The Great Conspiracy | Page 4

MOUTHPIECE OF THE SOUTH--HE RAVES VIOLENTLY AT
THE NORTH--THE SOUTH REJECTS PEACE "EITHER IN THE
UNION, OR OUT OF IT"--THE DAWN OF FREEDOM APPEARS
(MARCH 4TH, 1861)--INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN--LINCOLN'S FIRST INAUGURAL--GRANDEUR AND
PATHOS OF HIS PATRIOTIC UTTERANCES--HIS FIRST
SLEEPLESS AND PRAYERFUL NIGHT AT THE WHITE
HOUSE--THE MORROW, AND ITS BITTER
DISAPPOINTMENT--THE MESSAGE OF "PEACE AND GOOD
WILL" REGARDED AS A "CHALLENGE TO WAR"--PRESIDENT
LINCOLN'S CABINET
CHAPTER X.
THE WAR-DRUM--"ON TO WASHINGTON!"
REBEL COMMISSIONERS AT WASHINGTON ON A
"MISSION"--SEWARD "SITS DOWN" ON THEM--HE REFUSES
TO RECOGNIZE "CONFEDERATE STATES"--THE REBEL
COMMISSIONERS "ACCEPT THE GAGE OF BATTLE THUS
THROWN DOWN TO THEM"-- ATTEMPT TO PROVISION FORT
SUMTER--THE REBELS NOTIFIED--THE FORT AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS--THE FIRST GUN OF SLAVERY
FIRED--TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT OF THE FORT--THE
GARRISON, STARVED AND BURNED OUT, EVACUATES,
WITH ALL THE HONORS OF WAR--THE SOUTH CRAZY WITH
EXULTATION--TE DEUMS SUNG, SALUTES FIRED, AND THE
REBEL GOVERNMENT SERENADED--"ON TO WASHINGTON!"

THE REBEL CRY--"GRAY JACKETS OVER THE
BORDER"--PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S FIRST PROCLAMATION
AND CALL FOR TROOPS--INSULTING RESPONSES OF
GOVERNORS BURTON, HICKS, LETCHER, ELLIS, MAGOFFIN,
HARRIS, JACKSON AND RECTOR-- LOYAL RESPONSES FROM
GOVERNORS OF THE FREE STATES--MAGICAL EFFECT OF
THE CALL UPON THE LOYAL NORTH--FEELING IN THE
BORDER-STATES--PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S CLEAR SUMMARY
OF THE SITUATION AND ITS PHILOSOPHY--HIS PLAIN
DUTY--THE WAR POWER--THE NATIONAL CAPITAL CUT
OFF--EVACUATION OF HARPER'S FERRY--LOYAL TROOPS TO
THE RESCUE--FIGHTING THEIR WAY THROUGH
BALTIMORE--REBEL THREATS--"SCOTT THE
ARCH--TRAITOR, AND LINCOLN THE BEAST"--BUTLER
RELIEVES WASHINGTON--THE SECESSION OF VIRGINIA AND
NORTH CAROLINA--SHAMEFUL EVACUATION OF NORFOLK
NAVY YARD--SEIZURE OF MINTS AND ARSENALS--UNION
AND REBEL FORCES CONCENTRATING--THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL FORTIFIED--BLOCKADE OF SOUTHERN
PORTS--DEATH OF ELLSWORTH--BUTLER CONFISCATES
NEGRO PROPERTY AS "CONTRABAND OF WAR"--A REBEL
YARN
CHAPTER XI.
THE CAUSES OF SECESSION.
ABOUNDING EVIDENCES OF CONSPIRACY--MACLAY'S
UNPUBLI1SHED DIARY 1787- 1791--PIERCE BUTLER'S FIERCE
DENUNCIATION OF THE TARIFF--SOUTH CAROLINA WILL
"LIVE FREE OR DIE GLORIOUS"--JACKSON'S LETTER TO
CRAWFORD, ON TARIFF AND SLAVERY--BENTON'S
TESTIMONY--HENRY CLAY'S EVIDENCE--NATHAN
APPLETON'S--A TREASONABLE CAUCUS OF SOUTHERN
CONGRESSMEN--ALEXANDER H. STEPHEN'S EVIDENCE ON
THE CAUSES OF SECESSION--WIGFALL'S ADMISSIONS--THE
ONE "REGRETTED" CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION

