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The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
JAMES ROCHELLE, O. s. G. G.
NAT TURNER'S CONFESSION.

Agreeable to his own appointment, on
the evening he was committed to prison.
with permission of the .jailer, visited NAT
on Tuesday, the 1st of November, when,
without being questioned at all, he CON-
menced his narrative in the following words
Sir,-You have asked me to give his
tory of the motives which induced me to
undertake the late instruction, as you call
it. To do SO l must 90 back to the days OF
my infancy, and even before l was born.
| was thirty-one years of age the I'd of Oct
ober last, and born the property of Benz.
Turner, of this county. In my childhood
circumstance occurred, which made an in
delible impression on my mind, and laid
the groundwork of that enthusiasm, which
has terminated so fatally to many, both
white and black, and for which / am about
to atone on the gallows. 1t is here neces-
sary to relate this circumstance rifing as
it may seem, it was the commencement of
that belief which has grown with time, and
even now, sir, in this dungeon, helpless and
forsaken as / am, cannot divest myself
of it. Being at play with other children,
when three or four years old, l was telling
them something, which my mother over
hearing, said it had happened before was
born-I stuck to my story, however, and
related some things which went, in the
opinion, to confirm it-others being called
on were greatly astonished, knowing th;at
these things had happened, caused them to
say in my hearing, | surely would be a
prophet, as the Lord had shewn me things
that had happened before my birth And
my father and mother strengthened me in
this my first impression, saying in my pre-.
sence, was intended for some great pur-
pose, which they had always thought from
certain marks on my head and breast Ia
parcel of excrescences which I believe are
not at all uncommon, particularly among
negroes, as lhaveseen several with the same
In this case he has either cut them off, OF
they have nearly disappeared My grand.
mother, who was very religious, and tc
whom | was much attached-my. master
who belonged to the church, and other re.
ligious persons who visited the house, and
whom l often saw at prayers, noticing the
siagularity of my manners, | suppose, and
my uncommon intelligence for a child, re-
marked | had too much sense to be raised
and if | was, l would never be of any ser.
vice to any one as slave. To mind like
mine, restless, inquisitive, and observant Of
everything that was passing, it was easy
to suppose that religion was the subject tc
which it would be directed, and, although
this subject principally occupied my
thoughts, there was nothing that | saw OF
heardo to which my attention was not di
rected. The manner in which learned tc
read and write, not only had great influence
on my own mind, as | acquired it with the
most perfect ease, SO much SO, that / have
no recollection whatever of learning the
The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31

governed by bis memorable logic and cool
daring, the soil of Virginia and Maryland
and the far South, would by this time be
drenched in blood, and the wild and san
culinary course of these men, no earthly
power then could stay.
The course which the South is now fran
tically pursuing, will engender in its bosom
and nurse into maturity hundred Nat
Turner's, whom Virginia is infinitely less
able to resist in 1860, than she was in
1881.
So, people of the South, people of the
North men and brethren, choose we which
method of emancipation you prefer-Nat
Turner's or John Browns
The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
THE NAT TURNER INsURRECTION.

There are two reasons why we present
our readers with the Confession of Nat
Turner First, to place upon record this
most remarkable episode in the history of
human slavery, which proves to the philo-
sophie observer, that in the midst of the
most perfectly contrived and apparently Sc
cure systems Of slavery, humanity will out,
and engender from its bosom, forces, that
will contend against oppression, however
unsuccessfully: and secondly, that the two
methods of Nat Turner and of John Brown
may be compared The one is the mode
in which the slave seeks freedom for his
fellows, and the other, the mode in which
the white man seeks to set the slave free
There are many points ofsimilarity between
these two men; they were both idealists !;
both governed by their views of the teach
ings of the Bible; both had harbored for
years the purpose to which they gave up
their lives; both felt themselves swayed as
by some divine, or at least, spiritual, i'm
pulse; the one seeking in the air, the earth
and the heavens, for signs which came at
last and the other, obeying impulses which
he believes to have been fore-ordained from
the eternal past; both cool, calm and heroic
in prison and in the prospect of inevitable
death; both confess with child-like frank
ness and simplicity the object they had in
view-the pure and simple emancipation
of their fellow-men; both win from the
judges who sentence them, expressions OF
deep sympathy-and here the parallel
ceases Nat Turner'S terrible logic could
only see the enfranchisement Of one race,
comprised by the extirpation of the other;
aud he followed his CORY syllogism with
rude exactitude. John Brown, believing
that the freedom of the enthralled could
only be effected by placing them on an
equality with their enslavers, and unablei
in the very effort at emancipation, to tyr
annie himself, is moved with compassion
for tyrants as well as slaves, and seeks to
e1tirpate this formidable cancer, without
splitting one drop of christian blood.
These two narratives present fearful
choice to the Shareholders, nay, to this great
nRtion-which of the two modes of emanci-
patton shall take place The method of
Nat Turner or the method of John Brown2
Emancipation must take place, and soon.
There can be no long delay in the choice
~nethods. If John Browns be not soon
%optedby the free North, then Nat Turner'S
III be By the enslaved South.
mad the order of events been reversed
Nat Turner been in John Browns
F-4ee' at the head of these twenty one men,
The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
LIVE BRAVELY.


