Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-10-26

ldiscarding all thought OF the Constitution ana Of
lloyalty TO the common Union-tho instinct Of So
ciai order and of selfpreservaton brands every Mt
tempt AZ a seryile insurrection of the Southern
Statss a. the very height Of madness and Of guilt
And no man in his senses can fail To treat such
psitryfcarcaIures IF rebellion this aiar ~ Ill
pers' Ferry either ns freaks of irresponsible in
sanity or as outbreaks ofwid and reckless crimes.
fFrom the Albany JournAi-Back Republican,
n the eonspirators were guilty Of but half what
iis attributed to tHcm, the authorities dbl no more
than their duty IN dealing rith them as sterntydnd
sumn,ar,iy as they hare done.
The leader in tho conspiracy is stated 10 be
Captain Brown. of Kansas notorety. This fact
affords an explanation Of some points III II other
wise nexplcnblo Brown WIS one OF the victims
81 the Border Ruffan invasion from Missouri. lie
robbed Of his property. maltreaied his house
burned, aud three Of his sons murdered IN col !
blood. Ii is not strange that these wrongs kin
died in him n thirst for revenge amounting u
monomana. Broodiug over them. he has con-
ceived the widest plans for repayiog them. not
only upon the guilty authors Of his own misery,
but upon ali Shareholders. The whole transaction
mt Harper Ferry evinees this. None but mad
man could seriously expect TINT twenty men could
make head against the whole union, and none but
those whose sense of justice was bunted ty deep
passion could fail to see that they were committing
a crime against innocent men, r0oien, dndchfdren
nh,ch nonid iHerifdbiy meet, and justly descrre,
universal conformation.
From the Nashville Pairiot-whg.
We regard the whole thing a. one Of the conse
qucnces Of the agitation Of slavery issues for po-
itica effect. The handful of miserable abolition
fanatics in tho North could neyer have brought
about the opp lsition to ami hatred of the Sou,h,
which characterize a lar &C portion of tho Northern
people at the present day. They were objects OF
iidiculo until politicians seized the question Of
slavery and made ii instrument TO tear down
and build up partie- Northern men have been
taught by this use of question of local charac-
ter, t. believe that the Southern people sur
rounded by an explosive element which needs but
tho application OF the torch. to overwhclm them
with swift destruction; and it is not snrprising
tina, tho bold and bad amongst them,who hate US,
should seek 10 apply the torch. The remedy for
this evil is in the hands Of tho conservative mas,
cs. They must arise in the ma esty Of their
strength and make such use of it,as shall snvo the
r,untry from further llarpers Ferry scenes.
From New York correspondence the Philadelphia In
quircr-whg
The llarper's Ferry row will not mscall it
an lnSurrection--is the great subject Of excited
conversation IN this city ust now. Go whore you
viii, in any public place from lager beer shop
to ii frs, class hotel aud the conversations ynn
will hear 81 you listen II them will be we'll in.
,crspcrscd with the wolds 'IIarper's Ferry" cold
brown" "Saycry.' nnl ''insutrertion.' The
'upinlons expressed Oh the subject will always be
according to the political cast Of the rnrtie, utter
mg them. \ Democrat will talk largely an4 ter
.uhl, about "lrrcprcssiye conflict doctrine,
"Glnaticism of tho Republicans and other
subjects, ia similar strain. for tho pnrp Sc #
AIDING his party to make political capital out Of
the affair. The Democracy think it efi-"nl
10 them. but il AN not mistaken the nilair has
developed, aud will deyelopo truths. thnt will
contribute to the coming downfall of that corrupt
or.anization.
The Republicans DEM, truthfully, that this
conspiracy is II consequence ef or has anything
tp do with, their movements OF doctrines. They
Ii We always upheld tho doctrine If on.intcr,"n-
tirn ou the subject II slavery IN the SGa,e., anI
would d"prrratc, IS much ~ Governor WISE.
movement t1 overthrow Slavery by lorrc.-
VIVA, cNrct thor attempts l. have the truth
known Wilde cuunei say, but while the hfn,oc-
rncy, to gain Southern Vptes, rcr-tss In nl.trptc.
scnlati lr,s, III course justice will he cl1uae!.