The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1859-11-10
-. .--------SPIRAUY OF TREASON
1hE ABOLITION !ATIoNs AND THEIR
.THE R8NsEQUENCEs.

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An6 ASuLiION .ATIoNs AND THEIR
-THE R9NsEQUENCEs.
mpt at treason 10 the constitution
but one in is recorded in the history of our
% onu .ho hid with that the name OF Aaron Burr
!. sI"uGa"!S G'!S in indssolnble infamy. The revela-
49,. =: "thnt are now being made in regard to
III Brown 3 attempt at IIarrer's Ferry clearly
low that for several years past there has ex
listed deep and widely spread conspiracy of
trenson, with objects perverse that the traitor
plans Of Burr thrown far behind in the
path, of iniquty. Burr was never accused Of
any deeper treHsdn than design to separate the
thuly populated States Of the southwest from
the newborn Union. in order TO form with them
and the Spanish domnons in Mexico q con-
federation Of which he should be the head
Yet the mild treason of Burr filed the country
with horror, and made his name Infamous to
succeeding generations.
For fifty years his example stood alone in the
annals of the republic. Now it is becoming
known that for two three years there has
existed, with ramifcatons from the waters of
tho Kennebec to those of the far Missouri,
conspiracy whose reasonable designs are not
simply the secession of few ;hinly settled
States, but which aim 10 involve the whole Un-
ion IN one brutal and bloody conflict. No po.
}tcal separation, but social destruction is their
oGject. Fifteen States are 10 be swept over by
four millions Of ignorant and infuriated slaves,
tHAoheu, uEuleup 0Hu leu Oh Nv plOuS humans from
the North. Since the year 1856 closed on the bor
derforaysof Kansas, this be abolition con-
spracy has been preparing is plans. enlistIng it's
members gathering its means, and seeking sym
Pathy, counsel and aid. The plans, SO fur rs
they have been revealed, are of the most bloody
and revolving character; the traitors embrace
many III every rank i'll the social scale; the
means have been widely and largely gathered,
and counsel and sympathy have been obtained
even from men representing sovereign States in
the highest counsel Of the Union which they
would DESTROY.
we published yesterday, reveals the plans. aud
in part the aims Of the treason, and many names
OF persons who have for many years past been
aiding, counselng and contributing to the eG-
forts Of the active traitors. Brown bloody plans
are exposed in detail and the names of persons
given who took parts i'll them, from a simple
knowledge Of the conspiracy 10 active partici-
panoy in it The law wisely and Justly brands
with equal guilt the accessory before the act aud
The actors in the crime. And in the Fl rsi
category wo find the names Of Senator Sew
ard, of New York, Senators Wilson and Sum.
ner, OF Massachusetts; Senator Hale and ex.
Governor Fletcher, OF New Hampshire Cover.
nor Chase, Of Ohio; Hon. Gerrt Smith, ex.
member OF Congress; Rev. Joshua Leavitt, of
New York; Horace Greedy of the Tribune, MIR.
Lawrence, prominent merchant, and Dr.. Howe,
q physician of high standing in Boston; DIR.
oahc}p idLe VI tTe " washington LII. Jesse
Bowen. Of Iowa city, and F. B. Sanborn, n
Sraduae Of Harvard and now leading teacher
in Massachusetts. This is no list of low born,
Ignorant aud despised traitors to the Union ard
lis States. 1t is connection Of local disaffec.
tion. 1t shows that the treason had infested all
classes. from the desperate adventurer 10 the oc-
cupaut Of the Senatorial hall.
Aud yet the revelations in regard to this wide
spread treason have only just begun. More will
come out from day to day, till tie entire extent
of the conspiracy is before the people. Horace
Greedy may pooh, pooh. at it, VIM. c. Bryant
may joke at 1t; and Senator Wilson may en-
deavor to laugh it down as nothing but a fill
buster attempt; but reason cannot be pooh
poohed away, nor joked down, nor warded off
by barren and inappropriate comparisons. If it
could be, it becomes every patriot to reflect &C.
riously upon the state Of things which such
fact would prove to exist in the land. II is oil
very well for unearthed traitors to try to laugh
at their own discovery, and to brave the frown
ct an injured country; but every sentiment of
honor, every impulse of patriotism. will turn
with scorn upon the infamous promoters of civil
stnfe and the destruction of the Union in fire
and blood. II it does motif a treason worse,
far worse than Burfs merits to-day federation
from the American people-we shall tremble for
our country. What was condemned us inia-
nous by our fathers. and is tolerated to-day,
will SOON be uppauded in the midst of disun.
ION, servlle war and fraternal gore.-N. y
Herald.