The world is halfdarkened with eroakers,
Whose burdens are weighing them down;
They oroak of their stars and ill-usage,
And grope in the ditch for a crown.
Why talk to the wind of thy fortune,
Or clutch at distinction and gold
If thou canst not reach high on the ladder,
Thou canst steady its base by thy hold.
For the flower thou hdst in the corner
VIII as ultltssly finish its bloom,
VIII reach for sparkle of sunshine,
That clouds have not CHANGED to consume;
And wouldst thou be less than a flower,
With thought, and brain, and hand:
Wilt wait for the dripples of fortune,
When there's something that these may COM
mand7
There is food to be won from the furrow,
and forests that wait to be hewn;
There is marble untouched by the chisel,
Days that break not on the forehead of juno.
VIII you let the pillow rust in the furrow-
Unbuilded a house or hall
Nor bid the stones wake from their silence,
And fret as if fretting were all?
Go learn from the blossoms and ant-hills,
There's something thy labor must give;
Like the beacon That pierces the tempest
Strike the clod from thy footing, and live.
Live-not trail with thy face in the dross-heap,
In the track Of the brainless and proud;
Lift the cerements away from thy manhood
Thou art robbing the dead Of shroud
There are words and pens to be welded,
There are thoughts that must die if unsaid
Wouldst thou saunter and pine amid roses
Or sepulchre dreams that are deadF
MOI drag the hope to the pyre-
Dreams dead from the ashes will rise;
Look not down on earth for its shadow,
There is sunlight for thee in the skies.
The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
State Of Virginia,
Southampton C0uaaty, to 4elt,

|, James Rochelle, Clerk of the County
Court of Southampton, in the State of Virgil
mia, do hereby certify, that Jeremiah Cobb,
Thomas Pretlow, James w. Parker, Carr
Bowers, Samuel B. Hines, and Orris A..
Browne, Esquires, are acting Justices of the
Peace, in and for the County aforesaid, and
were members ofthe court which convened
at Jerusalem, on Saturday the 9Th day of
November, 1881, for the trial of Nat alias
Nat Turner, a negro slave, late the pro-
perty ofPutnam Moore, deceased, who was
tried and convicted, as an insurgent in the
late instruction in the County of South
ampton, aforesaid, and that full faith and
credit are due, and ought to be given to
their acts as Justices of the Peace aforesaid.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand aud caused the seal of the
Court aforesaid to be affixed this 9Th day
of November, 1881.
SEAI1
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in this county was entirely local, and his
designs confded but to few, and these in
bis immediate vicinity. Itwasnot instiga-
ted by motives of revenge or sudden anger,
but the results of long deliberation, and
settled purpose of mind The offspring
of gloomy fanaticism, acting upon materials
but too well prepared for such impressions.
1t will be long remembered in the annals
of our country, and many another, as she
presses her infant darling to her bosom,
willshuddera at therecollection of Nat Turner
and his band of ferocious miscreants.
Believing the following narrative, by re-
moving doubts and conjectures from the pub
licmind which otherwise must have remained
would give general satisfaction, it is res
pectfully submitted to the public by their
obedient servant,
The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
7. r. GRAY.
Jerusalem, Southampton Co., Va.
NOy. 5. 1881.

