Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-01-14
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Nearly every exchange paper we open, wheth- .
er from the northssouth east, or west, has sOme=t
/ thing about the recent attempt to revolt among
the blacks, OF. the south. Chat many Of the ru-
mors that have reached the northern aud eastern 4
states are exaggerated, or entirely without foun-
4 datsR itke the bleeding Kansas FumOFs IN eheisfg
campaign, IS without doubt true; but there is |
sufficient amount Of truth at the bottom of the
whole affair, to excite the most lively apprehen |
slOnSin the minds of the white population in the1i
vicinity of the contemplated revolt, and to justify
the stringent measures adopted to suppress It.
The most singular as we'll as the most alarming
feature in the whole affair." is the fact that the con
] spiracy was SO widespread and extended t66o /
many different points In fact there is that about
the whole affair which forces US to the conclusion
that there must have been white emissaTies among
tie negroas who excited them TO revolt Bnd pien, /
ned the helish design. ..
f Aud agRin when we look at the conduct Of the |
Fremont leaders, read their speeches and listen to
Their harangues and newspaper editorials intbeAl
late campaign and live but suppose that any great
4 portion thereof BY any means reached the slaves
1 all sstonshment is at once taken sW ay, for the
contemplated revolt is the legitimate consequences
of such course Of proceedings. n7s-
Not that we suppose there are any great num
Der Of men in the Fremont or any other, party,
who would excite the, negroes to rebellion, and
massacre by direct means What we mean togay
f is, thai the policy and conduct Of the Fremont
party, acting en,the minds of the negro is exactly
calculated to produce that result The negfoes
learn, through Thousand different channels that
in the north there is q great and powerful party
!. who prefer them TO the white people who Rold
"a them In slavery. The ignorant negro believes the
professions Of this party to be true, He thinks il
he could Kill his master and escape to the north,
, be will find friends who win sympathise With and
( protect him against the consequences Of his muir
! derens deeds. The Indammetofy and iucendisrY
speeches and documents of The aboiGoEisls[ which
in truth and 10 tact 5rOnly another name fer black
! Tepublicsns) have made him dscontented with his
I condition He has imbbad the idea that be is bis
masters equal and is ready to proceed to any eK-
3 tremity, expecting aid and enoouTsge from bis
: black republican brethren. But again the man
Il who would tell US he hoped 10 see seEVi l. war
q raging in the southern states of this eOnledsracy;
f he hoped to see slaves armed and prepared to eE
. terminate the whole white population, without re!
gard to age or sex; to zee their cities villages and
farm houses IN flames; to see the entire St Domin-
n 60 tragedy re-enacted in our own country; weuld
n not hesitate to adopt measures, and counsel and
Il advise the damnabla catastrophe which be is 30
e. anxious to see GOnsunHated. -z- cai 1-.a q.
1t is hard to believe that in this our happy re-.
,r public, there could be nsu sufficiently black Of
n heart, who could tiers blssphemou5 and damn
IL ing sentiment as the foregoing But hard as it
i to believe it is lsmentably true that Joshua R.
m Giddngs, OF Ohio, member Of Congress; in sub.
ID stance, uttered just what We have charged We
In. | repeat the man who could express such wish
Il would DO all that lay in his power to bring on the
q catastrophe, and had the recent re7el succeeded
ID and the entire white population been massaCred,
a. the me- ssure of bis Joy would have been full and
al he could have Knocked at their calamity, and
Ia laughed at their fears and hailed it the dawn Of
r. political millennium, as he said he would. 'a'
~ This infamous wretch who uttered the foregoing
al dikbolca sentiment, would not be permitted to
Is i've twenty -four hours in any other country except
&c our own, now holds seat in Congress by blsef
/ republican votes, and was one Of the most promi-
of nent leaders in the Fremont party; took su active
eft and prominent part in7the convention that nom
rn mated him; penned The platform, and dill more
&C. | for Fremont than any othar msn in Ohio. Tne
he black republicans look uD to and recognise in him
he great leader. They are justly cAargeabie with
6r his reasonable sentiment towards portion of the
ns | republic. If we then, give this man credit for
he sincerity we cannot doubt but that be is TO great
k extent directly chargeable with the recently dis
er covered plot Of negro InsurrectiOn. But Giddbgs
on stands not 8lo1e among the black republicans
n. whose sympathy for the negroes would Induce
them to eXtermuste, by FIRE aad word, every
white man, woman and child il the South. Is it
harder to believe that the Fremont party have
been directly or indirectly the cause OF The insur-
on dictionary movements among the blacks Of tie
,es South, thBn what all men know tGey have done
1e, in relation to Kansas duriag the campaign2 Who
,es will deay that in order to eject their csta-desl
he ing can iitate, they sent that BLACKBOARD Lane
co with hls band Of mnrdereTs, into Kansas to keep
up the excitement and agitation until the election,
lal The coLdIct Of Lanes band III Kansas will not
soon be forgotten. The murGe-s AMI outrages they
as perpeuate1 ". commemorate for al time TO C me
be the Infamous policy OF the black republican party
ed in 1856 To carry out tneir policy they cont. 5u
49, ted large sums Of money TO enable LeLe ani Dis
a myrmidons to get there. To prevent the U5.,ol
OIL Stats forces from interfering with them wlea
"a there tae black republicans ~ congress Gteaf., e
ed to dissolve the army and rsvy. Wleu a dd'
cd wss done, their speakers and itots by everypo5
h. sioe means, strove TO make the pcUys eve iua
in ali III ss atrocities were the legitimate result OF
to the Kansas Nebraska act. Whilsl thousands we
il meaLi1 g and patriotic CT Y ms wrre de, ved
to and ssduced bat tbaak heaven enough rename {
nc firm to prevent the election Of such noun ,eb anh
n as Ohm Q. Fremont, and to prevent the govern.
ment from falling into the hands Of men enter
he | tanII1' sentiments such as GdCings. Thai. H.
"a, deed, would have been dark aud dJlaul daV fUl
lie this our beloved and happy UuiOn. In Viz, O
these facts, is i. doing the least injustice 10 ns
IN black republicans, to charge it upon them thai
they and no one else is resp0I sbe for the recen
attempt at instruction among the peculiar OBJ
jects Of their sympathy in the south. Their poll.
cy and conduct as we have clearly showed, wOul-
de very naturally lead to such result; but when We
,st take into consideration the Infamous sentiments
le, entertained by at least some of their prominent
ep men, can we any longer dOu9t that their agents
in acting as snisssres were among the negroes ex
be citing them to revolt massacre and general extsr
~ minaton looking for reward to the spoil of theI
3D. victims ard in case of failure to cauOnization a;
he martyrs Of their cause by their black republican
ok brethren.
re They were smartng under the modification o
La defeat and disappointed eXpeCtatioD the southern
states had cast their vote as a unit against them
ry to have revenge became ruling PASSION from the
w desire to- the attainment there was but a sepfthe
mt means to attain itTeadily presented ITSELF Prov
n round their unsuspecting victims plantations il
is the dead hour OF night ard seize upo1 the igno-
he rant slave to set before him prospect of liberty
nd OF luxury, and independence, was sufficient the
e. plot was Matched, the Internal train laid, and thc
We willy and fendish emissary is of, out of harms
g. way, and watching for the result, but not too far
so ss to be in time for the spells in the event o.
success But, thank Heaven, it was detected il
time That merciful God who hal been with oul
country in six troubles did not iorsake US in oul
seventh,
10 THE HENRY-MANDER. ...
he By the miserable Henrymander of 1872, the
he State was so dstIiCed as not only to give our oppo
IN to