The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-11-16
Peril to the South.

Peril to the South.
His (Brown'eN crime merits death, and
he has personally no claim to mercy. But
we can tell the South that Brown on the
scnfold aoiU do them more damage, and IN
y1lUe them in far more peril than q hundred
Broaons at large IN the Northern States.-N.
r. TIMES.
A pretty state of affairs truly! and does
the New YORK Daily Times think for mo
ment to intimidate the South by such non
sense? Does he take us for set of children
that we are to be frightened by shadows
"Peril ?" Peril forsoeth ! Why, there are
two horns to that Dilemma And does the
Times, or any other Abolition sheet think
that we will stop for moment to think
which of the two we will take hold off,
Does the Times think that we will submit to
an insurrectionary movement in our own
territory, and then after having fairly con-
yicted its leader, change from our purpose,
because of such idle threats? Pooh Ray
mond, you are wasting your muddy editorial
ink to write such "stuff."
The idea of peril for Furnishing the leader O.
ON~NJ
rob US, but to murderus also; else why all these
arms? Why were not these "madmen"-
as they find it convenient to call them
Of the Gerrit Smith and John Brown order
content with their underground operations?
Why were they not content to steal our
property? That was bad enough; but to
come armed and wage an open war upon us,
is beyond our endurance, and if the Execu-
tive of Virginia were so empowered, and
being So, were so un-soise as to pardon that
man Brown, we do net think that Virginia,
or the South, would submit, even tho this
threatened "perir' was at her very TIRES
hold. And even if it were SO, we.are willing
10 encounter it. We have suffered long
enough; the time has come when the South
should stand up to her own interests, and
show these Abolition scoundrels that they
cannot longer carry on their robbery with
impunity.
We 20 for hanging all the Browns caught
in our midst, and if it should lead to dis
solution, who is to suffer the population of
the South or that of the North But
there is really no danger of such state Of
affairs-the North is too much. indebted to
the South, aye to the very negroes they
would steal from us, to ever come to an open
rupture. But in the event she did, tide of
prosperity would then set in upon the South
which would equal Shakespeare famous
"tide in the affairs of men," the resources of
the South would then be developed; manu-
features would be developed our negroes
would raise the raw material, while the con
sentative mechanics of the North would set
tie among us and manufacture it into mer-
charitable fabrics. iThe North, in losing
her labor, would lose her power, and in
stead of exporting to, would soon be import
ing from the South, the very articles which
now enables her to hold the balance of
power. These would be some of the results
OF an open rupture. But there is nc dan
ger otsuch state of affairs; all the papers |
at the North are not of the Times and Tri-
bmie order, nor are all the men Of the Smith
or Garrison, or Douglas, OF Brown school;
there are plenty of wise men at the North
10 keep uoWn duy oiSposltlon w dissolve
the Union, however much the South might
desire it. There is feeling at the
South to get along peaceably and quietly;but
we say war! war to the knif on all Browns
who dare invade our soil to assassinate and
pIunder us.
There is little danger in John Browns be-
coming mart :. Gerritt Smith, who finds
it cheaper to become insane than go to Eu-
rope, nor Phillips, nor Garrison, nor any
Of those shrieking fanatics of the North,
will ever make a martyr of him, but will in
rs short time deny aim with more unbush-
ing ceuntenances than did Peter when he
denied his master.
Again, consider the peculiar logic of
she Times. admits .that Brown "merits
DEATH" and has "no claims to mercy" If
this be so-snd we perfectly agree with the
ZTmes-then ii must be just to hang him, land
vet the South is to be ''perilled" for follow
ing the dictates Of juaties. Why, this is the
ysrisst uoasence we have ever @ ard or
nP and u,a fool IA,