The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1868-07-02

/ Win entity III llio JuuIudAs
"While Mr.. Judd detailed the cir
cumstanCes of the conspiracy, Mr.
Lincoln listened very attentively, but
did not say word, nor did his cOunte,
nance, which 1 closely watched, show
any emotion. He was thoughtful, Sc.
riOus, but decidedly frm."
PinkertOn then, himself, went over
the ground, detailing to Mr.. Lincoln
all the facts connected with Fernandin-
ma, Hill, and others, the condition OF
popular feeling, and the plans of the
assassins also the fact that Kane.
Chief of Police, had declared that he
would give him no "pu5Ljc ssoort. -
He told him there were perhaps ten
or fifteen desperadoes-wild, enthusi-
astic young men-whO had been
wrought up to pitch of fanaticism,
in which they really believed they
would be patriots and martyrs in tax
ing his life, even at the cost of their
own; that they had bound themselves
by Oaths to assassinate him; that a
vast, excited crowd would meet him
at the depot of the Northern Central
Railroad, fight would he got up in
the crowd, and this would be the sig
nal for the attack on his person, and
in the melee dozen desperate men,
armed With revOIvers and dirks, each
sworn to take his life, would be upon
his path, and that he, Mfr. Pinkerton,
felt moral conviction that he could
not pass from the Calvert street depot
to the Washington depot, mile and
half, in an open carriage, alive.
Both Judd and PinkertOn pressed
these and other corrobOrating facts
upon him with all the power which
they possessed. He remained silent a
few moments, and it Was suggested
that he should change the programme,
and take the night train for Washing
ton that very night. Mr.. Judd said
to him: "These proofs can not be
now made public, as the publication
of the fact would involve the lives of
several of Mr.. Pinkerton's force, and,
among Others, the life Of Webster, serv-
ing in a rebel company under drill, at
Perryman's in Maryland. Some
other conversation was held between
him and Mr.. Judd, in regard to the
construction which would be placed
upon his conduct if he changed the
programme and went directly to
Washington. Mr.. Judd then asked,
"Will you, upon any statement which
can be made, consent to leave for
Washington on TO nights train ?''
Mr.. Lincoln promptly replied, "No,
can not consent to do this. l shall
hoist the flag on Independence Hall
Tomorrow morning (Washington's
birthday, and go to Harrisburg to-
morrow, and meet the Legislature of
Pennsylvania then l shall have full
filled all my engagements. After this,
if you (Judd), and you Allan, pink
ertOn), think there is positive danger
in my attempting to go through Bal
timore, openly according to the pub
lished prOgramme-if you can arrange
any way to carry out your purpose, l
will place myself in your hands"
"Mr. Lincoln" said Mr.. Pinkerton,
''said this in tone and manner so
decisive, we saw that no more was to
be said
1t was finally arranged between
Judd, Pinkerton, and the officers ofI
the Pennsylvania r tiIroAI, that spa-
cial train should leave Harrisburg at
o P. NJ the next evening, and bring
Mr.. Lincoln to Philadelphia in time
to take tho II O'Clock train going
through Baltimore to Washington, on
the night of the 22d. This train was
to be detained till Mr.. Lincoln arriv-
ed; every contingency, in regard to
the connection of the trains and possi-
Bile delays, were more skillfulIy plan
ned, so as to secure connections and
The certainty of going through ON
lime.
Meanwhile, to prevent this change
being telegraphed to Baltimore by a
or information of this
,hange of route being known, and
eaking out in any way, the Superin-
endent of the Telegraph Company.
It the instance of Mr.. PinkertOn, sent
practical telegraph climber to insu-
ate Harrisburgh from telegraphic
communication with all the world
Until Mr.. Lincoln should reach Wash
ngtOn.
On the morning of the 22d of Feb
uary, Mr.. Lincoln visited old "Inde-
,endence Hail." and with his own
Iand raised over it the flag. His
peech on this occasion was the most
impressive and characteristic of anyI
which he made on his journey to the
,apital. He gave most eloquent ex-
ressiOn to the emotions and assOcia- !
ions suggested by the day and place.
Ie declared that all his political
entiments were drawn from those
which had been expressed in that
Iall. He alluded most feeingIy to l
he dangers, and tolls, and suheringS
f those who had adopted and made
OOd the Declaration of Independence,
hat declaration which gave promise
nat ain due time the weight would
e lifted from the shoulders of all I
len." Conscious of the dangers which
lreaten his country, and that those
angprs originated in opposition to {
ne principles of the Declaration of /
and knowing that his I
wn life was even now threatened for
is devotion to liberty, and that his c
-ay to the National Capital was beset I
Y assassins, yet he did not hesitate G
/, declare 'that he would rather be
on the spot than surren- c
er those principles" - I
During the same night on which /.
disclosures were made to
Lr. Lincoln, F. w. Seward, Esq. Z
rived at Philadelphia, having been
mt by his father to warn him of the
anger which was awaiting him at il
altimOre. Facts had come to the r
of Secretary Seward and Z
eneral Scott, corrobOrating the evil
snce which had been accumulated II
Y Mr.. Pinkerton of the existence of u
le conspiracy This circumstance S
,ndered Mr.. Lincoln less reluctant u
ian he had been to consent to the :,
for his passage through =