Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-25
De. Maaon,a l.ssier

TIE foilowing 10 tas letter af Mr. Ma
soEs Goafsderass Ninisssx 10 Greas Brit
AEs, 10 relation 10 tho assassination Of
Presideat Lincoln, snd in reply 70 the
ietlsg sf Secretary Stantoa 10 Mr. An
ans, whirh sas pgbliahed la ths Tsaaes
shortly after its rceeips by the American
] Kmbassader
40 sAs nssaps gf tAs EaaaeH hsdsT;
Sig g-Tifne aiii develop the mystery as
yet gtsendiug the assassinatipn Of Abra-
hara Lincoin, late President Of the uni
ted States. and the attempted aasaasina-
zion Ut Secretary Seward, his Secretary
OF State. desire only to Eepel at once
the caiamuisas assertion Of Edwin M.
Stantan, the Secretary OF War. Ia his lsi-
seE TO Mg Adams, pFiatsd In Ghs Loadon
journals of this morning, these aess were
Hplannsa and set on foot By rsbala, un-
dee preface OF avengipg she South, and
| aiding the rebel cause. and Of which be
says there 10 'sevidsnoe obsained."
Mr. StanEon's letter IL dated oa the
! 18th Of April, and states that Dir. Lam
colo was assassinatsd In the theatre III
haif past 10 o'clock the preEioas evening,
and died At twenty minutes past ] on the
morning of the day that be Erote. ] ad
daee this TO show how uniskely 10 is, in
she buried excitement, and the necessary
oceupatians attending such events, THAI
any but tbs wildsss theories waala pre-
vstl in regard TO the caass Of the event,
or the object af the TpstEateEs. aaf,
Ssaston adopts shal which hs ieeTns1
4issoula be ths sn0s: useful before shs pub
lie of his country. Should the 'fevi-
denes" to which be refers TO supgoFt biz
lealumny ever Aee the light, Il wiN he
scanned with the experience derived IL
regard TO ether evideaca, unssFapously
fabricated in The same quarter, dartng lhe
psessnI var, foT base political etfect. Il
Is the erudess conception, too, that tbs
| the murder Of Abraham Lincoln, VIA
planned for the purpose Of "aiding ihe
rebel cause - bat saa weI understand
Ethat ID may hare material infuence in
aiding the eaasa Of THAI ovsrpew ering
party In she United States Of which Mr.
Stanton 10 the type, and Andrew John
son. Who succeeds a. President, With But.
Ter of the nOtorio 10 prefix, ars the expo
| meats and leaders, party in whose patt
the late President and bis Secretary wers
acknowledged obstacles IN their prejeesed
sChemes Of sapine and splunder 70 follow
their d3minion over she Southern States
For ths rest, learn from veil Ia
formed source in London that ftWilkss
Booth, y sRho is accused OF the deed, is 1
sssh Of celebrated English actor OF To,
nAme, vas q big fathers profession, tba
Northern States, and SaRsf fiyallT~.ly ~
dsrstood as inheriting those traits sasnit
cant Of bis fathers nams, Junins Brasa
Booth, by whom be was named JohI
| Wilkes, after the g4sat English Radical
ns origin and mental training little likel.
to engendeT the slightest sympathy wit
the great cause OF the conservative S0ash
As 50 the great crime whieh has beel
committed, none will view IT with more ab
horrenee than the people OF the Soaths ba
they will know, as aill equally all weil bal
aneed minds, that IL il The necessary of
spying of shasa sceaes of bloodshed an
muFies In every form Of unbridied license
which have signalized the invasion of th
South by Northern armies, unrebake
certainly, and therefore instigated, b
their leaders, and those oyer them.
Pardon the length Of this note. | de
sired only instantly to repel the asrociou
calamnies 10 the letter Of AIr. Stanton.
Very respectfully yours.
/ Ne. -, Uppeg Seymour sasect, Portma
Square, London. April q, 1865.