The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-11-10
Harppr's Ferry Affair.

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lamep,ed occurrence at Iiarper's Ferry Itspsead
CONSERVATION through the South exciting fears,
tbcwever eroundlt s. J that a rebellion would be
formed on every plantation. In the North, re-
gret deep regret, has beer felt that the ifgal
rights Of the people Of Virginia had been in-
vaded.
This outbreak, however, is the result, as can be
clearly demonstrated. of the course andpolicy OF
Tie democratic party. We offer justification i
q the course Of Brown, but it can be erplained
BY The exasIeIatng conduct OF the pro slavery /
men in Kansas toward that man. Had the con- !
fict which took place in that ill fated territory,
rot have traDspired, Brown would never have
Teen maddened TO the degree which induced him I
10 engage in 30 uitless an effort to free the slaves
OF Virginia 1t was personal stioir with him,
and no considerable number of men 10 tie North
had my knowledge Of connection with it
True, few must have aided him by furnishing
tie me- ems 10 carry his insane project; but the
nassea. the almost entire masses Of the people OF
The North. deprecate the attempt to invade with
aims State Of this Republic. They hase new
contemplated such course, nor do they ever
expect TO encourage such course. However
much they may deprecate the institution OF slave
~, ,ley hope for it's abolition by strict cons'iu-
tional means, aud not by the horrors of an armed
force. The policy Of the democratic party has
outraged many Of the rights Of the free NORTH
the most sacred compromise ever made under the
constitution has been repealed and the army
las been sent into q free territory with powder
nnd ball to force slavery upon an unwilling peo-
pie The virgin soil Of that free territory has
been drenched with the best blood Of the nation
10 reIpetuate slavery ard hence it is not strange
that one whose life had been hunted by the slave
power should seek revenge for the wrongs which
had been done him. The outrage at Harper's
Ferry mild affair 10 comparison with the
infamous outrages perpetrated hy the government
end tie minions in Kansas. The difference
this: Pro-slavery men invaded free territory in
the one Gaze, and an outraged old man invaded
slave territory in the other - the army was used
TO maintain the infamy OF the end fifteen white
men ard five negroes alone conducted the other
The whole matter is truhfuIiy Illustrated by the
fable, as TO whose gored
Vi bile we admit that a few, a very few, men in
North lave sympa,lized with Brown, we Erow
That very large majority Of the people OF the
South sympahised with tie infamous policy Of
Tic democratic party in Kansas, ard
threatening a course lar more tratorous than the
course pursued by Brown and his few adherents.
These Southern men have set aside the inter
probation given TO the constitution by its trainers
ard uron which it was administered for tire Grst
sixty yefrs of the government In tie language
Of The editor o: the Republic
They have invented new doctrines, and
new interpretations Of tie Constitution, by
virtue of which they demand that Slavery
shall be carried into all The Territories, and
maintained there by the strong arm of the
Federal Government, whether the people
thereof desire it or not They demand the
purchase Of new territory in which Slavery
now exists, and over which it would be ex.
tended by virtue of these new doctrines at
the expense of the common treasury, TOR the
purpose Of securing 10 the Slave States a
preponderance OF political power in the Con
federacy.
SO long as the Federal Government can
be made subservient TO the accomplishment
Of these ends. they are willing TO let it stand
If the people of the Northern States will con-
sent TO the election OF President pledged to
carry out. to the utmost Of has ability. all
their sectional doctrines and measures. they
propose to permit him to be naugurated. and
to serve out his term. But in case the ma
jority Of the people should see fit. in the ex
crcse of their constitutional rights. TO elect
a President opposed TO these new doctrines,
and in favor of returning to the doctrines
and the policy of Washington and Jefferson
and all their successors down to President
Pierce. what do these men propose TO do?-
We answer. exactly what old Brown attemp-
ted at Harper's Ferry. They propose RE-
BELLlON-open ARMED REBELLION,
and they propose it defan,ly and boldly.
1t is not merely handful of zealots and
fanatics at the South who proclaim these rev.
dictionary and reasonable purposes On
the contrary, they are proclaimed by the lea
ders of great and powerful pariy--a party
which now yields the power of the Federal
government, and is striving 10 retain it
They are openly avowed by the men who
control that party in all that section of the
Union where it has the great body of its
strength, and who dictate lis national policy.
1t is the boast of the Democratic papers of
Mississippi, that the Governor and five men,
bers of Congress who have just been elected
in that State by unprecedented malorities, all
distinctly pledged themselves. during the can
vass. TO raise the standard OF RESISTANCE,
If Republican shall be elected 10 the Pres
idency in 1860. without waiting to see wha,
he will do. And these sentiments are not
peculiar to Mississippi, They are avowed
with similar unaninitv by the Democratic
press and leading Democratic politicians
throughout nearly all the extrrme Southern
States. Nor are these revolutionary senti
ments confined TO the administration wing Of
the party. The Douglas orgaa of this city,
has time and again proclaimed. within The
last few months. that the South will nerer
submit and ought not to submit to the inau-
guration of Republican President. should
one be elected in 1860.
We ask. in all seriousness, wherein do the
principles Of action, which these men avow,
differ from those put in practice by old John
Brown at Harper's Ferry Brown would
never have attempted to set up revolution
airy government. with view to carry out his
scheme of abolishing Slavery in the States.