Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1859-12-22

themselves 10 measure the extent and the
urgency Of the existing danger. 1t is my
deliberate conviction, formed from some op-
portunitles of personal observation, and
from friendly correspondence with other
parts of the country, (thOush carry on
none Of a political nature, that we are on
the very verge Of CONFUSION which will
shake the Union 10 its foundation; and that
few more steps forward, in the direction
in which affairs have moved for few years
past, will bring us to the catastrophe.
have heard 1t urged on former occa-
sions Of public alarm, that it must be ground
less because business goes on as usual, and
the theatres are open, and stocks kept up.
Sir, these appearances may be all dsusive.
The great social machine moves with mo-
n'entum that cannot be suddenly stopped
The ordinary operations Of business went
on in France, in the revolution of 1889, till
the annihilaIiOn Of the circulating medium
put stop 10 everything that required its
use. The theatres and all the other places
Of public amusement were crowded to mad
ness in the Reign of Terror. The French
stocks never stood better than they did in
Paris on the 2lst Of February, lS4S. On
the 24lh OF that month Louis Philippe was
flying in diguise from his capital; the Tuil-
leries were sacked, and the oldest monar-
cby in Europe had ceased to sxist.
The Real Mature Of a Scribe instruction.
1t appears, from his own statements and
these OF his deludsd associates, of his bios-
raphy, Of his wretched wife, that the unhap-
py man who has just paid the forfeit Of his
life, for years medita.od an instruction in
the Southern States, that he thought the
time had now come 10 effect il; that the
slaves were ready 10 riss, and the non
slaveholding whites 10 join them, and both
united, were ready TO form new Common
wealth, Of which the Constitution was or
wild but thoroughly maturad plan, lie pro.
yides weapons for those on whose rising he
calculated at Ilarper's Ferry; he seizes the
national arsenal, where there was supply
Of arms for hundred thousand men, and
he intended, if unable 10 maintain himself
at once in the open country, 10 retreat 10
the mountains, and from their Businesses,
harass, paralyze, and at length revolution
ize The SOllh. To talk of the pixies and ri
fies moi being intended for offensive purpo-
ses, is simply absurd. The first act almost
Of the party was 10 shoot down q free col
ored man, whom they were attempting to
impress, and who fled from them. Oae
might as well say that the riHed ordnance
of Lolis Napoleon was intended only for
self-defencc, TO be used only in case the
Austrians should undertake 10 arrest his
march.
No, sir, II was an attempt to do on vast
scale what was done in ST. Domingo in 1871
where the colored population was about e.
quail 10 that of Virginia; and if any one
would form distinct idea what such an
operation is, LEI him see it-not as a matter
OF vague conceptiOn-a crude project in the
mind of heated fanatic-but as il should
be in the sober pages Of history, that record
the revolt in that Island-the midnight
burnings, the wholesale massacres, the mer-
ciless tortures, the abominations not to be
named by Christian lips in the hearing of
Christian ears, some Of which, too unutter- !
ably atrociOus for the English language,
are Of necessity veiled in the obscuriiy of
the Latin tongue. Allow me TO read you a
few sentences from the historian Of these
these events.
SIN the town itself, the general belief for
some time was, that the revolt was by No
means an extensive one. but sudden and
partial insurrectiOn only. The largest su-
gar plantation on the plain was that of Mons
Gallifet, situated about eight miles from
Iown, the negroes belonging 10 which had
always been treated with such kindness and
liberaliiy and possessed SO many advanta.
ses, that it became proverbial expression
among the lower white people, in speaking
Of any mans good fortune, 10 say, II est heur-
'eur CONNIE un negre de Gallita (he is as
happy as one Of Gallifet's negroes.) NJ.
Odelue, an attorney or agent for the plan
Lation, was member of the General As
sembly, and being fully persuaded that tho
negroes belonging 10 it would remain firm
in their obedience, determined to repair
hither to encourage them in opposing the
10 which end he desired the as
distance OF few soldiers from the town
guard, which was granted him. He pro-
seeded accordingly, but on approaching the
estate, 10 his surprise, he found all the ne
yroes in arms on the side of the rebels, and