Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-11-01

Det"'ssU account % We ItdnS T0F DlSS0tpIHg
the Union-The South to be Betrayed into
RebelIion-7he Cooperation of England
and France Erpected-Loms NapoIeon's
Intervention Promised.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Times gives, on the 2sth ult, the de-
tails Of the plot to overthrow the Union.
which he before mentioned in brief. He
says:
The details afford unmistakable proof that
the conSpiTdtoTS hare no confidence in the
sympathy Of the masses, evep ofthe Gulf States.
Their plan is to betray the South into rebel
lion, by repetition of the Lecompton fraud.
They dread the consequences of a direct ap-
peal to the people on the question of dis
union. To elude this danger, the general
convention of the seeding States Is 10 be
elected by their several Legislatures, and upon
this body full and conclusive powers of dis
SolUing the Union, and Of eIecting Breckin-
ridge to The Presidency are TO be conferred
The people are not to be consulted, either
in the initiatory process of electing the Con-
vention, or in the ratification of its resolves.
The reasonable oligarchs, with character
istic contempt for the rights and interests of
the people, are determined to take the re-
sponsibility of prOclaiming a Southern Con-
federacy, and the masses will be dragooned
into acquiescence by fire and sword. An
who resist, or decline to aid the traitors,
are to suffer death and a confscation of
property.
1t is expected by these miserable plotters
of treason that they will have the active CO.
operation of England and France, and par
ticularly the latter The Southern Confed-
eracy, in order to enlist the sympathies of
these foreign, powers, will open their ports
to the free admission of their merchandise.
This policy would accord admirably with
the free-trade theories of the Gulf States,
but how it will comport with the mainten-
ance of an Independent Government, we are
not told. .t.
1t is, however, expected that, instead of
protecting themselves, they will be protected
by the great military and naval Powers of
Europe. Louis Napoleon has been consulted
and has given promise Of any number of troops
EheaeVer his Intervention shall become neces-
saTy. They even rely on the employment
OF Northern mercenaries to defend them.
History is full of examples of warning to
weak nations against the danger of inviting
the protection of great Powers. The result
invariably is the conquest and enslavement
of the dependent State. will not stop now
to enumerate these examples. The Disunion-
lists well understand that secession, under
British and French patronage, means moth
ing less than Colonial vassalage to those
Powers. They doubtless expect to fiud their
account in the betrayal of the liberties of
their country, but they we'll know that the
people would never sanction the base sur
render; and hence the cunning scheme for
precipitating rebellion, without referring the
/ action of the Convention to a popular vote
The conspirators, with their avowed pur-
pose of reviving the African slave-trade,
and their other absurd, wicked and imprac-
tieable theories of slavery propagandism,
know that they can never again rule this
great free country. Their lease of political
supremacy in the Union has run out, and
their only hope now Of regaining the bliss
tul seat of power, is in overthrowing the
Federal Government They wish to create O
new though limited Confederacy, in which
the Federal powers will be all their own;
and to Secure this object they will consent
to condition of real dependence on the
great Powers of Europe. To these consid-
erations it is not improbable that individual
vanity may whisper the suggestion of aug
mented personal and family dignity, deriy-
able from foreign titles of nobility, as more
than compensating the favored few for the
enslavement Of their country to foreign
potentate.
AS an evidence of Mr.. Cobbs success in
propagating his disunion theories at the
National Capital, mention the fact that the
black cockade has been freely exhibited on
Jul sueels ny tue suDOrulnaIeS connected
with the Government. Treason to the Union
from which they derive the means of sub
sistence is unblushingly avowed by scores of
these men, and it is said that the badge of
treason has been worn upon the breast in
our streets, in the broad face of day This is
the natural teaching of Mr.. Cobb and his
principal assistants. The Constitution is
trampled under foot, and the flag of our
country is insulted by the very men who
draw their monthly salaries from the Treas
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