The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-11-04
The Press of Virginia Points Out Our
Duty.

luo lesS VI NlTBl luld EOluJS OuJ OuE
Duty.
What terror and CONSERVATION has been
produced by the affair at Harpei's Ferry!
All sorts Of bloody rumors have beer
afloat. Troops have been marched and
countermarchcd, hither and yon, time
and again, TO suppress all manner OF re-
belious movements that have never taken
place. Hundreds and thousands ofinno-
cent men, women and children have been
bulchered in dreams and Imagination, TO
appease the fury Of Black Republicans,
lhir,ting for blood! The press OF Nir-
ginia, alarmed and terrified, has taken the
matter under consideration, and suggests
measures for the prevention Of future dif-
ticuuus. Hear the Richmond Wig:
at demonstrates the necessity, too, Of
the Northern people in a body, and with
one voice, putting down and crushing out
such miserable incendiary Abolition
wrclchcs, as Gidlings, Garrison, Fred
Douglas, Wendell Phillips, Seward, vii.
son and Sumacr. These are all schemers
and conspirators against the lives and
property Of the Southern people, and the
peace oi the Union"
The wig. it will be seen, is for ma.
king clean work Of the "AboIi;ion wretch
cs." Hear it again:
"Ail he powers Of the Federal Gov.
ernmenl and the Government of Virainia,
should be employed ia bringing them to
n speedy justice. II there is evidence
showing the completely Of Giddinga,
Douglas, or Thayer o! any other person,
in this affair, let them be arrested, tried
aud convicted, and punished"
The wig continues:
"As 10 the prisoners who were caught
in the act, let them be hung, and that
forthwith, There should be no temporiz
ing and no fddling on the part either o
the President or Of Governor Wise
These insurgents are nothing more moi
less than pirates and murderrrs, entillel
TO none Of the couItesirs Of war nor elem
cnc!cs OF law. immediate shooting OF
hanging, without trial, is the punishment
they merit, and the only punishment
which will have the desired effect, eithe,
at 'he North or lhe South. In regard ,c
such offenders, a ust and safe principle
Is to hang them and try them afterwards .
This is evidently the spirit in which the
trial OF Brown was conducted, only re.
strained little by the forms Of law.
The Richmond Enquirer, one of the
ablest advocates for the divine right o.
Slavery, which il regards as tie only
proper condition OF the laboring man
whether white or black, is desponding.-
1t says:
"Since things are patent, what safety
has Kentucky from the hordes thai swarm
upon her borders on the Ohio side? Tn,
aid of the Federal government was nea
liarper's Ferry, and was in the hands Of
those faithful 10 the Constitution, but an
other year may place that aid in the hand
oil our assailants, and the higher law o
an irrepressible couflic; urge on an,
strengthen the hands that murder on
families and pillage our property. l.
there no remedy: Shall the South, d.
vided by useless conflicts about Federal
policies, fall as single victims to maraud
ing bands Of Northern fanatics? Car
there be no unison OF counsel, actions ant
aims among States so vitality interested
in the integrity of each olher?"
| There is but one remedy, Mr.. Enquirer
and that consists in measures to preven
the spread of your darling institution o
Slavery, and insure its ultimate abolition
The "marauding bands of Northern IA
nalics" you SO much fear, are not you
greatest enemies and should servil
instruction ever occur, they would be re
/ qured TO aid in its suppression.