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Both Houses Of the Virginia Legislature were
to-day
The Governors Message reviews the HaIper's
Ferry affair ut great length. It spenks OF tue
Spirit Of fanaticlsm and the one IDEA Of inc 1. A.
.nn.eas ~ ane rn.Tc section If the country
which enters into religion, education, politics
and prayers, courts Of justice and Legislatures;
which has trained up three generations IN NOR.
al, in social habits Of hatred 10 tue masters OF
African slaves in the United States, but turns
not upon siuseFy elsewhere; Wh!eh has sem
comforts aud counscilors, aud would have sent
rescue to tue assassins, robbers, murdercrs and
traitors whom it has sent to felons' graves.
Unless the numerical majority will cease to vio-
late the confederate faith, aud cease to disturb
our peace, to destroy our lives and property,
and 10 deprive us OF all protection and redress,
under perverted forms and distorted workings
Of the Union, we must take up arms.
The issue Is too essential to be compromised
any moro. We cannot stand such insults and
outrages as these committed Mt Harpers Ferry.
without suffering what is even more than the
death Of our citizens, without suffering dishon.
or, tue death Of State. 1t is not to be denicd
that we have many sound aud sincere friends in
thc non-slayeholdiu. States, but the conserra-
tive elements are passive, whilst the fapatical
are active; the former are fast diminishing,
whilst the latter are increasing in numbers and
force,
SAYS:
itis mockcrY to cali them monomauiacs. The
leader himself spurned the pten, md it WIS not
put in upon the trials. They were prompted by
the Evil Spirit Of iucendiarism which demoral-
lied numerous hosts behind them, who now sym
These men hired, without themselves incurTing
the risk Of their crimes, and no wonder they
srmpathise with them even to madness, and
that John Brown despised the hypocriticat cant
OF their pretences that he was insane.
The most interesting feature Of this predatory
inces which furnish asyluns to our fugitives,
and sends them and their hired outlaws upon us
from depots and rendezvous in bordering States.
There Is no danser from our Stale or the col
orcd pcoplc.
The slaves taken refused to take arms, mud
the first person killed was n respectable free
negro, while running from the philanthEopists
wbo came to libcrate the black race.
In closing the Message, the Governor says:
We must rely upon ourselves and fight for
peace; we must organize and arm; We must
| demand Of each Stale That position she means
| to maintain In the future with respect to slave
RI aul PROVISIONAL Constitutions, tie laws of the
| I}u;,ed States and the provisions Of our State
lava for its protection IN our federal relations,
and be governed according to the manner in
| which the demands answered. We are in arms.
Let us defend our own position, or yield ut once.
Let Us hare action and q definite settlement.
No more tcmporizing-no more compromising.
| The ether con'icts nwait execution They
| will be executed, unless the General Assembly
order otherwise. s.
| JnUx RROVS AROUND CUARLCSTOWN.
| ~. t,t..,osto.vv, ,or~s .,,,de,. IF tba Tin.
Ane enasie'o"n e'''e'p1*3"sA' - ''~
clnnatl Commercial says.
Is to tue negroes rouud about Harper's. Fer
~ aud Chariestown-thcrc can be no doubt but
/ tIey were deeply interested in the events that
have recently taken place, and that many Of
them looked upou the outbreak, as the lifting
Of the dark cloud Of slavery from their race. i
NOTICED the recu!ar assiluitr Of the negro who
waited on Mrs. Brown Mt Harper's Ferry. He
anDeared to be soIc;tous 10 let her know thar
be appreciated her md tue cause in which she
| was suffering His face was full Of smiles, and
there was ar uumistakabIe JUNCTION even in the
manper in which he handled the plates. Agen.
| tieu,au who was walking to the field where
| Brown was hung, while be was going cut, said
that be heard negro woman w6o was looking
on, say, as if for his ear-shc knew my inform:
| amt felt derraa O[ SrI1fatHy tor BFoWn-'A{Jo0
hes. you oid man. I'd like to do something
for You, if couId: but | can't. The negroes
in C,,ariestoEn knew that Ashley Of Ohio Vas .
Ren,1Glicsns and believed that be was what they
mr.. tn|d bv tbe nro-s}arery men Renub]icans
are-;n fnvor of eieyatinv The negroes to an
coualitv with the whites, It is remarked, thai
cans;dcrinr their opportuujtjes, tbey have q
wonderful Enorledee Of tbe circnmstances sur.
ronnJ;n,- them. II Is believed that mauT Of tbe
negroes aid Inow someth;nc extraordinary was
nl,ent tn hnnnen in The yicin;,r of Uarper's Fer
~ md a Mi ;nfnrmed and candid rentleuar
too'd roe thet hr ha1 m doubt Brown he]ierel
ia riane srare fonnd out or abont 10 be fonni
ant snJ str-,cE the h1oW two wecls at 1cast anf
w ~uI s;~ .xasEs a,rl;sr tban he INTENDED
nv pan.Ina, On + cnnrnrad thns # ths n1nn,
1 hae, .'arfa.,a, Hro,rn wonld actualivf bar, har,
bad d ,srra r.. arsrr one If his sneeys nnf
anu hcsao ~ ~ s,or or +t-o1ab H. ,nn,,,,
"oasa eaf. t@uS 10 ps5nnsrtran;o '4'o"n
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town. saw re ashes ol IL s.aes Jard nel. %nel'
asas tu"usauu .h;ah Gu .,nnt,ona5 IN nv fatts
~ xastardoT of thp hnrning of barn nea]
cbsr1ssto9n n 'tnrns mt Ia haYe been faIse. bu
y thrcw 1ia ormr ;nfo conyuI.ions. and ther,
.ros VIA -s;icn;nc to and frn and ali the fus
- of fn,do-,, Tha tsi!