Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-10-24

ters. whenever their strength and resources shall give
them a reasonable hope Of sucOe~s, which the Greeks had
to ASSERT their liberties against Turkey, or the Italians
nov have against Austria. The American who would
deny this bad better first burn the Declaration of indie
~Pendenee, " stsr that dag shall eo"s, as eo'.e q 'eiH
rhensver the Uaioa Is d~issolred, ,ce 10 TIE cherished an
situations and the boosted possr Of Le South.
But feeble, sporadic attempts at insurrection, when not
only the whole force of a State, but that OF the United
States, backed by the public sentiment OF the country
can be summoned to crush them, attempts which can
issue only Ia the destruction of their authors and the ag-
gravated oppression of the colored race, are the height OF
madness and any white man who lures on the ignorant
and conhding blacks to such movements, is guilty OF a
crime against them as well as against the laws. Those
who labor most earnestly for the abolition OF slavery,whl
be found to have no sympathy with such a movement a
this Virginia insurrcction.
But what a system ia that which provokos such hor-
rors, and gives such occasion for bloody Instruction -
Where are now the Arcad;an pictures OF Southern plan
tationsr Where the attractions of this patriarchal state =
" Blood will have blood :" and the crimes of Southern
SHAREHOLDERS will yet work out a fearful r%etribution upon
their own heads. Are not they the true friends OF the
south who arc seeking the pcaoeahlc abolition of slavery
at the earliest day
From Hhrior Wood's albany E-cnipq Journal.
Servile Instructions are not the fruits of political con
troversies in regard to slavery extension. Such insur-
rections are the inevitable Accomplishments OF the insti-
tuition of slavery itself They occur wherever it exists.
Long before the republican party was organized-long
before the slavery question became a leading political
topic-they periodically menaccd Southern communities.
They have occurred for centuries in countries where no
one dreamed of slavery agitation n q man builds
his house orcr a ~rolcdRo, itiS not those rho tcdrr him of
his danger that arr TO hdNe for rs crnpIoHS. In seeking
to check the extension Of slavery into new Territories,
the Republican party seeks to save them from such scenes
As have just appalled, Maryland and Virginia. IL would
prevent alike such atrocities as provoked Brown to mad
ness, and the opportunity for such Instructions as he
plotted in revenge. Law and order are the very things
which the Republican party was organized To preserve.
Republicans, above all other men, condemn enterprises
which menace public safety, and which, by exciting II
blind and unjeseryed prejudice against all opponents OF
slavery, are directly calculated to retard the beneicent
purpose they have at heart.
Frou Me Cincinnati Enquirer (Dczs)
This affair At HarpeTs Ferry is but the cloud i'm the
distance no bigger han a mans hand, hut it is the pre-
sage of the future storm, that shall desoate the whole
land, If the people give this Abolition doctrine their APP
| prevail. 1t necessarily tends to Servile Instruction, civil
Sarand disunon. Brown and his followers are hut the
advance column q? the partisan disciples OF Seward and
Chase, who are burning 70 mako a practical application
of the 'irrepresSble conflict" doctrine. They are ready to
deugc the land in blood to carry out their fanatcal
views; and the moment0us question i, do The majority
OF the people of tue free States s%ympathize with them.
The danger of having a RepRbicau-Aboltio President
can nov be- readily appreciated. such a President, hav-
ing his sympathies with the insurrectOni-ts, would De
,loN to move in arres;ing their outrgeS. Delay, indecis-
ion and GOODNESS would encourage the very parties
against whom he should exert promptly the physical and
moral power Of the Government And the very fact
that there was a President with such sympathies would
encourage Instructions all through the slave States. IL
j. for the people, North and South, to say if these things
shall be.
From ~ Ne, Yerl E5rres., lHzig oct leM.
CITY RUMORS-STRANGE STORIES.
As so many umors are aAoat respecting the cXtraor-
binary insurrcctionary movement in Virginia, and think
inc il would be just 40 well 10 hear the opinions of the
eolored people OF New York. on a subject. in which thew
most naturally take 4 deep interest, a reporter was dcs-
patched from the Express, for the purpose Of spending a
day among the educated portion Of that class OF citizens.
with the view of aseertaining what they think Of the
matter.
