Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-10-31

The Pretended Plot.
Julrc H 1T. ny his adoption ,f b wretch
ed larraso OF lies, inventions and pi ejudle'
enanst,ng from the spies and intormers wh'
have manufactured the pretended outlines
oea plot" 1t the West. for the overthrow
Of the government seems {" be ambitious 81
assnminwthe mantle ofTitu> Oates, or may
hap, tina. Of the sansuinary JciF'eys. \
nation, it would appear, is to be wrought
upto madness by story that one half OF IT.
citizens arc in conspira y against the othc'
half. and u reign Of terror TO be Inaugurated,
by which upon unsupported accusations on
groundlcss susp. ions, every mans hand l.
to be turned against his Leighton. Un'vcr-
sal distrust is . be sown through the land !;
this to be followed by universal cnmity; aud
IN outbreak, being thus sSured, the han
Of power might De intcrp"Scd to All IN CON
rleting civil anarchy and the violations u.
our liberties.
We 10 not mean 70 give the impression
that Julg. Ilol is the author Of the has,
fabric Il on which he endorses. on tina. he l..
preceding with de he a;e IN III to piodu
the res Il 10 wi L. Il evlably tends Br
ny cIR laly ado, t'g and dor>ng the,
ia ricati ms ani pub j. .ins tn III a. a sp'
cies Of p,onunrlausn'o, Jnd e Holt give
~ them haiaeter thgy would not n,h y
wise enjoy, ami berpm then Spun> d.,
YOU her a,.i author We. thcr,fo fore, ar,
,usi.ici ~ llncn n MN &c Titus OalIes, ~
G>much as, allh u, "a i.e may not have istren
ted exciting alanne> against Il large b'''
OF his countryncl, lie aas gwen them r.
pons,h.e term ana official .aiyctlon
1t may serve 10 eusrd our people agaius
lending ered.nce 10 These wietsb.d diselr
Sares. proceeding as tie. DO from Thy s'a;>
ann baSe~t-- wha, 10 the c.r.ia i,. II spl,
and lnf rmcr-, add that o. ,onic sed pcflp
,rs-even thougi, endo. .>cl by 80 re~pe..
ble but pr lusi'ced Al authority aS JudI
bolt, Il we prtScnt 20 their nouce. some 3,
,coun, oi parallel east-,hc celebrts,l "po,i
ISL pIo,, conceived b. The .niamons Date
IN ngland, n 1917. I ele are % mau
lont, in common tween that pye'ende
plot and this enc, that We think the rand
reader viii a>crb, them to the same or.gr
namely. The spirit Of lis ard murder v
may say. for the information OF our readers,
that the following account o. the pop>h Pos
is abridged fsom aiacaulay itisefy Of Eng
land. vol. |. p. p. sl.-123l, his lansuay.
Icing mainly h ed to tlrongholr.
Unc Titus Oates had, by his diso,derly
lite and h,tcr'".uA urc.. Ill, :, uia,n 81, INN
the censure Of his spiritual supe,iorS, i, Ell.
compelled to quit his bcnelircs. and had eve,
siMc: led IN INFAMOUS and Nagrant life. He
hal once prctcss,sl himself Il man Catho-
lie. aud while passing same time in th,i,
colleges on the Continent, had heard much
Wild talk about tire hest means OF bringing
back England to that faith. From these
hints he CONSTRUCTED hl,leous romance. t.,
III effect that the Pope had entrusted tn.
Governor Of England TO the Jcsu is; that
the Je>uits hal succeeded in getting Catholic
clcrgymen, nublc,mrn and gentlemen ap
pointed to all the highest Offices in Church
and State; that the Papists hal burned
down London once and tried TO do so again;
aud that they were ut that moment planning
. scheme 10 set fire to all The shipping Oh,
the IT ames. That they were to rise at
sigma! aud m ISAAC all their ProteStan,
neighbors French army was at the same
time to land in Ireland; all the leading
statesmen and divines Of England were to b
murdered; the KING was 10 be assassinated
In variety Of improbable WAYS: anu Their
wss to b. general anarchy.
Owing to the heat Of political violence. the
public mind was SO sore aid excitable thar
Ties ridiculous lcs--fo so they were SUI,
sequently 80 pruvcl--wcre credited: ana
cUiOr was gwen to them by seve Ill cuinci
denres. wli'h IN calirer times would hav
h I'D no weight London and the whole az
tim cent mad srith hstred and .5ftr Ev-
erywhere jsStils.s were husi,d ~ searching
houses AID sclxing papers. All the iai. :
were htl,d with Roman. Catholics. In,
military were un.lcr arms night and day ::
patr IL marched up ,ni .own the sir cts No
cit zen thought himself safe unless he ca,
ried umlcr his cuat y snail ti.il ioa,.ei w,th
lead to brain the Imaginary Pop.sh assa-s
ms; the ROMA, Catholic nobemen were ex
csudeA from heir. seats y, Parliament +; a
minister was driven ffuup the P,ivy Council
ossanss VI the suspicion of his being in SYM
pathy with The Calnoiics; aud intolerance
aud the most vindictivc bio., ,,,,,s,,nes,
every sbcre prevAiel. Even he IN p,t Was
invaded by .hv msdns<s.oi the hour. nns
ministers rode from v.Ilsge to village de.
nouncing the pretended plot Of Roman Ca h.
die populalioii.
Meanwhile epvrfs IF Justice, seAieh cxgkf
= - n IT. m1slst ~ fw,ttsca cos~oti.~s
suis places ri rsfaye .tcr tAe ianoceMt D.
epsyy party, ~ = uisgraoe.i ~ wll>lsr pas
llosls and loul6t caEruptlons than wers, 4,
- lDu0l psee a. sfhr hnxtings l'hc ssla 81
1z1oA 1honfh i had so.Hsed to COW ,l.Ss
T. sll1lo I1c1tGI wou.d not suslice 70 d..
4sanetose - MISE xhIhl hs sl,ssA
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