Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1859-11-09
Who are Responsible.

If the old saying that guilty conscience
Is an unpleasant companion be true, the leaders
of the Black Republican part.T, must be tru-
ly miserable at the present time. The Sec
tional and fanatical doctrines they have been
actively engaged in promulgating during the
last five or six years, were the real cause of
the insurreetion at Harper's Ferry. But al
though conscious of their guilt, they will not
admit it. They contend that they are inno-
cent, that Brown was reckless fanatic and
that he alone is responsible for the attempted
insurrection. The course of the Black Re-
publican leaders is quite natural. The man
"whose conscience with injustice is corrupted"
is seldom willing to acknowledge his guilt,
and notorious criminals generally protest their
innocence on the scaffold even at the dread
moment, when the drop is about to fall
But for the encouragement old Brown re-
ceived from the prominent men of the Repub-
lican party, he would never have dreamed of
raising a servile insurrection among the
slaves. He corresponded or had personal in
terviews with nearly all of them, and many
of them furnished him with money, without
which no enterprize either good or bad can
be carried on. Senator Seward knew that
the Insurrection would be attempted, and
certainly if he done nothing to encourage, he
done nothing to prevent it.
III previous number of our paper, We en-
deavored to explain the dangerous and trea-
sonable tendency of Mr., Stewards ''irrepres-
sible conflict" doctrine. 1t is doctrine cal
cuiated to ALLEVIATE the South from the North
and to cause she inhabitants of the Southern
States to regard their fellow citizens of the
North their deadliest enemies 1t is also
calculated to encourage fanstical Abolition
lists to commence crusade against the 'spe-
cular institution of the South. by encoura-
ging the slaves to rebel against their masters
Similar and even more reasonable doctrines
have been promulgated by Horace Greely,
John P. Halo and other Black Republican
leaders. Joshua R. Giddings, one of Browns
hackers, said in public speech several years
ago, that he believed the day was not far dis
tant, whe there would be servile insurrec-
tloi VI tue sidFeS III OtaGes, 2nC
that when it came, he would hail it IS the
dawn of great political millennium.
The course of the Black Republican les
ders since the organization of that party. is
we'll described in the following extract from
a speech delivered by distinguished states
man in the U. s. Senate, years ago. There
is spirit which like the father Of evil, is con
stantly walking to and fro about the earth,
seeking whom it may devour.
1t is the spirit of false p1si!cnti.ro2y. The
persons whom it possesses. DO not in
deed throw themselves iuto the flames, but
they are employed in lighting up the torch
of discord throughout the country. Their
first principle of action is to leave their oun
Affairs, and neglect their own duties, to reg
ulate the affairs and duties of others 1t 10
spirit which has long been busy with the
Slaves of the South. 1t is the spirit of which
the aspiring politician dexterously avails him.
self, when by inscribing on his banner tn e
words Liberty and Philanthropy, he draws
to his support that class OF persons vho .re
ready to bow down at the very name Of their
idols"