Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-19

~ almost fFons childhood to the use oftbsir wcSp
ens. The circumstances in which they are piece
| have gtvep1hem an sptitnds for something :
military organisation and they have eontine4l
bcfore tbsfr eyes the necessity a preserving &c
AAnone TIA African race. We may b surst
| after The Bhvt surprise the white men in ever,
| American State would take prompt aud effectua
measures To crush rebellion tnough probably no
| soon enough to prevent tho commission OF many
a-rocities This fact addsfnach to the guilt Off
men ghy Gass istdl this scheme. Nothing etsa
siyksnipg and bootless slaughter could come OF IL
first the slalght-r oil white families by thsr Hsps
uId then tfls bloody revenge Of the cxaaperated
We will pst Affect 10 indulge the b7pe that the
common s1fths III w md Maryland Will ksmovel
BY this event ID take into consideration the exlin
elton OF slavery Putting aside the fac! that ssc b
outbreaks generally rteei the heart instead al
soRsning H. Mnd that the yoke il likely to he
pressed down more heavily than ever on negro
nrrk.. there are the great Inducements Of gain
AID fear tp support the system Cotton is I,rodnc'
cd now in vaster quantities than ever, and the
value ~ negro labor Is continually rising. Tic
plce OF nexroesis naarly double what It was
fw years bank hr the iScrease by breeding DIES
1T keep pace with the demand for the newly sell
lid conafry. As lopg as Virginia supplies the
ealers " the South with profit 10 herself 81 ioh,
win Uwners keen firm grasp on their human
property. aftI55.9 = o.
From NE Landon HeYs, Noe. 81 .
IT there must be II negro insurrection in the
United Stufcs before tho slavery question is net
tod, MARYLAND IL more likely titan any other
to he ,he ,ccps of ivnder ths circumstances of tle
present time. 1t is u misfortune that the negroes
should rise; md for long interval there was hope
that the transition from slave to free labor might
be accomplished in u peaceful and orderly way.
Uptn ab ut quarter Of century ago the mi
vcrrnl suppostion was thut slavery could come {"
this was the dread which kept quiet some leading
citizens. who, il they had stirred in time, might
hn,e nta,omp. hed The revolution in the labor
market l"g before Thu. There were then risins;a
Of more or loss consequence. ia the slave States
Frequently thnt the average WINS set down as IL
per yiar. The fearful insnrrectun known by the
name Of Tho Southampton Massacre took place in
1882 and this till recently cailed the last me-
gro risiog The abolition movement was insttu-
tel Mt ilmt time the news of that humble began
ming spread over the slave States, in the way that
ncws about negro interests does spread: and frtn
the moment when Garrison was understood Ia
have dedicated himself Il, their cause the negroes
tacitly committed their aHhirs to his hands, ind
he and his cuadiu were non-rcsi-tnnts. For
nbove twenty wears whe the Shareholders kept
up their alarms nnd cautions. susDectng incendia-
risin. material and moral Mt every turn, the slaves
never iehelod, moro or irss. This was one g"td
service done by tho nbolitirnists and another was
that the slaves were better treated, in proportion
a. the attention Of the world was directed toward
their case. by degrees there came q sackening
Of the alarms which prevail wherever slavery ex-
is =: and in 1885, rash ,ra,ti.cs we're advcn tured
Which nre bitterly rer"nied Ut now In their horror
OF ing an anfi-slavery President in the person
Of Fromont. tho Sontbpf. no,,tirians mnd, sneech-
rs al over the connlr' growing that his election
w"uld doom slavery 't"i Southern institutions
alt igethe,. These spcacEc' we're uttered in the
hearing ct the negro" who htni,r"und all crowds
and oi cour.c every one oi then, became wor-
shipper ot Fremont and ,prcrl his praise up and
down all thu rivcrs oi the interior. This IL uni
versaily admitted to have been the cause "i the
so'chled Conspiracy al ls36. which scared whoe
communllics out OF their wits. There Ger
mnly WI .>nread communication and sympn-
thy. Whether there was actual conspiracy To
rise, before the whites drove the negroes to it,
mains u matter Of dispute. What IL certain il,
that along the course oi the great rivers tho ne
gr"es believed that their day of delivcrance had
come, and act't accordingly, aud Tint nany died
under tho lash and On the gibbst rs mart yrs.-
The strongest idmonrio0s toprudencc have since
been promulgated nmont the whites; and The
speeches that hnye been listencl to by inquistive
ne .roe- have been lull Of assurances that slavery
would endure Tor ever. The constant discussion
OF the t"pr however. IN connection with politics,
is significant iact which the negro l. able to note
and reason upon. Ia former tWr' slavery went
on OF ITSELF IRE marriage hnd pn"lic worship and
mng'Stra"y aud 1t was no moI" talked about in
tho way II assertion an dele"r' Tam they. The
modern discussions show thnt It Is called IN qncs-
ii n; mud the prndignus un1nut Of escape from
erW 's P'" We o'.o'o u" n'rH eyes 'ha' 'he
M'"'e' h"a "imeoi'y III maintaining the hsh'n'
wv.
Then there's thr new phase Of the persecution
os the free h'sroe,s-ielt and resented wherever
there nrc free neSroes and hcy are everywhere
in spite of all efforts to di~l DIG them. Vale in
the free States they noA mold annual conventions
u consider their political and social condition, ald
ar ange their rcsistanp' to plans Of cxpatrintiun
nu provide means IA ia! .rrlnnts for tho cie