The New York herald., 1861-10-11
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Secret Revolutionary Conspiracy I'm Now
] York.
1 The late Street Commissioner of the city of
! New York is now Major General Smith of the
army of the Confederate States. Mr.. Mansfield
Lowell, who occupied, until within week or
two, the position of Deputy Street Commits
sioner, is said to have been also promoted to
high rank in the rebel army. These gentlemen
have monopolized a large share of the patron
age OF this metropolis, up to very recent
period. Their influence has been next to un-
! bounded, for over three years, and, although
they have neither Of them dabbled with the
petty concerns Of municipal plunder, and Pew
ter Mug intrigue, they have been known to be
men of large capacity and truly statesmanlike
talent Incapable Of identifying themselves
with tho venal and corrupt cliques by which
the city is governed both Mr.. Smith and Mr.
Lowell have, nevertheless, steadily labored to
accomplish the object for which they remained
here, of fostering sympathy with rebellion. Edu-
Gated at West Point, and graduates Of the highest
they deservedly rank among the ablest officers
in the country, and little surprise has been
elected by the intelligence that both Beaure-
gard and Johnston have been thrown into the
shade by their superior reputation. General
Smith announced his intention, long since, of
joining the insurrectionary army, in case Ken
tucky should secede. Meanwhile preparatory
for that event, he labored assiduously to create
disunion party in this city and State; nor did
he leave here, until his plans were fully ma
tured. The instruments with which he intended
to act were known by him thoroughly, and he
was able to lay his hand on every one Of those
who would aid in getting up sudden revolu-
ton, in favor Of the South, whenever the rebel
troops should have passed the Potomac
and occupied Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania. No scheme could have been
laid more carefully than that which
Mr.. Smith concocted to effect his purpose, and,
through the patronage which be so extensively
controlled, it was easy for him 30 to identify
himself with party organizations here and in
the interior, that it is not improbable can
didates for Office have been selected with sole
view to their reasonable proclivities.
The general plan Of the conspirators who are
laboring to overthrow the nationality of the
North American republic, and dissever the
union between the States, is we'll known. As
long ago as last November, the columns Of the
HERALD contained an elaborate exposition of
the details Of the plot which had been entered
into by Jefferson Davis and his associates.
slavery basis, and, after having seized upon
Washington, to dictate such terms to New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, and
the Northwest, as should compel submission to
the programme laid down at the Montgomery
Congress, and revolution in favor of the cher
ished institution of the seeding States. In
order to accomplish this object, the cooperation
Of the democratic party at the North was, for q
while, implicitly relied on, and, after the pa
trotc outburst of feeling, on the part of leading
individuals Of the conservative portion of the
community, had dspelled this delusion, a hope
still remained that enough disafection might be
found to distract the councils of the admins
tration, and thwart the measures that had been
taken to crush out treason. Street Commissioner
Smith, and his deputy Mr. Lowell, made it their
principal occupation to foster disloyalty, and it
has become transparent now that their efforts
were not unattended with success. Neither of
them belonged to the class of mean, plundering,
pettifogging politicians. On the contrary they
contemplated with disgust the corruption of me-
tropolitan demagogues, and refused to sanction
their intrigues to empty the pockets Of our tax
payers Their labors were DEEPER and Of far more
extensive signifcation, than any that the petty
cliques Of New York could point out Through
the Regency at Albany, and affiliated sedtious
elements in this city, they aimed q death blow
which it was intended should strike at the very
heart Of our Institutions, and so soon as the ends
Of the rebel army on the Potomac should have
been obtained. .icanse general uprising in the
Central States, in favor of permanent alliance
with the South against the constitution be-
queathcd to us by Washington, Jefferson and
Madison
Jefferson Davis and his allies entertained no
doubt, few months since, the hope that. ere
this, the national capital, Baltimore, and even
Philadelphia would have passed under their
control. With true Southern arrogance, they
contemplated the future Of confederation
which would be subject to the military
dictauon OF nigger driving olgarchy
and include Northern wealth together with
Southern products. In this fond dream they
have been disappointed. But, up to the very
latest period, the expectation has remained
that party, nominally enlisted under the ban
ncrs Of peace, although really pledged TO seccs-
sion, would rise up to esp2nse their cause.
! Messrs. Smith and Lowell continued TO reside in
New York, welding the patronage of one of
the most lucrative offices in the gift of the city.
whose ramificatons extend even throughout
the State, up to the moment that their presence
was more needed elsewhere than here, and I'M
I'll they had paved the way for an outbreak,
whenever such a movement might be deemed
prudent and expedient. Their efforts have
been unfagging in behalf Of the South, and no
reasonable individual can doubt for an instant
that, but for the prompt and efficient steps
| taken by the administration, formidable facti-
tious opposition might have raised its head, in