Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-10-28

BY the Governor
Moan SMITH, ia, Secy. Of State.
HarDer's Ferry Disturbance.
The mons.rous proportions of the insurrec-
,ionary movement at ilarper's Ferry have
collapsed. and the large number of seven hum
dred men. engaged in the disturbance, has
dwindie ed TO twenty-five men. including the
unsound Old OssawottamIe Brown, the lead
er. How unfortunate FOR the "chlva!ry" of
the old Dominion in particular, and the Blu
chanan Democracy generally, hat the remark
ably promising frs: sha iowinss ofthis re mark-
ably insane affair should have been puncturel
~ the subsequent: equally unfortunate facts
Why could not,-tor the sake of the fighting
Virginlaas and the ardent ro..licians who are
waiting Tor something to turn up-th.s whole
matter have assumed more formidable pro-
portions, and the number engaged IN the era
~ enterprise have been kept up 10 a lighting
army that could be counted by hundreds and
thousands Now there is not much margin
for the hishta,u;iE Gov. Wise. and the dough-
~ "irst tainslie,' to spread themselves and
prove their mettle. /, will not do 10 admit
that there could be any really cause Of fear
tina, twenty-five mcn could have captured the
old Dominion. The number engaged IN the
attempts - small, and the character Of the
men SO wholly unknown 10 .ior.une or
4 fame" save AM excepting the leader, that
nothing but cold comfort" can be extracted
from review oi the whole proceedings. No
wonder that the impctuous and chiva,r!c Gov.
Wise wanted to weep" over the degencracy
Of his future defenders of Virginia oyster beds
No wonder that Senator Mason, one of the
prospective Democratic candidates for the
Presidency, and the military Col. Faulkner
Of the same State, both members in good
standing OF the gallant democratic party. and
of the present Congress. SHOULD pump old
Brown as dry as an orange peel, TO see if he
i was not an "Internal machine" II he had
Secn found As full of state secrets as modern
! Lecom1ton democra, is of pseudo patriotism
II !. rginian Is of honor or if he had been
found TO have been connected with the Re-
publican party. pr ITS leaders, why, some cap
ital would have inuret. to she now hopeless
democratic party, aud some Il. a.inS salve eA-
tracttd for the furnished honor OF the two
thousand who suffered themselves 20 be mat J.,
captiyes by these handful of men. But alas
for human expectations Ola Brown proved
trump equally prepared to meet his in.
quisitors and the dreadful consequence Of his
mad attempt at a revolution. Nothing was
Extracted from him duplicating any body in
these questioninss. TO prove the leader to be
lighting on his own hook. and i'll obedience tc
the promptings OF diseased and disorders cd
mind.
An attempt has been made and will be per
severed in. 10 make the Republican party re-
sponsible for this affair. Nothing could b,
more unjust or malicious.
Ten reasons can be gwen, why the Demo.
cratic is responsible. where one can be found
to prove the Repub lican party is the cause
present or remote Of these disturbances.
Brown saw men murdered in Kansas anc
th"ir property destroyed, because OF their po
lincal opinions. He saw cruel and muir
derous warfare carried on to propagate SLAYER,
and under the project ion OF the L. States au
thorities. Ills sons were murdered for thei
opposition to slavery; a daughter who was
specta or of the art-rending scene. becam
I, , a maniac. Old Brown might have and wha
. more natural, become SO exlsperated by these
scenes as 70 have lahen an oath not 20 Civ
sleep 10 his eyes nor slumber to his eyelids
until Slavery was rooted up and revenge up
on the murderers OF his chill dren. obtained
Ihs Wild, tNeitns and heuel>h scene, Il Us
r sawotaale, made him 1lonamluiae, aud III
: daughter raying mad. Vino were the an
thars at these oulsFea K: Why were sue
L scenes enacted in A portion ef our county =
r ho raisulcd the cfIcs " Ais came up froI
Aaesas. caused by the myrsui5lons of Slavery
as "hansas sArleks;" Let history answer.
The tact that old Brown took pos.es,io
: of urper's Ferry village, containing tw
h thousand inhabitants, captured tho L.
A Arm0ryand Arsenal. and kept some ski
men prisoners for two nights and one day, AN
q until help came from abroad, lille hayin
= only twenty-five men under his comman,
:. and that the ehivalry were SO alarmed. as I
q magnify the number engaged in the move
. ment more than thirty fold, gives the matte
}. a lu iicrous aspect.