Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-10
Tie Great Plot 70 Innugurars War in lho

The Great Plot 70 Inausurars War In the
North.
A Springfield (ITl.) letter to the Chicago
Tribune gives what the writer asserts to
be the scheme BY which the COpperheads
intended to inaugurate bloody civil war in
the North, and were only foiled by the tide
of war setting in favor of Meade and Grant.
BE says that on the 10Th Of June secret
nesting was held IN that city by the ex-
treme peace members Of the Democratic
party. It was resolved to oppose the war
at all hazards, even to resistance to the
CONSUMPTION, and it was decided therest,
that peace should be made with the South,
the Confederacy Acknowledged, Sc.
The following disclosures Of the traitor
Gus plot are made by the correspondent:
But this was not ALL Alliances were
formed with the would-5e reVolutionists in
various other States; delegates, &C., were
sent to their lodges, and wherever Demo-
cratic Governor reigned, ambassadors were
appointed to sound him. In this way
committee was dispatched TO Governor
Seymour, Of New York. who so boldly an
nounced in his Vallandigham letter that
revolution was already inaugurated. 1
had conversation with one Of the gentle
men who composed that committee. Il
was found that Seymour, although with the
peace Democracy in principle, was behind
them in aston. BE refused TO openly take
their position. From him the committee
called on Fernando Wood. He, on the
other hand, came up to the work, and
agreed to the proposed plan Of action.
New York was to take the initiation in the
political programme, and did under Woods
lead. He was also to take the initiation in
open resistance to the Government, the
CONSUMPTION, which was denounced in sd-
vance as unconstitutional, to be the pre-
text for commencing the rebellion. The
plan was for each State to throw itself
upon its Independent sovereignty. New
York and New Jersey we're TO do this
through their Governors; the otheEpStates
we're to follow their example through the
K. g. G. societies, and the armed Demo-
cracy. The ground TO be taken was, that
the Administration having failed to con-
quer the South, the Union was virtually
resolved into its original elements, and
thus each State was at perfect liberty to
enter into new combinations. There was
to be formed Northwestern Confederscy.
New England was to be left out in the cold,
&c. Sc. But the future status Of the coun-
try was to be settled by 8 convention, Of
which the leading peace men and K. G. C.'s
Of course, would have supreme control.
Seymour was expected to announce the re-
7olution in his inaugural.
This programme wss,n doubt, msgni-
Aeent one. All it needed to insure success
was the defeat of our armies in the field.
And, indeed, if prayers, predictions, asser-
tions, encouragement to the enemy, appeals
to the soldiers 20 desert, announcement Of
negroes as soldiers and laborers, eulogium
of the enemy, their cause, their Generals,
&C., could assist this defeat, it would have
been accomplished. On the battle Of
Gettysburg hung the fate Of this Govern
ment and the hopes Of republiesnism on
earth. There Is no doubt Of it. The hor-
rors Of a rebellion in the North, such as
the world never before witnessed, would
have followed our defeat on-that occasion.
"Was there ever before woven in the his
tory Of the world such devilish plot as
this Or was there ever one that came so
near success and fsiied Of it p