Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-08-03

ltltSI VI lGSl iltiliOll was httNN tNii'l ~ t~
meeting of the board, anticipating its proba-
bic action.
More about the Great Cons piracy against
the Union.
The Hon. Horace Maynard, OF Tennessee,
and the editor of the Nashville Union, vouch
for the character OF Mr.. Alfred Hoss, Of East
Tennessee, the writer of the following letter.
which is sent by Mr.. Maynard to the Union:
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June 26, 1868.
Hon. IL. MAYNARD-Dear Sir: | take
pleasure in complying with your request to
give the substance, and as nearly as possible
the language, of MIR. -, OF Louisiana, in
conversation which occurred between him and
myself about three weeks before the last pres
idenual election. met with MIR - on the
cars, some miles beyond JuneSbOro, TenneS-
see, i'll October, 1850. He was then return
ing to his home in Louisiana from the city of
Washington.
"By accident L took a seat Immediately be-
hind the one occupied by Mr. -, when
| he at once turned round and began to make
inquiries respecting the prospects OF the diff
| terent candidates for obtaining the electoral
vote OF tennessee. He expressed great pleas
ure when | assured him that Breckenridge
could not possibly obtain the electoral vote of
this state; and his reasons for it l will give
| you as nearly as may be in his own words. L
am glad, says he, that Mr.. Bell will get the
vote OF tennessee, although cannot vote tor
him. | am a Douglas democrat, and l am
| Fastening home to see what can be done to
prevent my state from casting its electoral
vote for Breckenridge. | have been in WASH
ingtOn since the first day OF July, and | tell
| you now, sir, there is at this moment
on foot at Washington the most damnable
! conspiracy to break up this government that
was ever known IN any civilized country. |
do not speak from hearsay, sir, for | have
been in their caucuses almost nightly for the
last three months, and know the programme
tI0m to L. And it is this: If they can by
any means (Which is utterly impoSsible) Sc
cure a majority of the electoral votes tor
breckenridge, then the scheme is, as soon as
he is inaugurated and put in possession of all
the resources OF the government to divide the
country along Mason and Dix0n's line, the
Ohio river, and thirty-six degrees thirty min
| utes north to the Pacific ocean. In other
words, they intend to cut loose from all the
| free states, and to build up great slave con-
| tederacy in the south, and to accomplish this
| purpose they will use all the resources
| OF the government proper. But should
they fail in this, Gas they aSsuredy
will), the plan is for South Carolina to Secede
lrSt-the other cotton states are to follow q
think he mentioned the order in which they
were to go OUT but am not pOsitive), the
border states are to be persuaded or forced to
join them in their unholy cause, and then we
are to have such a evil war as this world
never Witnessed He added: L had hoped,
until a month or SIX weeks ago, that Mr.. |
h-~eli riale., i,nnrnnt uf all This matter.
but nave had evidence as clear as the noon |
day sun that he is as deeply implicated as
lancey himself; and more than that, Mr.. |
buchanan Is into their scheme up to the |
eyes
Il have given the above statement in almost |
the identical language used by MIR. -. The |
whole affair was of so startling a nature that |
it made deep impression on my mind, and |
none Of the facts have slipped my memory.
~ our friend truly, ALFRED Hoss."
The NATIONAL CoNvENTIoNIsTs. = The |
above name has been assumed by a party who
have just issued platform for ''the settlement
of national troubles, and the preservation of
the federal Union The chief points are:
That there shall be but one national gov
eminent; that the political equality of all cit
liens Of the European race, and the inherent
equality OF all men, irrespective of race or
nationality, shall he recogmzed; that the |
Union and the constitution shall be preserved |
inviolate; that no alteration shall be made in |
the constitution before July 4th, 1876; that |
the existing war shall be prosecuted for the
restoration Of the national unity and the con-
stitutional authority of the federal government
throughout the Union, and for other purposes
that whenever any of the seeded states, or
parts Of states, shall be represented in con-
gress, they shall be held not to have been in
revolt against the United States; and that a
convention of all the states shall be held tn