, 1859-11-29
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The Visginlaus are corsscrnated at the audaci-
y Of Jcha Brown. scheme for running of ne-
groes to the free States; they insist TINT he has
levied war upon the Old Dominion, and TINT the
upshota Of lis scheme, if carried into effect,
wou1di6e anarchy and civil war We do not be-
lieve that John Brown had ony such objects in
ricw. As an ardent sympathiser with tie slaves,
in which he proposed TO bring it about was by q
general stampede along the frontier, and not by
bloody iusutrecton.
But Jet US suppose the worst motives which
the Trginians themselves ascribe to the euthu'
siast; let Us 8uppose thu! be really contemplat-
ed an armed rising Of tue serrie classes; that
be intended hostities against the sovereignty
Of the State, and to involve the inhabitants ID
NIL tue horrors Of domestic war; was be in that
REV my the worse than the present Goyernor
Of Virginia, Hr. Wise, who, in 1856, proposed
to accomplish In respect to the Federal Govern
tnent what John Brown is allegedto have under
taken agains. tue State Government? Our read
Wise then made against the electiou Of Fremont,
the threats Of disunion which he uttered in
case Of Preznont's success. and the precise plans
Of levying war which he described. Nor were
these plans confined 10 the crazy noddle Of
Wise himself; they we're par. OF general
scheme; no less than twenty thousand m III
Tere said to be ready to engage in them, I'd
march upon Washington were agreed upo,.
Harpers Ferry, if we remember rightly, the
very place selected by John Brown was to be
| the place Of meeting, and the seizure of the
armory there the signal for the onset
| We exposed this scheme at the time; but we
have nov additional evidence Of it in tue confes.
siops OF some Of the couspiratots- BIZ. CORY,
| Of Ohio, to whom we refer e1seghere, has pub
lished uasrative of his interviews # th various
| Democrats in 1856, and aulong the ret with u
distinguished Richmond editor, now the ardent
| supporter Of Cor. Wise, who spoke Iamiliarly
Of that politicians saugIinary and seditious
plans. Let US repeat hc:e the detailed state
tncnt Of ur. Cozry:
| There was another matter discussed on Mr.
Danks' motiou. lie told us the South would
hare dissolved the Onion If Fremont had been
elected President Of the United States; that
Goc. JPise and tie Fiygspia Lu9eys ,rert ready
to take A3 fel&- -ndrcA oa Eashington. take the
treasury, archsres, huiidfags, grou;tdt, <ee., Dc.
eiare tAe Confederation DE- 1acfo ortrtAroxd, atul
pose Jor aAich fAx Aad to1rsytd IL haeiay fa.ltd.
ue aid the Ming won1A 1--- t.~- .s,.: thu.
we're 10000 rnea rrady,. e, 900 cavalry, sets o.
aceoutrenoents, &c.. &c Tint The public mind
vas sufficiently excited to overcome al dones'
tic resistance. and that they could whip the
North iu the fight. He seemed to be perfectly
cool and abstract III these declarations, and with
out doubt implicitly believed what Ec sa;d.''
What IN enormity was this! Because the
people Of the nation, acting in IL constitutional
'manner, might prefer candidate for tue Presi
dency who did not happen to suit the whims o.
these southern dictatcrs, the whole countr,!
was to be deIuged in blood. Twenty or thirty
to seize the arsenal at Harperss Ferry, marct
upon Washington, take possession Of the Uni
ted Suites Treasury, prevent the Inauguration
Of the new government, and provoke the w1sol'
country to war. Nothing in the history c
Mexico or the South American States is NOR
atrocious than this proposal. In those uaapp!
victims Of auarchy, where they maintain a sem
blance Of free government, but where election
are revolutions, and each leader puts arms i,
the hands Of his pastisans 10 carry lis points
such couusels would hare been III character
but in this country Of constitutional forms au'
: peaceful procedures they were only Infamous
If Cor. Wise had been Miramon, an Alvarez
course more likely to introduce into this erea
northern republic the spirit and license whicl
prevail in the turbulent republics Of the South
When Browns plot was disclosed a terribi
noise vas made about it all orer the South, al
though the worst that he conceived WIS MGR
which Wise had ia his head. 1Irown, moreover
was animated by the noblest purposes Of phi
anthropy, eren if they were mistaken, Will
Wise was animated by the lowest spirit of den
| agogueism and partisanship. Brown only dt
signed ia set the negroes Of northern Virgini
: OH the run, while Wise designed to stir up th
entire nation. The robbery Of property WIS th
extreme Of Browns crimes, "iIile Wise Intent
ed not merely TO rob The public buildings. b.
: to arrest the federal authorities, shoot dow
! innocent citizens, and arm the mob against tb
| agents Of law and order. Yet nothing was sal
iu deuunciation oF this Infamous plan Of TO,
ernor Wise. Thirty thousand men, in fac
stood ready to execute it, and ercn utter it LA
been peacefully defeated by the election Of u
, | buchanan, his adhercuta hoasted Of ttleir d
termination aud ability to put it into execution
What wonder that Brown. who doubtle. req
the addresses Of the Governor, and made hiu
self fumilliar with the details Of his propose
military operations, should have treasured II
> knowledge in his mind, should hare ren,embe
} ed that uarper's Ferry WAS to be the first poll
$ Of attack, the seizure Of the arsenal the fir
, coup II main, and then, such other ptoce cdins
;, as circumstances might prompt: The old ma
Of Osawasan.ie has been ouly the disciple Of II
! Governor who is now charged with his hangu
aud it would be but fair requital, when b
aged limbs stand under the fatal moose, it |
should read 10 the People of Virginia I'll
| btooAv instructnna' which he had learned frn