, 1859-10-24

own misery, but upon all shareholders. The
whole transaction at Harper's Ferry evincss
this. Mons hut mailman could seriously ex-
ptet that twenty men could make head against
sense Of justice was b.unted BY deep passion
could full TO SEQ that they we're committing
GaMf d9diAst insact1k men, sconatn and Children
sehteh 1o9u!d tatrieaNy m*tt, and ju4tly d<s<rrt,
10'treFsd+ conde0Hatloa. j - :. -,~.--..
(Fsum the sspaaxacM Jousaal,l
Hc and bis followers according to the te}e-
graph richly deserved their fate We hardly
OF knsTe. he appears 10 have been good deal
Of both, Some papers Say be is crazy.
!, Ihe dispatches il to-day paper indicate that
there Wns . general insurrectipnary organize
ton OF which the Harper's Ferry afair was but
the beginning: We trust it will be thoroughly
exposed and the leader. in it brought 70 justice.
Ms are g'sd to see the President aud Secretary
OF Var already moving in the matter.
IFrna ths New Yosk Tma}
70 nan In his senses can fail to treat such
pn!try caficatures Of rebellion as this affair at
! lHarpers Ferry, either rs freaks of irresponsi-
pie insanity, or as outbreaks Of wild and reck-
iess crime: The Herald, and one or two sheets
OF kindred temper, are doing their utmost to
alarm tue South, By holding up this affair rs
only one incident Of u gigantic crusade, organ
ned at the North. aud to be waged for the
emancipation Of Southern slaves by involving
the Southern atates in one vast outbreak of in
surrecflon- Oar Southern brethren will do
themselves great harm if they suffer themselves
70 be terrified into believing any such thing.
Snea CONSERVATION as such reports are calca.
lated to create, is only less calamitous than the
eyl Which it apprehends. 1ae peop1e cf kh<
AoFfA hd0. ntaheT agtsey in tAs increment, nor
excuse, apotogy. or an iastdnts liberation ef il.
a portion OF the Northern Democratic political
press will nnquestionably do everything in their
n0NEf In fAnHaF fha Nnrtharr ,nk
suspected and as odtous to the South as possi-
Die; but they will do tue North gross injustice,
aud lnttlct upon those who put faith in their
SANDERS the grossest injury. The people Of the
NoEtn are not assassius or conspirators nor
will they tolerate assassination or cong piracy
against their sister States By their Own Girl
zeos.
lFsrE the y. \. Courier and Enqu!re1l
"The insurreetion at Hazper's Ferry is at IN
end. 1t never had nything like the formidable
proportions the telegraph first assigned to it,
But very few negroes Of the neighborhood par
tlcpa'ed in It, ind it cannot rightly be denomi-
nated sersile movement at all. It was all the
work Of John Brown, Of Osawatomie memory
mau half crazed and made utterly desperate
bJ tile murder Of his sons by the border.rut1ins
III Kansas, aud possessed of An afE-dey0uring
purpose to vent his vengeance upon the institu.
tioD, in the interests Of Which those ruf1ians did
their work. 1t Is premature, however, to specu-
lase upon re extent or precise character Of
tue plot, which will undoubtedly be made the
subject Of u most careful legal investigation
AL will rejoice that the demonstration was so
speedily quelled. The direst curse that could
betoll cur country would be and unchecked
slave insurrection.''
From the n. r. IndepenIentI
E1asperated by the outrages Of the propa-
.! his sons butclered by the Missouri rutfiaus !;
his own Lite haring been threatened, and hunt
ed Tor reward; the old mnn was transformed
from an honest, sturdy farmer, into q lawIess
bF'gand, and havins vowed vengeance upon the
authors OF confusion in Ksusas, he had chosen
to to initiate their murderouss forays. by carrying
Brown was accustomed in Kansas to get up
fighting expeditions on his own account. and
not Us tho representative Of any party in the
Territory, so he has gone into this fearful ven.
ture Of death, solely on bis own responsibility.
but feeble, sporadic attempts at insurrection,
when not only the whole force Of State. bu,
that Of the United States, backed by the public
sentiment OF the country, can be summoned to
crush them, attempts which can issue only IN
the destruction Of their authors, and the agcra-
vated oppression Of the cofored race, are the
hight OF madness; and any white man who
lures on the ignorant and condding blacks to
such movements, is guilty Of 4 crime against
them as well as against tic laws. Those who
err: will be found to hare no sympathy with
such movement as this Virginia insurrec,ion.
From the y. !. .Tribune.1
The attemptto connect the Republican party
with Old Browns mad outbreak is a necessity
Of tue Sham Democracy. As they arc not abie
to beat the Republican party in . single Free
State this side Of the Rocky Mountains, ,hev
must make the most of their rictory over Old
Biown's fifteen white men and FIVE negroes
They have made so much ado about It TINT ttry
are ashamed to have the small number Of their
adTersaries and yic,ims known. 1t wouldn't do
TO own that the Federal Executive and those OF
Virginia and Maryland have been frightened
halt out Of their wits By q uiadman and bis p|a.
toon Of followers. Already the bulletins Of tuis
war exceed in length anu ponderousness those
ofthe war Of the Greeks With Xeres; aud still
ne telegTnPhic wlr' groan with further details.
Ih!s IS keen hunt for party cnpital, and will
ultimately recoil on the hunters.
fFlom the n Y. Commercial Ad, e,ti.cr1
:, No political party has SO much interest iu
dlscouraging any such movements as that iu
which mad Brown was engaged as the RepubIj.
can party. It is their interest, as it IS their
principle, to discourage every attempt to med
die With slavery in contrarention Of the l.w Of
the land, and most Of all are they opposed to
such unm'tIgated villainy as that pefpetrated
BY the madman Of 0sawatomie renowp. We
challenge the most searching Investigation into
the atlAr at Harpers Ferrr, in the fullest conf
dence that whatever revelations mar be made.
not the shadow Of e.shade Of cotupticitv in t, on
the part Of the Republicans Of the Union will be
found, or for that matter Of amy other political
party. 1t is simply one Of those events which
spring from false condition of society. tukcu
advantage OF by cunning and vindicslre man
whose sinothcred revenge has ut length broken
outWlthout care about the constituencies tn
himself or others.