Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-11-11

ing fragment struck the earth near Har.
per's Ferry. If the fragment of an
exploding acrolte had fallen down out
Of the air while the meteor swept on, il
would not have hecn more sudden, oil
less apparently connected with a cause
or an effect.
Seventeen men, white men, without q
military base, without supplies, without
artillery, withou, organization more than
a squad OF militia, attacked State, and
undertook to release and lead away an
enslaved race They do not appear to
have been called by the sufferers, nor to
have been welcomed by them. They
volunteered a grace, and sought to en-
force its acceptance. Seventeen white
men surroundeI two thousand, and hel
them in duress. They barricaded them
selves, and waited until the troops OF
two States, the employees of grea,
railway, and portion of the forces OF
the Federal Government could, travel
ling night and day, reach them. Then,
at one dash, they were snuffed out
l do not wonder that Niginians feel a
great deal of modification. Everybody
is sympathetically ashamed Of them. 1t
is quite natural that every effort should
be made to enlarge the proportions OF
this escapade, that they may hide their
weakness and incompetency behind a
smartly uptown horror. No one
doubts the bravery of Njrsinians. 1t
needs no praising. But even brare men
have panics. Courage is sometimes
caught at unawarcs. Certainly it strikes
US, at a distance, as a remarkable thing.
that prisoners three to one more than
their captors, and two thousand citizens,
should have remained days and nights
under the fear and control of seventeen
white men. Northern courage has been
at discount Of the South hitherto. 1t
ought hereafter to raise in value-at least
in Virginia.
The diligence which is now shown, on
the part OF many public presses, to in
flame the public mind, and infect it with
fear, is quite foolish. The incubation
will not take. The North may not be
courageous, bat i. certainly is not silly.
There is an element of the ludicrous in
this transaction which | think will etf.c-
tually stop all panic.
~ - -. s..st sYo 80 s''u'
s;on-tIaf eannet he he sSo @et "a, ayer 'fIis Tbe
common sense nf can, mon ns1nla cannot
f,;l to soo tl1ror5,L Il ,t.c5,,,ts "a lila -,
patur,I shame fya bnn9ling mate.be-
liovo i'm, the Il ne, was ,a5l1r araat,r
than it was The dancer was notbina
onJ ,ho Fear v5ry Sra,t and oonra 70 nn6n
a, ,Il~ And nothinr, "a, now rh,n+e
the facts All the newsDaners an earIb
win nat r,al.ott,, co -. ..,,.,a',r a,y o,+ar
n, yhot ,.nn ,Ia,so. ,,+,.tar cr,wI ~
s,rnosoJ ooni.le,,,os oil No roII ~
contnir,tor, anI ircIrlo ,bo noll.st
man If tbrsc st,,es ana cvb;bi, Ais
j,,,e;nar,. amy hsfasa ~, aaaala and
IN no onI il vii ,a,,oar ,bat ven,oen
white men oyerawrd a town Of two
,bousand br,v, yiyri-,i,n. and bo}d
N bon, ean.;,os ,,,;1 tho Sn, hal o,ro
l,uobing twics round tba gloh.
AnI taa .,te,n,. tn hi1o ,be fear ot
tbcso sYrronnded men bv ayak;no n
lar.,ar fa,r w,1I pover 4, II ia Too
literal = fnl6lmeDt not cxactlv Of nro.
nhosv hn. ~ f,hIo-not of Is,;ab bnt
r.on
A lox hav;,c ln,, cauqh. in fra,
e>caned with the lax of his tail HI
imncdi,telv went to hi, brother foxes To
nnrsnola ,bo,n th.,t ,I,ov wonlI an looL
be,..r it,hov tno wonH cnt oF tboi,
coulal an,endages Tbev declined -
And our two thousand friends who los,
their coura5e in the presence Of seven.
teen men are now MAXIM an aonaal ,c
tb;s na,io, n lose It's conra ,e tno that
tn. co,v,rd;cn of tho few NAV he hidden
in the cewardjee of the whole communi
ty 1t is imnoss;s 10. We choose II
wear our couraaa for som. tim, lonoor
Ash shall not recpr 70 This oS;c ir
VIRGINIA history again to.night mus
saw n word in resoect to the head anC
heart fit. For il all stood in the cour
,,, of ono man
An ola man kind at ho,,t ;,d,str;on,
,oacefnl wen, forth with A large f,mil,
Of children to seek n new homo in Kan
s,s Tho, infant coIo,y boId .honsond
Of soul, as noble as liberty ever inspire,
or ,ol;,;o, n,r;eboJ gro,, soovrn
sIoro So - noaros, no;rbhor songh
- ,ro,d dow, mis- Iihertv.Ioyiny colony
snJ ~ Jr',"n, IararT i1,a !, hT f[rc, .