New-York tribune., 1886-02-11
nTHE GREAT CONSPIRACY"
IOUN A. LOGAN'S BOOK ON THE ORIGIN AND
HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
[Ertrae,s from Aduance Sheets.]
,AVIS AND LINCOLN CONTRASTED.

stiIution and organized Provisional Government by
fhe election of Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi Presi-
dent and Alexander H. stephens, of Georgia. as Vice
President to serve until Presidential election could DO
held bv The people OF the COnfederdcy Mr. Davis almost
nj once left jackson, Miss for Montgomery, where he
arrived and delVereu hS Haugura, noDry a. Iovtions
from enthusiastic Rebels to which lie had responded
with less than twenty five speeches. very similar IN
tone to those made in United senate by Mr.
Wigfa and others of that iOreahing at once o9nGo nee
aud hOpefulness, while admitting the dHcu'icS !" ~
"It may be-" SAID he, at jackson, THAT we VIII he
confronted by war; that the attempt VIII pc o ,oU ~
blockade our ports to starve us out; bat they he oo
OF the North know little OF me S0utnorn & H
southern endurance No amount OF prlvatlOn cOuIu
force rs remain in Union on unequal teIHS E rS E
land and France would not allow our gtea' S1 rV ""
damned up within our present IultS Tue SStIINlnE
thousands IN their midst would not allow ~ we nave
nothing to apprchend from blockade But II they at
te,nt IN vosiou by land take the war out of our
territory If war must come IL IL us' bc meanmc II t6eV
were prepared TO grant us peace l" recognize our eq"
y, M in his speech at Stevenson. Ala said he Yonr
Border states will gladly come INTO the southern Con
tederacy within sixty days a. we o% % oc lGf Un
is before us. The Will grow In the Northern cleS
of commerce We will carry war where ii Is easy TO ad
vance-wherc food for the sword aud torch await our
may come and spoil crops. can raise them as be-
fore while they cannot rear the cities which look years
of itdusiry aud millions OF money to build
Very different i'll tone to these were the kindly ana
sensible utteranCcs of Mr. Lincoln on ms Journey rom
Springfield to Washington, about the same time, Tor IN
auguIatOn President OF the nlieh states leaving
Springfield H. February H. ne han can Scalc
the sdne.s feel al this parting TO this people
ali that am. Here have lived more IMAM quarter OF
century Here my children horn, and here one OF
them lies buried. know not how soon shaI see you
again. to assume task more dllhcut 'Han inat
which deyolyed upon any other man since Tue dys
of Washington. He never would nave snGceed3u tNcti
for the aid OF Divine providence upon Me ho ~ ~ az
times relied. feel that cannot succeed without the
same Divine blessing which sustained him and ON the
same Almighty Being place my Ts,ianc1 aV' Pot' M
And hope you, friends, Will all pray hat may fe
ceve that Divine assistance without Wncn D"hIo h5
succeed but with winch success is CERTAIN Again ou
You all atiectiOnate farewell .-.- s--.. ,..
AS progressed on that memorable journey from ms
home in illinois, through Indianapolis, Cincinnati Co.
lumOus PlttsOurg Cleveland, Ere BuHaIo' Anany'
burg-anid prayers ana blessings and aceiaatlohS
OF an enthusiastic and patriotic pe4pe.he ute uttered
words of wise Cancellation firm moderation such as
beseeed the high functions and tremendous IespOhs
bues TO which the voice OF t9at bs kIery en @ nT m
knowledge when he made tue Phladelpha speech. mat
the enemes of the Republic had already planned 10
assassnate nim before he could reach Washington.
LINCOLN INAUGURATED.
But calmness, Kindness and courtesy were alike
thrown away both houses upon the implacabe south
ern leaders AS last day of that memorable session.
which closed in the failure of all peaceful measures 10
restore the Union, slowly dawIedwith but lew hours
nraied President OF the United states-Mr Wisfall
thought proper in the United States Senate TO sneer at
nm as AN ex-rasptter, eXgrOcery keeper, an eN-
datboat cantaIn and an ex-abotOn ecturer-and pro
ceeded to scod rant at the North with furious Vo
biiy. ,o,.o ,or tho Prosidencv, said he 10 the Re
pubicans, and you are now IN the situation OF inc
man Who mad won The elephant a rattle Iou do not
know what do with the beast now that you have
you had been defeated. But you succeeded, ana you
have to deal with facts. Our objection TO living IN S
Inion and therefore the difficulty of recOnStrlcng II,
il not your Personal Liberty bills, not the Territorial
question but that you utterly and wholly miSappehend
such We're the words-the sptefnl, bitter wordswith
which this chosen spokesman the South salded the
cnId and cloudy da of that day which TO the
ever ,.,-,... 49,. ...,.
