New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-16
SOUTHERN PROTEST AGAINST THE VIR-
GINA VIEW OF HARPERS FERRY.


We repubsh elsewhere remarkable article from
The Richmond Enquirer. We do so IN order 20 place
upon record our unqualified earnest, indignant pro-
test only against the conclusions OF the writer but
against the tone and spirit Of the article. We are u-
willing that such crareRiy outcry shall go before the
Northern public without at least voice OF dissent
FROM the South. 1t was dsgracefnl enough that the
inroad of twenty-five wretched border marauders
should cow town of couple of thousand inhabitants.
We smarted under the ignominy, but could find extern
uating circumstances in the parayZng effects Of
panic originating in surprise and utter ignorance of tho
| extent of the danger. Then it a bitter pill 10
swallow that Gov. Wise should praise III, indeed,
may trust the report of bis organ his citizen sol
dery for not having shown the white feather while on
their way to take sniff of gunpowder But now, fora
Southern paper TO go before the world with what tho
world will consider cowardy confession, and what
we denounce an unmitigated iasehood, Is more than
we can bear.
The burden of The ERqairer's wailngs is that the
institution of Slavery requires the assistance of the
General Government, that il has self-sustaining
power and that to repose in peace and security We
must needs trust TO the stalwat arms OF beloved
brethren the factory hands and mechanics Of the North.
" Protection meaning Federal protection of Slavery
is demanded by the blood of slaughtered citizens and
the ratOrous Southerncr that dares deny the right
is even criminal than the inmates Of the Char
lestown jail" We profess TO love the South with an
ardent hearts devotion, and we feel in this moment
that love The Enquirer is incapable Of loving
il; yet spurn the ADORE sentiment as Nnworthy Of
Virginia recre0ntto SOatheTn diQHfty and fasEiag
Southwestern States, have slaves than they
had in the negro-breedng border States and not only
we fully competent TO take care OF them and keep
them in subecton, but TO furnish 20 Virginia, If she
cannot deal with hers steady and rides rs true
as The ERqNirer's elamors viii be likely 70 get from
the Federa Government and the Northern States We
expect TO need such aid and would scorn 10 ask
for il.
Conld fhe worst enemies Of the South-e0ald the
most frantic of Observation-Disclosures at the North-haye
invented caumny more injurious 10 us than ;hs novel
plea of Gov Wses organ of the insecurity Of Slavery
for want of Federal protection! Has TIE Enquirer
forgotten how in the trying days Of the Revolution,
the Carolina planters left their homes and families
under the charge Of faithful slayeshow the negroes
planted the crops while the masters fought their
try's cause 7 Has The Enquirer forgotten how few
Virginia slaves avaled themselves Of the royal Cover
nor's proclamation-how few sought refuge on Lord
Dunmores ships Have the times changed since then
or has The Enquirer also forgotten the more recem
occurrence, which is frequently its text and whes
not solitary slave Joined the invaders and the hE
victim was a negro faithful 20 his trust a..
We are heartily SICK Of this gHmaaIy whining, nv
crying Ikea spanked baby imaginary grterdaos,
We have hemp enough grown in the South for ~
slave rebels and their white instigators; we have rn
and bullets enough to protect wives and cslldrs9
and we should fling back as an insult an offer OF rev
eral protection, were il made. True dignity Is ~
lated By the undue Importance giyeH 10 this miseraM
raid Of fec frantic fanatics; il should have heea
cassed with Baltimore riot or a New-Orleans ess
tion-a heinous crime 10 be sure, but not one impgT
persist in calling il an insurrecon; persist in speas
OF il in quaking voice and trembling tones, as bcc
the whole social fabric of the South were but n>E
zine of powder which awaited the slightest spAff ~
an irretrievable explosion. And such, INDEED, nni
Impression most indNstriousiy produced abToss, ~
even among the tinid souls Of oNr section, " W
silly, policy-coatemptibIe azyrAere, ana ""r
anWoTtkg Of Southern men. :.
The facts upon which The Enquirer predieates
nonsensical effusion are untrue in themselves ~
their allegation intrinsically absurd. According 70
own showing the slaves might away from tpe ~
der countless get they do not. The real calse o. NJ
Aboltonizing Of Virginia, which is n fact zoe ~
true, il the high price Of slaves. How many sgss
ians sufficiently sef-saerifcing in their deyoss.t
our labor system 10 refuse the Al 800 for Negro
the Southwest afford TO pay them, when !sva b
hire white laborer in his place for $l2 monso ~
the additional advantage OF dscharging him Sm srr
or when there is not work enough Let Ihe Il a. "
and its wordy patron who wakes interninsn;.> 80 q
quent over the immortality Of the slaye-trade, E..s
put that in their pipes and smoke il Lake inc q
from their opium pufls they may perhaps Is ~ .<kk
ivion, oblivion Of the real wants Of the soa'n q
is more slaves and not Federal protection icf n
IL fully able to protect without Northern assr'" III
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The President has at last received presep ..r III
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