The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-04


nish you with 10000 stand Of Garbaldi rifles. Just
imported. for which he could vouch, in the
once where these papers were found
The correspondence Of c. l.. Vallandighsm. from
Windsor Canada West assuring you our people viii
fight" and that 'he is ready" and fixing point on
the Lima road" at (which 10 meet you was IN tho
ONCE where these papers" were found.
There is Q little more historical information
on that subject which think may be valuable.
In the rebel archives was found letter from
Mr.. Clement C. Clay, dated Weland Hotel. ST.
CatheriIes, July IL. 1864. addressed TO Hon.
Jacob Thompson, Montreal Lest 1 may seem
inaccurate, believe I will have the whole let
ter printed take an extract from IL IL is
full Of confidential communications TO Mr..
Thompson as an agent Of the rebel Confederacy,
tells him what is being done by the Sons Of Lib
erty and the Knights Of the Golden Circle. ad-
visss methods for the purpose of releasing con-
fedsrate prisoners, and he says:
The only fear il they viii not be prepared for it
You need not fear they are Of the sworn brother
hood Voorhees, is to be here on Monday or Tues
day. and perhaps Ben Wood
July IL, 1864. VOORHEES, 10 to be here on Mon
day or Tuesday, and perhaps Ben Wood" What
was voorhees, Ito De here for in Canada, 70 see
G. c. Clay, and Why was Jacob. Thompson, Of
the Southern Confederacy, advised Of III
The correspondence Of Joseph Ristine, Auditor Of
State, declaring that re would ike to al Demo-
tempts to keep united people by force of steel"
and that this was war against Democracy. and our
only hope was successful resistance of the South"
was in the Office where these papers" found.
Tho correspondence of Z. @. Hibben who assures
you that the Democracy are fast stfening up when
this war 10 TO be openly declared being waged for
the purpose of freeing the negro (which will arouse
another section of the country to arms" and decar
ing that Lincoln bayonets shouldered for cold
booded murder. was in the Office "where these pa
pers were found.
The correspondence of J. Hardesty. who wants
you to have that 100 900 men ready. as we do not
know how soon We may need them, was in the ofhce
where this ritual was found.
And have the letter Of Hardesty here in
which he calls on the Senator from Indiana TO
have the one hundred Thousand men in readi-
ness. There is q curious explain alton about that
letter. which 10 that when the Senator from In
diana, just previous to the breaking out OF the
war, was in Virginia making addresses In favor
OF slavery and secession. he made q speech at q
eerenade, or on public occasion. in which he
South one hundred Thousand Democrats in Indi-
ana would come down to resist the effort. My
informant says that they did come, but their
guns were pointed the wrong way.
The correspondence of J. j. Bingham, who asks
you IF you think the South has resources enough to
keep the Union forces at bay" and says that you
must have sources of information which he has not
was in the Office where these papers" were found.
The correspondence of John G. Davis, Informing
you that certain rev York journal lis wonderfully
exercised about the secret anti-war movements and
reble in their boots in view of the terrible reaction
that is to await them was in the Office where
these papers" were found
The correspondence of q. S. Walker, who keeps
him for ofhcistne in secret societies. ineosng the
oath of the X. @. O. prior to that of the o. A. K
was in the Office where these papers" Were found.
hees and Benjamin Wood in favor of two republics
and a united South was In the Office where these
papers" were found.
The correspondence Of Campbell. E. Etheridge,
George II. Pendleton, j. E Mcdonald, b. w.
Hanna, and others. Mr.. Darlington says,
AZ he 10 h.
leve that these papers," the ritual of the o. A h,
were found in your Office.
looked upon these circumstances plain juror
might be supposed to do and not a statesman. and
innocently supposed that such papers these, IL
spared from the FIRE. would be in possession Of the
place where "these papers, would be found.
And yet with Colonel Thompson. L cheerfuy 40
cepted your denial and 30 respond as you request
that the people may know the truth
The Senator from Indiana 10 response to this
wrote letter three columns long that was pub
lished in the Democratic papers and printed in
the Richmond Enquirer in Virginia, with praise
Of the Senator from Indina
A letter from j. HArdesty. OF HsrrisonburR.
Va. TO his nephew, Daniel w. Voorhees,. dated
HARRIsoxBURG, Feb II, 1862
Ny Dear Nephew-We want you to hold that 100.
600 men in readiness, we do not know how soon
we may want them. j. HARDEsTY.
Addressed on envelope:
LION. DANIkL w. VOORHEES,,
Terre Haute, Ind.
SENATOR WALL, OF NEW JERSEY. TO DAN vooR-
HE'S.
LONG BRANCH Aug 81, 1868.
My Dear Sir-I inclose you two letters from a man
by the name OF Carr, in reference to arms. letter
directed to him, simply Philadelphia will reach him.
can vouch for the excellent quality and great eci
ency of the rifles. Yours, in haste,
JAMES. W. WALL.
And another from Carr TO Wall. dated Aug.
IA. 1863, on the same subject, giving the price
ct which these arms could be purchased. which
Was sl4 apiece, saying there were about twenty
thousand of them in all For what purpose they
were wanted is left to the imagination to dis
close.
With regard to the question as to the side on
which the sympathes of the Senator from Indi-
ana were-I suppose the Senator from Indiana
will deny this also and say il was mere cam
paign calumny cast ont and trodden under the
feet OF men-on the 9Th day Of March, 1864. be
spoke Of Vallandighsm as 'that representative
American patriot who, with Hendricks, and
Seymour, and Richardson, had done so much to
uphold the hands OF the American public aud
had preserved 80 far the guarantees Of consttu-
tional liberty" man who was tried and ban
ished from the country for being traitor, and
Justly banishsd: and yet the Senator from Indi-
ana said or the 9Th Of March, 1864:
Will some poor, crawling. despised sycophant and
tool OF executive despotism-
That sounds very much ike the Senator from
Indiana. II that is fabrication it is very in.
genious one
Will some poor. crawling, despised sycophsnt and
tool Of executive despotsm dare say that shall
not pronounce the name of Vallandighaml The scan
dial and stigma of his condemnation
The scandal and stigma of Vallandingham's
condemnation
And Punishment have filed the civilized world and
the Lethean and oblivious of a thousand years
cannot wash away the shame and reproach of that
miserable scene from the American name. Some
members have attacked with fierce eaEor the great
American statesman and Christian gentleman who
soil. SO the basest that ever kenneled may bay
The bidding of master, the aged lion in the dis
lance"
His opinion OF Mr. Lincoln was contained in
the same speech
Genghis Kahn and Tamerlane, preserved by the pen
of the historian for universal execration, found
pursuit so pleasant calling for more for the
harvest of death. and, like present executive,
snuffng with jests and ribaldiy the faint OF
blood on every gale.
Oh bitter mockery. justice has been dethroned and
the blessings of liberty annihilated.
Because four millions of slaves were set free.
apparently.
There is not square mile Of free soil in the Amer
lean Republic
The Senator from Indiana was also member
Of Congress the early days of the war. and he
made some speeches upon the subjects that were
then agitating the country. In an address to
his constituents in April 1871 hope L am not
inaccurate about that-he declared that be
would never vote single dollar or q single man
for the prosecution of the war, and he never did
SO long he was in Congress.