Accordingly. the reporter bent his steps towards those
quarters OF tue city, Where the better sort of the colored
people most do congregate,' and these are the results
He found them disposed to keep shady" on the sub
ject. and it was hard 10 draw from them any opinion
whatever on the matter At issue. This Is a Characters
tic OF the negro race, even in the most trivial matters
In fact, Il there i any one organ, phrenologicaly speak
ing, more fully developed than another in the Uranium OF
the black man, il i the organ OF SeCretiveneSs. This
perhaps, arises from e naturally suspicious disposition
towards the whites, engeudered in a state OF slavery, and
fully developed through upwards Of two centuries Of ser
yitude. IL was not, therefore, 10 De expected, that when
the matter in discussion was irsuTrectiOn, which. pTOba-
bis, would, fit did not already, involve a large portion
OF their race la the grave consequences Of an extensive
servile war, they would readily break through their cha
ractcTistic reserve; nor Is 1t TO be wondered at that their
language was in riddles, dark as the Delphtan Oracle
Enough was gathered, however, To impress the mind Of
the anxious enquirer with the fact, that the colored peo-
pie of this city, at least, the most respectable portion Of
them, a~pprehcnd that "a d1gL cloud" hangs orrr the
Southern States ou the Eastern Cousf.
Several of them threw out hints Of Il reg2m bureau
-''-' H' --A+-~@.Na tnF ftaA -NaaHffl nlTLHn4s
NirsHnta, Whose aim, they express their belief to be.
TO get up a servile war; with the view OF emapcipatinr
the slaves in that section OF the Union. In regard to
certain rumors that are aiOat OF Geographic messages
being sent TO and fro between the alleged bureau Of
Aboltionists in New York and the insurgents. opinion,
are divided. Some profess to believe that the idea l. an
ab'lrilty, from the simple fact that no such messages
y0nld be sent hy the operators: while Others suggest
the probability of sending them on in cyphers, so as to
Keep each other posted as TO the posture OF affairs and
the measures TO be adopted. Nearly all agree, however.
| tlat there IS some HaHgfsFIuug method Of gsffggg.gf. syt.y-
HqSRcc, similar to the THHeraTov,d Eayrord An This
: merely inferred from scraps Of conversations held with
different individuals, and hints thrown out separately
which being put together, begin TO assume something
Ike a tangible form and substance. Direct information
IS almost impossible, and il hardly 10 be expected.
Some of the most cautious of colored people condemn.
or profess TO condemn, the action OF the AboIiouists. in
Preeipitating matters to 4 crisis. They think. or affect
to think, that moral suason should be used in the en-
ueayor 10 pay down slavery, believing that a resort to
arms viii only have the effect Of cooperating the slave.
holders aud the whites generally and thus riyetting the
shackles OF slavery more firmly than ever, besides caus-
ing an unnecessary efus.on Of human blood.
On the other hand, there is another party. who 90 in.
pure and simple, for the "irrepressiLle conflict" They
say, Mr.. Seward tells them that that conflict must come
sooner or ater,-and It that he the case, they DO not zee
why II may n"t ne well come to-day, or tomorrow, as
years hence. They further say, they cannot blame their
brethren in slavery for r~esorting 10 arms. and fighting
for theI liberty. They particularly point 10 the retain
ing in slavery, and even the sale of cOlored children bv
their white fathers. This alone, thev saw, j. sufficient TO
star the blood of the cOlOred maa ~ fever heat and 10
cause him TO arm and strike for freedom, at auy cost TO
himself
Among this party, there appears 10 be a firm belief
that though tie insurrection az HarpeT's Ferry has been
pnt down, through ita premature explosion, and the nc.
uvity OF the Federal and State troops, Vet " INV Fsb r.
sol iFTi but that the flame lighted up IN Virginia.
though prematurely quenched, will hereafter spread
through harylaud, The Csroliuss snd Georgia. 10 the
banks Of TIE Mississippi carrying 10 i= train q wide
spread desolauon, aud resulting in the complete enamel.
patton Of the slayes.
Such seem to be the opinions and impressions Of tbc
colored classes Of this city. obtained not without per-e.
yertng effort, and given with much reluctance, rather in
dark hini' and inuendoes than m direct assertions.
FROM The Day BOok.
w hfFs yS1soH ~ bdisrs that HSrs - r. ysyI1r1y
orgaH,-'i sor'fa tn M's city, NJ asg,D sfe1i.rs,atd that
u '%H'i,tfss H1"g %ri'rgUafH aai i1UasB. and lint srsu
1nf 'tor bWsiHsga men contribute 10 nm ~ fsatury-
What is more, VIZ HAVE n NAMES oJ aoar of
M' i~ndirid"0is Up0rtfd Ia he 0,gdysi m MH criminal
bfViHstf."
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