Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1861-03-08

| co and Utah. Thousands were scattered
among the cascade ranges OF Oregon and
Washington. and some were concealed
away up at the Red River Of the North
in the Pembina wilderness. Three or
four thousand were scattered along the up
Der waters of the Rio Grande and Colora-
do and among the Comanehes Ii would
take a search warrant 10 hunt them out
Of their secluded haunts. Why this WAS
done is now perfectly obvious. IL was
part of the conspiracy to have the Union
men destitute Of military assistance from
the regular army.
The work of the hcconspirators was mere
ly completed when the Anderson bomb
she'll fell into their midst and exploded.
Floyd had everything arranged for tho
grand cup de etat.
The programme was something ike this:
A short time previous to the day set for
Lincolns Inauguration several thousand
armed scccssionists were to have been sud-
denly introduced into the city from Balti-
more and Virginia. They we're to seiso
upon and garrison the Capitol and other
public buildings which are as capacious
and strong as first class fortress, and could
only be taken by seige artillery and
powerful force of drilled soldiers.
The seals and archives once in the hands
Of insurgents, a provisional Government
would have been proclaimed on the 4th
of March. Proclamations would have
been issued to the army and navy, claim
ing from them obedience to the authori.
ties in possession Of the capital aud ar.
chives of the Government. the foreign
ministers would have been called on to
recognize the Government de tacto, and TO
announce to their respective Courts the
success of the revolution. 1t was beliey.
ed that all the slave States, including Ma.
ryland and Delaware, would have rushed
to the support of the herevolutionists. Breck.
inridge would have been proclaimed Pres
ident of the Southern Confederacy, and if
he declined, then Hunter of Virginia
jeff. Davis was to have been Gcnerallisi-
mo of the standing army Of 100000 men
which was to have been Immediately rais-
ed.
Ministers, Commissioners, and Consuls,
would have been dispatched to foreign ma.
tions. And it was confidently believed
that the Northern States, first taken by
surprise, then struck with CONSERVATION at
the formidable character Of the revolt
would have acquiesced, and acknowledged
the independence of the Southern Con.
federacy. At least half the army and ma
Wy it was supposed would have given their
allegiance to the shareholders Govern
ment. But the plans were all spoiled by
that confounded Anderson, and the dis
covery of the monstrous robbery Of the
Department of the Interior. The six
millions of acccptances were still secret.
Floyd overdid his part at this juncture.
Fearing tina: his accomplices would dis
trust his bad faith and suspect him Of
treachery, he rushed to the President and
demanded that Major Anderson should
be remanded back to Fort Meultrie. The
President refused he then rendered his
resignation in the full confidence that it
,couiN not be accepted and that Old Buck,
as usual, would back down. But in this
he was mis-. aiken. The shell was broken
the old Public Functionary had suddenly
awakened to realize the awful gulf yawn.
ed beneath his feet, and he recoilcd back
in horror and amazemen., and to Floyd's
dsmay promptly accepted the profered
resignation of the traitor. Floyd instant
" saw that all was lost unless he could re-
main in the cabinet ,and offered to perform
the duties protein, for month or two.--
But it was too late. The President told
him to 20, and directed Holt to take his
port folio of war. 1t is said that Floyd's
associate conspirators were perfectly thun-
derstruck and overwhelmed with grief
and vexation on discovering the irrepara-
BILE blunder committed by their accomplicc.
Nothing was left for them but to hurry
forward their secession Of the Cotton
States, SO as to have a government cstab-
lished before Lincoln came into power.
It must be confessed that they haze made
active use of their time Six States are
already out, and provisional govern
ment has been created. Two more States
are reckoncd as good as seccdcd-Texas
and Arkansas, and they have strong
hopes of bringing Virginia and North
Carolina into their mcshcs IN very few