Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1859-12-10

49,. tried the survivors, if any, by court martial,
ga -, have shot the condemhsd on the spot. But
-s., he arrived they were prisoners. and some Of
s .,u; wounded, and he was bound to protect them
Wv" u, ,ve them fair trial by the laws Of the land
s...tiug of the States from which the invaders
wa he says, tive have friends or We have not in
s States. They must now be not only conser.
~. but actice to prevent invaders coming We
IN arms" Referring to his preparations to pre-
.s,t , rescue of Brown, he says: %1s
inflammation from all quarters, with responsible
~. and anonymous, dated the same time, from
,'"s far distant from each other, came of organi-
oonsniracies and combinations to o5struct our
-, to rescue and seize hostages, to commit rapine
n NS burning along our borders on Maryland, Penn
s n'r,nia, Ohio and Indiana, proceeding from these
..ss and Canada. These multiplied in every form
=. weeks; and at last on the 18th Of November, q
]" IN .,s very properly and timely made by Col. d.
e:n sr an additional force of 500 men.
These reports and rumOrs, from so many sources,
.rerv character and form, so simultaneous, from
..es 50 far apart, at the same time, from persons
mike in evidences Of education, could be from
$, conspiracy to hoax; but I relied not 80 much
'su them as upon the earnest con 'iRued general
'pasa1 of sympathisers rith the crimes 1t ras ina-
r,Ms for 50 much Of such sympathy to erist ~ith-
vt sneiting bad to action Of rescue or recenge
On this acted a.. 70,
" Immediately put in motion the troops If Rich
,o,i Alexandria, Petersburg and Fauquier, who
ahsred promptly-and in the time from IL o'clock
S,,nrday nigh to Tuesday morning. 563 men were
added to the guards at Charlestown I again went in
asrson with the troops; assembled the commanding
ppscers. organized the command issued general or.
Srrs and returned to Harpcr's Ferry, where I met
General Talaferro, and accepted his services Since
then have ordered n additional force Of $50 men
from Norfolk and Portsmouth and Petersburg and
orange and Albemarlc and Augusta and Rockingham
and Wheeling and have called out corps Of howit-
,pr under Colonel Smith of Virginia Military Insti-
tre And have ordered Generals Rogers and
Hinton to do whatever is necessary to guard the
borders from the Point Of Rocks to Alexandra; and
the whole border is guarded West to Piedmont
have exhausted this and the next years quotas in
issuing efficient arms and have purchased arms Of
the best improved models and issued them and coats
and blankets to the troops In a word, have been
compelled by apprehension of the most unparalleled
bOrhr war; to place the State in full panopy oil
military defence as If a foreign enemv had invaded
u Indeed of the most irritating features Of this
predatory war; is that i. has its seat in British pro-
1nces, which furnish asylums for our fugi,ives from
Justice and from labor and sends them and thei,
hired outlaws back upon us from depots and render
vouS in bordering States There is danger from
fused to take arms, and the first man killed was
respectable free negro who was trusted with thu
baggage of the railroad and who faithful to his duty
vas shot running from the philanthiopists whit
come to liberate the black race!
But why do our slaves on the border not take NJ
arms against their masters: We must look firmly
at this fact before take it as soace. In the an
swer to that question lies the root Of our DANGER
Masters in the bor1er counties no,c hoM their slare
by su6emnce. The slave could fly to John. Brow
much easier than he could come and take him. Tn
slaves at will can lherate themselves by runnin,
away The underground railroad is at their yer,
doors, and they may take passage when they please
Thev prefer to remain. John Bronn's inrGsi0
startkd rs; Tut haze been tamely submitting
d greater danger, withOut contrasting it, The pla
which silently corrupts and steals our slaves whic
sends secret emissaries among US to stampede
our slaves. which refuses to execute fugitive slav
laws, which forms secret societies for mischief wit
the MOTTO alarm to their Sleep fire to their dwell
nss and poison to their food and water" and whic
establishes underground railroads, and depots an
rendezvous for INVASION is more dangerous tina
the invasion by John Brown Yet the latter G!
cites US, and in the former We have been sleel
Iy acquieScing. It is no solace to me, then, tn,
our border slaves are so liberated already b
this exterior asylum, and by this STILL silent, stea
Ing system that they hare need to take up arm
'or their o"n liberation Confederate States as we
amdividuals have denounced our laws and set the
atdefance; they have by their laws encouraged AZ
facilitated the escape of our slaves. and have mac
abolition cancer eating into our very vitals.
We must, then, acknowledge and act on the IA
that present relations between the States cannot
permitted longer to exist without aboshing slavel
throughout the United States or compelling US
defend it by force of arms"
He says he addressed letters in relation to the
vaslon and contemplated rescue to the Governors
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. From the t,
former States he has received satisfactory repli,
but no reply from the latter He adds that he call
upon the President to protect Virginia against in,
sion by persons from other States but that the Pr
ldent replied that he had not the power to DO
The Governor argues the question at length, insi
msthat the President has the power. Heconclut
bis first Message by urging the Legislature
list Organize ard arm
I'd Demand of each State in the Union what
stion she means to maintain for the future in
spect to slavery and the provision of the Consti
ton and laws Of the United States, and the prov
IONS OF State laws for its protection in our Fede
relations; and be governed according to the mani
which the demand shall be answered Let Us
lend our own position, or yield it at once Let
have action and not resolves-de6nitive settleme
and no more temponzing the Constitution, and
more compromise.
John Brown, the leader Of the invasion Of Harp,
ferry, was executed, according to the sentence
The Court on the I'd instant. His body was deliv
ed by my request, to the sheriff of Jefferso., CO
y, to the orders Of Major General Taliafero, to
guarded safely to flsrpers Ferry, and there deli'
70 his widow, Mary Brown. The laws Of the c.
nonwealth have reigned in his arrest trial and G
euton; and when dead under the sentence, they
leased his remains to his relatives to whom Il
nave with dignity and decency, been handed o.
The other convicts await execution, and will be
ecuted on the 18th, unless the General Assem-
orders otherwise. shall be guided in my cou
respect to the reprieve, pardon or Communication
punishment 6f these or in respect to their execut
~ your resolves This will meet the open invas
Sut 1T acts only on the individual convicts, ant
aon settle the question Of our peace and protect