Paris Press argues that plot doesn’t exist

Editor of the Paris Press wrote “We have heard so many reports of “attempted insurrections, . . . well poisoning, . . . diabolical plans of abolitionists’ &c., within the past few weeks, the majority of which when fully investigated turn out to be totally false, that we are tempted to disbelieve all reports of this kind.”

“A thousand rumors are in circulation every day and the public taste seems to demand something horrible.”¹

1. You investigate the possibility that the fires and insurrections could be a conspiracy politically motivated.