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A conspiracy.

The New York Herald has discovered a conspiracy among politicians of the Abolition stamp, to depose the virtuous and patriotic Lincoln, and place John Charles Fremont at the head of affairs. We venture to predict, that if they could succeed in their purpose the Herald would be the first to swing its hat for the new-comer, and help Abraham with a hearty kick into the obscurity of private life. That there will be a conspiracy in the North some day or other to depose the Washington despot, we do not doubt, for the fresh succession of disappointments and disasters, which inevitably awaits the profligate Administration of the United States, cannot fail to bring his demented subjects to their senses. Their only road to deliverance lies in the overthrow of the cabal which is exhausting them of their blood and treasure to carry out a scheme of subjugation, which is impracticable, and which none but men whose reason had been completely driven from its throne by furious passions would ever have attempted.

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