, 1864-08-01
G)ifagg Qxibnrrf.
MONDAY, AUGUST l, 1864.
TaE CONSPIRACY AGAIN.

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rae CONSPIRACY AGAIN..
The Chicago organ Of jeff Davis devotcs
two articles In Its issue Of yesterday, to the
startling revelations Of the Aissost Democrat
IN relation to the existence of a secret organ
:zation within the Democratic party, the OBJ
ct Of which Is the overthrow Of the exist
e and 1cei innate popular Government, and
r establishment, on its ruins, Of = North.
.:estcrn Confederacy. With characteristic
dunlicity, the first article Is so worded as to
appcsr TO deny the truth of what the Dsnso-
c7o, asserts, though, with characteristic eau
ton. no such denial IN tenn, Is found therein
In the second article, the words alp, by an
easy movement, from denial Of MI: 6torey'e
con,p,icity in the contemplated crime, to q
qualified expression Of disbelief in the whole
af1air.
So far as Mr.. S. Is concerned, We have no
opinion. The allegation is balanced BY his
disclaimer; and between him and his accu-
sczs the question Of Veraeity is to be
settled, the public or the courts. rs the
case may be, being the tribunal; OF ap~
peal We grant that in the. gathering
Of the vtlunlnous testimony upon which
belief in the reality Of the plot rests, serious
blunders may have been committed, particu-
larly blunders which relate to the share of
inoividuals in the fnfamy that has been con-
cocted. The editor of the Ttma may have
been the victim Of one Of these. But in re-
gard to the truth Of the main facts that the
agents of the Government have developed
the existence, in well matured form, of
wide spread, carefully organized, extensively
ramided and excee dipgly dangerous conspira-
cy Tor the destruction of our institutions
there can be no doubt And the Times itself
is our authority for the fact that conspiracy
has been entered Into, though 1t leaves us in
The dark rs to the precise objects to be accom-
plished. That paper, few days ago, In
printing the call which appeared in It's col
umns for Democratic Convention Mt
Peoria, used the following language,
which cannot have escaped the atten-
tion OF our readers. as it was made
tho subject Of comment in this journal, on
the day following We quote:
We Eint elseMne.s ealt M for . Democratic Aaes
rus ensuirr. Il III be obseryed thst tSe n cali r.
not 1saued by the Democratic State Committee,
nsme1naa eong,ac " annnasc f. r. II Ia asnsn.i1 T.
known that ka<sr Il In Gsas STATE a sec1sT or0ani
xa. r. a. - .ss, tea - ~ ri sooe r.
ocrdiic parry. We deem ii our duty to state that
a eaM 1of "a ~! haes a. reo5a Is me
nv richt that there should be no misunderstsnd-
ing REGARDING the matter IN any quarter.
Inc 1smfs aoml1e inc e1lstenee OF the
"secfet oseam1a1aon, tine members OF
which act with the Democratic psrty;" and
the government omclais, after long and
weary laoor IN "hicn AZ Inc resources OF the
secret service and OF the military police In
dlstHcis unocr martial law, were freely em-
plo5eo, give us, IN the statements made In
The Democrat, the precise objects at which the
organization aims, and the agencies that it
employs for tue attainment oil Its ends. The
objecta nnd the agencies are alike reasonable
and infamous.
But aside from the revelation made by the
Times, the alarming nature Of the facts de-
vcloped In the direct proofs taken at St.
LOUIS. and aside from the confidential state
mtnts volunteered to us by Democrats who
know that whereof they affirm, We find in
our examination Of the principles, policy
and motives Of the Democratic leaders de-
gree Of probability amounting about to a
certainty that they are not mal1ened when
accused Of desire to DESTROY the institu-
tions under which We 1sve, When We cav
Democratic leaders, we mean those who
have earned and acquired the name Of
Coppesheads OF the most yenomous tyoe.
because to them the care nu{1 keeping Of the
Democratic party have been ,ntrnsted
Since the war begun they have never
known loyal inspiration or heen
accused Of a patriotic act Poisoned
in tue beginning with hatred OF
everything not approved by the cospel of
man-selling, they have increased in malignity
as the national danger has increased, until
now, in the supreme hour of the national
peril, they are hissiur hot with the treason
That they little care to conceal snch ,nen.
criminal as they are. act unon hnman mo.
tiycs and by hxman agencies for the cccom
n1jshment of their internal work Hanca wa
must Judge Of them es We iudre Of othrr,.
and when they are known to hone that the
Union armies may be dIscracetplly and dis
astrously beaten, that Lincoln m,y be Killed
In his tracks. that the UAhn1itIon No,4h,,
NAV be oyerrun bv the rebel arrn,cs of the
South, and TINT JET. Davis NAV at last rule
over Us and them, We have ONLY to wait aome
favorable moment In which belief In euc-
cess is sufficiently strong to amount to fan
cied Immunity from danger. to SEE that tbev
have advanced from secret wishes to defiant
words, and from words to acts. and that thew
arc endeayoripr to realize, In bloody deeds
If necessary, the hopes that they have in.
dulred. All men do sfrire ,.after