Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-12-06
go H. ,hird Ground. i it r u that the

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! tho nublic sentiment Of other States? II so
| th.ni IL is time indeed that execution shall bt
done upon them, and that we should pre-
! mare in earnest for the "lrreprcSslble conflict,
with that sympathy which, in demanding io'
these criminals ~par,lcnS and rcrricres, and II
wrcahing vengeance for Their refusal, woult
| make criminals of US. Indeed, a biasphcmo;i:
| moral ircason. an expressed fcllOw-tccling witt
fclonS,u profrSSc,! conservatism OF criine,a dehanI
aud boastful guilty drluoniac spirit combined, ar
! rui-n uS. the outraged community, Ms the wrong
doors who must do pcnance and prevent on!
! penalty BY pardon and reprieve OF these mar
tyrS. This sympathy sent thes" men, its mere
tools. 20 l., the deeds which sentenced them
| II may have sent them to he martyrs for ms
chiefs sake: hut the execution of Our law i
Necessary to warn future victims rot again Il
be its tools. To heed this outside clalnor At all
WAS 70 ~rant at once unconditional grace. II
hang would br no more martvrlDm than to IN
carrcra.e the %fanatir. The sympathy woulG
have asked on and on Tor liberation, and 10
u,,rSe and sootLe him, whilst life lasted, IN PR
son. Ills state of health Would nave beer
hvra.lcd weekly n from a palace visitors
would have cnm. aiiccicdIy rereirnt toSre tht
.horn ielon at his hard labor; the work I"
his hands would have been sought as holy
relics; and his party.col"rcd dress would s'av,
become. perhaps, a uniform for the next nam'
81 impiouS miaraudcrS. There WAS no iN'u1lt
ground Of mitigation. To pardon on fcpr!eVt
1T all, WAS To proclaim 4 licensed impu"i'y "a
the Thousand fanatics vii" az: inii Only ~ t'!c
guilt anl folly ui setting up Their individual
supremacy Over law, life, property and rtviI
liberty itself. This sympathy with the 'eaicl
was worse than the INVASION itself. The appsaI
was: it is policy to make 40 martyrs, bi'
dlsarm mlrllcrcrs, traitors, robbers, insurrec'
~tionists, by free J"ud"" for wanton, malicious,
unproyokcd %fclonS. | could but ask, will exc
cuti0n 81 the legal sentence 81 a hnIhaI'r Ia"
make martyrs of such criminals do Sccii"na,
and social masses ha!low these crimes 10
whole communities sylnrathizc with TIE on
laws, instead of SympaliIzinS with the onts"se'
society Of sister sovereignty: IL so, theh''
Sympathy is Il, irlonio,rs u the CHEMICALS. a'i'
is far more dangerous than was the INVASION
The threat of martyrdrm !; u threat against on
| peace, and demands execution to rrfN >ilfi
Sympathy and such saints Of martyrdom. IN
issue WAS forced UPON l>: Shat John Br"wi
be parloncd, lest tx might De- canoniLed Il!
execution Of felony for confessed n%rIrieT, ROB
berry and treason in melting ~Seryile lnsnrrectI"I
IN Virginia: WHY n martyr: Because th"n
racrls applaud hi> acts and opinions, AMI ginfl
f. Isl; cli,nrS Was 10 hesitate after tins
Sy,ipathy was in instruction, and b'd t" m
suhdncl more sternly than was John Brown
John Brown had surely To die according To law
and Virginia has 10 meet the ISSUE. II Is made
We have f icu,ls or we have not IN III" State
whence thcs" Invaders come. They must n"N
be not cnly c0nsfrr0f.rc but dctirc 10 proven
invaders coming. We are in arms.
Information from ali quarters, with resnonSl
bic names, and anonymous, datc,i the saIn'
time, from places far distant from each other
came, Of organized conSplracicS and comblna
tons to ubstruct orr laws, IN rescue anil Sciz'
hostages, 10 commit rapine and burning aion:
our borders on Maryland, Pennsylvania, ohI'
and Indiana, proceeding from these States ar'
from New York. Massachusetts and oihcI
States aud Canada. These multiplied 'n"vcrH
form for weeks; and NJ last, "n the 18th "
November, a call was very property ami l!'icIi
made hv Col. DaviS f"r an aIdilioiaI force /"
800 men.
