Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-09-08
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THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1912.

The particulars Of plot to force Mr..
Van Buren, to abdicate the presid ent lal
chair, in the event Of his election, have
been made public by Mr.. j. II. Pleas
ants, editor Of the Wing at the time the
scheme was concocted. 10 what lengths
will not some men go to accomplish their
designs. when influenced by an inlatua-
ted and demoniac zeal! The actors in
this periidioas plot were fully rife for
preparation Of any act to secure their
end, however contrary to the laws OF
the land or destructive 10 our free insti-
tutinns. act our reoders peruse the fol-
iowing extracts from AIR. Peasants dis
closures, and draw their own conclusions.
Sin Nov. 1870. When every mail came
| fraught with the returns Of the presiden-
tjal Election. and before the final returns
from n. York Were received, the Wings
of Richmond unprecedented for twenty
four hours that the day had gone against
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hours | have mentioned, the excitement
III Richmond was very Great, and was
much increased by the prevalent, | may
say, universal conviction OF the Wing
party OF that place, that there had been
fraudulent voting in Virginia 10 much
extent, sufiiclentin the counties OF Page.
Shenandoah, Rockingham and Madison,
alone, to counterbalance any majority
by which Mr.. Van Buren, could have
carried the State. IF then
MIR. Van Buren, was reelected by the
vote of Virgiuia. without whose vote he
could not have been elected, aud it was
manifest and should lie judicially estab
lished, that he was indebted for his Vir
ginia majority to fraasd, the question pas
sed from man to man, what was to be
done? What was the remedy? y
If the Constitution and Laws Afforded no
redress. ought not the people To take re-
dress into their own hands, as case was
presented when submission TO the wrong
was tact REIMBURSEMENT Of free Gov
erument, and virtual slavery? Gentle
men Of the bar were consulted as to the
Logan course which ought to be taken, if
Mr.. Van Dpren had been elected by the
AID Of Virginia, and it could be made to
appear that his majority in the State was
fraudulent. They were of opinion that
there was 30 legal redress whatever,
In this state Of feeling, three in
dividuals who happened to be together,
interchansed opinion, found an entire
concurrence of sentiment among them
selves, and hastily arranged the heads Of
il plan for redress;ng the wrongs Of the
country by securing the person Of MIR.
Van Buren,, previous to his inauguration.
Three things were to precede putting it
into execution: l. The election of Mr..
Van Buren,. 2. That he could not have
been returned without tie vote of Viz
ginia. 8. Proof, CARRYING positive aud
undoubted certainty with it, that his
majority in Virginia was fraudulent.-
These preliminaries ascertained, twenty
persons, men who could depend on one
another, were to be admitted into the as
ISOLATION unde: the pledge Of secrecy
ard fidelity. Ten of the number were
TO proceed to Washington in fast
steamboat, giving ont that their object
was jaunt of amusement, 10 witness the
approaching inauguration. X was. ua
giued that there would be little difficulty
in finding an opportunity in conveying
MIR. Van Buren, on board by stratagem
or force, aud this done, the boat was TO
run with all despatch for Albemarle
Sound, previously agreed upon as the
destination There the ten were to be
met by their associates, and Mr.. V. B.
to be escorted by the whole into the up
per districts of North Carolina. Cornwall
lis 'most rebelltous people in America
and whom we knew 10 be now as staunch
Wing as their fathers were in 1880. Ar
rived there, a manifesto was to be pub
lished, addressed to the American PEG
pie, declaring the motives and objects of
the act, and the vicjnage assembled and
appealed to. Mr.. Van Buren, himself
was to be treated with the greatest posi-
BILE respect and courtesy compatible with
safe Custody
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