PRECLUDING MONARCHIAL STATES --ADMISSIONS OF
REBEL COMMISSIONERS TO WASHINGTON--ADMISSIONS IN
ADDRESS OF SOUTH CAROLINA TO THE
SLAVE-HOLDERS--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S STATEMENT IN
SPECIAL MESSAGE OF APRIL 29, 1861--DECLARATIONS OF
REBEL COMMISSIONERS, TO LORD JOHN RUSSELL--HIGH
TARIFF AND "NOT SLAVERY" THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE
--PERSONAL LIBERTY BILLS--PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S
DECLARATION OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF
REBELLION--A WAR UPON LABOR AND THE RIGHTS OF THE
PEOPLE--ANDREW JOHNSON ON THE "DELIBERATE DESIGN"
FOR A "CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT"--"TIRED OF FREE
GOVERNMENT"--DOUGLAS ON THE "ENORMOUS
CONSPIRACY"--THE REBEL PLOT TO SEIZE THE CAPITOL,
AND HOLD IT-- MCDOUGALL'S GRAPHIC EXPOSURE OF THE
TREASONABLE CONSPIRACY--YANCEY'S FAMOUS
"SLAUGHTER" LETTER--JEFFERSON DAVIS'S STANDARD OF
REVOLT, RAISED IN 1858--LAMAR'S LETTER TO JEFF. DAVIS
(186O)--CAUCUS OF TREASON, AT WASHINGTON--EVANS'S
DISCLOSURES OF THE CAUCUS PROGRAMME OF
SECESSION-- CORROBORATING TESTIMONY--YULEE'S
CAPTURED LETTER--CAUCUS RESOLUTIONS IN FULL
CHAPTER XII.
COPPERHEADISM VS. UNION DEMOCRACY.
NORTHERN COMPLICITY WITH TREASON--MAYOR
FERNANDO WOOD RECOMMENDS SECESSION OF NEW
YORK CITY--THE REBEL JUNTA AT WASHINGTON INSPIRES
HIM-- HE OBEYS ORDERS, BUT SHAKES AT THE
KNEES--KEITT BRAGS OF THE "MILLIONS OF DEMOCRATS IN
THE NORTH," FURNISHING A "WALL OF FIRE" AGAINST
COERCION--ATTEMPTED REBEL--SEDUCTION OF NEW
JERSEY--THE PRICE-BURNETT
CORRESPONDENCE--SECESSION RESOLUTIONS OF THE
PHILADELPHIA DEMOCRACY AT NATIONAL HALL--LANE OF

OREGON "SERVES NOTICE" OF "WAR ENOUGH AT HOME"
FOR REPUBLICANS--"NORTHERN DEMOCRATS NEED NOT
CROSS THE BORDER TO FIND AN ENEMY"--EX-PRESIDENT
PIERCE'S CAPTURED TREASONABLE LETTER TO JEFF.
DAVIS--THE "FIGHTING" TO BE "WITHIN OUR OWN BORDERS,
IN OUR OWN STREETS"--ATTITUDE OF DOUGLAS, AND THE
DOUGLAS DEMOCRACY, AFTER SUMTER-- DOUGLAS CALLS
ON MR. LINCOLN AT THE WHITE HOUSE--HE
PATRIOTICALLY SUSTAINS THE UNION--HE RALLIES THE
WHOLE NORTH TO STAND BY THE FLAG-- THERE CAN BE
"NO NEUTRALS IN THIS WAR; ONLY PATRIOTS AND
TRAITORS"-- LAMENTED DEATH OF "THE LITTLE
GIANT"--TRIBUTES OF TRUMBULL AND MCDOUGALL TO HIS
MEMORY--LOGAN'S ATTITUDE AT THIS TIME, AND HIS
RELATIONS TO DOUGLAS--THEIR LAST PRIVATE
INTERVIEW--DOUGLAS'S INTENTION TO "JOIN THE ARMY
AND FIGHT"--HIS LAST EFFORTS IN
CONGRESS--"CONCILIATION," BEFORE SUMTER--"NO
HALF-WAY GROUND" AFTER IT
CHAPTER XIII.
THE STORM OF BATTLE.
THE MILITARY SITUATION--THE GREAT
UPRISING--POSITIONS AND NUMBERS OF THE UNION AND
REBEL ARMIES--JOHNSTON EVACUATES HARPER'S FERRY,
AND RETREATS UPON WINCHESTER--PATTERSON'S
EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT--HE DISOBEYS GENERAL
SCOTT'S ORDERS TO "ATTACK AND WHIP THE
ENEMY"--JOHNSTON CONSEQUENTLY FREE TO REINFORCE
BEAUREGARD AT MANASSAS--FITZ JOHN PORTER'S
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DISASTROUS
CONSEQUENCES--MCDOWELL'S ADVANCE UPON
BEAUREGARD--PRELIMINARY BATTLE AT BLACKBURN'S
FORD--JUNCTION OF JOHNSTON WITH
BEAUREGARD--REBEL PLANS OF ADVANCE AND

ATTACK--CHANGE IN MCDOWELL'S PLANS--GREAT
PITCHED-BATTLE OF BULL RUN, OR MANASSAS, INCLUDING
THE SECOND BATTLE AT BLACKBURN'S FORD--VICTORY,
AT FIRST, WITH MCDOWELL-- THE CHECK--THE LEISURELY
RETREAT--THE PANIC AT, AND NEAR, THE NATIONAL
CAPITAL--THE WAR FULLY INAUGURATED
CHAPTER XIV.
THE COLORED CONTRABAND.
THE KNELL OF SLAVERY--THE "IMPLIED POWERS" OF
CONGRESS IN THE CONSTITUTION--PATRICK HENRY'S
PREDICTION--JOHN QUINCY ADAMS'S PROPHECY-- JOHN
SHERMAN'S NON-INTERFERENCE--WITH-SLAVERY
RESOLUTIONS--JOHN Q. ADAMS ON
EMANCIPATION--POWERS OF CONGRESS AND MILITARY
COMMANDERS--GENERAL MCCLELLAN'S WEST VIRGINIA
PROCLAMATION OF NONINTERFERENCE WITH SLAVES--
GENERAL BUTLER'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL
SCOTT AND SECRETARY CAMERON--CAMERON'S
REPLY--MILITARY TENDERNESS FOR THE DOOMED
INSTITUTION--CONGRESS, AFTER BULL
RUN--CONFISCATION, AND EMANCIPATION, OF SLAVES
USED TO AID REBELLION--RINGING