Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-16
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An Idle Threat.

Although we knew the New York Courier
and Enquirer TO be Black Republican paper
of deep dye, we were hardly prepared for
The following declarations deliberately made
by that journal:
:" Let the South now understand, that if
any portion of This great confederacy, wheth-
er il be the East or the West. the North or
the South. attempts to withdraw from the
Union, il will be promptly tDhipptd-ayr, trhip-
ped into >ubicction. 1t is ali idle to mince
the matter. The fiat has gone forth and will
be enforced let Washington, Oregon and
California. at the Northwest. or Maine. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, at the North
east, or the agricultural States Of the North
and Centre or the slave States OF the South
and Southwest-let any one of them any
combination of them raise the banner OF re
DeillOn against The American UniOn-we car,
not what their pretence for treason-as Ger
tainly as there is a God above, so certain il
it, that the offending States will he tehipyto
into obedience, and The traitors who encour.
aged rebellion, terminate their career upon
the gallows.
THE North. the Centre and the Wrst-th,
great heart and most efficient limbs of tn,
Confcderacy. are all true 10 the Union and
the Constitution and should disunon rails,
its head at the South. John Brown has taugh
the world how much opposition from thai
quarter, is really worth. If seventeen fanat
les led on by mailman, could hold in sub
lection IA town cont aiming two thousand Vir
gnians. and keep at bay whole Regiments o
Virginia Militia. who even under the eye o.
their Governor dared not attack their in
vaders. hut stood Ivy and saw twelve United
States Marines make the assault AID capture
them in ten minutes. what would those sam,
boa ttul 20 d crs do, when confronted by North
ern valcr. handed together under the Constitu
ton and bearing aluft the banner of the Union
Why, our Seventh Regiment alone, in such
cause.-the cause of the Union and the Con
stitution--aided as it would be. by the gnOl
men of the slave States, would promptly over
run every rebellious State of the South, and
compel them to return to their allegiance"
The above, in all its aspects, is the silliest
piece of hragadociO we ever saw in a news
paper claiming to he respectable. Bcfor,
replying to IL, ii is proper To correct the
rors of statement which the Courier makes il
regard to the invasion of Harleris Ferry
These errors appear, in fact. to be nothing
less than deliberate falsehoOds-fnr it is al
most impossible that leading Journal. lik,
the Courier. should be uniformed in regard
to the facts of the foray upon Harper's
Ferry. after the lapse OF 20 long time since
its occurrence.
First. then, it is untrue that " seventeen
sand inhabitants. and Kept at bay a whole
regiment of Virginia Militia" The insur-
gents did not /" hold in subsection y the town
of Harper's Ferry, but retired within forth
fed building. The citizens were not only
unarmcd. but were told that the first demon
stration they made would be followed by tn
massacre of the prisoners that the insurgents
had in Their custody. The rumor, moreover
was that the Invaders were seven hundred
1 4
and folly in handful of unorganized men,
without arms or ammunition. to have made
an attack upon n force supposed 10 be so
much superior. The "whoie Regiments of
Virginia Militia" that the insurgents are said
to have kept at bay" exist only in the
imagination Of this Republican scribbler.
The next ialsehood is really refreshing for
its cool cfIrontery These regiments OF Vir-
GINA Militia were kept at bay. 80 il Is serted.
'.under the eye Of The Gorernor. nnd ''dar, d not
attack the invaders" Everybody knows
and nobody better than the meudaciou'
author OF The above asSertion-lhat Gov
Wise did not reach IIarpcr's Ferry until
after the Invaders had been captured. The
fellnw who wrote The above precious false
h"cd must lie from the mere abs, ract love q
lying.
HIS boast of Northern Valor" is contra
diee,l by his own statement. He says tha4
twelve marines captured the seventeen Ia.
sGrgents in ten minutes. Where was thr
Northern valor' that permitted Sreatcr,, men
eutnuchrd behind q fertilization, Ia be cap
turcd ia ten MINUTES by fseetVe7
A fegrau, misNPprvheusi"n OF the write,
must uext he corrected. He speaks OF Ill,
proves Il the seventh Regiment OF New
York, and says that il wruld promptly over
run every rrb4 liions State Ia the South, aids3
as icoald bs, ty ne good Hscn ef he Aau
Suites LIT "a tell the CrsTirT that there
not one Sout cru man ia ten thousand
slavehodcr or aoa slavrhOideT-who would
take sides with any army OF invasion thai
should come ameng as--even though il wtr
composed OF Federal troops. II isa fatal
mistake thai mot Northgrn men make, thai
the observation-disclosures Of the South are disai
f-cted towards the Institution. and waald bs
gladly nd Of H. They viii sust. In the right
of the South as gallantly a. the slav rholdsrs
themselves. This was one Of the d-iasion.
of old Brown. lie thought, for had beeu
told so. that the nrst blow be struck would
be the signal for the raiiyiag 10 bic standard
OF Southern noa-siayeholdeis This was >
terrible error. We frequently Sen ASSERTION
maGr la Northern papers. that the Institution
of slavery dsgr.sdes the non-slas " holdsr. asssi
renders him dl>contentsd with hls late
Neither conclusion i correct Slavery eie.
ystss the non-siavti,oider, heeanke 10 pro-
vides class TO which he feels blnself snperl-
Of, In ihe event OF a eonnict OF secsious,