The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-06
RICHMOND. VA, TUESDAY, DEcEMBER { 1a5o


peal was: Il IL policy to make 10 s,ayfvys. but
utsarm murderers, traitors, robbers fnsurrec-
uonistss by free pardon for wanfon. malicious.
unprovoked feionsi could but ask, viii q.
ecutton OF the legal sentence Of d humane law
make martyrs of ssuch criminalsi DO sec.
tonaI and social masses ha1i0w these crimes
DO whole communities sympathixe with the
outlaws INSTEAD Of sympatbixine with the
outraeed society of q sister sovereignty7 II
so, then the sympathy u a. felonions as the
criminals, and liz tar more dangerous than was
the invasion. The threat of marytyrdom is q
tion to defy such sympathy and such saints of
mart rdom The issue was forced upon us -
shall John Brown be pardored, lest he might
oe canonized by execution Of felony for con-
ssed murder, robbery and treason in incitinr
seryiie insarrection in Virginia. why a
martyr! Because thousands applaud his acts
ana opinions, and giorify his crimes! Was
10 hesitate after this Sympathy was in in
surTecti0n, and had TO be subdued more stern.
y than was John Brown. John brown had
surely to die according to law, and Virginia
mas To meet the issue. 1t is made. We have
friends or we have not in the States whence
tnese invaders come. They must now be nor
only eonseyrafire but reftre 10 prevent invaders
coming We are in arms
Information from all quarters with respon.
siDie names. and anony ymous, dated the same
ume, from places far distant from each other
came, Of organized conspiracies aud combina.
lions 10 obstrnct our laws, to rescue and seize
nos tages, to commit rapine and burning along
our borders on Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio
ana INDIANA proceeding from these States
ana from New York, Massachusetts and other
states, and Canada. These multiplied in ey-
KY form Tor weeks; and al last, on the 10Th OF
NV, mosemoer call was very properly and timely
SUI men, AoASo "a
these reports and rumors from so many
sources, of every character and form. so stimuli.
,,me &C., ,o.n ~ piaces SO FAR apart, at the same
IN itn r.
souca'ion, could be from no conspiracv q
'ax out Irsttsd not so nufh ppou then, ne ,,non
.he ~ earnes! continued general appeal of sym.a-
tht~srs ictfh the crimes. II srns ,,uno,x;5Is a,
so much Of such sympathy 10 ~r;,, ,.:,so..,. :"
this acted v 'e'e"5e' y"
! Immediately put in motion the troops of
Richmond, Alexandria. Pefersbnr ro aaS E.u ~
quier, who obeyed proInptly-and IN Tho i'm.
rom IL O'Clock Saturday night TO TUESDAY,
morning, 563 men were added to the puards =,
1"aI,esao~n. ,ha ,r'oo again went in person with
ncers, organized the command. issued uanora,
orders. and returned to Harper,s Perry whara
met Gen Taliaferro, and accepted his ser.
vices. Stnce then have ordered a m sdditi.,n
al force of 56J men from Norfolk and pnr,a
mouth, and Petersburg and Orange. and Aiha.
marie and Augrsta, and R,.ckineham ana
wheeling, and have called out corps of How
itzers, under Col Smith, of Virginia Military
Institute. Aud have ordered Generals Rno.
ers and Hunton to do whatever is necessarv tn
guard the borders from the Point of Rocks to
Alexandria; and the whole border is guarded
west to Piedmont. / have exhausted this and
the next years quotas in issuing efficient arms.
and have purchased arms of the best improy .
ed models, and issued them aud coats and
blankets to the troops. In word, l have been
compelled by apprehension of the most I'M
pa, alleled border war, TO place the State in as
| full panoply of military defence as if for
| eign enemy had invaded us. Indeed one of
| the most irritating features of this predatory
war Is that IT has its seat in British provinces,
which furnish asy lums FOR our fugitives from
| justice aud from labor, and sends them and
| their hired outlaws back upon us from depo!s
and rendezvous in bordering States. There is
no danger from our slaves or colored people.
