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of war of one-half the Confederacy ' • the disarm-
ing of one portion of it to arm the other ; the con-
spiracy in the Cabinet to destroy the Government,
in which the facile Buchanan has been so much
involved as to completely demoralise the man, and
destroy all ability for prompt and independent
action—events and developments so unforeseen
and incredible, have occurred with such rapidity
that we could only regard them with mute wonder.
All these things, disjointed and unconnected as
they seemed, were entirely consistent with each
other, and were harmonious parts of a well-designed
plan, of which we at the North have been the quiet
and unsuspecting dupes. It :s perfectly well known
by those who have given attention to the subject
that for years there has been a settled determina-
tion in the Gulf States to break up the Union,
from which they were thoroughly estranged. The
ulterior object was the formation of a grand
slave empire, to embrace the islands in the Gulf
of Mexico and the territories facing it. This plan
has long been the absorbing idea at the Soutb.
For a time its success seemed probable under the
auspices of Walker, but he failed from the defective
qualities in his own character. At one time Gen.
Quitman was near heading a foray upon Cuba. The
failure of the feeble expeditions sent out both to
Cuba and Central America served only to excite
and consolidate the sentiment on which they were
bised, and to turn attention in another direction.
from which adequate means might be obtained for
expeditions fitted out on a much more imposing
scale. The first step of the conspirators, conse-
quently, was to seize upon our own Government,
and either compel it to abet their ends, or to plunder
it to an extent that would disarm the Northern,
and arm the Southern States, and supply all the
means not only for the defensive but aggressive
warfare. The election of the feeble and compliant
Pierce was the stepping-stone to their entrance to
power, which was fully secured to them by the
appointment of Mr. Jefferson Davis, who for a life-
time had been a determined Disunionist, as Secre-
tary of War. This gentleman was the master-
spirit of the Administration, as he is now of the
present secession movement. The composition of
Mr. Pierce's Cabinet did not suffer the conspirators
to go further than mature their plans.
The election of Mr. Buchanan followed, and we
now know that his nomination was effected upon the
express assurance of co-operation and sympathy
with the extreme Southern sentiment. Cobb became
Secretary of the Treasury, Floyd Secretary of War,
and Thompson of the Interior. Everything in
the Government was arranged to suit their de-
signs. The President was a supple tool in their
hands; sq were the other Secretaries. But events
clearly indicated that the power was gradually
slipping from their grasp. Douglas became the
inevitable candidate for the Democracy, and his
election was to be defeated at all hazards. The
disruption of the Democratic party was to follow,
and with it the secession of the Southern States,
and the inauguration of the new empire. The
emergency of the crisis demanded energetic action.
The leadership was assigned by general consent to
Mr. Davis, who, by virtue of his chairmanship of
the Senate Committee of Military Affairs, possessed
great power, and a thorough acquaintance with al l
the military men and defences of the country.
With an impudence which, from its daring, loses
much of its baseness, the head-quarters of the in-
surgents were transferred to West Point, at which
Mr. Davis spent the summer months as chairman
of a committee of examination of this post. In
pursuance of the programme laid down, Mr. Floyd
commenced the transfer of arms and munitions from
North to South, which were placed in exposed posi-
tions where tHey could be readily seized. The forts
were purposely left unguarded and defenceless. To
supply such means as the official relations of Mr.
Floyd did not allow him to steal, he commenced
the issue, on a vast scale, of his acceptances, nomi-
nally to contractors for transporting of Govern-
ment stores, which, being supposed to be obliga-
tions of Government, were eagerly purchased in
the Northern States, where capital was abundant.
In this way the Military Chest of the New Confe-
deracy was to be, and has been, to a considerable
extent, supplied.
