The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1861-03-09

of the nittd states, ~ saic VI 'ic zap
tai Of the nation BY the admirable ar
rapgemcp, o. Ten Scott the country has
been spared the lasting disgrace, which
would have been fastened udelbly upon
II had Mr. Lincoln been murdered upon
his Journey thither, as he would have
been had he followed the programme as
announced in the papers aud gone by the
Northern Corral Railroad to Baltimore.
On thursday night after he had retired,
Mr. Lincoln was aroused and informed
that a stranger desired to see him on a
matter of life OF death He declined TO
admit him unless he gave his name,
which he at once did OF such prestige
did the name carry. that while Mr. Lin
coin was yet disrobed he granted an IN
teryiew 10 Tie caller
A prolonged conversation ELECTED the
the fact that an organized body Of men
had determined that Mr Lincoln should
not be- inauguratcd, and that he should
never leave the city Of Baltimore alive,
IT, Indeed he ever entered It
The list uf the names of the conspiTa.
tors presented mos, astonishing array
Of persons high in southern confidence,
AID some whose fame is not TO this
county alone
Statesmen laid the plan, bankers in
dorsed it, aud adyenturers were to carry
it into effect As they understood Mr.
Lincoln Was II leave Harrisburg at .
O'Clock this morning by special train,
and the idea was, II possible, to throw
the ears from the road at some point
where they would rush down an embank-
meut aud destroy IA moment the lives
Of all on board In case Of failure of
this project, their plan was To surround
the carriage ON the way from depot 10
depot in Baltimore, and assassinate him
with dagger or pistol shot
30 authentic was the source from which
the information was obtained, that Mr..
Liucolu, after couuselling his friends,
was compelled to make arrangements
which would enable him to subycrt the
plans II HE enemies
Greatly 10 the annoy ance of the thou
sands who desired to call ON him last
night. he declined 20 give them a rccep
+ tinu. The final council was held at :
o'clock
Mr. Lincoln did not want to yield and
Col Sumner actually cried with iudigna
tou hul Mrs Lincoln, seconded by Mr.
Judd and Mr. Lucou's informant, insist
ed upon it. Ate o'clock Mr. Lincoln left
on a special train lie wore Srotci
plaid cap and a very long military cloak
SO that he was entirely uurecognlzablc
/ Accompanied by Superintendent Lewis
and one friend, he started. while all th,
T town, with the exception OF Mrs Lin
colin. Col Sumner, Mr. Judd, and two
reporters. who were sworn t. secresy
warc supposed to be asleep
The telegraph wires were put beyond
/ the reach Of any one who might desire
To USE them.
At O'clock the fact was whispered
from one TO another, and 1t soon became
the theme Of most excited conversation
Many thought it a very iniIdicious move
while others regarded il as "a stroke OF
great merit
The special train ioavcs with lhc orig
mai party, intending ,hc Times carns
poudeut, ct o'clock, and wc Trust Wi.
roach Baltimore IA safety
rnr BaHaEn ~rrrs Tho Washington
rpr -plnllut rftAc Crescent dude, dat.
. tar l5.1 ult, suys
booking &. the corrci.u views iasu,
Hu,'y Womulstoiby Lincoln az mJ.th.
upu.t>. uc BIS naturally inclined to snr-
pret thW Stewards professions II coucil
,auou which In private conversation go
much further than IN his public speeches,
are utterly false and hollow Fora time
| held this opinion firmly But recent
Information derived from au uudpuhtrd
source, leads me think that Seward is Us
sincere as he can be. He wants to save
the border States, hoping that they viii
bring back the cotton States and ne
knows that the only earthly chance of
accomplishing his purpose is in prevent.
iuG, not IN promoting, coercion. ! am
told that he wishes heartily that the
southern Confcderacy had all the forts
within its limits for then the southern
Empire would have no point Of honor t.
abandon, no public property which
the laws require to be protected As
it il, matters are IN such fix that war
may arise in consequence of u mere
puhctllllo
The Peace Congress is at halt
Several States of the North have backed
down from the Guthrie proposition. The
neck of Cancellation is wonderfully stiff
fened 10y reason of the late election in
Tennessee. Moreover, Virginia requires
guarantees Of power and that the Re
publlcans will not begin to grant Sup
pose the Peace Congress fails ? What
then Why, it is barely possible tina,
the Virginia Convention may pass an
ordinance of secession. VIII the people
affirm that action? ! think not Not
because they are inlrinsically untrue to
the South, but because they have not yet
been educated out OF the absurd idolatry
for the Union But the Convention will
pass no such ordinance. The election
OF Janncy, the very embodiment OF Fed
cralism, as President, tells the whole
story Again, the Union party, organi-
zed here by Seward, Douglas and Crit.
tcnden, is ~ active process of formation
in Virginia. The Richmond Dispatch of
this morning says that the Union men in
that city got up screnade last night in
opposition 10 one given by the Southern
Rights men TO Gov Wise, and the first
person screnaded by the Union men was
GOV. Lctchcr The next John Minor Bolts,
Comment is unnec ssary.
The monstrous coalition thus formed.
embracing such heterogeneous elements
as Sewardism, pouglassn, aud Bellism,
will carry Virginia. Led on by Andrew
johnson It will carry Tennessee. And