Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-28

We have before US two more instances In
which the present Federal Administration
has proved itself utterly indiffer. MT 20 and
regardless of just claims of citizeus Of tire
South. at the same time when it is so vigi-
liant and active To suppress any movement
for the promotion of the interests Of our Sec
ton.
The first of these is it's course towards the
barque Wanderer at Savannah. The Ad-
ministrafion bad grudge against Mr.. Lamar
for hi- alleged completely III the late impor-
tation of Africans by the Wa"d1er. and
therefore, upon mere uniounded rumor that
she intended to engage in another xp' diiion
of the kind. Government vessel WAS kept
constantly on the watch TO intercept her. and
a sufficient force was always al hand 10 de-
| tain or capture her. But when Mr.. Lamar
| informed the Collector that preparations We're
making to steal the barque from him. and
asked for aid in preventing The robbery, not
| only could no Gov ernment cutter lie ioHnd.
but the Collector refused TO take officially
any responsibility in the matter of venting
| the outrage. although he admit, d that ii
would be a violation OF Federal laws which
il was his duty To thwart ! Now, can y
reader doubI for a moment that If The Col
hector has been informed that Mr.. Lamar was
about Ia dispatch the barque on a slave-tra-
| Z, ing expedition, the Federal Collector would
hav. found ample force to pursue and bring
back the pirates" and would readily have
assum' d any responsibility necessary TO b.
| incurred!
The second case is the remarkable neg
| lrct of tie President and Cabinet TO make
| any investigation into. or take any action to
prevent the late abolition raid upon Vir-
| ginia, although the Secretary OF War had a
month previously, through an anonymous
letter, be- n Informed OF the intend' insur-
| rection, with SD much particularly that it
! would have been the easiest matter conctiv-
able for tue G"vernm, III, acting upon the
| suggestions of the letter. To ascertain its
| truth and crush the rebellion in lis geI III.
| The following is the lester received by s. Gre
tary Floyd:
CINCINNATI. Aug. IL 1859.
Sir II have recently received information
| of u movement of SO great importance that
| feel it my duty 10 impart it 10 you w bout
delay. ] have discov, red the exi-tence of
| secret association having for its object the
| LTD ration of the slaves of ;he South by gen-
| eral insurr ctinn. The leader nf the move
ment is old John Brown. late IF Kansas He
| has been in Canada during the winter drilling
| the n"gro"s, and they are only waiting bis
VOID to start to the South TO assist he slaves.
| They have as Que Of their leading men a
white man in an armo,y in Maryland.
| Who're il is situated have not been enabled
| to learn.
Y,
| their number who ale in ihe Nor b ri States
and Canada are to come in small compani
| 10 the reud' Zvous, which is in the mountains
of Virginia. They will pass down TIN ough
| Pennsylvania and Maryland. Brown left the
North about three Or four weeks agn, and
will arm the negroes and strike The blow in
| "a few weeks; so that whatever is done must
he done at once. They have large quantities
of arms at their rende Zvous. aud are proba-
bly, distributing them already.
| am not fully in their onfiden e. and this
is all the information can give you. dare
not sign my nam- o this, hut tru that you
will not disregard the warning.
Though this anonymous letter would not
have Justified the dispa'c CHI # troops TO Har
| per's Ferry without Other information, il was
70 circumstantial ,aLd, a. the sequel proves
SD corr ct) in its statements. thai bv prompt
ly aetng upon them the authorities cuuid
| v,ry readily have ferr ted ont and crush,
| the con piracy before il came 10 II head. 1t
| made disclosures. b. truth oil which could
have been asc. rtain.d with very little trouble
| or expense. and II seems astonishing that il
did not at least cause the authorities at Wash
| ing 10 erjoln the officials at Harper'S Ferry
| Ia institute Inquiries aud exrrcis vigilance
| On the strength OF representations m ch / IS
| dehnite or well-fouDded, III, Government ~
| On SET eral occasions manifested the greatest
| watchiulness and energy to head of su pee
ted Southern hlibustering expeditions or To
! detect and capture African sIavers Would
il have been thus indifferent and Inactive.
had an anonymous letter so particularly in
| formed II of unlawful expedition a foot for
Nicaragua or the African coast I? The man
must be credulous indie, who. in view OF the
| events OF the last year or two. can believe
| that Ii wuuld.-Coiunsbus Enquirer.