, 1860-11-02
Trea1on's Latest Programme.
From the Louisville Journal

We have had a conversation with gentle
man, remarkably ehrewd and wcllIn}ormed
politician, who let Washington Ciry LIST Fri-
day evening. HGstates that sons Of the priu-
ctpal Breckinttdgc- leaders from the South,
among whom he mentions Senator Wigfall, Of
Ie1as, ind Judge. Meek Of Alabama, held
consult ition on Thursday ut Browns Hotel In
Washington, and agreed upon general plan
OF action In the event Of 1incoln's eleetton,
which they profess to regard a. certainty, On
Friday, Nr. Wlgfall spoke without reserve In:
regard to the plan adopted BY them, lie said !
mat south Carolina was to take the lead-that
within thirty days after Lincoln's election,
South Carolina, having declared herself. IN in.
dependent sovereignty, wonld send an embas-
eador II Mlnister-P -P1enipote1tlar to the q, S,
Government ut Washington, asking recos-
milton Is such The BELIEF was, that The Pres
ident would receive the South Carolina Minis,
tef, inasmueh Us his orgun; the Washington
>tonaarsson, has asserted State's right Of &C.
cessiolt To Pc unquestonahle. If the Govern
ment should receive the South Carolina Minis
ter then the other cotton States, in whatever
order fhey might choose, should having sew
etaAy declared their independence, send Min
ste1s 20 washington for recognition and re-
ception In behalf Of their respective Sovereign
ties. And, when q sufficient number OF Gorth-
csn sosereignties shall have been established
anu recognized, then they are to bold gene.ai
sonthern ConSrees or Convention and adopt,
fcdeElt9.
This is probably the atest programme, aud
It's exeention uay Or may not be vigorously
scheme Of trcason divulged by q lite high
tunetionaEy, Of the Treasury Department,
which was that the Governors Of the Southern
States should convene their Legislatures by
proclamation on the 8th OF November, or AZ
soon thereafter Is the election Of Ar: Lincoln
mlghEbe ascc:tafned7 and that the Legislatures
should proccedto declare the Union dissolved
and ID pronounce in hyor of Mr. Breckenridge
- thc!President Of the Southern Union. . Tn
.douttedly divers schemes Of treason are extapt
IN thet,Sonth, and It Ia impossible to say now
"Me will meet with most favor from the con-
spiHtors: Whether that infamous traitor, the
President Of the United States, il minister
shall 60 from South Carolina to Washington.
will venture IN the name Of the United States
Government, to receive him, is perhaps 4
question that only the experiment can decide.
The Indications, however, are very stFopg. II
not canciueiye, that he is actively playing in
the hands Of the conspirators in the exercise
Of ME official power. Less than three weeks
ago 1ie sent seventeen thousand stand Of Uni
ted States aims to Charleston and at the enmc
time ordered ali the United States troops nwuy
from Fort Moultrie with the exception of two
companies consisting Of perhaps hundred
and twenty-five men. If the South Carolinians
wish to secede after next Tuesday, they can in
| half o day seize tho seventeen stand Of arms.
take possession Of the fort, aud eject the Uni.
ted States military power utterly from their
limits. Why such quantity Of UnitedrSlates
arms was sent to Charleston whilst the United
States soldiers who might use them were or.
dered away can not, we apprehend, be explain
cd BY anybody except upon the supposition
tllft tue President Is aiding and abettin. South
Carolina III her projected treason. WebclIeye
that be IL doing this.