Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1861-07-19
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I said that the first convictions were that
the rebellion would be 4 success and that
the destruction If the Union was Inevitable
Now this conviction was not innate: II wa-
produced by the operation of appropriate
,.,a-1i- -- means which convinced the
London Times and .th.r papers -
means which convinced leading Up.
ping and manufacturing interests -
means which convinced Nom aers of Parha-
meut-here ] viii stop though light g
still higher up. Here 7 stop t. tell you
what 6ij thu, powerfully operate ana So
dccIlv move the selfish Interest, Of this PEG
I.e.
a few days since, when cuv,TsuE with
the editor oi --. most reliable man. ca
the American trouble. expressed myamaze-
meut that witt al the demonstration o
autl-slaverv sentiment in England there
should be such sympathy for the South, and
SD much If GOODNESS toward the North. ana
that there should be -uch confidence in the
success 10, the South. BE fixed bis eye on
M tor % moment most saarchnglT, and then
said. Il can explain IL ail ! tell YOU that
she programme ot the secession Va- vel
known here IN England before 3D. single
, ow was struck no America. II his
can hardly taI r "Bshcye u or not. as
Won please. lint I tagr r.. ! member OF
Parliament. in this very Ia5m Wher. wc are
r.w sitting. detailed taa whole plan 90 NE
last winter, and be assured mc that 10 was
known u "a number ul tHe members IF Par
lament lie stated that the army and navy
would be dispersed that the trcas-Iv would
be emptied and brought into debt that the
arms and ammunition would be removed 20
the forts South. that these forts would oil
he seized by the troops of the c1nledcrates.
that thew would rush upon Washington.
holding It by military force, and thus break
up the Government and destroy the Union.
that the South were ali united, and that pIev
had the entire Democratic party E0rth as
allies, 81 that there would be no hope lOT the
North They must submit to tba forms the
South should dictate" am much
obliged 10 vou for THIS lHt rmation, but how
on earth could vlu get it?' With smile
ola lis face, and a knowing twinkle n bis
eve, be- said - '' Inc South had thar
agents hlre, authorized c0mmuui-
cate and to set. These under pejr-
e Of sscresy. AMI, perhapa with Fn
cal appliances appealing g. self interest.
revealed the plan. When any man
Inquired 81 the Ambassador Tor m.llma-
ton, this oracle was dumb. Whom they
applied TO the consul, il was III clnimll.
and when the secession tc1fl AMI progressed
as the programme stated. in nlthin to
Impede Il a. long as ElcL-lsu term lasted
and when Iinelin U2-.-s-4a difficulty IMAM
- .-,,,s,... -..4 sbo capital INSTRUMENTATION
Baltimore and Virginia played Re rart
marked N the Bill ct fare, 10 You w0nd
clat tile feeling was that the secession would
success D. you wonder that the edit
OTIS spoke at Cd y DID 10 their columns, OF
ti4at men u business and manufacturers felt !
as they dId, or that Members of Parliament
were forward 10 make motions. or that Lord ]
) ohm Russell made haste to recognize them (
as b,ilIgeTent power Bat the programme /
has not been carried out, and probably will |
not be. things are changed, and there vii, /
be corresponding change in public s-nti /
ment, but 1t will take little time. q"
These were revelations. had suspicious
taat the active agents Of the South had been
at work but that they had poisoned so many
fountains and had pushed their way SO near
the throne, did not suspect These revola-
tons Of what was done IN the dark explain
the strange things that appear IN the light.
have spoken OF this conversation TO several
Americans, and from one who has often been
n this country, and who is intimate in high
circles, l received the fullest confirmation.
lie assured me that identicaily the same facts
le had from al entirely different source-a
ource that could not possibly leave him ID
my doubt of the fact that the whole plan
vas known here, and the result waited for
Hence the confidence with which the papers
poke; hence the fee ings in the commercial
nd manufacturing circles and hence the
Urgency of certain Members of Parliament to
ave immediate action.