Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-12-07
a1O1lvERNOR''iss MESSAGE.


n,sI.Ar1RE OF VIRGINIA.
i ~. s.asfs and H5sss Of Deisgases q Tie Gene-
~ :, -, I...ab,v of ths c6nmonoeahA at Virginia.
a. ,x.s-Up to a iats period / had fapdly
J - cIoso my otHcial term and part from my
h'psu iahors with panght bnt cause of con-
hAe0I .,;;,n on ths condition 0fthe Commonwealth
Sra''s ,ss unpersnsss theme in this my last regu-
Du', ss.avs naust be, that our peace has been dis
af onr citisens have been Imprisoned, rob-
nrpsa and murdersd the sauetity Of thsir dwellings
Dsa Ss.n outraged; their property has been seized
~. e,rcs Of arms; strong hold IN their midst with
.. " w.. and munitions OF war has been captured
s a.,a inhabitants cnt o6 from the means Of de-
aau anu. ~" national highway through our limits. and
i,motiye .o'' trains and telegrapbc wires have
KS KS, ".d tanned; and State and National Sovereign
oerI I've been insulted and assailed; ard State
snJ Federal troops have been called out and been
an,need to fight, at the loss Of several killed and
anuuded, to suhdue rebellion and treason at Har-
nsr's Ferry in tho cauaty Of Jefferson. within our
iurslctiDu. t'.. rc. :. TO
TIN, was no result VI ordinary crimes, however.
birh handed and lslunious. Itwas no conspiracy
If bandits against seciety in general. with the
ootiyes which usually aetuate criminals, confined
+. the individual perpetrators. and to be crushed
hy their arrest and punishmens. But it was an
extraordinary and actual invasion. by sectional
organisation, spesiall upon slaveholdsrs and up
ou
,,s invaded was the home Vi demestic slavery; the
persons 10 Be seized were the persons Of slavehol-
lers; the property 70 be eon6scatsd was the prop
erty in slaves and other property Of slaysholders
alone. suuh % money, plate. jewels and other Of
like kind, which was ~ be taken to compensate
the robbers for the trouble and risk Of robbing the
masters of ther slaves; the slaves we're not to ,e
,aken to be carried away, but they were to lie
made to stand BY the side Of the robbers, and to
10 forced to 6gbt to Eberste themselves BY massa-
creine their masters the arsenal wastaken to sup
oly arms to servile insurgents; and krov isional
government was attempted in British province
bv our own eoantrymen, united to us in the faith
1t coniederacy, combining with Canadians. to in
wade the slaveholding States of the United States
and thus the night Of the 10th Of October last was
surprised and the day Of the 18th Of October last
was startled by the signal guns Of rapine. mur-
der, robbery and treason, begun At llarper's Fer
nv fur the purpose of stirring up universal insur-
rection Of slaves throughout the whole South.
Sudden, surprising, shocking as this invasion
has been, it 10 NOT more 50 than the rapidity and
raucur of the causes which have prompted ard
put it in motion. 1t is not confined to the parties
who were the present participators in its ou,rn-
yes. Causes and Influences lie behind it more po-
tent FAR than the little band Of desperadoea who
were sent ahead to kindle the sparks of general
conhagration; and the event. sad - it j.. would
deserve Lut little comment, tho condign pun
ishMant OF the nnmfulaAe poTpetIatotE u tho iei-
nies committed wouid for the future secure the
peaes which has been disturbed, and guarantee
tbe safety which it threatened. Indeed. If the
miserable conxiets were the only c0nspirators
against our psace and safety we might have forgiven
their oifsasas and constrsiuei them only by the
grace Of pardon. But entire social and sectional
sympathy has incited their crimssd nd now rises
in rebeap ard insure ction 70 the height ot sust-
aiming and jus,ifying their enormity.
II, r,o,tl Ia nail la nj In ahuk our and
to affect nut TO sec cartnn facts Of fearful import
which stare us In the face. and Of which l must
speak plainly ~ you, with the firm and manly
purpose Of meeting danger and with no weak and
wicked design ofexc,ting agitation. That dan
ger exists. Of serious magnitude. there can be no
doubt in the minds Of the most calm and reflect
ing, and the way 70 avert it in all cascs Ia to
march up to i. and meet It front to front. If it
has not grown too great already. it will retire from,
collision; and II h has grown strong enough al
ready for the encounter, Il had better b. met at
once, for Il will not diminish BY delay. Ibelieye,
in truth that The very policy OF the prime promo
tsrs Of this apparently mad movement is purely
tentative; 70 Try whether ne will tacs the danger
which ID now sealed In blood. live "take the
dare" the aggregation win become more and more
insoient and il We DO pos that 1t will either true.
kle or meet Us in open conflict TO bs snbdued; and
10 either event. our safety and the national peace
will be best secured by direct settlement ut
once-,he sooner the better. ,Y..a..5.4
For seriss of years social and sectional differ
ences have been growing up, nnhappily. Letween
the States Of our Union and their people. An
evil spirit Of ianaticism has seized upon negro ala
very as the one subject Of social rsforms and the
one idea or its abolition has seemed to madden
whole masses Of one entire section Of the country
II enters into their religion into their ecucation.
int, thcr politics and prayers into their courts oil
justice. into their business. into their Legsla-
ures into all classos VI their people. the most re-
spectacle and most lawless, into their pulpits and
into their presses and school houses. into their
sen, women and children Of oil ages, everywhere:
II has trained three generations from ch'ldhood
up, In ,nard and social habits of hatred to mas
ttrs Ct African slaves IN the United Stotes. 1t
turns not bpm slavery elsewhere or against slave
holders in any other cauntry, but is especially
maiisnnnt and ylndictve towards its own country
men, Tor t.s rory reason that It Is bound to them
by the taith ard sanction Of . confederate law
Tpket ub that iawto il is to enrage Thy the sight
ni tile law tecanse II I. bound by i. i has been
taught by, the Atheism of a higher law than
that of " regular government bound by constitu-
tuns and statutes. 1t has been made tO believe in
the Joctfine af Absiuts individual rights. indo-
pendent Of III reiaiiths of man ~ man in CON
rehtahdf and soo;al form and that carh man for
SCIENCE. His will &nJ his Judgment oser and above
all legal enartmeuts and spcial institutions. IL
has been ina.,,ned by proetituted teachers aud
prsAehers mid prsases 70 'do and dare any crime
md IL. ooaaequences which may set up its indivi
dual supremacy cvsr Law and order. 1t has been
taught trem the Senate chamisr 70 trust in the
fatality Of an " irrepressibIs cnndct." into which
u is baund to plunge. Its anti-Chriss pulpit has
bsssthetl aaaght bat insurrsct"naty wrath into
ssrvant. against usasters, and has dsoounced our
NATIONAL Unisn - covenant with death for re-
eogAising properly III slaves end gusrantesing to
Il the ffstsctioh of law. IL bas raised contrbu-
tions II ehurehss 10 furnish arms and money to
suoh ov5mioals a. ehese ~ make { war for empire
NJ settlcaa-nt iu our bsw Territories IL has train
Cd tbs,t the frontier and there taught them the
SKILL ~ the indian ia savags warfare. and then