Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-19
The Harper's Ferry Affair
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-'.' From the Ita.F,g Times, Sor.i
The Inst mail fruu New York hrinra further
news of y very extraordinary ipcdcnt. What may
be called an Instruction Of nholironists and ne
grocs has broken out NJ 81 place called Harpcr's
Ferry. and the United Stntes Armory hns been
seized by band Of desperate men A. the con
test wins going on when Ahc steamer left we nrc
unable to give the result Of this serious affair bat
there can he little doubt TINT the insurgents have
been crushed and their leader punished with death
The smnll number Of men engaged contrasts strong
lily with tho holdncss Of the scheme aud the skin
with which it was carried out. The promrtitudc
Iof the authorities in bringing mn overw helming
force 10 the spot shows that the outbreak was con
sidercd n matter Of no small importance But at
first sight the details given by telegraph, ouly
inspire wonder that men should risk their lives on
no mad scheme. IL is on y when we consider the
social condition of the southern States that we
have clue TO the object If tho insurgents aul
perceive the full danger of their mo, cments. Il
iwould appear that man named Brown, who bad
taken an eager part IN the struggle IN Kansas,
formed design ofliberatng the Northern Slave
States by Al instruction OF the negroes Of Mary.
land mud Virginia. II is we'll known that the NJ
lolitlonists--cven the more moderate OF them-havc
long cherished the hope that these regions mnv
discard slavery in course oi time; aud, were it NJ.
fer the ma:knt which the new slave States ntf rd.
the institution would probably die out north of the
Carolinas. But Brown and his conledera,es wore
not tho mea TO trust to time aud To renccab'1
means. Accounts vary rs to the number en- gaged
lin this desperate enterprise but the latest news ia
that they originally numbered only seventeen
white men and five ne yrocs Ii thoy subseuucnt.
ly increased to 200. the fact shows how aanrerous
I ltho movement must DO in snch n community. and
how necessary we're this measures for promnt re-.
pression The krmorv- was taken NV co,u n,
main, the train stonncd tho tele,ranb wires emf
D and NIL with boldness md success which .bowcl
that the insurgents calculated nm tho ,cn,ro, ann
mort of the slaves Tho insuryents scized and bri
lseycral citizens ns HOSTAGES md IN the m,rn;n,, -
the outbreak they were en,rencbea in the Armory
where thcy held out against tho troons and mlitin
III is also reported that norton of the insurent
I had left under the command ofa man named G. 90,
with a LARGE party of slaves and were supnoscd 1
be moving towards Pennsylvania.
: OF course, there can be but ono issue to tbi
Z foolish and wicked enterprise. The insurrent
@ will by their fate rive n warning to NIL who ma
dream of remedy.np great socinl evil by n
appeal To arms But The state of society whic
causes such scheme to be formed and carried out
~ mot the less threatening. When n few panist
:. planned tho blownc mn nf thu En,,sh D, rl,n,me,
10 the chances of success were desperate but the ne
y showed that there existed elements of danger
ts tho State Nor can il BIO doubted That with skill
il ful md audnc ous leadership the eolored pcople
!. Virginia would be capable of infictinp terrih
~ calamities on their masters With men who won
en- set their lives on the cast and who cared ior moi,
an ling provided liberty. or nj least revenge. we,
he gained, an instruction would he truly formidn,
ON The blacks of this part OF the Union are IN re il
S,t,f phnpo afh Ii.