The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-11-15

those Instructions were caused by the
/ h0rcs excited IL the minds Of the negroes
/ by sach false statements made in the.r
hearing Ly demagogues. VIII they now
repeat those falsehoOds with ten fold exag
! gera,ion. at the risk Of producing tenfold
more consequences!
Southern men know that il is impossible
to publish anything in their newspapers re-
latlng to the freedom Of the negroes, with
out the glad tidings reaching their cars
Many Of the negroes can read Many
white men, allow them to lie very low
mean, and vicious, as IS generally the case
IN the South, associate with negroes on
terms of equality, and 10 a considerable cx
tent sympathize with them. This class Of
poor whites are generally So poor. deSpsed
and dependent, as often to be placed under
obligations to slaves They carry on a con
traband trade with them in stolen goods
aud are not unfrequently rather proud OF
association with ! wealthy planters slaves
They are at the same time asslduously
cou:tcd BY the dcma.ogues for their votes
They attend public meetings, and hear
their hara.ues on Slavery and the bloody
design, OF the Black Republicans Ma
ny Of them can read Every neighborhood
n the South has one or more Of these char
1ctcrs. who ere at once on the most conf
Dental relations with slaves and with Dem
ocratic demagogues They give the latter
their vote for 4 consideration in whiskey,
and then commend themselves to their no.
gro associates by predicting the triumph Of
the Back Republican party" which they
have been told, is picdled to set all the
, negroes free on the mex: ith Of July.
Can any intelligent nan who is acquain
ted with Southern life doubt that the lie.
grocs will In this way be led to expect i'm
mediate emancipation, as the fruit of a Re
publican triumph, And is it not highly
probable that the belief among them that
the great majority Of the Northern people
stand ready to second their efforts for lib
Grafton, will cause them, III their eagcrncss
and haste, 10 plot Instructions
Ii would bc Il fatal mistake to infer that
the negroes have no desire to be free, be-
cause they remained passive at iiarper's
Ferry. they knew their own strength too
well IN that vicinity 10 rush upon destruc-
ton, Is dad Brown aud his companions
But suppose the same thing happened III
South Carolina, where there are two ne
.rocs 10 one white person; does any one
believe that they would have remained
quiet spectators? In Northern Virginia,
aud especially in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the Ferry there are perhaps ten
| white men to one negro. The slaves there
fore could not hope for liberation by ihei,
own efforts; and they doubtless regarded
! the efforts of Brown, if he relied essential
! ly upon their CO cooperation, as al! the world
/ seems 10 DO VIZ as the enterprise Of n
madman. They are, besides, the class OF
/ slaves from whom We should least expect an
effort at insurrection. They are on the
border Of the free States, and it would be
much easier and safer to liberate themselves
/ by running away than by revolving. The
facility with which they can run of is 4
fact well understood by themselves and
their masters; and the consequence Is, that
they are treated with a degree Of consider
alton and kindness which is not generally
experienced by the slaves further south
For these reasons, none but demcntcd cn
thusasts could have dreamed Of success
iul iusurrection at ilarper's Ferry. But
in any Of the Gulf States the same effort:
might have been atteded with an amount
Of blood shed and devastation, from which
the Imagination recoils with horror
If the Pro-Siavery demagogues of th'
country would not participate these evil
upon the South, which they profess to idol
&c, they must retrace their steps The
must cease propagating false and exaegcra
, ted accounts Of the principles. aims, an,
. tendencies of the Republican party. The,
must learn to tell the truth; or, if that i
! expecting too much Of them, let them keeI
} silent, while honcster men are permitted t
5 set forth the truth. There are intelligen
: men in the South who fully comprehend tn
, position of tl. Republican party. The
. know that that party stands by the Censti
? tuition, as expounded by Jefferson and Mad
ison; and that, in regard to Slavery, it
: creed is made up from the writings {
] Washington, jefferson, Madison and Clay
The Republican party is pledged to no prir
e cipie or measure which cannot be fully vir
0 dicated by the writings and the politica
f action Of those great Southrons 1t
t pledged to circumscribc Slavery, as Jetfel
= son clrcumscribed it by the Ordinance {
: 11S1-a measure which also met the apprC
n baton of Washington and Madison, in thei
] official capacities, and which the cloqueI
Il tongue of Clay vindicafed thousand time:
/ This is the great and leading feature Of til
# Republican party--the head and front ,
e its offending With Slavery in the State
y it claims no right TO interfere by Congre!
y sional or Judicial Intervention, and b
l. every obligation Of humanity, the coustiti
IS tional right, and good faith, it is bound ,
y shield the South from ruffian invasion. I'll
1t Republican party leaves the problem
l. Slavery III the Southern States to be settle
e by the people thereof We who reside
/ the South, are bound h. every consider;
e ton Of duty 10 urge the policy If emanc
2 patton upon our ieliow-c.tzens We des
the accomplishment Of this grea, reform b
e the free consen: and motion of the SoutI
h ern people, and in no other way. "
1t shall be happy to have the sympathy an
co operation of good men, North an