Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-24
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Movement. OF Browns symPathizers.
In our columns to-day will be found the proceedings
of large meeting the city of Boston, assembled for
the osensibe purpose of raising material aid for the ben
eft of Old Browns family. This meetngas we are told
was attended BY about thousand persons all hearth
y sympathzing with Brown and his hendish nsurree-
tonary scheme and announcing sentiments in regard to
the future Of Browns sympahizers which cannot
but awaken the indignation of the South and I'M
pei her adopt without delay, all prudent and necess
~ measures for her own protection and defense.
Il seems as II the horde of Abolition madmen at the
North sustained in their movements they are, by the
sad and significant silence and action OF the social
ed conservatives in that section, mediate and will he
satisfied WITH nothing short of putting in practice the
brutal and bloody doctrines of Sewards "rrepresbe
conflict" No view the proceedings of the Bos-
ton meetingthe speeches of its prominent actors and
eadersthe spirit which characterized the entire
Of people then and there assembled-without being
struck with the wild unreasoning terrible fanatcism
which prevails to large extent at the North. We
find assembled canonzing old Brown and appauding his
wicked and murderous foray-not the ragtag and bob
tail population of Boson-but preachers literary men,
the very elite of Boston Society One of these preach
ers Invoked the divine blessing" upon the
scorn the idea that John Brown insane declared him
1.-THE sword in the hand Of higher power; the finger Of
God writing upon the wall of Bellshazzars palace the
doom Of tyrants thus throwing, contemporary
remarks religious ingredient into the boiling Caudron
of "hebroth" in order to make it overflow into the fire
and set the house In flames.
In addition to these, there Mr. Ralph Waldo Em
erson of the literary lights of New England Who in
recent lecture declared that If John Brown
ted 'the gaows would henceforth be glorious the
the cross" And their Boston meeting singing the
praises of Brown and his Harper's Ferry achievement
what favorite he exclaimed "will he be in history y
No man dare believe" he added that there exists in
Virginia another worthy live, deserving Of
public and private honors." Now when such ia.
anac and desperate temper display by the educated aud
better portion of the Northern people, not ration
ally conclude that there scarcely hope left of crushing
ont" Abolition and its emssaes and that have indeed
fallen upon times which demand of Virginia and the South
the vgilant and comprehensive preparations for
their own protection and defence. The wild and fanatic
of ignorant rabblc would carry with them
nothing like the significance, which bound
tach the cool and deliberate sentmens and declarations
of the intelligent and educated men, who composed the
Boston meeting There was no unusual passion
element attending that meeting On the contrary It's
actors seemed be cAm sensible men, and its proceed
ings marked by decorum good order and signif
cant earnestness which can mistake. Call them
fanatics if you choose but they also the epresen
tatves of the Massachusetts and New England people
who fanAtica as themselves. With a few exceptions
the whole of the New England States composed of just
such fanatics. And there thousands and hundreds
of thousands of such in the North least "a million of
voters" swe told all of whom approve of Brown
and his and would gladly for him for the
Presidency
We readily concede the fact that the North contains
very large number of honest conservative national men
of men who dsapprove of Aboltonism and abhor John
Brown and his reasonable attack upon Virginia. But
while admitting the existence of such in the North
-eyeu millions Of them-we maintain that they might
just as well be denizens of the moon, in far their
conservatism is of any practical value the South in
the present crisis Of her fortunes They have remained
throughout this whole Harpers Ferry excitement and
sfH remain, dumb as oysters. Not single public
meeting has been held in the entire Northern States for
the purpose Of expressing Northern mems condemnation
and adherence Of the Abolition raid of old John
Brown in Virginia-of his audacious desperate and un
precedented attack upon the institutions OF sovereign
State And why nots Meetings sympathizng with
Brown have been held, and still being held and yet
though told there are unnumbered millions of
conservative, rightmnded the North not single
conservative meeting has been held anywhere within its
lmits-not in the great commercial smporiums Of
New York, Philadelphia aud Boston, which have grown
wealthy, and prosperous and powerful, upon profits
made out OF the people Of the South If two thousand
persons be assembled in Boston one night to sympa.
thize with old Brown and raise money for his family why
cannot two thousand persons he assembled in the same
city the night denounce old Brown and hs mur-
derous foray, IL there be the number of conservatives
there that told there are? And so in regard to
New York and all the cities and neghborhools Of the
North conservatism that is wholly silent and mac.
tive, what is it worth to us What il It worth in the
way Of rebukng Abolition fanacism and preserving the
Union?
We assure the people Of the North that Il wounded
State pride, and indignation Abolition outrage, that
has so aroused the citizens OF Virginia. and excited their
military ardor. There is no alarm amongst u.s. and but
little e1citementit Is only quiet and resoute deter
mination 10 maintain our rights and defend the sacred
soil Of Virginia from invasion. It il presenment too
that the Harpers Ferry oray has uaugurated guerilla
border war, which will be clandestincly sustained and
supported by large proportion Of the Northern people
and which will eventuate in dissolution Of the Union
At distant day. II is 70 the future that we are look
Ing aud IL is for that that are preparingtat Il H.
aud nothing We fear iusurrection among our
slaves notwithstanding the sterreotyped declaration 10
that effect by most Of the Republican journals.
But enough on this subject for the present
IncendiRrism.