Monmouth Herald & Inquirer

A Confidential Letter From
Alex Long--Rich Disclosures.

Below we publish, verbatim, a letter from
Alex. Long, the notorious Copperhead member of Congress from the Second District in
Ohio, addressed, evidently, to a confidential
friend. The more deeply dyed Secessionist
Democrats of the West wanted to nominate
another Presidential candidate after McClellan's letter of acceptance appeared--one who
would dare to avow his and their real, treasonable, intents, and Ohio, it seems, was
expected to lead off in the movement. But
when the Peace leaders in this State, assembled in council in New York on the 15th day
of September (as we noted at the time,) decided, after long and painful deliberation,
not to put forward another Presidential candidate, their confederates elsewhere lost
heart, and, as Long says reproachfully,
"caved in" at once:

CINCINNATI, Sept. 29, 1864.

"My Dear Sir: Your favor of the 23d
was duly received and should have had an
earlier answer. Want of time is my excuse,
however, for not doing so.

"I did not go to New York. Amos Green
of Illinois, who was one of the conferees,
and present at all the meetings at the St.
Nicholas Hotel, was here and gave me a full
detail of all they did.

"They had passed a resolution to hold a
Convention in this city during the present
week, for the purpose of making an independent nomination, but on receipt of my dispatch of Tuesday night, which was not
received by Gen. Singleton until Wednesday,
they then rescinded the resolution, concluding that if Ohio would do nothing, they
would do likewise. And upon the rescinding of the resolution, The Metropolitan Record,
Freeman's Journal caved in, but Ben. Wood
determined to stand out alone, and is doing
so manfully, at a loss of from $1,000 to $1,200 a week.

"Singleton is in Washington now, and has
not been home since the Convention.
The whole South is in the cause, and he is at this
time operating through a channel you would
not suspect, but which has been confided to
me in confidence.

"There is no enthusiasm in the Democracy here, and the election is going by default. I
see nothing but defeat; others see differently. But a short time will determine it now.

"I hope to see you at the proposed Peace
Convention in this city on the 18th of next
month.

"Very truly, yours,
Alexander Long."