The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-24
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Northern Experiences win Nese'"
the Int Affair nj Ha per.e IfFry.

MONDAY MORNING. ....... OCT. % ie,''
Northern Impcr,iaeacss with NeSa'" :"
the Late Affair at Harper's Ferry.
II was not to fe expesisd that 'Hs "
Harper.s Ferry could rsss away 49, -
abundance of eloanence on '''e P" ~.
tain Journals at the North, IN the ''"s ""'
sne s,v,a assuming. continually, their own
sppeYior virtue and The folly OF al Save
no,anrs in the mass HENRY WARD BEscHks,
ia his 5,Ssrenasnt deals largely in the article
of .an,ouliion. The whole South III aaNfseo
10 take warning from this oven. lie oepfe-
cafes the present outbreak. only because 1t
,s,x badly conceived "Unless," says he, "his
,grown's) movement was part OF widely
snreat, insurree tisn, now frustrated by pre-
mature outbreak, II was, in every point OF
view. the height of madness; and even If it
stood related TO such a scheme, II ,ceRid ssea,
TO have been both criminal and Wicked
"ff srossid stsaa to here btsn" not "ii ,caS" The
pious ByscHsR has his doubts whether muir
der and treason be criminal. sBut" he con-
tinues, "whas system is that which proyolSes
such horrors and gives such occasion for
bloody insnrreesion.' "Blood will have
blood and the crimes Of Southern siavehoiG-
ers will yet work out a fearful retribntion
makes light of the whole affair, though
he is rather disposed to make a hero OF old
BRowS. With that passion for classical allu-
sion so characteristic of him, and so distinctive
of his attachments, he tells us that "already
lhe bulletins of this war exceed in length and
ponderousness, those Of the war of the Greeks
with X1Rxgs;s from which we gather that
there are bulletins OF that war in existence,
and tina, the philosopher has seen them; a
highly interesting fact, which ought not 10
have been kept SO long from the learned world.
TuCHlow WEED thinks the South has been
served right for, SAYS he, % if man will build
his house over a volcano, il is not those who
warn him OF his danger that are to blame for
its eruption" All the zeal OF the anti-slavery
marty in their exertions to prevent the spread
of slavery INTO new Territories, proceeds en-
tirely from their desire to avoid such scenes
as this That we are TO understand, was the
true motive which impelled so many North
ern men into Kansas, and armed them with
Sharp's rifles against the lives OF Their coun-
1rvmen. They We're afraid Kansas might be-
come. at some future day, the theatre of
bloody iusurrecticns, and they determined to
prevent il by organizing system 10 prevent
murders that nigh render sill future violence
impossible In other words they murdered
the slayeholdersi themselves, TO prevent them
from being murdered by their slaves. De-
lghtful logic this, and emnently characteristic.
tits not difficult 10 answer all this imperti-
nence by simply referring to the history OF the
slave States. We state, then, without the
fear of refutation, that no set of communi-
Ties upon the whole face of the globe ever
: was SO entirely free from domestic insurrec-
ton. or from every other kind of disturbing
: influence that has its origin among the labor
ing classes as the slave States OF this Union
We say we appeal TO the history of every ma
ton, community, city, kingdom, State and
Commonwealth upon:theiface of the earth in
attesiation of this truth. How many times
within the present century has England, in
particular districts, been convnlsed by insur-
rection, beginning among the working classes,
and sometimes threatening the very existence
OF the Government Is not Ireland always in
a state of chronic rebellion, owing 10 the inc
qualities existing i'll the social condition OF
the people Look at France and tell us what
she has done within The last seventy years
Look at the Northern States of this Union
their aggrarian principles, their bread or
blood riots, and the utter abandonment
Of and hostility TO, all law by which their
cities are distinguished. In Virginia we
have had but Two Instructions in two hun
bred years and OF these only one was bloody.
, In the other Southern States instruction
has been quite as unusual rs it has been here,
This very attemptat Harper Ferry betrays
an utter ignorance on the part of the fanatics,
of the condition alike of the slave States and
OF the slave population. They evidently ex-
pected the whole slave population TO Join
them, as soon as they could be apprised Of the
outbreak Now, no man who has ever lived
any time in the South, and who is besides pos
sessed of moderately good understanding
could ever be so grossly deceived with regard
to its condition. Many of the prints we have
alluded TO, make themselves merry at the large
force assembled TO repel this rebellion. To us
it is subject of congratulation to know that
an overwhelming force can at any time be
sembled within few hours upon any point
within the territory of Virginia. 1t in
the Southampton instruction. That WIS put
down by old Mr.. BLoUST, confined at the time
to his easy chair by the govt. his son, boy of
fifteen, one or two servants and about half-a-
dozen shot-guns and ducking- guns, loaded
with buck-shot. But it was gratifying 10 see
with what facility large body of troops was
assembled TO fight the insurrectionists. since
il afforded the best possible guaranty for the |
future.