The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1859-12-07
THE NEW YORk SUN
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. Z, 1853.
9sv. wise % Harper. Ferry.

In his Message to the Legislature Of Virginia,
Goysrnor WISE bcstows considerable attention
% the late Hrpcr's Ferry insurrectiou, and Is
very severe on that spirit Of Abolition faaatcisn
which goats over such murderous dssos "a that
Of BkowS and his associates, and looks upon
them as martyrs to holy cause. He says.
Unless the numerical majority shall coAss 10 violate
the con fcds ratio faith, disturb our peac,
70 dstry our lives and property, and TO deprive Us
OF a the Protection aud rIdress under tho pssyrrtd
forms aud distorted workings OF tho nj ~, We mu.t
tale up arms. Tho issue ~ TO essential % be con-
pioDtsd any moro. We cannot stsud such insults
Anc outsges ss there Of the sr. .cis Feiy, without
suf- rug worse than d. sth cInhous and yitr Dut
suffering In dishoLor tho DEAN uf n sia,A N h
NOS TO b. denied that ~e may have SQUAD snd sn.
ore fnends in the bon-ssv holding ststs, out the
cor servAtve elements are passive, wpilst tie fan.tI
cal are active, and the former Ia fast diunish,ns,
Whilst the latter il Increasing In uumbori and furus
~ ckcry 10 call tho insurgents mnuou auiacs,
II they we're, then large portion Of the people ot
many OF the bts'es mnnomanica Too loader
himself spurned this ca and it not put In upon
the trials Tnsy were prompted By tue evil snris u
inc, hcarsm which denorAf zed . num, rous nost OF
enenlies bohino thsm, who n1w sy npstnlzod with
TIER deeds beforc the world Tn hired thou, ,wtn
out themselves incurring the u taeir oil nc.,
sbd 10 wuboer they now symi isthizo with treni
even TO madness, aud that Jour Bnows a, pp-sd the
hypocntics cant Of their protenoo that he wa, iu-
sane The ,x cuuon of our Lave arr Necessary TO
sympa,hy. We hsvo fiEn,s or We have not In the
States whence those Invaders como. They must now
10 nR oay conservative, but active 10 prov Mt
be Invader coming IL was inpnsFibo for 50
much of such syupNthy 10 exist without exciting
bad mon To- aclon-rscuo or ngs. Ga th,s no
act. d. He hes been com ,ell,d by tue apprenen
OF the most unparalleled bD'drr war 20 piece the
State In ss full psnoply 81 n,dttars defence 90 II
foreign enemies invsced the Unned Statp. In
deed, one must irritating 'esture this pred atIry
war Is that 1t has IL seat In British provncsi,
which furnish Asylums for our fuyitive.,
and send thtm and their hired outlaws upon
from depots and rendszvnuz IN ths bordafipg
States There " no danger from our slaves w.
orod people. The saves tAkon refused to take arms,
aud the first man tbled w.s respectable free negro
while running from tho philAnihrophista who caine
to libor,te the b sok race.
We must rely upon ourselves, hght for peace, or
sanize and arD, tmsnd " co State VIVA. sit,on
she means TO MAINTAIN In the future res poct 20
Laws Of the United Ststes, and the provision of the
state laws for its prosscuon In 'eds'd reIstons
snd be governed according TO the manner In whioh
tho demand may bo ans Sered. We are In Arna
with rgHid to the reports and rurnura O. orssniz
oonsrrac,es 20 obstiuct our laws. Ths Governor says
they w,re from so many suurcs. 50 sinutsns-
30 far apart, from porsons unlke In ovdrnc-s
OF educaucn, they could be from no conspiracy to
hoaI; but he relied not 30 much upon than ~ upon
the earnest continued appeal u sympathiZers with
crimes. Let US defend our own posit,on yisld At
once. Let have sction and rosolss upnn dadnits
settlement No more tempcrziDg with the cJnsttu-
t0n-po nors compromises Tne otnsr oonviots
await ex' oution, and will be executed unless tho
General Assembly orders otherwise. This viii m, ct
the open inya'iOp, but acts only on individual con-
ucts, aud don't settle the QUESTION Of our po.oo and
To offer myself, all tnst am aod al tnat nave TO tho
ConmonweA tn, whenever she may order mo or
mine In service whom my term OF ofhco closes.