The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-08-08

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1883 Disclosure of Rebel Policy. ...
cognizance of Northern Democrats with
d. Town Burners and Boat .a
-... Thieves. 81.
Time for Holding Democratic National
Convention Changed to Advance .
- .eg- Confederate Interests.
Democratic Peace Meetings Sustained
by Rebel Gold. ...
.[From the New York Times, Thursday July ISL
We publish below, in full, the re-
port of Jacob Thompson, the rebel
agent in Canada during the year
1864. 1t will be readily seen by it
why Mr.. Greeley's organ does not
desire its publication as campaign
document by the Republican Con-
gressional Committee. That Mr..
Greeley is afraid of it is to be seen
from the following which appeared
in the Tribune yesterday morning:
$50 it seems that the rebel arch
ives, purchased by the government
for $75, 700, are to be published as a
campaign document by the Grant
party. There has been already a
great deal of history writing at pub
lie expense, of which the most shi.
ming example is Mr.. Badeau's use of
war department records and clerks
in making his eminent work. But
this rare and new publication is a
Of ,tf 70 Ern oh
heart, for the net sum of $4,000.
The slender pretext, that the pur.
chase of the documents was made so
that the treason of rebel claimants
for damages to the government
might be exposed, disappears. 1t as
intended to reopen the old sore again ).
zoe are to haze the city-6arming, aceU
poisoning, and the contagio'a-spread-
ing business oUre,told, for fear peo-
pie might forget there had been a
aoar, and make up their minds to 6ye
at peace aoith their countrynaen. Is
this ecorth sohile? Must these dead
daedgone quarrels be revived eUerlas-
tingly that denaag0gues may Mriye?'
No one who reads the document
will doubt that it is "worth while"
to make it public, and for these rea-
sons: t..
l. 1t is the first conclusive direct
evidence of the connivance of Dem
ocratic leaders with the rebel scheme
ola northern Instruction, showing as
it does, that they were furnished
with large sums of money, which
were used IN furthering peace meet
ings, in purchasing arms, and in per-
fecting the concentrated plan for
violent resistance to drafts.
2. 1t is the first conclusive, d.
rect evidence of the responsibility of
the rebel government for the infer.
nal plots to burn New York, Brook
Ign, Cincinnati and other northern
cities, showing, as it does, that mon
ey was paid to those engaged in the
hellish business, and that some of
them held positions in the rebel
army.
8. 1t is conclusive, direct evil
dence that the success of the Demo-
cratic ticket in 1864 was agreed by
the rebel government as equivalent
to confederate victories, and that to
that success the peace conference
sought by Horace Greeley was
known by the rebel government to
contribute largely:
Finally, it shows that the rebel
Democratic efforts at aiding the
rebel cause in the north took place at
the same time, and probably in con-
cert with Mr.. Greeley's attempt to
defeat Mr.. Lincoln's election by pro-
posing his withdrawal from the can
vass.
Is it any wonder that Mr.. Greeley
shrinks in terror from the publication
of documents containing such revela-
ton as this does?
The letter, as given below, is
from Photographic copy of the
original, which is endorsed with
BeDjamin's initials. 1t may, there
fore, be implicitly relied on:
TORONTO, G. w. Dec. 8, 1864.
To Hon. IL z. Benjamin, Secreta-
ry Of State; ....
Sir.-Several times have I at
tempted to send you communica-
tions, but have no assurance that
any of them have been received. l
have relaxed no efforts to carry out
the objects the government had in
view in sending me here. I had
hoped at different times to have &C.
complished more, but still / do not
think my mission has been altogeth-
er fruitless. At all events, we have
afforded the northwestern States the
amplest opportunity to throw off the
calling dynasty at Washington and
openly to take ground in favor of
State rights and civil liberty. This
fact must satisfy the large class of
discontents athome of the readiness
and Willingness of the administration
to avail itself of every proffered as
sistance in our great struggle for in
dependence.
On my arrival here l heard there
was such an organization as the "Or.
der of the Sons of Liberty" in the
Northern States, and my first efforts
was to learn its strength, its princi-
Piles, and its objects, and, if posi-
BILE, to put myself in communication
with its leading spirits. This was
effected without much difficulty or
delay. | was received among them
with cordiality, and the greatest CON.
fidence at once extended to me. The
number of it's members were large,
but not so great as Mr.. Holt, in his
official report represented it to be.
It's objects were political; its princi-
Piles were that the government was
based on the consent of the parties
to it; that the States were the par.
ties, and were sovereign that there
was no authority in the general gov.
eminent to coerce a seeding State !;
the resolutions of 1898 and 1899
were set forth as presenting the true
theory of the government, Its or.
ganization was essentially military.
1t had its commanders of divisions,
of brigades, of regiments, of com.
panies.
A PLOT TO SEIZE THREE STATES.
In the month of June last, the uni.