The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-19

EAsssr PAT soL
No d0uDt the resent ~
moys d Impending lnsur.
rection, have exc ted a sen
sation or upessincss and ap
prehension thu Dug boat tue
90 nDuoity. IL II fortunate.
indeed, tnst We have only
70 depIo'e q passing panic,
since the deveiooeu eDs
have revealed % very pre-
vnicnt q spirit OF muuny, n
not . & neral purpose Of re-
volt, among the slave popu
lation. II thc affair Ia to %
turned 70 proper account
va may coDgrssul ate our.
selyes On securing The safe
~ Of the community al tue
,YihtBF Inconvenience Of q
nom ntary alarm
fncrc Is reason 10 fear,
VIC know. lest this happy
esoape nav induce the pc
ief that the cry OF danger
"a the n6st instance was o
false alarm aud people may
bow be di.posed 20 ri1icule
thor Idle appreben sions.
To such 40 even, the negro
population viii be induiged
10 . still greater l.csnse OF
conducl. the rigoe ol our
20 ice xl,l be sull further
relaxed. aud ols 20 ,lal sys.
tan wtu be more exposed
Than ever 10 the peril o. q
sudden sorvtie revolt in
this way the salutsry lesson
Of there recent distur pancss
viii be perverted to our
Own insecurity, and we may
have 10 suffer the penalty
Of = foolish couiemp, OF .
prOvidentlA sdmoni,lon.
Although DO R5iual out
break / - occurred am Sog
tho negro pjpuia ION Of Nlr-
finis, Jet nobody can deny
that tbey have very geoe-
rsllv discovered an insub-
ordioAto impulse, ana very
generally entertained some
indefinite Idea OF insurrcc.
ton. Nov this s q isct OF
the sravest consequence.
Sball we maze no provision
agsinSt the danger to which
ve ind ourselves pcrpetu
ally exrc<ed2 All sensible
mon gill sns po~ie,iEs the
pertnenoy cf This INQUIRY.
ln every community 90
earth the security Of scct,,y
u protected BY ad, duspe
arrangements for tho pre-
yobtion ani rupp~ess,ca ~
feiitlon or revolution. Bui.
~ firgssra, a lcvy sne~p
fiss from day tnst V soctal
rtp!rno> hct b>gst,-r q s>nse
ofbrurf,y Vhch corTas ,eL>r
pee ~ rtiorrr TtVezt ".
Ft.g pcoTIc trd>r~11d hor
n.Sr.y o>stiiVk hes ytoL, -
~ any wgaalSsd ncIas y
dsIsac, a2csrti q s<rr-ie 70
~. We have no pcrma
nc nj patrol. aud ~ "a lults
impfectiosble 10 provide an
efficient systom on the spur
OF q sudder alarm. BESIDES.
that would he 70 locS the
sable AFTER the horse
u stolsn 'or The end and
iuDctlcn Of a patrol n 70 de
uct The erflses. lnsabofdi.
pa,1 movement and 10 pro.
vent a1y enmhtnation OF
ma crtsni spirIv hnd not
only are we thus exposed
10 the hazards OF an uper.
- etcc outbreak, but ,oe ere
ohsc i,s'elS sSfsiUi> " ne md
.1ory fcrc> f~ " st4pv~rs-
TN. ne last report OF the
Al lutsnt Genera OF the
Stale dac,osss q con 1iiion
n thirgs which should no
be suffered 70 oontpue TOR
another moment To be
sure the Governors stall 10
large enough for the Gcne
ralissimo Of an ihaniis ~
my, bot hs sn',re mIsorv
Torcs 81 M s;ate wsSAi D
oar7ts@roi ~ = eysrfry
r,.fsno hour, ~ Tsrcd>d oa
As p'dyNVs'sd ~ an osd
I'D ,cAooi Il IA question:
able n the abolition Of ths
old militia system was .
polissc nscasuse; Il vas car
tsinly unvife ~ supply no
substitute, and 70 leave the
a,ste without any sors OF
mi rary cstablshem1t Bat
for ibe holiday regiment Of
The gallant Dol. AuguN, sud
40 OCCASIONAL company h
soms Of We interior towns,
u, msi0dry foros Of w.
osnsa irv~Lj ~ ~ Sos ~ q
,aia4, ~ NJ N~~fA ef yvlS,
Yet 70 have an abundance
Of raw matevial, Ia arms
Asd samusitica, sal In ~
bysvs spdsiis q or rscviA