The slaves taken, refused to take arms, and the
| first man killed was a respectable free negro
| who was trusted with the baggage of the rail-
road, and wlfc, faithful to his dury, was shot
running from the phiianthropisrs who came to
| liberate the black race!
| But why do our slaves on the border not
take up arms against their masters! We must
look firmly at this fact before we take it
rs a solace. In the answer to that question
lies the root of our danger. Masters in The
b0.der counties aor hold their sta-es by suffer.
| anee. The slave could fly to John Brown much
easier than he could come and take him. The
slaves at will can liberate themselves by
running away. The underground railroad is
at their very doors, and they may take pas
sage when they please. They prefer to re-
main. John Bronns inrasion startled as; but
re hare been tdms!y submitting TO a greater drn-
ger, trithoat confeSSins 1t. The plan which
silently corrupts and steals our slaves, which
sends secret emssares among us toastampede''
our slaves, which refuses to execute fugi-
tive slave laws, which forms secret societies
for mischief, with the motto. ssalarm to their
sleep, fire to their dwellings. and poison to
their food and water" and which establi> hes
underground railroads, and depots and Ien-
deZyous for invasion, is mere dangerous than
the invasion by .Tol n Brown. Yet the latter
ON nd in fnr t,x-
sleepily acquiescing. tits no solace to me- then,
that our border slaves are so liberated already
by this exterior asy lum and by this still, si-
lent, stealing system, that they hare need 10
take np arms for their oWn liberation. Confede-
rate States as well as individuals have de-
nounced our laws aud set them at defiance:
they have by their laws encouraged and facil-
itated the escape of our slaves, and have made
abolition cancer eating into our very vitais
We must, then, acknowledge and act on the
fact that present relations between the States
cannot be permitted longer 10 exist with
out abolishing slavery throughout the United
States, or compelling us to defend it by force
of arms.
On the 25th ult., addressed letters to the
Governors of Maryland, Pennsylvania and
Ohio, of which the accompanying are copies
From the Governor of Maryland / have re-
ceived very satisfactory reply, herewith sub
mitted. have received a reply, by telegraph.
from the Governor of Pennsylvania also, who,
l am proud TO say, has promptly performed
his duty in delivering up the fugitives from
justice, and who protests that his State will
do her confederate duty in all respects. He
in Inmates that Virginia ought not to antici-
pate that Pennsylvania will neglect to pre-
vent obstructons TO, or violations of, the laws
in her llmils; but watchfui guardianship of
Virginias safety could not neglect to apprise
Pennsylvanias authorities of crimes medita-
ted against either State (of which I was in
formed, and they were. probably, not inform
ed by way Of intelligence and warning Jno
Brown, with his associates, arms and stores
had just before already passed through Penn
sylyania, and had remained at places in her
limits, and he had enlisted one man, at least a
negro, in one of her towns. had not, there
fore, anticipated the facts, but appealed to
them for steps of prevention and precaution,
after what had already occurred And the
Governor of Pennsylvania, presume, speaks
more in spirit of Il just Stale pride than from
such evidences of danger AMI cause Of appre-
hensioh as the Executive here is in possession
OF. respec ting combinations, depors and ren-
devious in adjoining S,ares, for invading tho
borders of Virginia From the Governor of
Ohio / have as yet received no answer.
On the same day. the 25th ultimo, addressed
letter to the President of the United States,
Of which the enclosed is copy On the 2g,h
received from him the accompanying answer
to which have pot replied, but upon which
must here comment.
He seems to think that the Constitution and
laws of the United States do not provide au-
thority for the President to nterpose to ssrepef
farasion, or keep he peace between the States,
in cases where the citizens of ono State in wade
another State, unless the Executive or Legisia-
ture of the State invaded applies for protection.
differ from this opinion. Neither the trainers
of the Constitution nor the Congress Of 1895.
were guilty OF SO gross an omission in their
provisions for the National safety.
By clause Sd of section 9th of article 1st Of
the Constitution, the States are deprived ofthe
power "withont the consent of Congress, to
keep troops or ships Of tine ri peace, or to
engage in trar, Haless Actually inraded IN s.eh
Imminent daager as seiA not admit Of delay"
To compensate them for this priyation of
the DO wer Of preparation for defence, 1t Is pro-
yided in section 4th of article 4th, that "fhe