The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1863-07-29
From thsS- Z Post
The Triple Plot.

We learn from an authentic quarter that our
Government il in possession Of some curious
and Interesting information in regard to the
late invasion Of Pennsy lyania by Lee The plot
devised By that commander and bis accOmpl- |
ces In treason was an excellent plot; but, uA-
fortunately for the rebel cause, il failed IN all
its parts.
A messenger Of the rebel government recent
ly captured was found in possession Of cores
pondence between four Of the principal military
chiefs Of the acknowledgements, Lee. Bragg,
and Aiutant General Cooper. According to
the plan as at first formed. Lee was to enter
Pennsylvania with a strong force and keep the
army Of Hooker fully occupied. Lees troops
were composed Of the flower Of the Southern
army The most gallant and well-trsined regi
nents those bodies Of men on which their com
manders cOu d place the greatest reliance, were
all sent 70 Lee aud those which were less likely
TO distinguish themselves, or comprised great
er proportion Of unwilling conscripts, were
kept for service nearer home With the force
assigned him Lee was thought able to give the
Army Of the Potomac more than enough TO do.
Meantime, Beauregard at Charleston aud
Bragg in the Southwest were TO detaich body
of chosen troops from the forces under their
command, 0hO were TO march upon Washing
ton, aud make attempt 10 uuseat the Gov
ernment in that quarter Ii was thought that
the Government. divided between the tear OF
leaving Peunsy lvania defenceless, and the ne
cessty o. protecting the seat Of Government
would be oblig to fail signally in one quar- ter
or the otber-that either Washington would fall
or the chief towns of Pennsylvania, and all the
rich rsisnns snrrnnndins them would come
into the possession Of the ipsurs gent army.
When The time arrived. however. tor putting
their plans in execution, Beauregard wrote that
the Federal forces were not at all diminished in
the neighborhoOd OF Charleston. aud that he
could spare 10 men for the Northern campaign.
Bragg wrote that be had Just sent ten thOus
and OF his troops TO the support Of Joe John
stOn, and that the force under ROsecTans was
too strong to allow him 70 part with another
man. The result showed that even in regard
to the invading force Lees expectations had
been greatly too high. In the battle which fol
lowed, more than third Of the army on which
be placed dependence we're killed, disabled by
wounds or taken prisoners, and the rest forced
to make sudden, stealthy, and inglorious re
treat into Virginia, while the seat Of Govern
ment was not even menaced
There was a third branch Of this plot which
has failed in an equally signal manner. Events
have shown that while Lee was TO invade Penn
sylVanla, and an army gathered from the SOUTH
ern camps was TO attack Washington, the
agents of the rebellion in this city were to get
up an armed riot, stop the progress of the
DRAFT, on which we relied 10 keep our army full
In point of numbers, and if practicable, revOlu-
tionize the city. The three operations of the
great plot were to be Simultaneous The in
vasiOn Of Pennsylvania ended prematurely
Lee was forced TO fee from the soil Of Pennsyl-
vania before the riot OF New York was begun
the attack on Washington could not be made
Tor want OF troops and the riot, which its plot
tiers tried 10 nurse into a revolution was sum.
marily put down by the loyal population.
From the Richmond Dispatch, July IS
We have some intelligence from the North
this morning. far more loelcome, and much more
important than foreign intervention. The peace
meetings in Ne,o York, 50 bitterly ridsculed b.
the unthinking-fh0ss safe parallels BIZ ,okich
the anti s0ar people Of the North uere soorkino
into open resistance to L1Icoln's Government-
have borne their fruit. The white flag has been
suddenly lowered, and the red battle flag now
waves in New York, over streets wet with the
gore of LincOln's hated minions. This grand
movement in New York is but the precursor OF
series of similar outbreaks. Already have
riots followed IN Hartford Conn, and Newark.
N. j., and in few days we shall hear from the
West These demonstrations may, aud doubt
less will, be put down by the iron hand of the
military, but there eiH be 10 en- forcement OF the
draft after quiet is restored These people have
elected TO die in the streets rather tina TO sub
have proved themselves in earnest by pouring
out their blood. They have shown a spirit
which Lincoln too glad TO see subside. will
never arouse again Already he is covering
before it, and telegraphs TO Gov. Seymour that
the draft will be suspended in New York
When be shall have had time to fill the city
with troops, this promise may not be respected;
but he cannot nil all. OF even half a dozen of
the large cit es at the North with sufficient force
to enforce the CONSUMPTION. He has not the
men TO spare, and we may very safely conclude
that the days as we'll as the soldiers Of the
Federal army are numbered. There will be
no addition TO its strength. and il is confessed
on all hands that the present Yankee force IN
der arms can never begin to subdue the Con-
federacy. Let us have more of these outpOur-
1ngs-a few more great cities on the mOnrners
bench, some more cutting and sacking OF hous-
es, and hanging aud mutilating of men. Ii
saves the Confederate troops aeal OF marching
and fighting, and Tops Of many a dreary month
Of the rar. The sackng and burning has here
tofore been at the South