Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-08-08
A sTABrLINe RESUME.
The ConspIrney at the Capital last
Winter-A bold Revelation that mas
From thal ltlonai Iutelligeacer.l

moths have enFa7ed the public attention,
there is u constant danger that the tonS 81
origo of tue caIhmiiies which now atiilct :
the whole county may be left out OF view,
especially as there are many who assIdn-
ensIy labor 10 keep their causes from SIGHT
by Concentrating TIE thoughts OF the peo-
pie upon some 9i3lhe later developments
OF the great drama now enacting before
our eyes. tits I'd however, by careful
IL marking the Sequenee of events, from
their be ginHings 10 the present time, that
we can rightly discern the secret springs
in which they have hail their rise, the mo-
tive power By which they nave been con-
Quoted by their authors. And, moreover,
it is only by remo1nting to the fountains
from which the bitter waters of strife have
spread over the land that we cnn detect
the presence of the hands By which thelr
sources were firsts nnsedlei.
II may be within the recollection OF our
readers that in the IGteiligeHcer OF the llth
of Jannltry last we published report OF
tile proceedings OF "Disduiou Caucus"
held ia this city by the Secession Senators
from the States of Florida, Georgia, Ala
hama. Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
and Texas. Tbs report was communicated
to- Us by distinguished Southern gentle
man, an ex-menber of Congress, whom
we knew to have derived his information
from the most uhdoubted sources. and
who, in publishing the snhjainei com
municatinn, Authorized us TO state, rs we
did. that he held himself responsible, eth
or to tile public or Tie parties Implicated,
10 any among the htter of whom he also
authorized US to 'giSe his nancy for the
accurately of bis statements end the justice
of his inculpatious. The communication
contained the following announcement of
the steps proposed to be taken in precipi-
tating aud conducting the di>union move
ment.
1 charge that on last Saturday night n cgtucus
was held in this city by the Southern Seresaen SEN
At1rs from Florida GehTgia- Alabama Mississippi,
Louisiana Arkansas and Texas.
1t then aud there resolved. in effect. to assume
to Themselves the political power OF the south aud
to cnufrO all political and military operations for the
present, they telegraphed TO complete the plan Of
ie!zins forts arEenas and custom houses. end al
vise the state Conventions in session. aud soon
assemble. TO pass ordinances for immediate secss
sion; Int. In order thwHrt any operations OF the
Government here, tile Conventions uf the seeding
States arr to retain their representations in the SEN
They also adviser, ordered or directed the
bling Of nConventon Of Delegates from the Seeding
State$at Montgomery on the 18th OF February !his
can uT cOnr-e on lie done by tile revolutionary Con
yrntion, usurpins the powers Of the people and send
lug delegates whom they will l"se all control In
( the establi hment Of a PROVISIONAL Government,
which is the plan uf the 'lictators.
This ctucns also resolved TO take the most eiiec'u-
Al means to drIEoon the Legislatures OF Tennessee
Kentucky, Mis-. ouTi. ATkanfSs, Texas and StTgtniR
iutn following the Seeded States Alrylanu is also
TO he Influenced lbs such appeals 10 popular p'="ion
M have led the revolutionary step3 which promise
conflict with the State and Federal Governments IN
They have possessed Themselves of all the avenues
OF inf ITmatiln in the outh-the tel graph the press
aui the general control OF tie pOstnul tiers. They
aso confidently rely upon OBJECTIONS in the army aud
Iu giving place to these allegations
we said Mt the time that "nothing but as
suranccs coming from such an intelligent,
reliable source could induce us to accept
the authenticity of Startling Statements so
deeply concerning not only the welfare but
the honor of the Southern people"
The subsequent progress Of events since
| that date has served 10 show how accurate
was tbs intelligence OF our informant, and
| how deliberate WAS the inception 0f the
plot devised in this city against the iuteg-
rity of the Union and the stability OF the
! Government; for all the events which have
marked the progress of the disuniun con-
tspiracy since that time have heen but the
fulfilment of the programme prescribed hy
this Senatorial ''cnbal." y brief resume
! of few salient points in our recent poll
teal history will set this fAct in II clear
light. For it cannot he denied that the
LEADERS of the disunion movement did
assume to themselves the political
power of the South" They did con-
troll sail political and military oper-
atoms" "T0rts, arsenals, nnd GUS
tom houses" lrere sized in Obedience to
telegraphic orders sent from this city
I State Conventions dill pass ordinances of
immediate aud separate seression. y con-
ventipn of Delegates from the seeding
States VGs held at Montgomery in pursu-
auce of the plan exposed by our cores
| pondent, and these delegates ,csrs arbitrh-
rity appointed by the several State Con
ventiuns whose members had been. elected
with no reference whatever to any such
Interior function. The legislatures and
people of Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri,
| Arkansas, Texas. Virginia, and Maryland
wsre sdra soonrd" by .sneans" which, in
the clses of four among these States, pro-
we'd only too ''rfTectuil.' The ''nvenues of
/ information" the railroad, the telegraph,
and the press, icere seized by the secession
s.tiictntgrs." Objections from the army
and the navy tgsrs not only secretly slim
ulated, but openly rewarded by promotions
| in the Southern service"
Thus it was that the several parts OF the
scheme, as directly cOncocted in this city.
were carried into execution. Aud this civil
/ revolution has so far been cOnsummated
! without the direct reference of the either
the provisional or the ''permaneut' Con-
stitution of the '.Cohfedrrnte States" to
any ratification of the people of II single
State! The "usurpttion" of the power of
the people, "a seen in the UNIV trrtntel
sending of delegates to the Southern
Congress" at Montgomery, has been pur-
| sued even tn the erection not only of a
"provisionuI" bat rlsO Of n ''prruIueut
| government which derives no title of its
authority from the ''uriginnl fountain of
political power" The sole supremacy of
! the Confederate Government, in point OF
! political and constitutional power, rests
/ simply on the implied ncquiescence of the
: people under the civil ferns which have
been placed over them. How alien such
a procedure is TO the geuius of representn-
tive and republican liberty we need not
pause 10 demonstrate. And yet it is from
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