Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-26
Geritt smIth--Henry Ward Beechsr.

Z GERRITT SMITH was luFlttu idSt puinLritI "
attend celebration of the "Jerry Rescuers"
at Syracuse In letter dated, PETERBoRo,
Aug.27, he declined; saying he was decided
" of the opinion that it was unwse to con-
tinue to repeat the farce any longer" He
said, too, in reference to slavery-'It is, per-
haps, too late to bring slavery to an end by
peaceable means-too late to vote it down.
For years have feared, and published my
fears, that it must go out in blood" He
continued
The feeling among the blacks that they
must deliver themselves gains strength with
fearful rapidity.
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No wonder, then, is it that, in this state of
facts which have sketched, intelligent black
men in the States and Canada should see no
hope tor their race in the practice and policy
of white men. No wonder they are brought
to the conclusion that no resource is left to
them but in God and instructions. For m-
surrections then, pe may look any year, any
month, any day. a terrible remedy for terrible
srrong! But come At must. unless anticipated BIZ
repentance and the putting aioay Of tie terrible
wrong. JG
IL will be said that these insurrection will
be failures; that they will be put down. Yes,
down by them? For schdt portions are there Of
the South that ,0A ciingtO Slavery after taco or
three considerable insurTecons shall haUe piled The
1choLe South tctth hoTTer And is il entirely
certain that these instructions will be put
down promtly. and before they can have
spread far! Will telegraphs and railroads
be too swift for even the swiftest lnsurrec-
tions, Remember that telegraphs and railroads
can be rendered useless IN an hour Remember,
H. no. ha rl,.A tn funa.
the insurgents, would be busy in transport
ing their wives and daughters to places where
they would be safe from that worst fate which
husbands and fathers can imagine for their
wives aud daughters. | admit that but for
this embarrassment Southern men would
laugh at the idea of an instruction, and
would quickly dispose of one. But trem-
bling as they would for their beloved ones, |
know of no part CT the world where, so much
as in the South men would be like, in for
mdable instruction, to lose the most i'm
portant time, and be distracted and panic
stricken.
Taken in connection with the letter found
in the possession of Brown at Harper's
Ferry, the above extract shows conclusively
that GERRIrT SMITH was fully cognizant of
what was to be attempted amongst the slaves
in Virginia 1t is said that Gov. WISE in
tends to make a requisition upon the Govern
or OF New York for SMITH with a view to try
him as accessory before the fact TO State
Treason. The Express says that while Gov.
MORGAN is not the magistrate TO surrender
him, SMITH is the very man to court the mar
tyrdom. and to be surrendered.
HENRY WARD BEECHER is one of the polit-
cal-clergymen who desecrated a church at
Cambridge by taking up collection for the
purchase of Sharpe's Rifles for emerapts to
Kansas. He has seen the uses to which
these rifles were put in Kansas, and now he
sees what a Kansas instructed ruffian has
been doing in Virginia. What does he say
about the latter? The Independent, of which
be is one of the Editors, speaks as follows
That the shares Of The South, srhenerr they shall
hare The intelligence 10 plan and he skill and
strength and courage % dchieUe TeD0iaioa for
ther our emancipation, would be justified in
this no Virginian can deny, who respects
the memory of Thomas Jefferson and Patrick
Henry, or the broad seal of his own State.
Deprived of those ''iualienable rights" to
'life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" with
which call men are endowed by the Creator"
subjected to every cruelty of oppression.
would it be strange IL some bold earnest
spirit among them should catch the liuger-
ing echo of Patrick Henry's voice cry ing,
"Give me liberty, or give me death" and
should teach Virginia the meaning of her
own motto Sac s1nper 7yTonnisS
The slaves Of the South have the same
right to assert their freedom against their
masters, whenever their strength aud re-
sources shall give them a REASONABLE hope of
success, which the Greeks had to assert their
liberties against Turkey. or the Italians now
have against Austria. The American who
would deny this. had better first burn the
Declaration OF Independence. II ever that
day shall come, AS come IL will Whenever
the Union is dissolved, woe to the cherished
institutions aud the boosted power of the
South.
But feeble, sporadic attempts at instruction.
when not only the force of a State. but 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
aggravated oppression OF the colored race,
are the height OF madness; aud any white
man who lures on the ignorant and cGndding
blacks 10 sach movements, Is guilty OF a
crime against them well against the
laws. Those who labor most earnestly for
the abolition of slavery, will be found Ia
have no sympathy with such movement AZ
this Virginia insurr' ction.
IassgTsctio'. itself is Commendable. in the
estimation Of the sanity hypocrites Of The
Isdepeadeuf; Fnlire, the crime. When will
the people of the North free themselves from
the contagion of such false teachers. -
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The Democracy OF New Hampshire,