The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-08-20
More abou, the Great Conspiracy Again,,
the Union.

| NAOsO AOOuA Suc "teuS conspiracy against
the Union.
The Hon. Horace Maynard, Of Tenn
essee, aud the editor of The NoshriU.
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 %, 1868.
Hon. II. MAYNARD:
Dear S'r--l take pleasure in comply.
ing with your request to give the sub.
stance, and as nearly as possible the Ian.
euage, of Mr.. -, Of Louisiana, in a
conversation which occurred between
him and myself about three weeks before
the last Presidential election. | met
with Mr.. no cars, some m'ies
beyond Jonesboro, Tennessee, in Octo.
ber, 1860. He was then returnin. to his
home in Louisiana from Tie City of
Washington.
BY accident took scat Immediately
behind the one occupied by Mr.. -,
when he at once turned round and began
to make inquiries respecting the pros
poets of tho different candidates for OBJ
taiuipS thC GIeCtOIal Sotc VI AcbcsSeC.-
He expressed great pleasure when as
sured him that Breckinridge could not
possibly obtain the electoral vote Of the
State, and his reasons for it will give
you as nearly as may be in his own words,
II an, g!ad,' says he, "that Mr.. Bell
WILL get tho vote Of Tennessee, although
| cannot vote for 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 Breck-
inrdge. have been in Washington
since the first day of July, and tell you
now, sir, there is at this moment on foot
at Washington the most damnable cou.
spiracy to break up this Government that
Was ever known in any civilized country.
| do not speak from hearsay, sir, for |
have been in their caucus almost nightly
for the last three months, and | know
the programme from A to z. And it is
this: If they can by any means (Which
is utterly impossible) secure a majority
the electoral votes for Breckinrid &c, then
the scheme is, as soon as he is inaugu-
rated and put in possession of all the re-
sources Of the Government, to divide the
country along Mason and Dixon's line,
the Ohio river and thirty six degrees
thirty minutes north to the Pacific
Ocean 10 other words, they intend to
cut loooo from oil tho Free States, and to
build up great Slave Con:ederacy iu
the South, and to accomplish this pur-
pose they will use all the resources Of
the Government proper. But should
they fail in this Gas they assuredly will, }
the plan is for South Carolina to secedc
frst-the other Cotton States are to fol.
low I think he mentioned the order in
which they were to 90 out, but am not
positive) the Border States are to be per.
suaded or forced to join them in their
unholy cause, and then VIC arc to have
such civil war as this world never wit.
messed" He added: 81 had hoped, un-
til month or six weeks ago, that Mr.
Brcckinridge was ignorant of all this
matter; but | have had evidence as clear
as the MONDAY sun that he is ;s deeply
duplicated as Yancey himself; and more
than that, Mr.. Buchanan is into their
scheme up to the eyes"
| have given the above statement in
almost the identical language used by
Mr.. -. The whole affair was of so
startling nature that it made deep i'm
preston on my mind, and none of the
fact, have slipped my memory.
Your friend truly, ALFRED IIOSS.