East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-03
rhe unrpcr's Ferry Insurrccfion.

In the face of aocumul ting facts, the
plea that neither the principles of certain
Republi an leaders nor their political &C. I
ton had nothing to do with the uarper's
Ferry insurrection, cannot be worth
rush.
1t will not do to allege the preachers
of civil war are ultras of the Garrison
school, and that the Republican leaders +
have nothing to do with such theorists.
Garrison, Phillips and Gcrritt Smith will
not serve as scape goats to bear this
loadof crime. What as for years, Dem
ocrats have Justly ALLEGED, can such ar
raipnments of shareholders as the ac-
knowledged Republican leaders habitual-
| ~ make, result in but civil war? Does
not Brown profess the same principles
that Seward and Chase and Wilson and
Gillette profess Is not his state OF
mind the direct fruit of their appeals p
Is it not the direct tendency of their
teachings to make just such fanatics?
But why argue this point. Is it not
the principle of a servile instruction even
now, on the top of the late bloody work,
defended by this class of bloody minds?
Hhcre is what the Independent says
"The slaves of the South have the
same right to assert their freedom against
their masters, whenever their strength
and resources shall give them a reasona-
bic hope of success, which the Greeks
had to assert their liberties against Tur-
key, or the Italians now have against
Austria. The American who would deny
this had better first burn the Declaration
of Independence, If crw that day shall
come, as come IL ,cW whenerer the Union as
dissolred, roe TO the cherished institutions
{ and the boosted po,eer of the South.
But feeble sporadic attempts at insur-
rcction, when not only the whole force of
State, but that of the United States,
, backed by the public sentiment of the
: country, can be summoned to crush them
: attempts which can issue only in the de-
: struction of their authors and the aggra-
! waited oppression of the colorcd race, are
;. the height of madness; and any white
man who lures on the ignorant and con-
. iiding blacks to such movements, Is gull
;. ty of a crime against them as well a
!, against the laws"
The English of this is that Browns
! instruction was criminal because there
y was not enough Of it! If he had invad-
ed Virginia with sufficient "rcsourcc>
and strength" if he had force enough to
have conquered, then he would have
stood justified; but this "fceble, sporadic
ii attempt was criminal We will not stoI
" to comment on the fallacy here. The
it animating principle or one idea of on
nj polity, individual liberty and respon.iJn
r. ", run out to extreme results. would lea,
ir to denial of all government; but com
n mon sense tells all sane men that there j
a fallacy in tn ;; and hence this principle !
n met by the necessary checks and condl
&c tons of law that limit and guide it; an,
no 80 we get the result of the beautiful or
ms der that marks our country. so Wit
~ the Declaration, which the lndepcndcn
re refers to. Its great principle, also, ha
" to meet the checks aud limitations Q
re law; and these are such that, in GU
10 country, n scrvile Instruction can never
lis nsrer be the right pathway of the slav
he to his freedom Those who, directly o
- loosely, holl out this idea, are his great
", est enemies.
o.; But here Instruction is carved out fo
ey the slave, as a political right--as q PAT
Iia Of the social system of America! WA
he 10 this? Are not the editors of the In
CHI dependent well accepted co-workers /
is the Republican cause? Did not one c
an them figure in the Republican Kansa
ty meetings? Were not these meeting
re- called to raise money to buy the Sharp
nd rifles of the very stamp that were foun
to in the possession of Browns party? Ca
in such leaders engage in such work an
IS. not be responsible at the bar of publ
opinion for its direct consequences? Th
only successful road by which they ca
- retract from the rising indignation of tn
80 patriotic citizen, is the alibi method
nI They gave got to prove that they hol
an no sympathy with such doctrines. Blu
Ia is the irreprcssible conflict speech c
CO Senator Seward at Rochester myth? =
Ill Did Senator Wilson never write hi
emancipation letter to the Garrsonans
Are the terrible words the things tina
:. make fanatlclls-usod by Senator'S Wad,
:" Chase and Gillette, on the floor Of tn
"a, Senate; forgeries? No! these sentiment
he are uttered by the Republican leaders
rs they are their Shibboleth, and the natura
u direct fruits Of them are fanaticism up {
e. the point Of resistance of the law at tn
III North and in5urrection at the Soutl
:, And never was seen in political annals
" case where the connection between caus
u and effect was more clear than it is in til
case Of the Brown instruction. lie bC
came fanatic in abolition doctrines, an
On he acted out his fanaticism
II, Good will come out Of this outbreak,
90 it serves to open the eyes of tens theu
- sauds Of well meaning men in the Reput
~ lican ranks, who recoil with horror at tn
~ idea Of defending servile insurrectiou
nc The good sense OF the North win rise u
in tremendous rebuke to such doctrine
as counsel theslavcs to rise against til
ID masters Boston Post
PROCLAMATION.
- Another year his passed. an the many blessing
&c IL brought in It's varied seasons admonish of
IN dependence urOn tho Author Of all good for all III