Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-09
Fana,lcism ana speculation.

The New Orleans Delta properly remarks that it is
amsaP Ia speak Of the ianaticsm Of Greeley of Gert
criminal acts. Fanatcism is convenient CLOAK and
mask which the worst felons put to delude the
hcal aud susceptible. We earnestly deprecAte all Ills
false sentmentay, these views of the con.
duct OF these agtators and conspiratos We have care
fully observed their conduct and characters and with
very few exceptions of weak-minded impotept and in
significant persons, believe them 10 be as coldbloodc
calculating selfish people any that ever speculatcd
upon popular creduty and weakness and sought 70
render the most delicate and important political aud 50.
esl institutions subserventto wretched schemes Of self
agrandilement and notorietv
The abolition agitation has been used by many of thee
unprnciped demagogues for their own eolumept in
nous ways Many Of them have made money br il II
has been good investment requiring no capital but i'm
pndence, high sounding speeches. stereotype cant and
herce but safe and irresponsible denunciaon of distant
aud not dangerous foe, aud vulgar pandernr to the
lowest passions of the people their sectional and social
iealousies and Antipathies The return and compens
ton for these investments have been in the shnpe of mi
Nae doueeur considerable receipts for lectures books
and periodicals, and profitable newspaper uotorety
always a valuable perquisite at the North
Thus Greeley has become wealthy, and GidInrs and
Wendell Phillips fill their pockets yearly, and H. Ward
Beecher keeps himself before the people and ekes out
has large salary preacher into prineey revenue
Old Brown, tired of the wreched business Of spportip
large family upon small farm in New York though,
that he would turn his quality Of personal pluck o
- valuable account as Greeley, Giddngs and Pbllip
bad turned their imPudence fppancy and cheap rbeto
nc So he pulled up his stakes and went to Ksns,. t
Fight for freedom, and of ~ many good bor... m .
might pick up, taking load them with the plpp5.
OF Southerners and TO mount them with runaway no.
groe For this he was largely supplied with money ~,
The Northern Aboitonist and by the friends of the me-
sroes In Canada aud elsewhere This was the best bu.
he old brown ever engaged in and not surprised
seeing tho desperate state Of his personal fortupe that
he should incur such great risks for such expected s,
Several Of the horses brought Of from Kansas by him
and bis some sold in Ohio for excellent prei and
the papers found in his possession show that he was r
n'shed literally with funds by bis .ymplizcfs and back
ers in Canada and the Northern States
10 Illustrate tho desperate and nccessitous condition
Of these people, 40 little imagined or understood bv ,l
comfortable people Of the South we need only refer IN
The letter found in The possession Of one Of Brop'
~, who was killed at Iiarpers Ferry II was from b
Hsr In which, after upbraiding him for deserving HE
iamlyshe states a. some consolation that her own CON
duon was quite comfortable one a. she was working
out At the liberal compensation Of seyeny6ye cents mo-,
week Seventyhve cents per week sum which every
negro on our plantations finds no difficulty In earning m
odd jobs lis not ct al remarkable that peop in su,
aratened circumstances should be driven 70 engage I'm
marauding expeditions, should cherish bitter zeal
ousy toward the people Of the South whom they imagine
to be IN 30 much better condition than tcmselves To-
attribute love Of freedom sympathy IN human wrong
aud suffering, or any other moral influence 10 such pso
peu their conspiracie against the South r papas and
gross delusou They ought to be viewed az wretcbod
schemes and incendiary potsas ruthless and ruaan de-
Pedators upon the property and right Of Others who
steal The livery Of philanthropy in which 10 serve the de-
vi Of avarice The passion weakness Of tho people
upon which these agitators chiefly rely 10 supply the means
aud encouragement for their nefarous conspiracies Il
che common aud natural jealousy Of hardworknR peo
pie against those Ia better condition who live In com
fort without the apparent necessity NJ physical toll
They have not The reason philosophy 10 pursue Il
inquiry 10 that point which might disspstc the idea ts,
The STAKEHOLDER not subjected 10 wearing cares. labor.
and responsibilities more weighty and Oppressive than
any amount Of manual labor.
THIS isthe controlling feeling the principal componen,
Of What Is enormously styled the Abolition fauacism Of
The North Il this sectional and social eslously which
iayei uPon BY political eharaians and spectators for
tsir ovn pro6t The proper treatment Tor the latter
vhen hsy BE- reached s that which has been recent
" meted out 70 the ruian cod murderer old Brown.
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