The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-22
Rirbmu,lh qispatrt.
-. ,,ypnAy MORNING. ......ocT. %, 1859


,xu.u. Lender and His Plan.
80 W. York Exprsss thinks that theN
~, aaaI Of method In the alleged mad
- old BROWN Rash and ridiculous
:. ,,a .nterpr,se has proved. his plans seem
e. haxe been carefully elaborated and 70 nave
80. an. re.ult of accumulation OF conspira.
L.. from Maine to Kansas Its now clear that
k,owx did not contemplate ;he craziness OF
l. ISOLATED assault upon Harper's Ferry, but
lh,, this was to be the signal Of general in
surrection throughout the Soathern States
This is evident from the papers aud maps
found in his possession, from the letter OF
warning that was sent before the expls sion TO
Gov. FLOYD. and, indeed. from his own con-
Se.s,on. Upon his maps, the course Of the in
sarrectionary movement throughout the South
was clearly and fully marked out: the avail
able points Of attack designated by certain
crosses and circular lines drawn around them.
and every heavy slaveholding district IN ths
country was laid down. The success oi MS
scheme was staked upon the Assumption
that the slaves Of the South were ready, 10 i
man, to rush to the support OF the nag va
rebellion as soon As IL should De nhiurieo'
BRowN asserts mat he is in correspondence
with men in almos. every Southern State, ana
from these correspondents IL is possible he
derived his conviction of the readiness OF the
negroes to respond 10 the signal at Harper's
Perry There never was greater mistake,
bu, il is none the less q subject for grave re-
fec that there are in every Southern State
confedera:es of Baowy-abolition agents, who
are endeavoring to sow the seeds of rebellion
in the minds of peaceful and eontented labor
ers. and 10 let loose the hell-hounds of murder
and rapine upon the most quiet and unsus-
pecting communities.
The slaves of the South, a mass, have no
disposition TO enlist i'll the ranks OF insurrec-
ton. That there may be evil disposed and
vicious men among them, ready TO listen TO
the reasonable counsels of BROWNS under
ground agents. no one can doubt, but they are
one in ten. Most of them are quiet and
happy, and would be much more so If left
al,ar by the incendaries. All OF them are
be.,lr fed and in q more comfortable physi-
cal condition than the great majority OF
lhr abohtionists. They are merry and care
less race, having literally no thought for the
morrow, no wasting cares, no sieepiess hlgh's
III anxiety, no Gays fail Of apprehension Tor
t5e gh.ure. They perform by day about ONE
tltd the task q Northern iaboreri lhoy
..&s 10 - their meals food which Northern pau
Hers vsouId be slad 20 receive; they spend their
p sh;s ~ the most nproaf.ocs mirlh and Ioiiity
.-4 sossana IA aH4i h3nIuy " are iHxuries which
,i.sN,rAT15. I}EoWr * Co, may not appre-
ai.ste hut Is tong - they last. genera! South
e5ti. .asurrea tou is Impossible BGo"N aud
-tr Triune iaay ins.g3 le Lioarty o. Death -
au saeir iAuaers, hut they will be met Will
Lbs fag Of FussuIn Fat ana Hon,iay-' and
agiyan across nc PGt5n;pc faster than obey
,lsne. S.lii loss can Tie fanatics q the tres
q IA oh ~.
Isl. ia,.vceu ;he masters aud servants Of Ih5
south, aud which is III general, especially
among those who have beel raised under The
same household tree, much stronger Than eA'
lists among a good many OF the fanatics to-
wards their own kitn and kin. Neither III
the Revolution nor the last war witl
England were the energetic efforts OF the
British officers to excite Instruction among
the slaves, attended by such results as u
encourage a repetition of the expert
men. These attempts. instigated by Bfl-
fish commanders and supported by pow
erful British force, were unable to detach the
negroes of the South from their allegiance to
their masters, and OssAwATroMIE BROWN, al
the head of his rag tag and bob-tail, could moi
reasonably expect TO succeed where LORD DUN
MORE and Gen Ross had failed. Neverthe-
less. led astray no doubt, by the reports OF the
temons-who are plotting destru ction In every
Southern communicable unfurled the nag OF
general instruction, and what was the re-
sponse The most miserable abortion OF an
attempt at an instruction that is recorded IN
the page OF history. Still, valuable lives nave
been lost; households OF good and once happy
people have been cast into the deepest anguish.
The fact that the instruction stopped a. H2r-
per's Ferry will not restore their dead, nor
will the lights that may be extinguished in
other homes by future attempts be rekindIed
by the partial extent of the operations that
have made their world blank. Hence. it be-
hooves the South to be vigilant; to ferret out,
if possible, the secret enemies in its own Dor
ders, and by systematic precautionary mea-
sures to prevent the possibility of the smallest
village in its limits being suddenly seized by
an invading force, and the humblest household
In thasvillage from becoming the prey of ruff
faus and outlaws.
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