Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-24
Troops for CharIestown.

About 500 men. under arms. left his place.
on the cars. oa Saturday night. for Charles
town. There have been rumors. it is true. Of
bands 81 men being on thr advance To Charles
town. with u view To III" 70 Scue OF Brown
aud his associates. In all thiS, We put no
faith whatever. We ere sorry to see anybody
sn err Dubious "a tC believe any such trumppry
We have 70 idea that there are ten men To
Lc found in all the free States So utterly fool
hardy az to he willing tn engage in 30 GER
tain n mode Of death. We trust that no one
wilt he % weak rs To credit any such ridicu-
lnus superstition. 1t j. true. II few stacks
and some barns have been burnt: but We
rather surmi-r that some of the lovers Of ex.
element in J fterson county are ih mSelyes
the authors If these panic breeders than that
any lurking sympathizcrs of Brown are the
incendaries.
Such appr tensions are causing great
amusement to the people Of the North. And
really If these troops are moved 10 Charles
town under apprehcnSons OF this sort. We
are III subj cts Of rdicule.
Bur we have no idea that Gov. Wise has
advanced those troops, under any such view.
The entry If these ma audcrs into Virginia
is a circumstance of no ordinary character.
The case is not one Of simply 10 men violat-
ing the law. and being about 10 he executed.
Their objects were not local, but general.
Their views were gigantic. Their execution.
therefore. should be striking and Impressive.
Ii is proper that it shonlh he signalized by
more than common circumstances.
We do not doubt therefore, that in this
regard, Gov Wise has chosen To send a con-
siderable force there. NOR" with an eye to
The moral effect than 10 physical resistance.
We have but one word 10 say TO The New
York papers that are making themselves
merry over what they arr pleased tn call the
iimidty 81 the Soulh. They are mistaken.
They have been long accustomed o sneer at
the 'Vircinian.." II isqnitc plain that there
ATE some things in the Virginia character
which they do not comprehend. IL i the
sense OF wounded State pride that has aroused
the people of this state, aud not an unworthy
apprehension f the slaves themselves, of
J I'm Brown, or a thousand John Browns
nor all tiic r"scueTs al John Brown in the ma
ton. II Is the sense Of insult. the feeling Of
impairment and gratuitous Interference. the
iHdignity Ia the sovereignty of Eirginia--it
i this which has aroused thu people Of Vir-
guia. and not frar We regard as nothing
their iauuts. and we defy their threat. Upon
the on. -iion of STATE Uridr. all Virginia
slavvboiding and non-slsveholdng, will rail-
~ ~ one man against the vudrrs and il
need be-a5d Ne are frank to own there Is
no danger of 1.-THE Potomac shall run
binod ere Ihr people of Virginia give hack.
Governor Wise may have ,Naegt rated The
importance at the secession, aud the necessity
OF exrmnlilS Jog il. lie may have iud red.
his own axe to gri d in al tAi,; no matter,
We ot Virginia will settle thai affair mt the
proper time bat IL IL just rs. well for the
usually practical people of The Surth To an
dersf and the true sense OF excitement Ia Viz
GINA. Il j. the source of insult. not of "a
ger.-to which we 10 Virginia. are peculiarly
S.usilivc- that has led to haiever ol excite
mrut j. displayed 10y our people. Indred, Of
excitement ia The ordinary srnse, there il
uon-: 81 calm. rcsolrte indignation. there Ia
"A great deal. II l. confined TO no party. and
no scct. Ii Is universal.
II Is In this view only-a determination TO
Frsist IN an emphatic manner. snd by an I'm
posing aad significant mode, au assault upon
the dignity II the Siate-ihat the Harper .
Ferry aff.lr j. instructive Thes.' views may
nss b. appreciated ~ the North. II 80. 80 much
Ihe worse Tor the North. People who luse
respec, for the sovrriga authority OF IhviT
STATE. are MOI far or from loss q iefpeet
for themselves aud all good things.-kseA-
rsessd hsass.