The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1872-08-03
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les. showing a. it dosa, that mons,
Was paid to those engaged n thisa
hellish business. and that some Of
them bore commissions In the rebel
army. bss
3. It is conclusive direct evid
that the success of the Democrat
ic ticket in 1864 was regarded by
the rebel government - equiEa-
lent to confederate victories md
to that success the peace centsr-a
ence sought by Horace Greeley
Was known by the rebel governsnt
to contribute largely. sssi 's' - 8
Finally il shows that the rebel
Democratic efforts Al aiding the
rebel cause in the north took place
at the same time, and probably In
concert with Mr.. Grsslsy's At
tempt to, defset Mr. Linoolnfs slsss
tion By proposing bis Withdrawal
from the canvass. ,,
Is it any wonder that Ms. Cree
ey shrinks' in terror from the pub.
lication Of documents containing
such reviations as this does7
The letter, as given below, 10
from . photographs copy Of the
original, which is indorsed With
Benjamin's initials. Itmay there
fore, be implicitly relied on: IS 2
ToRoNro, G. W. Dec. 8, 1864.
The Hon. J. P. Benjamin. Secretary efsssss
Sir: Several times have I At
tempted to send you communicA--
tions, but I have no assurance that
any one Of them has been received.
have relaxed no effort to carry
ont this object the government had
in view in sending me here. 1
had hoped at different times to
have accomplished more. but still
do not think my mission has been
altogether fruitless. At all events,
We have afforded the northwestern
states the the amplest opportunity
to throw off :he CALLING dynasty as
Washington and openly to take
ground in favor of slate rights
and liberty. This fact must sat-
isfy the large class Of discontenta
at home Of the readiness and will
ingness Of the administration "a
avail itself Of every proffered ~
sistance in our great struggle fol
independence. A - 'as Sc
On my arrival here I heard
there was such an organization q
tho Order of the Sons Of Liberty
in the northern states .and my first
effort was to learn its strength, II
principles, and. its objects, and, /
possible, to put myself In commu-
nicatinn with it's leading spirits
This was effected without mucl
difficulty or delay. I Was receive,
among them with eordiality, and
, tee greatest confidence ut once ex
tended to me. The number OF it
members was large, but not 90 grea
as Mr.. Holt in his official report
represented it to be. lIts object
, were political; it's priaciples w4r,
that the government. MAS based 01
the consent of the parties to n
that tho states were the parties AM
were sovereign; that there MAS y
authority in the general gotermeh
!. to coerce a seeding state; the res
: olutions of 1898 and 1899 were ss
forth as presenting the true theor!
: of the government. It's organiza
: ton was essentially military.
{ had its commanders Of divisions
. of brigades, Of regiments, Of com
panies.
Il A fLor TO SEIZE THREE srATas.
FL In the month Of June last, th
. universal feeling among its mem
bers, leaders and privatss, was Che
It was useless to hold q presiden.
!; tial election. Lincoln had th
!. powes and would certainly cleo
: himself and there WAS no hop
but in force. The belief was en-
tertained and freeley ,expresse'
: that by bold, vigorous and con
: certed movement the three gres
q northwestern states Of Iliinoii
: Indiana and Ohio could be seize
snd held. This being done th
s. States of Kentucky and Aissoul
: could be easily lifted from thei
e PROSTATE condition and placed o
r. their feet; and this in sixty day
]. would end the war.
While everything was moyin
q smnothly to supposed euccessf'
consumation, the first interruptio
:" in the calculation was the pos
% ponement of the meeting Of tt
Democratic convention from. III
II 4th OF July to the 26th Of Angus
= but the preparations still went Q
= and in one Of the States the 2Ot
. Of July was fixed as the day fc
the movement. But before Il
70 day arrived, . general council I
:. the order from different states vi
= called, and it was thought q
10 movment on the Goth of July woul
'e be premature, and the 18th
y August was fixed for . general ~
= risiag. This postponspent vi
i Al