The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-04
The Plot Discovered.

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The Plot Discovered.
This nation is under an everlasting debt
of gratitude to the venerable gentleman
who presides over the editorial columns
of the sole organ of the Democracy at the
seat of government. He is always at his
post to raise the alarm, ring the s'6re-
belI'' night or day, and to render the
same signal service to his country every
twenty-four hours which the geese once
rendered to Rome. He has just exposed
the most diabolical plot on record-before
which the Rye House plot and the Gun
powder plot, and all other plots, ancient
or modern, fade into perfect insignifcance.
He goes into all the details, furnishes all
the proof, and demonstrates to the entire
satisfaction of every candid mind, that
ZACHARY TAYLOR and TRUMAN SMITH
are engaged in designs so nefarious that
the bare mention of them is enough to
make every wig in the country bristle
with horror. We hardly know when we
have been so shocked as by the monstrous
developments of the Union yesterday
morning.
The enormity of the plot is increased
by the character of the conspirators. The
President of the United States and Sen
ator from sovereign Stateare the actors in
it! Two elderly gentlemen, who have hith-
erto been men Of respectable character and
good habits, have actually combined and
co-operated to bring about state of things
which will deluge the country in blood,
dissolve the Union, and play the deuce,
not only with all the world but absolutely
and particularly with the rest OF mankind
to boot How these men can 60 at large,
with any feeling of security, in the face of
these Developments we cannot imagine.
If the GENERAL does not discontinue his
unattended walks on Pennsylvania ave-
nue., his big stick will not save him; and
as to TRUMAN SMITH, he must arm him.
self with at least half dozen of CoLT's
revolvers If he expects ever 10 fight his
way into the Senate again. BY the blood
of Brutus, and Cato, and Palinurus, and
Sancho Panza, and all the other heroes of
liberty, who have figured in the "mazes
Of rhetorical confusion" in the columns Of
the Enquirer and the Union-is there no
man to be found who will 90 forward in
the path Of duty and do the right thing by
these tyrants and traitorsl
The Union has "frequently alluded" to
this project before, in dark and mysteri-
Gus hints but the scheme to which the
4 Union hitherto has " frequently alluded, )"
il has now demonstrated and proved, and
let the whole world look on and wonder
The chain Of proof is perfect; there
is not link wanting. II would be con-
elusive in any court of justice, 10 convict
u. TAYLOR and T. SMITH of the horrid
designs charged upon them. First, we
have the GEDDEs resolutions, which the
Union has suspected" Governor SEWARD
Of having written, for such length Of
time that it now charges him with being
their author, and tomorrow will be ready
to swear TO the fact before any justice Of
the peace in the District. Secondly, THUR
Low WEED, cor somebody else," has
written letter from this city, recommend
ing the Legislature Of New York TO pass
those resolutions, and assuring them Gin
substance" that elf the proceedings Of
the northern fanatics and demsgogues
should produce violence and outbreak in
the South, General TAYLOR would put il
down with the army and navy"
This is the first branch of the "proof {"
Of the plot discovered. The second branch
is equally distinct, conclusive and over
whelming. II is "shown," to begin with,
that T. SMITH is the only man "who enjoys
the unlimited confidence of the General
and bis Cabinet" We imagine that the
Senator from Connecticut will be as much
surprised as grati6ed by this revelation;
but here it is, on authority that was never
suspected. Nilly-willy he is the "right-
hand man of General TAYLOR and the
administration in this condition
Of things Locofocoism may look out for
squalls.
But not TO be diverted from the chain
Of "proof." T. SMITH being thus conf
dental with the Cabinet and the PREsI-