and could not be for
given by the disloyal, because it was success
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Another institution was of great impoF-
ance to the state and the Government du-
ing the war, and which gave great grief to
he dislOyal, was the State Arsenal. 1t was
,egun at the very beginning of the of the
var, to furnish Indiana troops with ammu-
lition, which they could then procure no
where else, and was afterward continued as
neces ity to the State, and-by q request OF
he Government, and furnished ammunition
t prices fixed by the War Department, and
aid TO be lower than those paid elsewhere.
{ was only desired by the State that the
,rices paid shonldsooYer actual expenses, and
hey were adjusted upon that basis; but
o well and economically was the insti-
ution managed, that upon final settlement
was discovered that net profit of eighty
hree thousand, dollars had accrued, which
7as paid into the State Treasury. This was
be first time the State had engaged In an
in which she did not lose money,
nd the Arsenal proved of more advantage
D her in pecuniary point of view than the
asst donation of swamp lands, out of which
be had been swindled in every part.