The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-03-10

Of the Spanah Ambassador, Mr. Pacheco. II s stated
that the Spanish feet had sailed Havana to Vera
Cruz which lends credence TO this statement Mexico
prepared and anxious for such hostile movement the
part Of SPAIN as Il will tend to divert attention from the
internal feuds and have the effect Of concentrating the
constitutional government
The question Of the recognition Of the South
ern confederacy has already been talked Of at
the capital, and application made for legation
ever had taken no steps the matter and would wait
further deveIopements before doing So
OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, March, 0, 1851.
The Republican Panic and Precautions for the Safety Of
"Hones Abe Lincoln at Washin9tan-A Chapter Of Mar
tial Lou for One Day--Pubic Indignation and Depond
ency-No Signs ef Peace, but A5ssdam Symptoms of
War-Descent of Tie Northern Go,hs and TanGols upon
Rome, dc., dc.
Stirring startling and terrible times these in Wash
ington DO live under republican institutions, or is
it an Austrian despotism9 What extraordinary revou-
tion has thus overturned the old established order Of
thingsp The citizens chafe If under the yoke Of
foreign Power. The party advancing INTO the occupa-
tion Of the government with all the despotc pre-
cautions of an overwhelming force of regular troops
a strong regular police posse and host of disguised
auxiliares among the people, detectives, and SPIES
and reserves armed to the teeth few little facts Of
Lincoln's inauguration
Surrounded by horse foot and artillery ne was escort
cd TO the Capitol He covered and protected tina
no regicidal pistol rifle shot, hand grenade Orsin
bomb could possibly reach him. To guard further agans
any popular ernc at different points along the line OF
march the house tops covered with troops over
looking procession. Yes there troops on the
house TOPS Arrived at the Capitol the President elect
would hsA walk fifty yards or 30 10 roach
the entrance the side Of the Senate Chamber where
he would been exposed danger but here he was
saved by the wise precauon of sort Of tunnel made
pine boards naaed closely together and this covered
way Mr. Lincoln passed with whole skin into the Ca
to similar arrangement protected his egress from
the Eastern central porco after the delivery of his nau
rural Meantime the whole Capitol shut on every side
against all vsters except the ladies' government
officials and policemen and soldiers detectives and SPIES
whose name legion But as traitors and conspra
tors are full Of expedens, they must be met at every
point. So in this case, there might be Guy Fawkes
with his thirty barrels of gunpowder under the por
tico from which Mr. Lincoln deliver his inaugu-
ra the chief OF the Capitol police the morning OF the
4th made careful examination under the platform for
fear Of accidents. But he found neither Fswkes,
gunpowder nor any signs Of Orsn Shells Of sapping
and mining TO blow up the dynasty and be reported
all safe.
But for ali this, on coming out on the said platform Mr.
Lincoln appeared very pale and little bit nervous while
our poor old friend Mr. Buchanan, sat looking at his
own boots, like q man dsgusted with the part assigned
him in the play and anxious to curse and quit and 90
Mr. Lincoln some twenty dive feet above the mass Of the
people In front, and securely boarded him OF from
them But your % co,rssponasa, @ passing u among them
and Senator Trumbuls board partitions and tunnels
and causeways locks and keys soldiers poli,emen and
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amusement among the people. Roger A. Pryor came in
among the crowd, accompanied by two young men,
looked up at the platform and left n contempt He
part of Brutus for Old Abe Gov. Wise ct. The
knights Of the Golden Circle missing The Southern
outumbered two TO enc, by republican ohlce seekers
ready 70 fight need be- for the spos They applauded
inaugural and they really much relieved ard very
thankful when Old Abe stood before them, into
once without being blown up 10 the moon or shot by al
"Away down South TO Dixie" by the Knights n the
Golden uhce, headed by the terrible Gov. Wise Gen.
But the precautions question served only remind
one OF Partisan me,e and Jacobps OF the exhbi-
,on Of s, wonderful d BEAST and vdrs they
they offensive and insulting to this community,
which, though possessing some ruilaDs aud very low
vsgabonds, Is a community which does not he TO be
treated a Of vagabonds rufians and assaseins.
e simple truth is that General Scots formidable pre-
cautions for the defence Of the Capitol frightened the re-
had he, inauguration day, insisted exposing him
self freely among the people, on walking through the
crowd nj the Capitol manfeetng his confidence IN the
good faith and honesty Of the multitude, by mingng
with them, Ia Louis Napoleon he would have achieved
at large Of solid popularity He would
have been admired and appaudcd as man OF cou-
rage strong faith In the honesty Of the people, and
this idea dused through the country would have been
positive triumph to his administration from the very
outset. But this smuggling President into Washington
and into tho Capitol, and out Of IT, has done much 10
ALLEVIATE the respect Of this community and baush ts
hopes OF anything good from dynasty thus coming into
the government under tho shelter OF bay
nom and board fences and detectves and with and
suspicious Of dangers and plots bands "
created by the false alarms of wicked fellows whJse ay
object 70 raise republican panh and have laugh
over II.
But this inauguration trouble IN all over o Buck has
retired Old Abe has been regularly installed ~ the
Of the White House, and ncbciy has been hur
by either euppowdor, Rye House plot by in
fcrna machine OF any description. What nextg God
only knows Mr. Douglas translates the inaugural the
harbinger Of opeace and good will 70 men, We shall
soon know what II means. Meantime, the radical anti
slavery complexion OF the Csbinst " omnous OF war
The city swarms with republicans, chiefly rawboned
western men, OF Elk feet high aud upwards. II Is In
vasion OF the genuine Gohs and vandas stawlrt fellows
bo have come down with Atla into the occupation of
tome. Never before, such an occasion, was there
such spectacle here this Of the absolute asoendancy
OF The North and the positive expulsion of the South
from Washington The few stragRiiDg southern men who
nio hcre appear like exles In strange land They say
they have no voice lo in IsrJ and that the worst
yet to come
Surrounded BY these swarms or Northern aud Western
cpublicons, Who believe in Greeley and "vncc Toms