And it is susceptible of proof that they did conspire to murder Governor Morton, to overturn the State government and put it in the possession of the rebels; and this organization, to which the Senator from Indiana says he never belonged, had a ritual and organization of which 112 copies were found in his office in the office of the Senator from Indiana at the time when Hancock was at the bloody angle. In that same office was found correspondence between the Senator from Indiana and a Senator from New Jersey for the purpose of furnishing arms, 20,000 stand of them, not to the National Government, for the Senator from Indiana was not in sympathy with that at that time; not to the State government of Indiana, because that was in other and loyal hands; but for the purpose, as may be imagined, of carrying out the objects and purposes of this organization.

I am aware that the Senator from Indiana states and has stated that although these papers were found in his office, it was not then occupied by him. He is entitled to the benefit of the doubt. He states that he had abandoned the practice of law and was not intending to resume it; but I have here a list of what was found in his office at the same time when these 112 copies of the ritual and rules of organization of the Knights of the Golden Circle were found there,

and he never denied it. He afterwards said that there had been an unwarrantable search of his

private papers. General Carrington is a wellknown man, and has stated publicly what was found in the office of the Senator from Indiana that did belong to him at the time when "these papers" were found.

The papers referred to are 112 copies of the ritual of the O. A. K., a treasonable order, aiming to overturn the Government of the United States, of whose Congress you are a member.

Your law library and office furniture were in the office where "these papers" were found.

You had declined renomination for Congress and the office was not for rent as late as April, 1864.

The ritual had been issued in the autumn of 1863. Your Congressional documents were in the office where these papers" were found.

Your speeches, up to March, of your entire Congressional career, with the "John Brown" speech, were in the office where "these papers" were found. The correspondence of Senator Wall, of New Jersey, under his frank, indorsing a proposition to furnish you with 20,000 stand of Garibaldi rifles, just imported, "for which he could vouch", was in the office where "these papers" were found.

The correspondence of C. L. Vallandigham,

from Windsor, Canada West, assuring you "our people will fight", and that "he is ready", and fixing a point on the "Lima road" at "which to meet you", was in the office where "these papers" were found.

There is a little more historical information on that subject which I think may be valuable. In the rebel archives was found a letter from Mr. Clement C. Clay, dated Welland Hotel, St. Catherine's, July 11, 1864, addressed to Hon. Jacob Thompson, Montreal. Lest I may seem inaccurate I believe I will have the whole letter printed. I take an extract from it. It 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 Liberty and the Knights of the Golden Circle, advises methods for the purpose of releasing Confederate prisoners, and he says:

The only fear is, they will not be prepared for it, and will be surprised and stupefied without notice. You need not fear, as they are of the sworn brotherhood. Voorhees is to be here on Monday or Tuesday, and perhaps Ben Wood.

July 11, 1864, "Voorhees is to be here on Monday or Tuesday, and perhaps Ben Wood". What was Voorhees "to be here" for in Canada to see C. C. Clay, and why was Jacob Thompson, of the Southern Confederacy, advised of it?

The correspondence of Joseph Ristine, auditor of state, declaring that "he would like to see all Democrats unite in a bold and open resistance to all attempts to keep ours a united people by force of steel"; and that "this was a war against Democracy, and our only hope was a successful resistance of the South", was in the office "where these papers" were found.

The correspondence of E. C. Hibben, who assures you that "the Democracy are fast stiffening up when this war is to be openly declared as being waged for the purpose of freeing the negro", "which will arouse another section of the country to arms", and declaring "that Lincoln bayonets are shouldered for cold-blooded murder", was in the office "where these papers" were found.

The correspondence of J. Hardesty, who "wants you to have that one hundred thousand men ready, as we do not know how soon we may need them', was in the office where "this Ritual" was found.

And I have the letter of Hardesty here in which he calls on the Senator from Indiana to have the one hundred thousand men in readiness. There is a curious explanation about that letter, which is that when the Senator from Indiana, just previous to the breaking out of the war, was in

Virginia making addresses in favor of slavery and secession, he made a speech at a serenade or on a public occasion in which he said that if any attempt was made to coerce the South one hundred thousand Democrats in Indiana 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 a certain New York Journal "is wonderfully exercised about the secret anti-war movements" and "tremble in their boots in view of the terrible reaction which is sure to await them" was in the office where "these papers" were found.

The correspondence of U. S. Walker, who "keeps out of the way", because they are trying to arrest him for officiating in secret societies, inclosing the oath of the K. G. C's prior to that of the O. A. K, was in the office where "these papers" were found.

The petition of C. L. Vallandigham, D. W.