Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-11-16

THREATENING AND APPEALING LETTERS TO Gov
WIsE.-The Governor of Virginia, whose energetic
patriotic and prudent conduct in regard to the Har
rcrs Ferry outrage commands universal approval,
IN daily receipt of large number of letters from
Abolltnnists, in various States threatening his life
Threatening an attempt to rescue old Brown, and
threatening the renewal of like attempts to those of
Brown If Gov. Wise does not pardon the misrreant
who has Just been convicted of his crimes and who
will be put to the death he deserves as surely as to-
morrowS sun rises in Heaven. These letters speak
of the Increasing number of the Abolitionists of
their ability to perform what they threaten, and of
the "mnrdcrous eye'-to use the language of one
OF them-with which they watch the progress of
Browns trial. They wind up generally with hold
ing ont to the Governor great popularity at the
North, if he will deal eniently with the criminals
From all quarters in the Northern and Western
States these letters come, written in variety of
style and of penmanShip; but all breathing threats
OF rescue or OF vengeance in case Brown and his
followers are executed
These letters, however. hight be treated in orli-
nary times with utter contempt but for the illustla-
ton which Brown has recently given of the truth
OF Sam Patch's maxim that "some things can be
done as well others" But these are not the only,
nor the most important and dgniticd of the docu-
mcnts with which the Governors mail is daily load
ed From some of the most intelligent and respect
able sources in the non-Slavehodng States come
letters full OF respect and courtesy, some of them
evidently free from all sinister motive or influence
invoking the Governor to pardon Brown The
ground of good feeling is urged the reason of their
recommendation; the enemies of the Constitution,
who are chagrined by the exposure of their crimes
will have chance of recovering the influence
they have lost Virginia and her Governor will be
everywhere hailed with universal love and gratitude.
One of the writers says that, if the Governor
could be on the ground and the state of senti-
mont IL, fI,a ,cv. ahrlIs Skot,- II.
jcct he would not hesitate for instant All this
explains the Sympathzing tone of the New York
J""rn"t Of Commerce, to which We referred yester-
day, hitherto Conservative paper but which seems
now to be infected by the general madness The
writers of these letters underrate the sagacty firm
ness and the character of the Virgnan at the head
of this great Commonwealth, when they address to
him such appeals. In the most cold FLOODED and
deliberate malice and wickedness, John Brown has
committed the greatest crimes known to human law,
and now they who instigated his crimes threaten
vengeance if he is punished, and men whose morbid
Sympathies always enlisted in behalf of suffer-
ing villany, insist that it would be good policy to
let him go. 1t would neither be good policy nor
good princple-a thing which there seems to be
precious little idea of, in the minds of many of
these sympathizers
But why these sympathzing letters? Some of
them are from men high In wealth and position, and
who are themselves strongly suspected of willing
ness to make money out of the Southern blood
They are uneasy in their own minds their con-
science tells them that Brown is in his present posi
ton through their agency that he is only their tool
and Instrument and that not only the blood shed at
Harpers Ferry is ON their hands, but the life of old
Brown and his contcderates ALSO Hence their
anxiety to rescue him from the fate impending over
his head. We do not say that all the letters from
quarters received by Governor Wise are
prompted hy this motive; but some of them I'M
Ilouotedy are. We would suggest to sympathizers
ht this stamp the only mode of approaching the Gov
',rnor of Virginia which affords them the smallest
',hance OF receiving even hearing. Let them offer
heir own precious necks in the place of Brown
heir consciences tell them that, if he dies they are
'ty OF his death. Let them come on, and offer to
e in his place! Let some of the Boston specula-
us IN Southern cotton try the merits of this sys-
IN Of exchanges We venture to say that if they
Ill draw or Southern hemp, the draft will be i'm
edlately honored, and the bonds of Union pulled
tight that they will never again breathe disloya
Id traltorous breath.-Richmond Dispatch.