The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-26
NEW YORK herald TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2s, 1861

The republicans sometimes fall back upon JEFF
ferson for doubtful support. What do they
think OF the following sentiment of the author
Of the Declaration OF Independence AI confess
that am not reconciled to the idea Of Chief
Magistrate parading himself through the several
States as an object Of public gaze, and in quest
ofpublic applause, which, to be valuable, should
be purely voluntary. l had rather acquire
silent good will by faithful discharge of my
duties than owe expressions of it to my putting
myself in the way of receiving them"
The Terrible Plot TO Assassinate the Prcsi-
dent elect ON His Way from Harrisburg
20 Washington.
History records many terrible conspiracies
to assassinate the rulers of great nations; but
We have it on the highest authority-the black
republican organs that the plot to cut off the
President elect on his way from Harrisburg to
Washington exceeds them all in atrocity. Ac-
cording to some Of the republican journals,
which we suppose ought to know
Tho LIST OF the names Of the consprat0rs presented
most astonishing array OF persons high in southern conf
dence and whose fame Is not 70 this country alone
Statesmen LAID the pl bankers endorsed it, and adven
turers were to carry il into effect.
We are told thai tho idea was
To throw the from the road at some point where
they would rush down steep embankment and destroy
failure of this project their plan surround the
risge the way from depot 70 depot in Baltimore and
assassinate him with ceggcr or pistol shot.
We learn from another republican organ
that at least hundred desperate secessionists
had severally threatened 10 take his life; and
nothing, therefore could have saved him from
the knife, the pistol or the hand grenades of
the bravo, except his sudden fight incog.
from the capital of Pennsylvania to the federal
capital, enveloped in the Scotch cap Of the
Camerons and that military cloak-that very
long military Cloak which, as Abe Lincoln is
very tall and Colonel Sumner somewhat short,
must have been sent on for the occasion from
Washington by General Scott; for what but
the mantle Of the old hero of Queenstown and
Lundy's Lane could serve as an @gis of protec-
ton to the lengthy proportions of Abraham
Lincoln in this direful peril?
A traitorous conspiracy was set on foot TO
make away with Alexander the Great in the
heyday Of his conquests, or at least his adhe
rents thought there was; plot was success
fully carried out to the death against Julius
Caesar; there were several plots TO assassinate
the first Napoleon, and King James and his
whole Parliament were going to be blown to
heaven, or somewhere else. by that terrible cid
seccssionist Guy Fawkes; but all these consp
racies were nothing compared to the plot Of
these bloody bankers. these awful persons
"high in Southern confidence" and these san
culinary secessionists, to murder Mr.. Lin
coin on his journey through Maryland.
Some people laugh at this affair, and think it
all joke. Indeed, there are even those who
think it was practical joke Of Old Abe him.
self, who has been all his life engaged in joking;
but there is no question about the fact that it is
no joke at all, but very serious reality; for
have We not the authority Of the republican
journals for its veracity and they must know
their own business best.
But there is something else in connection
with this business which the republican jour.
nails have not published, and that is, that they
know Of still worse conspiracy which exists
in Washington to blow up the whole Capitol
during the Inauguration next Monday, and
everybody in it, including both President and
Vice President, thus getting rid of the latter
official also. Therefore, we advise the ladies
and other timid persons to keep away from the
ceremony, and indeed to clear out of the hotels
at once, and abandon Washington altogether.
The best way, however, to ward off this terrible
tragedy would be for Congress to pass law
without delay removing the capital and the in
auguration ceremonies to New York The
President elect will be perfectly safe here
We win inaugurate him in magnificent style
at the Academy of Music, and will guarantee
him against all plots and conspiracies. He may
leave his Scotch cap and long military cloak
behind him in Washington, for he will have no
need of disguise in New York.