Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-07-26
A Plot for the Overthrow of the
Government.


A Plot for the Overthrow of the
Government.
We give below an extract of a letter from
the Rev. DIR. William Patton TO the y. \.
independent. which our readers will read
with great interest. The letter Is da ed
London, June 2lst, and shows up the dia-
bolical plot for the overthrow flour govern
ment -
THE REVELATION.
said that the first convictions were that
the rebellion would be success, and that
the destruction OF the union was inevitable.
Now this conviction was not mate; it was
produced by the operation Of apl r1prlate
means--means which convinced the Ion-
den Times end other papers-mrans which
convinced leading shipping and mauufact-
uriug interests - means which convinced
members of Pariament--here | will stop ::
Though might 90 still higher up. Here |
stop TO tell you what did thus powerfully
operate and so deeply move the selfish in
tercsts of this people.
| A few days since, wlpn convrrsing with
4 The editor OF --, most reliable man, on
/ the American trouble, ! expressed my
amazement that with all the demonstrations
/ Of anii-slavery sentiment in ENGLAND, there
should be so much sympathy Tor the south,
/ and so much Of GOODNESS towards the north,
and that there should he such conf Ience in
| the success of the south. He fixed his eve
i
then said, 81 can explain it ALL ] tell yon
/ that the programme of the secession was
well know here in England before single
| blow was struck in America" This can
/ hardly believe" Believe it or not, as YOU
| please, but kRow IL. A member Of Par
/ lament, in this very room where we are
now sitting, detailed the whole plan TO me
last winter, and he assured me Il was known
| to number OF the members Of Parliament
/ He stated that the army and navy would
be dispersed; that the treasury would be
emp,ied and brought into debi that the
arms and ammunition would be removed TO
the forts south that these forts would all
be seized by the troops OF the conicderates,
that they would rash upon Washington.
holding il by military force, and thus break
up the government and destroy the union ;
that the south were all united, and thai they
had the entire democratic party north as
allies, so that there would he no hope for
the north. They must submit TO the terms
the south should dictate I'll am much
obliged TO you for this information, but how
on earth could you get it y With smile
on his face, and Knowing twinkle in his
Il 4 4 Al :.
agents here, authorized TO communicate aud
10 act. These, under pledges OF secrecy,
and perhaps, with special appliances appeal
ing to seIt-interest, revealed the plan. When
any man inquired of the ambassador for in
formation. this oracle was dumb. " hen
they applied to the consul, il was all COM
tirmed And When the secession began
and progressed as the programme stated,
with nothing 10 impede it while Buchanan's
term lasted and when lincoln was with
difficulty inaugufated. aud the capital threat
ened--when Baltimore and Virginia played
the pant marked in the bill Of fare. do you
wonder that the feeling was that the seces.
sion would be SUGGEST Do you wonde,
that the editors spoke as they did in theil
columns, or that men of business and man.
uiacturers felt as they did, or that member
OF Parliament were forward TO make mo
tons, or that Lord john Russell made hast,
TO recognize them as .belligerent power
But the programme hos not been carried
J out, and probably will not be. Things hav
changed, and there will be a corresponding
change in public sentiment, but ii will tax
{ a little time"
These were revelations. ] had suspicion
: that The active agents OF the south had bre
5 at work but that they had poisoned $
: many fountains and had pushed their wa
i so near the throne, did not suspect. Thes
. revelations Of what was done in the dar
|, explain The strange things that appear i
If the Light. / have spoken Of the converse
y ton TO several Americans, and from on
IS who has been in this country, and WHO
d intimate in high circles, received the ful
r est confirmation. lie assured me that iler
tically the same facts lie had fom an e.
! tirey different scource.-l scoulee that conl
not possibly leave him in any doubt of th
/! TACT that the whole plan was known her
4. and The result waited for. Hence the CT
4 fidence with which The papers spoke hyny
e the feelings in the commercial and mani
/, featuring circles aud hence the urgenc
: Of certain members Of Parliament 10 hay
D immediate action.
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