Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-08
origin of tho narpcr's Ferry Invasion.

bflRlu OIL tue lluiutE'8 EcEFg AHNublOhs
The Baltimore Patriot is one of the old, re
liable journals Of that city, and located near
the seat ofJohn Browns war with the Virginia
chivalry. 1t is published in slave city and
State, and would not be likely to speak at ran.
dom on so grave matter as the origin of q
slave insurrection. Tho Patriot, however,
offers the following solution of various mysteN
rious circumstances attending tue outbreak, not
the least of which was the letter received by
Mr.. Bucbanan's Secretary of War, giving him
flll warning of the Harper's Ferry conspiracy,
the writer stating explicitly that he had dis
covered the existence Of secret association,
having for its object the liberation of the slaves
at the South by general insurrection," ard
that "the leader of the movement is old John
Brown, late of Kansas" The letter. dated Gin
re,ary Floyd that Brown and his men would
''pass down through Pennsylvania and Mary
land, ard enter Virginia at Harper's Ferry
and that Brown lett the North about three or
four weeks ago, and will arm and strike the
blow in few weeks, so that whatever is done
must be done at once The letter minutely
stated the time, place, and manner in which the
attack was to be made, and yet Mr.. Buchanan
Secretary, no doubt with the cOgnizance of the
President, pockctcd the anonymous letter, and
permitted the conspiracy to go on and mature
That the letter was thought of sufficient conse
quence to be carefully preserved, is shown by
the fact that it was published by Mr.. Secretary
Floyd himself after the outbreak. The Balli,
more Patriot says
The Harpers Ferry cmcutC has been SOLVED
at last. We have reliable intelligence iron
Washington that Gov. Willard, of Indiana, il
at the bottom of the whole affair. Cook, whl
Is his brother inrlaw, is said to have beeI
prompted by him 10 inyegle the mailman
l}rown aud his weak minded followers into the
net thus spread for them, and then to desert
them, with the assurance that he (CoOk) should
be let oil seOtiree, II he should not escape -
Willard is now at Charlestown, and Cook is 10
be used as Stntc's evidence on condition Of his
release. This will probably explain the sup
preston of that letter by Governor Floyd
Inc whole outbreak, it is now believed il
Washington, was contriyed solely with a viey
10 operate politically upon the elections in New
YOlk and Maryland. We thought as muel
from the beginning. The public ure rcquesle
10 keep their eye on Cook, and see whether h
is not released.
The fact that tho Administration pcrmite
Brown TO complete his plans and commit tn
overt act, after being warned more eIplicitl
than was Lord Monteaglc of the Guy FawkC
gun powder plot, goes very far to corroborat
the Patriots solution That it was suffered I
90 on by the Administration for the sole pui
pose of turning it to political account again'
the Republican party, is further evidenced b
the prompt and persistent attempts of the orgar
and smelling vultures of the pro slavery d
mocracy to implcatc prominent Republican
by interruptions assertions and desperate falls
hoods Tho Richmond Enquirer has far mo
real cause to demand Floyd in exchange
Brown, than either Seward, Hale, Gidding
Greeley or Smith lie conlesses to f,
knowledge Of the treason, but did nothing
prevent its consummatiOn.