An equally important step was a thorough mani-
pulation of the army, the officers of which were
so disposed that in all cases where it was possible,
confederates and tools of the Secessionists were
placed at the points where they could readily join
them, and at the appointed signal deliver over the
forts and magazines in their charge. Such officers
as ,were known to be loyal were carefully with-
drawn from the places to be seized. To others in
the secret, furloughs were given, which have been
spent in the Southern States in drilling bands of
insurgents, or in visits to Europe to purchase arms,
the first shipment of which, in rifled cannon, has
just been received at Charleston. Near the close of
the riession Mr. Davis succeeded in getting a bill
through Congress, forbidding the Secretary of War
to purchase patented arms, the object being to leave
Government without a supply of the most approved
weapons. To Mr. Cobb was assigned the role of
destroying the means of supporting Government,
by breaking down its credit, and leaving it power-
less when the outbreak should occur. Mr. Thomp-
son's duties were various. lie was to manipulate
the members of the new confederacy, and leave the
property in his department, where it could be
stolen by his old associates and friends. The whole
line of Southern forts was left in such a condition
as would allow them to fall an easy prey to the
conspirators. The President for a long time was a
coadjutor of all their measures, of which Mr. Floyd
and the South Carolina Commission have furnished
abundant proof.
The schemes of the Secessionists succeeded almost
to the extent of their aims. The election of Lin-
coln 'brought matters to a crisis. All the impor-
tant forts of the Southern States, with the excep-
tion of Fort Monroe in Virginia, Fort Sumter at
Charleston, Fort Pickens at Pensacola, Key West
and Tortugas, were seized and are now in
their hands. All the magazines of arms and muni-
tions outside these forts have been also seized.
These were judiciously placed by Mr. Floyd, far
inland, at such places as Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
and Augusta, Georgia thus supplying ample
means for placing an army of 30,000 men in the
field. These very arms, stolen by Mr. Floyd, are
now going into the hands of the new regiments
which are being organised in the Southern States.
Mississippi has just authorised the formation we
believe of eight ; Georgia and other States, of seve-
ral each. These arms, only a few months ago,
were in Northern armouries, where they now
belong. While we at the North, like honest but
very stupid people, foolishly supposed everything to
be going on fairly and above-board the most stu-
pendous conspiracy the world has ever seen has
been enacted under our own noses, while we have
been hugging to our breasts its very chiefs, The

sacred spot of West Point has again been the scene
of a plot, compared with which that attempted by
Benedict Arnold sinks into insignificance. The
value of arms and munitions of war stolen by Mr.
Floyd, together with money raised upon his fraudu-
lent acceptances—which, by a masterly stroke of
policy were sold North, amounts to many millions
of dollars. Adding the cost of the forts surrendered,
the whole amount of which our Government has
been despoiled by this stupendous conspiracy, must
equalls,ooo,ooodols. What is the method and plan
of all these robberies and seizures ? Defence first,
if necessary, and aggressions afterwards not
North, but against Mexico and the West Indies.
As for secession, that long ago was a foregone
conclusion. As soon as the Southern army
now forming is relieved from the fear
of coercion from the North, it is to he
launched against Mexico. Southern imagination
is fired at the prospect of revelling in the " Halls
of the Montezumas." The uneasy and restless
spirits that will comprise its army will brook no
delay. Of this new foray Mr. Jefferson Davis is
to take the lead. The movers of it count, and not
without reason, upon the effect of a brilliant dash
upon the restless temper of a large population that
crowd our Northern cities, who would flock in
crowds to the standard of a successful military
leader. It is well known that a number of retired
officers and military men now in New York stand
ready to join the new expedition at the first tap of
the drum. Such is the inclination among the
masses North to peace, it is felt no interference
would be experienced from that quarter, should the
expedition make a successful landing with an im-
posing force.
Such is the programme of the Gulf States, of
which the Northern are soon to be the spectators,
if not directly involved; and such is the scheme
to which the quiet and 'peace-loving capitalists of
the South are to be yoked. It remains to be seen
whether they have the courage or strength to at-
tempt any resistance. If not, who is to oppose
any ? Will the Northern ? Will England ? At
the South, a movement towards the tropics is felt
to be a necessity. More room for the slave or a
black Republic bordering the Gulf, instead of a
white one, is inevitable. The law of population
will soon bring this round, without an outlet for
the redundant population of negroes, increasing in
much greater ratio than the whites. The Southern
people feel the coils of the anaconda about their
necks, hence the intense restlessness they display ;
hence secession and the formation of a new Con-
federacy, with a vast domain, where slavery can
indefinitely expand. To compress it within narrow
limits is to provide an explosion fatal to all who
may happen to be near.