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y h. the proposition was coolly made 10
take the lives tf tie President, the Vice
Pr-iieL; and the S.erriary Of Siai-. before
the Is, Of March. The Washington CAros-
,cis # March 9TH, announces the arre-, Of
{ man namrd Thomas Clrmens. who stated
tina, lac came to Washington expressly to
kill the President. and that it WAS his in
tn ion to hav. done 50 on the evening Of
the 5ih, but that the plot was discovered
and his designs frustrated. This man was
probably one Of the hired assassins, charged
by the conspirators North and South with
the commission of the crime. The terrible
events of the l4th prove that this embraced
but small part of the original plot, which
was to assassinate the President. Vice
President. and the principal Ca binet off,
cars. Mcssrs. johnson and Stanton were
only spared through failure in certain
details in the bloody programme.
1t has been urged by some that the MUIR
der Of Mr.. Lincoln was probably the result
Of insanity, induced by brooding over fan.
ciel personal wrongs or injuries. We re-
ject this view as unwarrantcd by tho cir
cums,ances surrounding the deed. The
evidences of long established conspiracy.
tho manner Of performing the deed, I'll"
Simultaneous train Of events, the bitter and
relentless denunciations hurled at those
in authority. all preclude the idea but that
the act was part Of damnable plot, hav.
ing wealth. position and numbers to sus-
tain it. 1t was the last desperate game of
rebellion. and it was played boldly and in
desperation. The most that could have
been anticipated by the conspirators was
the chance in q thousand of its success,
and Tint in the confusion which would fol-
low, the Soa,h would gain her indeppnd.
cnce. No sacrifice was too dear, no risk
too great, to accomplish this cherished oh.
jet of the rebels aud their guilty accom-
plices in the North. How they will finally
succeed remains to be shown, but If the
lives Of our present rulers ere sparrd. as
God grant they may be. the death throcs
of rebellion need produce no further alarm.