These reports aud .u,n"rS, from 30 many
! sources, Of every character and form, - sii"ii!
taneouS, from places 30 far apart, AT the same
time. FROM persons 20 unlike iii evidences "
education. could lr from no conspiracy Il
hoax. 6ai / rtiici nat 50 mgch "pot' ih'm u
| uyos Me earnest c1AtiRH,d gcnerdt Hpp,0t q
n,mDntLixcrs rih he crimes. II rn< 'a,poSrj
bic jar I'd mpch Of such symp"ihY {" "r's
rjtEoyi erciting bad m,n I" ""f'"" 81 rfscv
or rrreogs. On this | acted.
immediately put in motion the troops "
Richmond. .Alcxanlria, Petersburg ANA Fan
ouier, who obeyri promptly-and in the tin,
! from II O'Clock Saturday night 20 TucSfa,
morning. 513 men were added 20 the guard' a
Charlestown. | again went in person Will
the troops; assembled the commanding officers
orcanis.d ti,r oommaud issued general orio-s
and returned 10 l~larpcr's Ferry, where me
General Talinierro, and accepted his services
Since then have ordered an additional force =
/ 5aU men from Norfolk and Portsmouth and Pc
t~crsl,urc and Orange and .AlbcnarIe AMI Au
gusta ard Buckingham and Wheeling. aIi'
have called out a corps al howltzcrS, undo
Colonel Smith oi Virginia Military Institute
| And | have ordered Generals Rogers ami Ham
ton To do whatever IS necessary 10 guard III
borders from the Point Of Rocks 10 Alexandria
and the whole border i, guarded Yves. To Ped
mont. have exhausted this and IN" mex
wears Quotas in issuing efficient arms, am
have purchased arms 81 the best improved me
deIs. and issued them and coats and blanket
IA the troop.. III 4 word. ] hnv" 'iccI con
re,led br apprehension Of the mos. unparaI
Ic,cd border war, 10 place the State in a iuli
u~anoply Of military defence ~ If 4 foreign cnr
nv had invaded ~. Indeed, one Of the ma.
irritating features Of this predatory war, is tina
!, has lis seat in BRUSH provinces. which iui
nish aaylumS for our f~ugitivcS from justice an'
from labor, and >en1s ;hcm and their hire
outlaws bac', upon MS from dcrotS and Tcl
dcZyouS in bordering states. There l. n" dat
ger from our slaves or colored people. III
/ slaves taken refused To take arms, ard the trs
man killed was Il respectable free negro vii
was trusted with the baggage Of tn" %rai'Toas
and who faithful! to his duty was shot ruEnin
from the philanthropistS who came to IhrTat
the b,acI; race,
Bat why do Our slaves IN tho border not tax
up arms against their masters We must loo
firmly at this fact before wc take II 'S 4 ,uiac'
In the answer 10 that question lies tie roo! :
our danger. Nnsiers III tie b"rdsT t""''.t"'
.on hotd tkfi. xLn.es Ig Snfty1"c.. The >lav
could ny 20 John Brown much chs!cr than Ii
could come ami take him. The slaves nj vi
can iihera;e themselves by running away. Th
underground rali r"ai is at their very door
and they may take passage when they please
They prefer to remain. .JuhH Br0"h. 'mrGsio
slari!,i "<: Bat ~ harf bFcE i"'rtiR spbiai
ting {, Il qrrater do"gtr. ritho"! "os.ti">i0g i
The p!ar- which silently corropt> and steals on
slaves. Yiiich sends secret elniSsaries among II
to stampede" our slaves, which refuses to exc
cute fugitive slave laws, which forms secret Sc
c~ir,ies for mischief, with the motto. alarm I
their sleep, fire to their dwellings, and poiS"
to their food and water and which r>tahiiShe
underground raj! roads, and dePo'> and rer
devious COR invasion, Is more dangerous tina
the Invasion by John Brown. Yet the latte
cycii,S Us, and in :he former We have hcc
sleepi,y ncquicscing. II is no s"!ace 70 ne
then, that our border slaves are 80 lftcTate
already by this exterior asylum, and by thi
still, silent, stealing system, that they harf n
necd 10 take up arms for Their c'sn Hbrrdtt"H
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