We, the undersigned, members of the
Court convened at Jerusalem, on Saturday
the 9Th day of November, 1881, for the tri-
al OF Nat, alas Nat Turner, negro slave,
late the property of Putnam Moore, de-
ceased, do hereby certify, that the confession
of Nat to Thomas r. Gray, was read to
him in our presence, and that Nat acknowl-
edged the same to be full, free and volun-
tary; and that furthermore, when called
upon by the presiding magistrate of the
Court, to state if he had anything to say,
why sentence Of death should not be pas
sed upon him, replied hehad nothing further
than he had communicated to Mr.. Gray.
Given under our hands and seals at lie.
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When questioned as to the manner Of manu-
featuring those different articles, he was found well
informed on the subject.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24
MOrrill's Land Distribution Bill
The Vote i'm tI,e IVousc.

.
The proposal OF Mr.. Morrell, of
Vermont, to distribute six millions o (
acres of land among the States for the
purpose of building agricultural col.
legos in them, has passed both Houses
OF Congress, and now only awaits the
! signature OF the president to become
a law. In its leading principles this
bill resembles the old distribution
scheme of Mr.. Clay, which the De.
Imocraey centended agains.ior so ma
ny years. The only difference was
that Ar. Clay distributed the proceeds
OF the sale after they had found their
way into the Treasury, while Mr..
Morrill, gives the land at once to the
States. This whole system of distri
button ofland or money among the
States by the General Government is
wrong in principle and corrupting in
practice. These State Agriculture
Colleges of Morrill, would prove to be
great humbugs, Of no earthly advan.
tage to the farmer. The latter is able
to build and found his own colleges,
without any aid from Federal Govern
ment.
The bill donates twenty thousand
acres OF land for every Representative
and Senator in Congress a State has.
On a motion to lay this bill OF the ta-
bic in the House of Representatives,
which would have been equivalent to
its GeIeat, the vote stood in its favor
ninety-three Democrats and two OPP
position. The latter were Letter, of
Ohio, and Trippe, Of Georgia
Against laying on the table and in ia,
vol of the bill were the following Dem.
ocrats:
Adrian, Of New Jersey; ALL, of.
Pennsylvania; Bishop, Of Connecticut;
Corning, of New York; Dimmick, OF
Pennsylvania; Foley, oflndiana; Ian
dy; Of Pennsylvania: Reilley, of Penn
sylvania; Scott, Of California; Seward,
OF Georgia; Smith OF Illinois; White,
of Pennsylvania; Wortendyko, ofNcw
Jersey.
With these thirteen Democrats vo.
ted ninety. y.fve Republicans and
Americans, making one hundred and
eight in all. Eho votes Of the Demo
Gratis whose names are given above
will be disapproved Of by their Dem
ocratic constituents. 1t is by no
means certain the President will sign
the bill.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24
A Disappointed Republican.

Our Republican friend of the Day.
ton Gazette is rather disappointed, we
guess, by the vote on the admission Of
Oregon in the House. On last Satur.
day, before he had heard Of the result,
he wrote:
'"Thcir papers boast that on the Or
egon Bill the Democracy and the
South are champions Of freedom,
aOhile tie Republicans are arayea in
hostility To IL. There is some ShO,o
Of PiGu8iJility in the statement, but
not a word OF truth. 1t would be q
sad thing, however, if, after the pro-
slavery Senate had voted for a free
State, the Republicans of the House
would decline to initiate their example.
IP0 believe, still, that on the final
cote the Republican Representatives.
ac'H be found aOting for the admiss.
ion Of Oregon.
'l'. S. The telegraph Informs us
that Oregon is now a State OF the u
nion, We are glad Of it. She is
freel"
Brother Denny has, ere this, seen
that the Republicans of the House,
almost to a man, opposed tho adlniss.
ion of this free Statel We may add
that the leading Republicans here ara
disappointed and indignant on
account Of the action of their
Representatives on the Oregon Bill.
The Commercial calls it "blunder,"
and that is generally understood in
politics 10 be worse than q crime.-
rCin. Enc.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24

