The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1859-12-14
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. H. 1859.
About Sympathy

'eople OF the North, by the lndecontv
TASTY trial ana execution Of John Brown
Ind other matters connected herewith,
ire exciting the unfortunate residents O.
to constantly Increasing ex.
hibitions Of mutioy and rage" Sym. (
patty for John Brown in the North. Is
held to be just causo for a dissolution Of /
the Union, and it is inserted that if we
have tears TO shed we should prepare to
shed them for the South and the south
only. To waste them On any other OBJ
ject, is TO add insult to injury, and ia no.
to be tolerated. WEI, We did feel sone-
what badly about the fate of Old Brown
not that VIC sympath'zod in the laal with
his enterprise for this VIC certainly dep.
rccated with all the strength of our ma
turo. To our mind it wa net only inner.
emily wrong, but calculated to dofaat is
own object jusy in proportion as II Was
successful. Still! we could not but feel
certain admiration for the noble qualities
which all agree that be possessed and e.
hibited to the last. Believing that be
was not in sound mind. wc fIt that /.
would be very becoming, indeed polite,
for the authorities of virginia to no1te
little from the extreme penalty. IF that
was wrong we couldn't help it, but are
willing to oxpiate the wrong BY suffering
all the consequences Of our sinful SYM
patty, provided there is any way to a.
sumo them. Nor should we, in that case,
expcc, to atone for the dissolution Of The
Union; indeed We are not convinced that
q little indulgence Of Inc kind SO bitterly
complained Of can be attended with very
serious consequences.
But, though the South cannot have q
monopoly Of Northern sympathy, they
should, and doubtless arc, gratfol to
know that they arc nor wholly forgotten.
Immense meetings have bc3n held in Be-
ton and New YORK for the purpose o.
manufacturing the article just now in slch
demand at the south, though the genuine
ness Of the commodity may be doubt d,
if the sentiments Of payer offered On
one occasion is taken rs an index, in which
the Rev. gentleman inp'or.d b.essings OF
the whole country, "oa{ oW'elaly en-
the SoutAera p2rli2n sf1f." Such pray.
ing may pass in Bosom bl. would doubt
less suffer ruinous discount in Vrgnil.
But let !. not be supposed thar SYM
patty fot Brown prcciadcs sympathy for
the South. However incroiplous they Of
the South may BE- a5oa: it, there is
throughout the North feeling Of deep
commiscratica Ter tie lomoagNbio state Of
Things that exist: in al The Southern por.
ton of the confclogacy. First ,hore has
long been felt q feeling Of profound pity
for The slave, and ncxt q feeling O. pity
scarcely less profound for the POOR whites
on whom the system rests almost as hcav.
lily as on the blacks; and agoin there arc
few indeed Who IN moments Of calm con-
sidcration, do not feel highly sympathetic
in view Of the miserable condition ia
which the best Of the Shareholders find
themselves. Miserable iadcoi IS Their
condition, and moro miserable we eaor /.
will be before any hopeful beams will light
their darkness,
There arc too, now, especial regrets
that their case should he so unnecessary
aggravated by torturing apprehension o
immediate danger which docs not exist
Along with this, it is proper to add, tbort
is hearty czocration Of the conduct O
all those Southern politicians, who E,
wickedly add fuel 10 the fame which The,
should labor to quench We 40 not dou5
that the time is coming when the nov
fcar.strickcn people Of the South will fla.
that they arc the victims Of Gov Wis
and others, who have political purposes t
be served which can atprcsont be best ad
vauced at the expense Of the peace Q
mind of the great mass o! the Soulhog
people.