The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-11-10
Eao is to EtEanIC!

Because Senator Seward paid no atten-
| ton to the disclosures which it is alleged
were made to him some months ago, it is
argued by the Loco-Foco Press, that he is
guilty Of completely with old John Brown
in his schemes to excite Slave insurrec-
ton Admitting as truth all that Forbes
says in his ''Most Important Revelations"
and we really think that would be ad-
hitting great deal-we may safely as
sert that Senator Seward is not half 50
guilty IN the premises as the Federal Ad-
ministradon. 1t will be remembered, that
Forbes, according to his own account, de-
sired to unburden himself to Senator
Seward about eighteen months ago But
the following anonymous letter, addressed
to and received by Governor Floyd, Sec
retary Of War, Will show that the admin
istration had information Of a much later
date, and of a very specific character, re-
lative to the intended instruction
"CNcIsNATI, Aug. 20, 1859.
"SIR-I have lately received information of
a movement of so GREAT IMPORTANCE that
| feel 1t TO be nv duty to iIupart it to YOU
without delay. l have discovered the exis-.
tence Of . secret association, having for its
OBJECT THE LIBERATION or THE SLAVES
AT THE SOUTH BY \ GENERAL INSUR-
KECIION. The leader OF the movement is
OLD JOHN BROWN, late of Kansas. He has
been in Canada during the winter drilling
the negroes there, and they only waiting
his word to start for the South to assist the
slaves. They have one OF the leading men,
white man. in an armOry in Maryland where
it is situated have not been able to learn
As soon as everything IS ready, those of their
number who are in the Northern States and
Canada are to come IN small companies TO
their rendezvous, which is IN the mountains
in Virginia. They will pass down through
Pennsylvania and Maryland, and enter Vir-
ginia at HARPER's FERRY. Brown left the
North about three or four weeks ago, and will
ARM THE NEGROES and strike the BLOW III
few weeks, and so that whatever Is done
must be done at once. They have a large
quantity of arms at their rendezvous and
probably distributing them already. As / am
not fully IL their confidence, this is all the in
formation ! can give YOU dare not sign my
name to this, but I trust that you viii not dis
regard the warning on that account"
Now, We grant that an anonymous let
ter is not, as general thing, very good
authority; nevertheless, we think that in
this instance, the evidence which it af-
fords is quite as good as any that could be
given by an adventurer like Forbes In
deed We think it much better; for while
it gives in detail the particulars of the in
tended invasion, it gives them at the very
time when the party to whom it was ad-
dressed might look around for facts and
circumstances corroborating the truth of
the report. By this letter, Governor
Floyd was informed of .Esec1,et association
hactng for tts object the liberation Of slaUes
by q geaerat iaSaarcctioa )" that sold John
BTO1rn Of KaasaS" was to be their leader;
that the ''Armo,y" and ''Ho1pc,'s Ferry
were to be the theatre of operations and
that the negroes were to be ''alned," and
the "GIo1o' struck "ia q .teao aoeeA:s. >
Moreover, this letter was sent to the prop
er person-to the very official whose duty
it is to ferret out all similar outbreaks,
and to take the measures necessary for
their suppression.
1t Is PLAIN, therefore, that the Admins
tration was duly advised of an intended
insurrection; and it is equally plain that
had it needed that advice, and availed it
self of the advantages which it afforded,
the plans of Old Brown and his confed-
crates in folly, might have been defeated
in the very outset. Thus the citizens and
soldiery at Harper's Ferry might have
been spared the disgrace of being taken,
and the chivalry of Virginia the mortif-
cation Of being scared, by seventeen white
men and five niggers Why, then, didn't
the Administration do its duty? We
hope those who are so ready to vilify and
maiign Senator Seward, viii answer the
question.
IRON