Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-25
Fer tie En9"irrl'
GEHRIT SMITH.
tilE MURDERER AEn THE MANIA

fnE MURDERER ANr THE MANIAC.
As hear it said that Gerrit Smith has be-
come dcrangcd, because of his horror at the
Uarper's Ferry incursion. he never having con-
,cmnlatcd the use of such means to accomplish
his end of aboliShing slavery, ! send you here.
with his manifesto" or 'tJerrey rescue letter
which was published in the New York Herald,
from which have cut it. You will see from II,
and | wish your readers TO see, that the plea
mt up for the old villain is entirely unfoundcd,
and if he is ~dcrangcd. that he has been made so
not nv anv regrets that John Brown has resort
ed to violence not contemplated by him, but by
rcuorsc for having stimulated Brown to his
bloody work, or fear for his own safety, and |
believe bv the latter. 1t will be seen, AS
the Herald properly says, that his object was
ITO stir up instruction among the slaves at
the South That he goes even beyond Sew
ards bloody programme, and was, IN TACT,
Browns adviser; and is, If possible, more guilty
than the bravo whom he hired to do his lnia-
nous and bloody work. If he is mad, OF
course he must be left to rave; but | trust that
he will be indicted with Stevens, as an aces
sory before the fact; demanded, and his mad
ness legally e%nquire' into before i jury at
Stannton. and if laboring, as | believe. under
nothing but moral INSANITY. tn't ic al 'S ''''I
high upon the Jerry level.
The issue between the South and her che
m,es can lac no longer cvaded, but must be
met. With bloody hands they invite Us TO
ho>pitable graves, and If we would not Till them
". mus, strike off the blood stained hands
which are so kindly extended to hurl us into
them. The moment is propitious for the trial
of the issue. buchanan is President, ard Wise
II .s ,.,L ,r,t lad. ~. .lt,l fhn
right on our side, VIC cannot punish the lncen-
diaries and aSSasSinS, then We can never Il" II
under this Governments; Tor there is no hope
"a delea, the election Of 4 Black Republican
President if we have not the power IN punish
the murdcrerS who slaughter for Mlm-and
another cycle will see llarpcr's Ferry in the
hands OF Seward, or one Of his co.laborcrS,
the principal Of Brown, welding the army ct
the Union against us. What can we hope Tor
then hrt civil war, with all the odds against
US:
repeat, then. the moment is propitiouS for
the trial, which will test our capacity I" corp
mand the present aud conquer the future; and
| hone the Jerry rescuerS, and the OSsawatto-
ME rcscucrS, will now make their assault. IL
they can rescue the blood.staincd devil from
the Charlcstown Jail, whose only claim to their
COMMISSION is founded in his guilt, then Is their
mower complete, and Virginia sunk below con-
tempt. But let the play be played out, without
halt or hesitation. LIT THE coSvIcTs RI ENE-
CITED, cosr VIVA IT NAY. lie, Smith be in
dicted and demanded, and il not mad, LEI HIM
be hung. too and then will the S0nth rerosc
calmly under a just and equal government
That South now looks to Virginia, who com
mand> the outpost nearest to the enemy. Will
she not defend it against all corners? Let a4
her sons bc Gathered around il. if necessary.
Ent where are the men Of the Valley: Why
are they not clustering around llarpcr's Ferry
in r~esiStlesS numbers, 10 protect that Valley
from pollution 10y the bloody footprints III the
asSagl,ns, who, by fire and rape and slaughter,
will be filling up the measure Of her aiiiictinn,
bv the advice nf t;crrlt Smith, If they be not
arrested or slain: l.
,.EErIr suIru'S MANIFESTO.
Tia. outbreak and attendant circumstances
are very .uriou,Iy icr>hadowcd in the follow
inc manifesto of Gcrrit Smith, directed in All
",i,t last 10 the Chairman Of the Jerry EeScn-
urS =
PrrEnEowo. August ~, ls3".
ions TuoNA>, Esq. Syracuse, Chairman Of
Jerry lcscmr Committee
Ny DrAr Sls-l have this day received your
letter inviting me 10 preside at the approaching
anniversary 81 the rescue OF Jerry, and to pre-
pare the papers Tor il. Thankful for this honor,
as truly am, nevertheless, ! am constrained
TO decline il. | have presided at all the ami
v"rSarrcS cf this important event, aud written
the address adopted At each Of them. But my
interest in them has declined greatly within
the La, two or three wears, and am now heci.
IcdIy Of opinion that it is nnwisc t" continue
10 repca; the farce any longer.
The rescue of Jerry was 4 great and glorious
event. Would to God it had been duly i'm.
proved. Itut those who achieve! it-and in.
cludc in this number all who rheercd 1t on and
rcioiccd in every step "i its progress have.
w!,h few exceptions. proved themselves uIIwor'
thy Of the work Of their W hands. W" de
livcrcd Jerry in the face nf the authority oi
Congress and Courts: and, as most of Us be-
licvci. i'll contempt also Of \ provision of the
Constitution itself We delivered him, bclicy
ing that there was no law and could be no law
for slavery. On that occasion our humanity
was IN; and in vain would all the authorities
on Garth. even the Bible itself included, have
bid it down. Our humanity owned Jerry for
its brother; and SO did it cling to him, that
all the wealth oil the world would not have suf
feed to buy i! oil, or tempt i: to ignore and be
tray him.
Oh, had the thousands. who on that memo
rablc nigh, crowded the streets Of Syracuse
bat maintained the sublime elevation to which
the spiri, Of that night exalted them, what g
force for the overthrow Of slavery would they