The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-10
THB SOUTHERN coNFEDEaAcY ON TOP.
Jacob Thor1pson's S Story Of his own Villainy.
His Operations In Canada during
the Rebellion as Recorded
by Himself
New York Tribune. I

| New York Tribune.
Secretary Larnar's order that the flag over
the interior department (CFev Gland not ob-
jecting) should be hung at half-mast, and
| the officers and clerks OF the department
receive a holiday with pay, in houor of that
departed traitor, conspirator and thief,
Jacob Thompson. secretary of the interior
under buchanan, has naturally revived i'll
terest N Thompson's mission to Canada
during the rebellion, and the damnable
operations in which he was engaged in be
half of the confederacy. Among other let
ters written by Thompson to the rebel gov
ernment, detailing his operations, was the
following. 1t tells of the peace meetings
he was organizing throughout the north
with the aid of the democratic party for the
organization of which Thompson furnished
the needful funds; of the partly successful
plot to release rebel prisoners on Johnson's
Island, and of the attempts more or less
successful, to burn northern shipping ports
and northern cities-especially New York,
where the unsatisfactory results from the
use OF Greek fire greatly annoyed Thomp
son, and, is he says, confirmed his contempt
for that article as an incendiary agent. We
omit those parts of the letter which merely
reveal the man whom Secretary Lamar de-
lights tc honor all active and enterprising
traitor, and reproduce those parts which
brand him as an inh,lman monster:
Toronto, C. W., Dec. 3, IS64-The
Hon. j. p. Benjamin, Secretary of State
Sir-Several times have I ATTEMPTED to
send you communications, but 1 have no
a surance that any of them has been re-
ceived. l have relaxed no effort to carry
out the objects the government have in
view in sending me here. had hoped at
different times to have accomplished more,
but still l do not think my mission has
been altogether fruitless. At all events we
have afforded the northwestern states the
amplest' opportunity to throw off the CALLING
dynasty at Washington and openly take
grounds i'll favor of state rights and civil
liberty.
'sThis postponment was insisted upon the
ground that it was necessary to have
series of public meetings to prepare the pub
lie mind, and appointments for public peace
meetings were made-one at Peoria, one at
Springfield, and one at Chicago the 10TH
The first one was at Peoria, and to make it
a success / agreed that so much money as
was necessary should be furnished by me-
1t was held, and was decisive success. |
The vast multitude who attended seemed to
be swayed but by one leading idea-peace.
''Soon after. / reached Canada Mr. |
Minor Major visited me and represented
himself as accredited agent from the
Confederate States to destroy steamboats, ON
the Mississippi river, aud that his operations |
were suspended for want of means. I ad |
vanced to him S2000 in Federal currency,
and soon afterwards several boats were
burned at St. Louis, involving an immense |
loss of property to the enemy. He became
suspected. as he represented to me, of being |
the author OF this burning, and from that |
and consequently have done nothing. |
Money has been advanced to Mr. Churchill |
of Cincinnati, to organize corps for the
purpose of incendiarism in that city I |
consider him true man, and although as |
yet he has effected but little, am in con-
stant expectation of hearing of effective
work in that quarter.
Previous to the arrival of Lieutenant
Colonel Martin and Lieutenant Headly, 1
bringing an unsigned note from you. all the |
different places where our prisoners are con-
6ned-Camp Douglas, Rock Island, Camp |
Norton, Camp Chase, Elmira-had been
t loroughly examined, and the conclusion I
was forced upon us that all efforts to re-