Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-11-04
FRUITS OF TYRANNY.
I[arper'S Ferry Raid-Public Opinion.

1t is an old maxim, verified by worlds
history, that "OPpressioa ogW make a ,cise
man, mad" The annals of Slavery in the
United States, show for it almost continued
and unpunished aggression. No outrages
committed BY the Slave Power, were ever
well rebukcd by the Government. Were
the laws executed properly, thousands of
the Slave party would ere this have "bit
the dust from deadly shot or thrust, or
''dangled in the air" for treason. Any
amount Of money is expended to catch
slave-any number of soldiers ordered to
enforce slave law-but nothing to restore
to liberty, and none to secure freedom.
The recent lamentable affair at Harper's
Ferry, is the natural result of the out
RACES in Kansas, three years ago. 1t was
the reaction Of excited minds against the
dreadful cruelties and ravages committed
against their homes and families when they
were peaceful settlers in the far-off West.
What tremendous responsibility rests
upon those who supported and vindica,ed
those outrages, and especially upon the
sworn officers of the government! An
article in the Phila North 4mericaa closes
as follows:
"In truth, The whole of this bloody dramais
of tb,sb ,ttr b1,.b
all read and condemned, first 10 last. From
the far western plains, the scene has been
shifted 10 the centre of the older States. The
actors are the very men who figured in Kan
saS. There they learned the lesson, and i'm.
bibci the spirit, of which they now make a
display. Long ago, We pointed out what
would be the consequence Of the feud that
existed in the disputed territory. We saw
from the first, as everybody else not blinded
by parizan zeal must have seen, that the dii-
hcultIcS IN Kansas must issue In deadly COLI
sion. But we little imagined that the stage
was 10 be transferred To Virginia, and that
systematic effort would be made there 10 carry
OF large masses of slaves, by the very men
trained TO border warfare by their Kansas ex-
perience.'
The Smdoy Transcript makes some
pertinent comments upon this affair and
its causes, and rebukes those who eudeayor
to saddle the whole North with the respon-
sibiIity. We quote as follows:
"All reasonable and good citizens, of all
partes, sternly denounce the deed of Brown
and his followers; but to those newspapers
and politicians who are trying 10 make capi-
tai out OF this affair, we suggest the obvious
fact that pro-slavery violation is responsible |
for it. The Harper's Ferry riot is the direct |
result of the outrageS perpetratcd by the Bor- /
der Ruftans in Kansas. These miScreants
first taught 10 Brown and his men the lesson .
OF rioience for opLIiioas sake. They murdered
old Browns sons, rarGged his hcmc, hunted
iiaa Ike ,cid beast, and made him cydzg from
sutierings. Let those papers and poliIicians
" no are clamoring for the blood Of an Old .
man, remember SIrngieIlow, AichiSon, Clark,
Buford, Calhoun, &c, &c. Let them remem-
Der Preston 5. Brooks, his outrage on Seua-
or--his public threat 10 raise a band, attack
he Capitol, and seIze the United States
moneys. Let them remember the sack of the
own of Lawrence, the murder of Dow. and
Philips, and Barber, and numerous other Free
State men, by Williams who were then and Gf-
erpards IL, office under the Federal Government
.et them remember the attempts 10 force the
,eople OF Kansas to accep, hateful ConSti,u-
ion. Let them remember the murder Of Da-
I'D C. Broderick. These outrages are not ,
efficient excuse or pallation Of Brown. But
hey ought TO teach polltIclans, that, in this
ue>tun of violence aud blood, there are fro ,
ides." :
The truth is, if the political history of
he time must be explored for the cause Of !
he Harper's Ferry insurrection, We must J
o back to the Kansas Nebraska bill. The
,orth and South were pitted against each
ther in the Territory of Kansas, like a |
air of gladiators, aud by that measure I
ONE Of the combatants naturally retained
be passions engendered by the fierce con-
lets precipi,ated by the "popular sovereign v
y" policy. Brown is one Of these. All Q
ccounts agree in representing him as once ?
mild, religious maa, but now partially f