The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-19
OPlSION6 OF THE BLACK REPUBLICAN
ORGANS.

OF1NlON5 Of VdE bLACk REPUBLICAN
ORGANS.
fFrom the New York Tribune, Oct. 1871
most extraordinary Geographic bulletin startled the
whole country yesterday-one importing that an nstr
reotson has just broken out at Hapers Ferry Vuyuia and
hat ,oas he YORK Of reyrcss and olcl,tsonsts That
come sort Of disturbance has taken place in that locality
ss MANIFEST; for seems than the telegraphc wires
a-e broken at that poiut anu the running Of the
trains on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad interrupted
bat as negroes are not abundant in that part of yr
gina, while no abolionists &nO to peep
m at that quarter, We believe the Of the
affair must be grossly msapp. ehended. Possibly, a
considerable body Of runaway slaves from Virginia have
been stopped when attempting the Potomac near
Harpers Ferry, and this may have brought fight
which the fugtives obtained temporary advantage;
whereupon they the wires and stopped The trains to
insure themselves start their toward the North
star. If any such party has stand at that point
they will Of be crushed once large force
went down by train from Baltimore yesterday afternoon
while President Buchanan and Governor Wise arc boh
preparing TO hurl their thunders the rebels We
pec' however that the nuture OF the trouble msappre
hended. and its importance at the time exagge-
From the Courier and Enquirer, Oct 1871
The reported Instruction at Harpers Ferry Is an
expected, and on its face startling event Had it any
thing like the character aud proportions attributed il
by the telegraph might well excite alarm throughout
the entire South for no Southern community could feel
itself safe where serve conspiracy to be concoccd with
such terrible secresy aud carried into bloody effect with
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first reports Of anything that is frghul almost
sure h,0 DC gfeauy eaaegefa ane story taat inc
Two six hundred but attempt made estimate
the respective numbers of each. If this is servile
rising, and there any whites at all in it, il is
thing in Southern Instructions They must necessarily
be abolonists, and We had Supposed that this was
stripe Of the human species almost entirely unknown to
that part OF the country where this has taken
place. It cannot be believed that any number Of aboi
tonsts have gone from the North to levy this
fashion Those who understand this sort of people,
khoT well that II they bad the disposition to act thus,
they hays not the courage Harpcrs Ferry, at the cen
of $780, contained total population Of TAT, of
whom only 100 slaves, and 81 free blacks. Jefer-
county, in which this village is situated, has white
satnV IF and hnck potsnp IF
Of which 4,s4l are slaves. This exhibits a very
great dsproporton against the Blacks and seems al
most impossible that sufficiently large numh..r or their
able bodied could have allied 10 make an ythnq like
formidable stand 'or their liberty. The fact probably is
hs; movement s not On nsrrection at all but riot;
and that has ion III slavery. We believe
10 have been very much such procedure took place
the Erie Railroad last mouth when the unpaid aborers
made their hostile demonstrations Dsaiection Of
sort has, we imagine been excited agar st the manage
ment Of the armory real or fanced grievances OF some
kind have sprung up, and violent mode Of redress
been adopted by the operatives and their friends,
while more less Of the black population
has either hired compelled to swell their force
This, quite confident, Will be found TO be the real
Of the business. This Of course is regreabe
enough, every outbreak aears public order; but
Of slave instruction The abolonists had nothing TO
do with it; the negroes themselves were not its prime
for other than elverance from servitude Con-
STRUNG the reports in the light Of inherent probabilities,
SUCH to our mind is the result No moro dreadful vista
ton could come upon land than servile war; aud
from that we trust that Heaven in its mercy will forever
spare US. ss,
From the New York Evening Post, Oct. 1871
The vague reports Of terrible slave instruction,
which reached yesterday afternoon, are confirmed and
revolt the OF and virginia SA has
been made at Harpers Ferry, small town on the Ba
NOR and Ohio Railroad eighty one miles from Baltimore
ton Of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.
This place probably selected as the scene Of the
outbreak Of the existence there Of United States
Armoy usually containing about ninety thousand stand Of
arms and because Of its Typographical pccularties which
gents through the gorges and thckets Of the Blue Ridge
It does not appear that the slaves are numerous in that
ere than anywhere else in he same Stats
How far the rebellion has spread among the black pop
uaton to what degree the whites Of the vicinity are
involved in IT, is not yet known. Some accounts repre-
sent that it was begun by seventeen whites and Eve free
negroes, and that only few hundred engaged in at
most. But other accounts give US more alarming view,
stating hat 1--WE six hundred negroes are in arms,
assisted by three hundred white men, that they in
possession Of the Arsenal and town. have stopped the
railroad cars, cut or the communications by telegraph,
declared their purpose TO aght 70 the death Negroes
are said hurrying large numbers from the adoin
ing cities and districts to the rendezvous 50 that as far
north as Baltimore ard Washington the Mayors taking
active measures prevent any sympathetic
r. is most serious and dreadful condition Of things in
any aspect admitting that the panic OF the slave
holders may have greatly exaggerated the extent Of the
danger. .
cis city represent that this outbreak was only prema
turc explosion OF general conspiracy II is alleged
that rising all over the States Of Maryland and Virginia
was contemplated that the oath Of October the day
arsenal be the signal 10 the insurgents The taking
OF the arsenal in anticipation Of the Gay, whereby the con
ct has been prccpatcd before the slaves were ready
for it, is supposed to be mistake Of some one entrusted
by the leaders with the execution Of that part Of the plot
Whether there is any foundation for these runiors, or
whether they mere Inventions got up AFTER the event
10 stimulate public curiosity, we cannot say.
The stories ing the Of "Od Brown OF Ossa
waame, rs he Is called with the leadership OF this fana
hca enterprise, induced 10 think well founded
ana in mat event the whole affair be regarded late
ru OF the violence which Shareholders introduced into
Kansas Brown of the carly settlers that
through the Toublcs his property was Destroyed he
his family were cruelty on several three
four OF his sons were killed by Southern desperadoes
and these many cxaspcratMns drove him 10 rpniucss
he has not been regarded since we are told az perfect
~ came man. lie has been known to vow venprnnct
against the whole Class OF Shareholders for the outrarc
pcrpesrated py thcr representatives in Kansas and th
fnsurnecon II nc ut the head of il, liz the manner il
which &e giuts hs r-sennients Frenzed bv the remain
branoe Of his wrongs his whole nature turned into oal
nv the bitter hatreds stirred up Kapsas and rncLie
OF consequences, he has plunged into the wok NJ hd
Passion does NOT reason but II Brown rcasord ard A.
sired TO give public motive 10 his personal r.ncors r.
probably said 20 himself that the slave drivers had rnI
20 put down freedom In Kansas by force of arms and ~
would try TO put down slavery in Virginia by the same
means.H Thus the bloody instructions which they tauvh
return plague the inventors They gave, for the irs
time IA the history Of the United States an example OF M.
resort 10 arls 70 carry out political schemes IN dread
f1l as ,hc rcfaaon s which Brown has Initiated mus,
take thex share OF The responsibility They must remcm
Der that they toned men, in their Kansas forays to
the idea Ut usiiG o. ms against political opponents
chat by their crmcs and ourages they drove hundreds