Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-07

issue. L 6 made. We have fri4pds or We havs
not In tho StatAs whence tAess inveflerse come.
They must now bs not only. conservative hut o.;
tive 70 prsysss invaders coming. We Arsin arms.
= Informatioa from sll qussssrA wish resp 'n.'bls
names, and anonymous dAssd ths eAmc tins.
from places fas distant ft~m, each eAhsn ssms Of
organised conspiraccs and o"mbinsti,ns to OBJ
atruct pnr laws, " rescue end saise hostages, 10
commit rapihs and burning lopg our bordsrs on
Maryland. Psansylvsaia, Ohio and Indiana:. pro.
eeedinE from those States and IRON New York, ]
Massachusetts, and other States and usnada. -
These multiplied In every form for wseks; and as
last. on the 10Th of November, call YEA very
properly and timely made BY Col. Dayis. for an
additional force Of 500 msR, yIs g. p .a,ss.f
These reports and ruu,ors. from 20 many seare'
90. Of every character aud FORM. 20 simpllassous
from places 20 far apart as the zane time, from
peraons 90 unlike ia syidsnsss u fsdscatiop, could
bs from no conspiracy to hoal; but rslisd pot 10
much upon them ~ upon the earnest cont.nucd
general appeal OF sympashssrs with the osimss.---
Il was impossible for 80 much Of such sympathy
t. exist without ineitiug bad men 70 action u res
cts or revenge. On this acted re l5
Immediately put in motian The tsoops Of Rich.
mond. Alaxandria, Petersburg and Fauqaier who
ohoyed promptly and In the time from II o'clock
Saturday night 10 Tuesday morning. 563 men
were added " tho guards st Chsrlsst"wn. ngrin
went in person with the troops, assomhlsd thc
commanding officers, organised the eoIamaad.sis-
Ferry, whore met General Taliatsrro. aad scoop
ted his services. Sinco then ! have ordered an
additional force Of 5G0 men from N~folk and
Portsmouth and Petersburg and Orange and Al
iemarlo and Augusta and Rockingham and Whes-
under Colonel Smith efthe virgiaia Military Insti
tuts. Aud have ordered Gensral Rosers and
lluntou to do whatever 10 necessary 10 guard The
lordsrs from'the Point of Rpcks " ,Alsxandria;
and the whole border 10 guarded West W Pied
mont. Lhnxs exhausted this md the next years
quotas in issuing efficient arms, aud have pur-
chased arms Of tho bcst improved models, and L.
suod them and osas and blankets to ,Isa troops
In word. have been compelled by apprehension
of the rr.st unparalleled border war; to place the
State in ns full n panoply of military defsnes a.
il foreign enemy had invaded us. Indeed. one
If the most irritating features Of this predatory
which furnish asylums for our fugtives IRON JUS
tico and from labor, and senda them and their hir-
I'd outlaws back upon US from depots and render
vous in bordering States. There s danger
from our slaves or colored people. The slaves i"c
ken refused N take nrm., an the frst man killed
respectable free negro who was trusted with
the baggage of tho railroad. and who faithful TO
his duty was shot running from the philanthro-
pists who came to libcrato the black race
But why do our slaves on the border not take
up arms against their masters We must look
iirntly at this fact before We take IL as sol1ce-
In the 10 that question lies the root Of our
danger. Masters in tho border counties now hold
their slnvss by suferance. The slave could fly to
John Brown much easier than he could come and
take him. The slaves at will can hberate them
road 10 ~ their very doors, and they may take
pass are when they please They prefer 10 re.
main. John Browns invasion startled us: but
wo have been tamely submitting 10 . greater dan.
ger, without ooniessing IL. Tho plan which 81.
lently corfupts and steals our slaves, which sends
secret emmssares among US 10 stampede" Our
slaves. which refuses u execute Fugitive slave
lnv;s. which forms secret societies for mischief,
with the motto, "alarm u their sleep, fire 10 their
dw elings. and poison to their food and water"
aud which establishes underground rail roads, and
depots and rendezvous for invasion, il more das-
gcrous than ,hs invasion by John brown. Yet
the latter excites Us. and In the former we have
been sleepiiy ncquiescing. Il 10 no solnce 10 me.
then, that border slaves arc no liberated alrea
dy by this exterior asylum and by this still SILENT
Sealiog system, that they have no need 70 take
up arms for their own liberation. Confederate
States ~ woll as individuals have denounced our
laws and set them at defiance; they have ~ their
laws encouraged and facilitated the escape Of our
slaves, and hare made abolition . cancer eating
into our very vitaIs. - ~ t
We mu,t. thsn. acknowledge and acton the fact
that present relations between the States cannot
bc permitted longer to exist without abolishing
slavery throughout the United Stasss. or oompsll.
ing us TO defend il by force Of arms.
On the 25th ultim0 addressed i tiers to the
Governors Of Maryland. Pennsylvania and Ohio
Of which the accompanying arc copies. From the
Governor OF Maryland have received very sat
isfactory reply herewith submittod. ] havere-
ceved a reply, by telegraph. from the Governor
of Pennsylvania also, who, am proud to say has
promptly performed his duty 10 delivering up the
fugitive. from justice, and who protests that bis
State will do her confederate duty In all respects.
lie intimates that Virginia ought nottc anticipate
,Luk Iii IL vsn nAaJa %
distractions 70 or violation Of tIe laws in 6sf lin
it's; but watchful guardianship Of virginia's
safety could not neglect to appfiep PennsyiyanjA's
authorities Of crimes meditatSd against either.
State (of which was informed, and thsy ware
probably. not iniorned) 't-by way of nssiligsnce
arms and stores. bad just before already passed
through Pennsylvania, and bad remained as pla-
ces in her limits. and he had enlisted one man, At
least, negro, in one Of her toxns. had not.
therefore, anticipated the facts. bat appealed to
them for steps Of prevention and precautiop. after
what had already occurred. And the Governor
uf Pennay wanna. presume. speaks more in the
>prit Of just State pride than from such sviden-
.,es Of danger and cause ofapprshsnsion a. she Ex
'cutive here II In possession Of respecting combi
,ations. dspok and rendezvous In sdjoining
,tates for invading the borders Of Virginia.--
from the Governor Of Ohio have as yet resolved
answer. ef
On the ssms day, the 25th ultimo. addressed |
letter 10 the President of the United Staeea, Of
.hich the enclosed is a copy On the 18th -
,eived from him the accompanying answer, TO |
vbich have not replied. but upon which ! mnst |
i.ere comment. 49,. ~, 5y..s.. s1a4 |
He ssems 10 think that the constitution snd |
laws Of tho United States do not provide apthori.
" for The President to intsrposs TO- 'rsisl insa-
son," OF keep the peace betwesp the Stetss, In |
ases whore ths citissns Of eps State Invade ~. |
thsr Ssass uhless tho Executive or Lsgislatars sf
he Stass invaded applies iose psptsctisn. i dif-
srfrom this epinion. sithw Ne lramsrs of ~