Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-08

,s vet 20 such Gtihacd has been made, or
..,rpe bill found upon wlnie the Executive can
base = rcquisi,ion. The Executive oil \lFs'n'"
will exert all the power entrusted TO him, IN
h.,nr,nr all offenders to ju>ticc-ahd no position
IN society. OF in the Government OF any State,
or the Government Of the United States Will
shield the offender. The higher such position
the greater the criminality Of the offence, and
,,o strenuous will be the efforts to bring
such offenders to justice.
The Executive Of Virginia will TIn"'cate her
honor, and we hope the Southern States VIII DC
nrcnored TO rally to Virginia when she orders
her house to be put in order. The Charles
town trials NAV be over, dut tac end Is not PCT.
THE RIOT At HAEpEgs FERRY.
Ia the Editors Of tie Richm"Nd E"q''rsr;
Sorru C,solIyA, Nov. lst, 1859.
Nessrs Editors-The Northern people, with
that readiness which ever characieriZcs thch
10 catch up and misrcprcsent every thihG al 'he
| South, s%tyles this ridiculous affair as Il save
insurrection.' Nothing con!d he further rom
the fact. So far Is we are yet ADVISED II
was onlv an attempt on the part Oh the in"i
f,not;cs' of the North, 20 6rcits Il" tnS"rfertt'h,
in which they most Signaiiy failed. say .f"'te"'
because it seems after months oi drumming
after every effort had been used since inc tire
of the farm Of DR.. Kennedy. to corrupt Demo
! ralize and render the slaves diScoh'eitcu WIKI
their masters, rot more than one or TWO coui"
be induced to ioin-and what Is still more SIN
rllar, after the partial success oil brown, no
single recruit iI0ckcd TO his standard. Is nor
this an evidence, proof strong as iio'! WIZ
! that the Institution Is Of ou-f"lri'tci' III
lis character, and which can never be over
! thrown, except through our " '"1' "ni W.
reelection Of duty: Surely.
Ii IS said, however, there Is mucl excitement
a, the South. Why: No; because we lear Z"
s~eryile instruction, but because we are mag
nant that a party at the North should nave Tue
tcrnerity to invade 4 sovereign and slave STATE
and there attempt to RAISE the standard Oh re-
volt. Surely this will open the eyes OF our
people, especially those o. the border states,
and convince them Of one great TACT, mat they
have no safety except under a government oi
homogeneous institutions anu idehtical Interests
in 0lhcr words, no safety but !" d''""'o"'
W., hi co,surumat;on 80 dcvOutiy TO be
wished for shall have arrivcd-whcn thus the
| North shall have gotten rid OF the responsibility
of slavery. then there will he peace on the
horder but not before. Let them then throw
aside their indifference at once, and take sides
With the South, and accomplish the great and
glorious work before rs.
For ourselves, saving and excepting the va:u'
ablc lives that have been lost in this riot, we
orc clad that it is 80. Something Of the kind
was needed to open the eyes OF the South TO
the character of tn. North and the wretchcd
enemies we have 10 deal with, as well as TO
satisfy the doubling in or own mldS: OF the
entire dependence 10 be placed upon the great
mass Of the slave population, aud the utter
hopeIessncSs of any considerable success IN any
G,,lure ATTEMPT, should another O>Sawat;omie
Rrown Inc found to try it. Here was a man
notorious for his physical courage, covered
with the scars of the highway robber, received
in many q maraudjng expedition, roSScsSlngai
the prestige of success in his infamous calling,
backed up by our brethren vi the North, with
men, money and their prayers for his success;
a man who has laboycd Tor months III tie midst
Of the slaves of Virginia, secretly, and who has,
doubtless, brought to bear upon their minds
every art, argument and appliance I" induce
their co opcrat!On in his mad and nelil>il
schemes, and vet, not more than one or two
(sonc say ucncJ poor dcludcd creatures could
bc induced TO join him, and that too, when was
suneraddcd the vicinity of an abolition State,
whittier they could flee in a short time and be
SoC. But such was their Instinct attaching
them to their masters that although IN their
short.sishted view almost certain success was
,t hand il could not weaken their fidelity.
Let the South, then, rest easy under Their
labor systcm-lct her rest secure IN the fidelity
of her slaves, but let her open her eyes TO any
intermeddling on the part Of others, and give
a strong rope and a short shriit 10 every aho-
litionist caught within our borders, and the
most timid child may sleep well o nights.
Indeed, were we not before perfectly and entire
IL satisfied with our system q! slavery, this
Yankee riot at l~Iarper's Ferry would satisfy
ms. We do not mean to say that such 4 thing
NAV not occur again. but we mean 20 say this
tina, if the Yankees will mind Their own huSl-
ness. we have the best and safest organized
! system of labor in the world-a system where
there is no antagon;sm between capital and
labor, and where the labnrcr, acting under the
Influence of the Divine instinct OF obedience
and attachment to his master, Is perfectly con-
tent with his situation and has no WISH TO
change il. 1t is true that in denseiv pcoplcd
| districts under the influence of Il corrupt leader
and bad counselS, an Instruction sometimes
takes place, as in Southampton, Virginia. but
then it is nothing more thaa riot, and where
we have one here, they have twenty al the
! North, in which more men are kilicd-aS IN
the great Catholic riot Of Philadelphia, III ISL
than any insurrcction thatlias ever happened
or will happen in the South for the next one
hundred wears and then, i: is infinitely lao:c
easily suppressed. Let not the North Their, De
ludc themselves, or the South he alarmed at tins
Brown revolt; only let the latter be prepared
for another Yankee invasion, and when 1t does
come, let Justice hc done though the heavens
fall.
1t is a fortunate thing for the South that
Gov. Wise is at the head of affairs in the Old
Dominion. His iniicxIblc purpose, his we'll
known tirmnesS, and his entire devotion to the
institutions of the South, give an earnest TO all
of us that he will see justice dOnc-that an cX-
ample will be set that shall deter other marau-
ders from hanging on our border and disturb
ing our peace. More than this, should a con-
Aict arise as to the jurisdiction of the State
and Federal governments, ne Will sec, too,
that the rights of the creator does rot yield
to the demands of the crcature-ln other
words, that the dignity of the first great Com
monwealth of the South does not suffer more
than this: it is expected that Gov. Wise Will
demand, and persist in the demand, Tor the
surrender Of every man in the North, or oou'h'
against whom the grand jury may find q true
bill. In this case, no position, no degree oil
wealth, should shield the guilty. On the con-
trary, those of high position should suffer first.
Even ii Gerrit Smith or Joshua X. Giddings
are guilty Of a r%articep crimimis-are accesso-
- thA g.. l.