The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-11-12

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When great ststs STACKED . handful o. weak
eaonists, the Government and ration v,rs toryAd
out WREN seventeen men attacked sovereign stsse
hcn Maryland arms, and virsinis arms, and the
C,ihd States Government srns and they three III sh
against seventeen men
Travellers tell that the Geyscrs Of Iceland those
singular boiling springs Of the not TIN ay be trans
ported with fury by pluchng up handful Of gras.
or turf and thro wing thom into the springs. The hot
springs OF Virginia are Of tho same kind A hand
ful Of men WAS thrown Into them, and what bon
ing there has beer
but, msan~hie, no one can fsi to so that this
poor, chd-bereft old man, Is the manifest Of them
all Bod, unnincbipg, honest, without deceit or
doise, refusing to take technical advantages Of any
sort; but openly avowing his principles aud motives,
s'orying In them ia danger aud death, as much a.
wbIn in sscurity-that wounded Old father Is the
most remarkable figure in this whole drama. Tue
Governor, tie officers Of tho State and all the attor-
neys, are pigmies compared 10 him.
deplore hts ms'ortunes. sympsthisc with his
sorroSs. noun the hiding obscur alton Of his
reason dsapprove of his mad and feeble schemes.
shrink from tho folly OF tho bloody foray, and
shrink, likewise, from al the antic patons of that
Judicial bloodsh,d which, doubtless ere long, will
foLow--'or when was oowarsice ever magnanimou,'
They will kill the man, not for treason, but the dis-
closure Il th,ir cowardice.
Lat no man pray that Bnows be spared. Let vir.
gina make him martyr. Now, he has only blum.
dered. His soul loble his work miserable -
But cord and sibbet would redsem al that, and
round up Bnows's fai ur with heroic success.
One word more, and that is o. TO the insecurity o.
those States that carry powder their chief cargo
Do you suppose that II tidings had come to New
Yoik that the unit.d States Armory In Springfield
had been seized by seventeen men, New Haven, and
Hartford, and Stamford, and Worcester, and New
York, and Boston. and Albany, would have been
thrown into fever and panic in Consequence Of the
eventi We scarcely should have read the papers 70
sec what became Of III We should have thought
that II q matter which the Springfield people
could mansgc The thought Of danger would not
have entered into heads. There would not have
be, any danger. But In State where thew is such
infamnA able stuff as Slavery, there 10 danger, and
the people Of the south know II and they canno,
help II. 1 do not blame them much for being
ah aid-there Ia cau,c for fear where they have art
apopulatlon a. they have down at the bottom Of g.
cioty. But what must DO the nature Of State ant
domestic Institutions which keep brave men at tn,
point Of fear all their life longf
| do not propose, at this time, to express my
opinion upon the general subject Of Slavery. hav
elso~here, and often, deliberately uttered my testi
mony. Reflection and experience only confirm IN!
tuagme,, n n. ,nmo.ur.,l. ov,I. 7, a. a,,hl.
edged evil, that o1ts both ways, wounding maste
and slave . pest to good morals . consumption o
the virtues bui den upon society In rs
merciA and whole economic arrangements: politi
cal anomaly, nuisance, and . cause Of inevitable
t,ons An o,h.r csr,.. q, ,1't,or. nut ,,ee,b.r A,
rived fr, M The wealn... or ths oanss. of man
.,o No, ..,, r,,.,,,.vo. a, o,r land :. 4. mi. !.
o,,,,o ev,I
But n exists In our land. with brosd spre,d. and
long oontinued hold. The extent Of our duties TO-
ward the slave and toward the msatcr E another and
s,psyaae ouestion. Our yiews upon the nature Of
saverv NAV h. r,ubt, and our yiewu of our duty To-
ward Il may be wrong At this time II Is peculiarly
necessary that al good men should be diyiney led to
act with prudenee and efficient wisdom.
because IL Ia great sin, because il Is q nstional
curse, n does not follow that We have right 10 say
anything or do anything that we may happen 10
please We oertslnly have NO right 70 attack Il In
snv manner that will crafty mems fancies or pas-
aona. II "a osm,utssi that thar, are four million
oolor,d ,aves In our nation These dwell In 10 differ
ent Southern States with Dol opulAton Of ton million
whites. These sovereign States are united TO US
not by any federal lisHments, but by vital interests,
by q common national life. And tho question Of
duty In not sin py what's duty 10 ward the blacks,
not wba. n duty toward the whites but what Is duty
IN each. and 70 both united. lam bound BY th,
great law Of love L, consider my duties toward tn,
slave, and Am bound by the great law Of love also
to oonsder my duties tow ard the white mau, who II
his tmsster! Both sre TO be treated with Chris
tan wisdom and forbearsnoe. We must ssel
to benefit the slave As much as the white man
and the white man AZ really ~ the slave
Va rn,,st keen In mind the interent Of mart