A few hours later, nnder the shadow OF the great
Eastern POrcO of the Capitol a; NashinsOn-wiiht the
retirug President and Cabinet the supreme Court JUS
tees the Foreign Diplomatic Corps ana hOhafcHs oI
Senators, Representatives aud other d>'nsGlsHGd per
filling the great platform on el'h.r ,iue H uen t
Decentralization Lincoln stood Darchclded before i1I
thirty thousand peSpe & Upon @ bow
revereny before that far Greater ana mchter presence
People and PLEADED III many :. in ~ sicn to
Temperate. reasonable. kindly. perauasiye-t seems
strange that Mr. ncons n4Gsra AddIsS1 m & S Son nS,
toward him. and sufficiently strensthen olioho'imI Id;
people there, against the redot secessohs's 10 put
Inc - breaks down on rebellion, ,.,.
Strange indeed. must have been the thoughts that
crowded through the brain and oppressed the heart oi
Abraham Lincoln that nlsnt-A's hrSt al INC "n''o
The CITY of Washington swarmed with Rebels and
Rebel sympathzers, aud all the departments Oh Govern
ment were honeycombcd with treason ana ,haooWed
with rcachery aDd esplOhdGe' H'o.S, S'i n 80, -
contemplated by the Government would pe hhoWh 10
the sO-called Government OF the Confederate S'"tcS
aInost as soon a. thought Of All means 10 th"dt ana
delay the clrryint out OF the o'TcI'n%n' yer @ I
won he used by the traitors within the camp 10 ala 'Ne
traitors without. , -, r,.., Wei, ,.o
ARMY no Navy, not even a revenue cutter leIt-Wltl
forts and arsenals, ammunition ana arms ID p9esIor
of tie Rebels, with money III the NATIONAL treasury
anu , biS boprfni nature nave seemed al this umc
desperate To be sure despite threats neither few nor
secret which had been made, that he should not i've 10
he uauIlIrdtcd he had passed the first critical poih
boi fakcn me inaugural Oath-and now duly III.
stalled III the WhItc House. Thdt Was sOmclhin@' 0i
course TO be profoundly thankful Tor But the matter
REGARDED by him OF llarser mOment-the safety 0i INC
Iiow that crcat and Just and kindly bran2n The dim
shadows OF that awful first night ut the Nhte House
must have searched up ana down sna a., a;9nS Inc INC
iaDyrnths of history and corridors OF time every.
where in Past. FOR any analogy or excuse for the
madness of this secession movenent-"hd sc"rcheu III
With his grand and abounding faith in God, how Alb;
rahain Lincoln must have stormcd the very gates OF
Heaven night with prayer mat nc lnSht Oe the
means Of securing peace aud union to ms De,0Ved Dnt
racked with the alterations OF nope ana orepod
ing-oi tr1stfulnesS aud HTuoI hy l ' mrht
gather from the press the manncTln "Hch ms lhItSId
S"J heen rerrIvcd MOI that he feared the NOrlh-but
the South how would the wayward wlltnl passionate
South receive his prOhered owe bIaHch
sureIy surely-thus ran his ughtswhen the brave,
and gallant and generous people of tAdt section came
10 read message Of peace and g0oi-Wl lhey mU-t
see the suicidal folly Of their coursr surrey thGlr
hearts be touched and the mss OF prejudice dis
solved. that reason would resume her 'way ana
reconciliation follow; ittle more tihe lOr ienotoa % M
would yet make ali things right The young men OI the
soun hred by ine southern esaGS iFlso hc "eIi Ire
fire is terrible while 1t sweeps along, but il soon
tGcr Nations gory-tho nag of the land of their birth
noi will come the reaction, and their false leaders VIII
Ttshf Yea when IL comes firing the old, old ~
they will not cannot, do it Between the compromise
within reach, and such sdcrege as ths tcy cam
not waver lOIg. 49, -,.,... .
so. doubtless all the long night, whether waknG or
elccnr the mind OF this true hearted son OF tho est
thruhbcd v th the mighty weight OF the PROB cIn ell
sted To INN for soution and the responsibilities
WGcn he had inst assumed toward his fellow-mcn, ms
Nation ana ms Cot And when, at last the long lean
frame was thrown upon couch. aud tired Natures
sweet restorrr held him briefly IN her arms, the smile
OF hOpeuness the cheek told tha despite All the
terrible difficulties OF the situation, the sleeper was sus
strong and cheerful belief III the Providence
of God the patriotism OF the people and the efficacy OF
his inaugural peace offering to the South.
FIRING on SUMTER.
Al 300 a. III. Major Anderson received from Messrs
Chestnut ana Lee a notification to this effect by
authority OF Brgadler General Bcauregard command
m thc provisional forces OF the Confederate States
have th honor 10 notify that he will open the fire