, 1859-10-29
Lesson Of The l'arper's Ferry Riot.
s,uEd Councils fscm VirginiA Press Dan.
6 g,rtus 1ucrea4e Of Mu1RtIxs at tho south.

6 ,rtus 1ucreaAe Of Mu1AtIxs at tho south.
The Wheeling lnteAigencer, the leading jour.
nalof Western Virginia, has the following ;.di- !
cious and striking remarks in its issue Of 0eto-
ber eli
The in1est:gatioias which hare been and are.
being made into the secret history Of the recent
terrible and remarkable outhsesk Til1, "e hope |
and believe, be productive Of good Influences
npon the popular w mind in both .sstions e. ot 'ne
that it may very appropriately teach The hrst
Of these is the lesson which will conrey, to the
North, teaching them TO look esen with more
than their wide spread aversion upon the ptin-
cip1es and teachings Of those visionary fanatics
sRoe1E ss sasn ha Ike GasSn Se, e.a
uapt with hell, !" and that the duty Of slaEes IS
to rise in the nighttime and free themselves
from thraldom by cutting the throAts Of their
masters and helping themselves to tho property
accumulated By their uaregu!.sd toll, 1t wil,
We say, teach The northern people: when these
fanatical abo!it'onsts go about through s9e!r
urnalia, to look npon their principles in the
proper light, and will inspire in their minds
more Of deep-seated hostility to their wicked
and dlsorganizius ratings. IN this way the re-
suits oE these Investigations will affect the north
cru IulQu 30E Eo0Q.
On the South i. ought likewise to make deep
impression. Here. ID this Harper's Ferry riot,
we have an illustration which both precePt and
example have befure told us, is altogether
possible contingency in country in whose
midst there exists large and degraded c!asso OF
humanity. We cauaot take fire in our bosoms
and not lie burned, the Scripture and our own
IN our midst Of four millions Of serts, whose
color, whose intellect, who<e habits, whose
everything IS different from the ruling element,
without liabilities TO the same dangers that
have always attended society in every country
where such large sersite element has existed.
San Domingo has taught this lesson to the
world. Southampton has taught it to the peo-
pie Of this country aud this State. Scarcely
more insecure are these people wto work by
day and sleep by night underneath the craters
Of Eesuvlus and -Etna, and who are liable to an
iFrnptioa at Eny moment of burning lava, than
many communities Of our Souther1, States
where the slayes number two or three to one Of
tue whites, These slnres, BY their constant and
rapid itegitimate interminging, with the whites
rs well rs by the very condition Of contact be-
tween superior and Inferior races, are becoming
in each generation more intelligent, and conse-
| quentsy more the objects of dread. They are
ssoushing of gradually that torpor and obtusc-
Of e4 ad ep 9ex pa'1ss n1a 70 eea HS
their, original dark hue. Slowly, but
certainly, they are acquiring more Of
! the characteristics Of the white races and
losing those Of the African. Look ut the bright;
| ened complexion Of tic race in all our Southern
| cities and towns. In Charleston, South Caro-
LIMA, for instance, the mixed element immeasur-
ably predominates over that of tie black, and
is, we believe. equal to it not greater than the
white population. Look Mt many other Of the
South Carolina communities. Look ut Rich,
mond, 1.ynchburg. pete' sbury. Norfolk mud
other places in our State. We ought to looi
these things in the face new. They hare M
important practical bearing on onr social condi
tion. When we hear men aud papers either
openly advocating or covertly winkinG at re-
rival Of the odious s}aye-trode, it is time thai
public attention was called to these thugs Il
is useless to rail at wicked and reckless ahoii
tionists, like Brown, who in their blind fanati
cism think-if they think or care at all-tba
they are doing God.sersice when they teael
aud aid slares to rise against their masters
There will always be such men. They are to b.
expected when We think Of the vas
amount Of opinion, religious and non-reli
| gions wbica. exists throughout grc1
country like ours on tho mo1al aud political as
poets Of d national question like that Of slavery
Likewise is it all useless and idle 10 e1pec
that men having minds to thuk-minds whicl
must think--and tongues wtich arc free +
speak, will ever stop barring opinions or ex
| pressing them upon either the justice or. th
| expedience Of Slavery in the abstract
| Oar security lies in advancing, not in retreat
races. We must 60 back and read up the opis
ions Of the fathers Of the republic as to til
probable issue Of slavery in this country. "
must know that the best men Of that era busie
themselves not only with conjectures as to whs
were to be the results but also with ways an
mems BY which they might be able to prosid
agalnst these very insur1ections. Mr. jefferson
[ tra EhnnfH hnr lin tn hi adj Fs1 I'M
ceased to express his apprehensions and to SUI
gest his plans for exemption. The possible col
! tingency Of great San Domingo rebellion.
declared, was 10 him continually tsIike fire be
+ ia the night" He "tremb|ed,'' he said, n,
think Of IT, And it was because that he
well knew the peculiar conditions which inres
ed The negro race, both naturally aud artifcia
ly in this country. that hr dnelt so earnestly {
| bis plan for Central American colonization
/ the race. S netting Of this sort has rot to
: done. For look at it: We have now nearly fo1
millions Of these serfs among US. They are
: creasing in q ratio wholly unknown to Il
white race. Not only this, but as We said, the
r are i1nbibing the energies and taking on II
i color Of the superior race. They cow ran,
r all the. way up the, scale from Il
l Does anybody hatter -- himself that Il
. usually suilcn and sulken mnlatto has
more ambition, no moro energy Of mind, ths
a the African proper. 10 notthe facts slow th
d they hare! The fact that the cross of two "A
; tsgonistc bloods makcs sheza .hors lived, q.
r class has demonstrated to psychologists III
r | tier are the worst class ofinhabitants count
!. can have. Nearly ali the poisoning case th
have created SO much alarm in the South Ia
occurred ut the hands ofmulattocs. Mrs. Stos
did veil to make the desperate Casey, in m
Gle Tom," mulatto. She was not an exagerai
!. type. And it is notorious that not onIy Legrt
but that thousands Of other men in the Sout
readily pay premium for such high strut
creatures as Casey. for they minister more r
luptuously and enticing|y to their carnal q
mental lusts than the dronish black girl.
4 But We cannot pursue this subject further
= day. 1t is one that needs more statistics d
!, more time for proper elaboration than We c
~ bring to i. now. We are greatly in hopes,
. . | indeed ne llave been for some time back, Il
: it will ere long elicit attention froul our Tit
4 experienced aud sagacious public men. And
u though it has more than its usual force aud
= terest just at this time, yetit is none the le
= an eyery day and permanent subject, calling
| our constant attention.