Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-22

without mercy. Two or three only Of the
patrol escaped by flight, and conveyed the
dreadful tidings to the inhi bitants Of the
town.
By this time, ell or most of the white
persons who had been found on the several
plantations, being massacred or forced to
seek their safety in flight, the rufiians ex-
changed the swsrd for the torch. The bull
din s and cans-f fields were everywhere set
on fire; and the conflagrations, which were
visible from the town, in thousand differ
ent quarters, furnished prospect more
shocking, and reflections more dismal, Than
fancy can paint, or the powers Of man de-
scribs.''
Such, sir as mailer Of history, is 8 ser
vile insurrection. Now let US take glance
at the state Of things in the Southern States,
cO-nembers as they are with US in The great
republican confsdsracy. Let US consider
over what sort of population it is, that
some persons among US think il not only
right and comnendable but in the highest
degree heroic saint like. God-like, TO extend
The awful calamity, which turned ST. Domin-
go into heap of bloody ashes in 179l.-
There are between three and four millions
Of the colored race scattered through the
Southern and Southwestern States, in small
groups, in cities, towns. Villages, and in
large bodies Oh isolated plantations; in The
house, the factory. and the field; mingled
together with the dominant race in the Va
riOus pursuits Of life, the latter amounting
in the aggregate to eight or nine millions,
if l rightly recolect The numbers. Upon
this community. thus composed, ii was the
design of Brown 10 let loose the he'll hounds
Of servile insurreetion, and 10 bring oh
struggle which for magnitude, alroeity and
horror. would have stcod aisns in The his.
tory of the world.
The ImpOssib.iRy Of Speedy EmGacpa
fiOn.-Some one may ask why does not the
South fOrtify herself assinst the possible
occurrence Of such catastrophe, by doing
away with the one great source from which
alone il can spring? This is question ca
silly asked land am not aware that it is our
duty at the North TO answer il; but it may
be observed that great and radical changes
in the frame work Of Society, involving
the relations Of twelve millions Of men will
not wait on the bidding of an impatient
philanthropy. They can only be brought
about in the lapse Of time, by the steady op-
Grafton physical, economical, and moral eau
sss. But has any person, whose opinion is
entitled TO the slightest respect, ever under.
taken 10 sketch out the details Of plan for
effecting the change at once, by any legisla-
tive measure that could be adopted? Con-
slider only, l pray you, that il would be TO
ask the South TO give up one thousand mill |
ions of property, which she holds by IL |
tie satisfactory 10 herself, as the first step.
Then estimate The cost Of an adequate out
fit fer the self support of the emancipated
millions; then reflect on the arrangement
Of the entire industrial system of The South
and all the branches of commerce and man
ulaoiures that depend on lis great staples;
then the necessity Of cOnfsrrins equal po
litical privilege, on The emancipated race,
who, being free would be content with
nothing less, if anything were consistent
with our political system; then the cOnse-
quent organization of the two great pOliti-
cal parties on the basis of color, and the e.
Iernal feud which would rage between
Them, and fnally the overflow into the free
States Oft vast multitude Of needy and help
less emigrants, who, being excluded from
many Of them land among others from Kan
'as, would prove doubly burdensome where
hey are admitted. Should IRE, sir, with
al our sympathy for the colored race, give
4 very cordial reception 10 two or three
hundred thousand destitute emancipa,ed
Slaves? Does not every candid man see
hat every one of those steps presents diff
,ulties Of the most formidible charaotsr,-
difficulties for which, as far as | know, no
nan and no party has proposed solution.
Disunion Deprecaisd.-And is it, sir, fer
he attainment of objects so manifestly i'm
practicable, pursued, too, by the bloody
Of treason and murder, that we
vii allow the stupenliOus evil which now
hreatens us 10 come upon the country?-i
Shall we permit this curiouly scoppacted
,ody polite, the incest adjustment
# human wisdom; TO 60 10 piecss?--
Viii we blsst 'fhis beautiful symmeirie
orm; paralyzs this powerful! arm of public
trength: smite with imbscili;y this
,reat National Intellect? Where, sir, o
where will be the flag Of the United States!
Where our rapidly increasing influence in I