Judge Douglas has received an in
vitation from the Democratic Central
Committee of New Hampshire to Wis
it that state and make some speeches
be fore the election, which takes place
on the 18th Of March. The Demo
Gratis up there were put SO much in
love with popular sovereignty by the
speeches Of the present Secretary of
the Treasury and Speaker Orr in 1855,
that they now desire a few more of the
same sort from Senator Douglas. Be,
sides, the Republicans having repre-
sented that the Judge had some sym.
pathies with them, and as they profess
a great respect for his opinions, il
was thought best the people should
have him at various points in the
State.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24

DANGER OF CATS SLEEPING WITH
CuILDREN.-A small girl, seven Or
eight years old, OIL the night of the
9th ult. came pretty near losing her
life by a cat. Her mother heard a
strange noise, which awakened her;
she FASTENED TO the bed where the
child was lying, and found the cat with
her mouth close to the child's mouth.
At first they took the child to be dead,
but they soon perceived it seemed to
catch for breath occasionally. After
two or three hours she was restored to
consciousness, but has been very stu
pid and unwell since. Parents should
beware how they trust their cats to
sleep with their children. = [Galesburg
.Qll.) Dem ocrat.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24
The National Er. on Oregon.

The Washington National Era,
the Republican organ at the scat Of
Government, has a strong article Of
three colums in its last issue, in which
it strongly and severely diSapproves
of the course of the Republican Repre-
senatives in voting against the admis,
sion of Oregon. 1t pitches into the
New York Tribune for its course
on the subject. 1t extols the conSti-
tuition Of Oregon-says it is an excel
lent one, with one or two exceptions.
Hear the ErG.
The Tribune dislkes, pellaps alb
hors, the two Senators elect from Ore,
gon, denounces the State as Pro.slave-
ry; says it is not, in fact a free State,
sc. Are new States in the habit of
electing Anti-Administration Sena-
torS3 Must | vote against them til
their people elect gentlemen to suit
my taste and views9 Are Republi-
cans dreaming2 LAS the multipica-
ton Of free States ceased to be an OBJ.
jectl Are we to permit ourselves to
be swayed so much by party spirit as
to rePudiate our own vital policy, be-
cause, in a single case, and for an ex-
ccptional rea son, it happens to be sus,
tanned by our opponent5N .
We predict that nearly all of the
Republicans from the North, who 30,
ted against the admission Of Oregon,
will be allowed to stay at home at the
next elections.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24

~PIERoE, of the Nc Arthur Dem.
ocrat wants a regular market in that
hamlet. He says that a favored few
watch the corners, and, when a roll of
butter or dozen eggs can be discov.
cred, they pounce upon it and bear it
away, while the rest-himself among
them, we fear-are destitute" This
is shocking !--POrtsmOuth Times.
Yes, the arrival of marketing here
is very like the Times, somewhat ir.
regular---''a feast or famine, Zone
week we get good supply, the next
none at all. We desire to remedy
the irregula rity of the Market, will
Bro. Hood do as much for the 7;mesi
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24
Hard Up for Argument

The Portsmouth Republican is en-
phatically hard up for argument when
it assumes the position that Cuba
ought not to be annexed because there
exists difference Of opinion among
democrats as to the proper time for
its purchase or annexation. That is
all we can make out of our cotempo.
rary's column article upon the sub.
jcct, except silly attempt of its ju-
venile editor to manufacture a little
political capital. As to the difference
of opinion among democratS-it
amounts to nothing. But, if it pro,
duce split in our ranks, as the Re.
publican, no doubt, hopes, will it not
produce a similar effect in the Repub-
lican partyl Does our Portsmouth
friend know where Chase, Hale and
other leaders of his party stand upon
this question: We can tell him that
while tue democrats generally favor
the acquisition Of Cuba, many, very
many, Republicans are ready to 90
with them, even to the enactment Of
the most ultra measures to secure the
"Pearl OF the Antilles"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-02-24

An Old TINE EDIToR.-There is
an anecdote of an editor of old times,
who, when he was short of matter, or
grudged the labor or type requisite to
put it in print, used to send out his pa.
per with one side Or page entirely
blank, merely drawing his subscribers
attention to the fact by note: "This
space will be very useful for the chill
dren TO write upon"