Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-12

| h''iH hhn mhuf Known u Tile public.
| " Is with pam wa speak Of another feature a 1
the Southampton Rebellion for W. have be- a
most unwilling 10 have our ssmpathies for N u
sufferers. diminished or affected by their ms
| c0niut Wa allpde % lilo slaughter OF many
blacks, without trial aud under circumstances
! of great harbariy. How many have thus been
ru' tn death Generally by deeapitsliJn or
shnotinf) reports vary probably however
sonn i've aud twenty ,ani from That To do !; pos.
s'bly vet larger number. To the great hon.
or Of General hppes, he used every prpcnn.
Ton III his power, aud w hope aud teliey.
with success. 10 put a atop to tho dsRraeelnl
prooeednfe.-We mel with an individual of in
trliigencf. who stael thai h. himself had killed
briween 10 AMI 10. lie justified himself on
'hr ground at the bafbafiiies committed on the
whites aud thai he thought himself right, ia
certain Hon, the fac, of his hayiag nafrosly
escaped losing his own lifs in nm attempt 10
save negro woman whom he thug hi Juno.
cent but who wps shot by tia multitude in dea.
pito oil his ciertioos. Va (tbe Richmond
Iroop) witnessed with sufprise, The sanenina.y
emp'f OF the population, WIN eyinced strong
disposition 10 ioilict inm ediats death upon ev.
ely prisoner. Not having wiipe ,sed the horrors
cnmniiiad by the biacks. or seen tho unburiad
nnd dishgored remNns of their wives aud chill.
'hen, we were unptepered 10 understand their
tcelings. aud ooull not al first admit OF that
atrocities Of the insurgents suggested. Now
however. Wa individually, feel compelled To
oiifr an apology FOR the people Of Sonihamp-
too, while VIZ deeply deplure that human ia
ture urged them 10 such exifemuies Let tho
Tact moi be doubted by those whom IL most
concerns that aIsther sDeh instruction " iii be
the signal for the estirpaiion of tho whole
black population IN the quarter of the state
where II occurs.
Iha
ysriouly reported. They probably did not
exceed 10 or 90, sod wers nuctualing from
deseriions, and new recruits. About fifty ARA
in Southampton jail some Of then, GA suspi-
cioD only We trust aud believe that the
intelligent magsirncy of that county will
have the h,mnsss to oppose thu popular pas.
SION, should II be disposed To Involve tho inno-
cent with tho guilty. aud 10 take Suspicion Tor
proof.
The presence Of the troops from Norfolk and
Richmond. alone prevented roialisiion from Je.
Jog carried much farther.
Al the date Of Capt. HMrisons departure
from Jerusalem, Gen. Nat hnJ not been taken.
o. bat nofnlns however, DEED. s0o,her insur-
geNI Chief, was brought pfi.oner 10 Jerusalem,
having surrendered himself IN his master, ia
the apprehension no dDubi OF starving in thu
swamps. or being shot ~ Tho numerous par.
ties OF local militia, who were IN pursuit. Nat
mi,hes IN Parker's Goonteld, WINCH was IN fact
tho termination Of the ,uso,reciian, the na-
groes alter lint dispersiIfg themselves, and mn.
hing 40 farther atiempt He IL represented NJ
u shTewd fellow, reads, wries, aud presche.,
and by various articles had acquired great IL
Il pence over the p'nds 81 Tho r'"'"hch Asis.a-
were onlY 81 600 whites m the country, WIN.
beng eIietninaied tie blacks might take pos
session. Various Of nis tricks To acquire aud
preserve inilnHnce had been meniipnsd, but
Ihey are not worth repeating. II there was
nny Interior purl Ose, he probably nloOe knows
Il. Tor our own part, va still believe there
was none hnl il he he lbe Intelligent man re-
presented, We are incapable of conceivng the
Arguments by which he persuaded his own
mind Of the feasibility Of hi. attempt, or how
II could possibly cad but IN certain destruction.
We therefore ,ncine 10 the belief thar he acted
upon ~ higher principle than The nnpusn
of tevoDge against the whites, as tho anslaVers
Of himself aud hIs race thai being innntic,
he possibly persuaded himself that Heaven
would interfere and that la may have c0u-
WINGED hiiDseii, as he certainly did his driuIed
followers To soms extent, that the appearance
of the sun soms weeks ngo, progoosticated
something favorable to thair cause. Wa arc
inclined 10 think that the solar phenomenon
exarcsed considerable influence in promoting
Ihe ,n,nrreGt,Dn calculated as Il was % impress
the Imag,na,ions OF the ignorant.
A more important inquiry remainS-~ wheih-.
sr the conspiracy was ci cnmscr,beh 10 tho
neig hborhond IA when IL broke out, or had its
m mi6ctti ms tn ough Other counter I've, at
iirst. adopted the first opinion but there are
81 Versl circumstances which favor the latter.
We understand that tbs confession OF all The
prisoners, gptp show that The insufrpc iion
A -.
sequence of the last day ol july be,ng a Sun
day, aud not. Ms tho negroes IN Southampton
belle we'd, the Saturday before. Tue report ig
that the rising WAS fixed for the ioJrh SUNDAY
10 August, aud that ibey suppos,ng Sunday, the
3isl July, TO he the first Sunday W August,
they were betrayed into the error Of con,idef,
Jog the 81 sunday no thu 4h. Ihi' IS the
popular impressi1n founded upon confessions,
npOn The INDICATIONS OF an intention of tbs ~
groes IN Nansemond and other places TO unite,
al1 upon tho allegation that Gen. Nat esieh.
dsd his preaching excuIslons To Petersburg
aud this city alleg ati0os WHICH We however.
disbeheys. II ~ mora than probable aeverthe-
less that thu mischief was ooncer cd aud cou--
cocted under tho cloak of religion. The trials
which are now proceeding or impeodIlig in
Southampton, Nausemond. Sussex aud else
where, will deyeiope all the truth. We suspect
tbs truth will tnrn out TO be that the consplrs-
cy was conGned 10 SO champion. aud that fi,e
idea OF It's exiensIyeness orr ginated ~ the panic
which Sc ,zed upon the South Eat Vi Yir.
glnin.
Such we believe TO DO a summary outline
OF the Southampton iDsurTrotion !-'fbat insur-
recton reads some saI0Iary lessons 10 the
whites, the pIopfety 0 incesssnt vigilance
to tue blacks. the ma lness vt ali attempts suGa
as that 10 Southampton. IL few hYes they
may Indeed sacrifice, hut possession OF thu
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