, 1859-11-07

5Tc3t Principle, aAa mould Inc tusLHutlolo
j: their respective States after the working
model Of South Carolina. The principles Of
he ;,rcat embodiment in the days Of Jackson,
verc considered sectional, but latter-day
Democrats declare them 10 bo national. The
doctrines Of Jefferson we1o long believed 10 I've
a1tional, bus they are now denounced By the
sew-lights as sectional, and their advocacy
30 little less than treason.
I
Tho xSarnln: to Secretary Floyd.
The following is the anonymous letter re.
c.ired by Gov. Floyd, Of which mention has
been made:
't1Sc1<sA.1, Aug. -. 1s51-
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lo.eaens i. Oi.D 1UiiS EK0W :. a,e Z! kansas. lie
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is ssds t.oae their nuule1 who til the Northern
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wi ~, fos'. tt;o.Sh lem s.!rana asd Mafysna a1t
f.! T !, s sa n soaI sre and tIp I'll n III +
stvt; ass e. e
,usrtHy q; attttts md Probably s!rbu'
III: III lie orn.sisn es ~ yu H. T sars scs
try sh hut trust thai you vii! aos disregard tht
MasailE Oh ti.1 2cfulut.
Murder will out. The cherished hopes Of
Tie Democratic leaders, that they would 'cfoss
tue river Of 1l,cir difficulties at Harper's
Ferry, is not likely to be realized. The public
was ne, prepared to learn, at first, what is now
coming to light The conviction is forcing it.
self upon The people thai the Administration
were perfectly cocn;zant Of old Browns in-
,eulions. plans, and place Of operations bc!vre
be "opencd The ball" The Secretary If War,
Cor. Floyd, it appears was fully arprizcd by
letter, two months in advance. Of the raid up
iii tho Ferrs; aud there can be little doubt that
the President, Cabinet and high Democratic
officials, talked the matter Ill over, and came
20 the deliberate conclusion tia; they could
mako more capital Tor tic party, hy allowing
old Brown to splay out Ills hand than to nip
| Ills game in the bud or prcnlatuEely expose his
| scheme to tic country. The Democratic
| leaders FLUID included. knew the character
| aud decls Of old John Brown Of Ossawatam;e,
:ul. well; they were acquainted with his terri
tile hardihood and iron resolution; they knew
that lis avowc1 purpose was 10 run oll slaves:
her l!a1 prosecuted linn for s!ayery's sake
| almost unto death, aud were not strangers 10
Iii: feelings and designs
| The letter ut tie head Of this article 1,rores
| l:at the ADMINISTRATION was specifically jn-
t,rlu2d :ntl warned tin. ''old john Brown Of
kansas, WIS Ill tic hc4d of q secret assocla-
"tiun fur the liberation Of slaves; that lis
RENDEZVOUS w:s i'll the uei.hbori4ood Of Jlar-
"r*Es Ferry where ,!1cy would commence o2-
.;er:,tious: thai Il wilito n,an in the -Ar1nOry,
would assiSi tt1c1A TO scize it: that Brown
.l1ad sole down there .our weeks previously !:
that they Lid a large quantity Of arms Il;
their rcndczyous, and that they wol:!d strike
~. 'I.w III Il few wceks,-so that whatever is
dune 10 ciletk.nla:c 1hcm mus, he done n.
'o.,ce." and tLat this '-;raraing mutt not be
"disregartsd.''
Mas ever warning more emphatic or
specific? The time: place, names and object,
ire alt diyulgcl, and laid before the Cabine.
and President, weeks in advance Of lie emnts.
sla.lmrs Ferry is hut j few miles from Wash.
incttm. G;orcrcmcnt spies and officials 50
there and return, daily. and there can he No
reasonable lo,li't, 'ns, old Brown and his asso
cia1cs, were Ill "spotted;H tl,eir small number
| :ucurat,1 y counted, and all their movements
carefully noted. The Administration saw that
I'D Brown was too weak in followers to do any
Cd md captured in moment So they chose
10 nurse the insuy.cctien. thst il might he turn'
eli to partisan advantage. One word from Floyyc
or Buchanan, or the Constitution newspaper
would have b!owed old Brown sky high: hu
mastery inactivity was tic line oi polio!
resolved upon-thinkug tue: couM damage
the Republicans more by letting him and hi!
% followers seize the Ar7nory than to arcs
tie project in its i:c,picnt stages.
When Brown struck his blow, the terror q
the 3,00o Virgin ans in lIasTcr's Ferry. mag
| ,ifcd his handful a lackcrs into 400 whit,
abolitionists, and 400 armed slaves Gov
Wise called on nearly all the volunteer com
panies Of tie State 10 hasten to thesssccue O
1ostilitics, and himself rushed to Washington
TO imploro the aid Of Federul troops. VII,
was it that tile Administration only sent up
| j,latovl Of 10 marincs9 Nla. eou!d s,sch
sluad do against 200 furious abolitionists Ant
| 100 desperate negroes? The President las
t read Just the same telegraphic information tia
had been sent to Wise, aE.l TO tic country a
largc There can only he ono answer to al
this, viz: the administration Sne.r lcjorehun
the er1a Jor1. at Bro1rH's command, and tia
] only platoon Of marines va. required to qucl
tic disturbance. aud capture tie ,illibusters.-
Had tho government derived its first in(orm;l
,iun on the day Of tho outbreak, it would hay
despatched at least 1000 soldiers and par]
o: artillery TO route tie Formidable enemy iron
his stronghold But it seat halja Company
l'ccause It knew, weeks beforehand, the prccis
resistance it would I've necessary 10 overcome
Can anything be moro apparent? Can tn
Administration dong its guilty knowledge?
Let us glance at tile dcnou,nent- Scarcel
had old Brown been clovcn dowa By the cut
lassee Of tho marines before lAe Coxstitttto
and States (Buchanan's and nouslas's organs
:. opened their batteries upon tie bcwildcsc
aad astonis1cd Republicans. Tho telegrar
was pressed into the service Of Democracy /
broadcast fulseboods, distost lcts, uId imyl