Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-10-28
Vol. VINO. IL.

that the sanguinary scenes of Harper's
Ferry were but the carrying out of tho
principles inculcated by such journals.
Well do they remember the proceedings
at the North Church, New Haven, on
the 2lst of March, 1856, when Sillman,
Kill'em & Co., subscribed rifles where
with to arm their fellow citizens who
were about to proceed to Kansas and
when Rev. Mr.. Bcccher shouted, If
twenty-five rifles san be raised on tho
spot, | will pledge twenty-five more for
Plymouth church, Twenty-soven we're
procured, and the pledge, thus publicly
given, we may presume was fulfilled.
At any rate, the scent of blood-the
blood of shareholders been snuffed
by not few men at the North and East,
including (shame on them y many pro-
tossed disciples and even ministers of the
Prince of Peace and we may safely say
that the large stores of arms, ammuni-
ton, &c, found among tho effects of tho
insurgents, besides what they stole from
the armory, were not purchased with
their own money Many others must have
been concerned with them, to supply
such an amount of the sincws of war"
The same journal thus refers to the
question of responsibility:
" Where, then, rests the responsibility
of this instruction? Who is responsible
for the thirty lives lost and for the hang
ings and imprisonments which are yet to
follow? Do not the words Ef9" Thou
ART THE MAN-G frown down upon
every one of those persons, whether
editors, clergymon, or other citizens.
who have aided, directly or indirectly,
in exciting or promoting the fatal attempt?
1t matters not that they thought they
were doing God service. 1t is in vain
that they asseveratc, in tho distressed
language of one Of our cotemporaries,
that no political party is responsible,
and plead in cxtenuaton of the atrocities
Of Brown that he was crazy 20 be
sure he was crazy, and has long been so ;
but he is no more crazy than those by
whom he has so long been encouraged
in his bloody career"
The Clerctand National Democrat de-
clares that the plot was originated in tho
State of Ohio, and points distinctly to his
confederates there:
This man Brown-bctter known as
Ossawotamic Brown, was in this city last
spring, the pet of portion of the repub-
llcan leaders He lectured here, and in
his lecture and in conversation Dragged
of his exploits in numbering pro-slavery
men, and stealing negroes, horses, &C.,
from Missouri. He was then en- route
from Missouri and Kansas, the scenes of
his violent and miscreant life, with
band Of fugitive negroes that be had
passed into Canada; and the horses
which he boosted he had stolen he offered
for sale in our streets a Lecturing in
different parts of Ohio, particularly in
the Reserve counties. he was the petted
of the Republican leaders of the Cid
dings stamp, who furnished him money
TO carry on his operations. 1t was here
that he concocted his last great scheme
Of villany, to drench Maryland and Vir-
ginia in the blood Of the whites, and to
excite among the enslaved population
the worst feelings of their nature, and to
incite them to apply the torch to the
dwellings aud the knife to the throats Of
| their masters"
The Charleston Mercury has an article
on the subject distinguished by calmness
and moderation. After referring to the
details Of the outbreak it adds:
While we can see no cause for pres
cnt alarm, none can blind their eyes to
the audacity of the attempt, or fail to re-
gard it as a pregnant sign of the times
prelude to what must and will rocur
again and again, as HE progress Of Sec
ttoaaI hate and Uack republican success
ddodnces 10 their c0nsgD,motfon. And
what will be the effect Are occur
rences like these calculated 10 strengthen
the institution of slavery in the border
States, by adding to its advantages and
value in the appreciation Of the public
there ? Is not the condition Of things to
which we submit inevitably tending to
render slave property in the neighbor-
hood Of Mason and Dixon's line dan
gerous and troublesome nuisance? Slaves
can neither be kept nor managed. By
our tame and passive policy the cotton
States, which are vitality interested IN tho
institution, are actually allowing slavery
to be carried out Of the border States.
The continuance Of this policy will slow
ly but surely build up an abolition party
in States that now are strongly pro-
slavery, and ready to back us in rcsis-
lance to the ever recurring aggressions
Of the North and of her people. Tho
march Of events is EDWARDS. Let the
signs Of tho times be read and interpreted
Alright"