Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-11-25
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TIE Rellere LIIlinnsl De,nocrnf contains the

The Bellevile Ilinois) Democrat contains the follow
ing able and conservative article on the negro mania
AGREED
The Abolition papers of the country, in speaking of
Harper's Ferry Instruction that it has proven
perfect failure, say that Brown Cooke, and their coad
tutors in this rebellion We're insane. That they were
mad fools, monomanacs, insane aud all that sort OF
thing. In all this agree with them word for word.
Not shadow of doubt about the TACT of their insanity
They were most unquestionaby insane fanatics-mon
Gmaniacs. And oil the AbOtionists throughout
tie length and breadth of the land. Abotonsm itself
is the development of badly balanced mind that has
portd too long impracticable scheme, that
quires prepond OF the vicious propeuss of the
heart to execute never be full fedgt d
aboonist until he gets his consent to enter into
conspiracy against the peace harmony, and welfare OF
the country and to break the laws of God and man as
supposed duty. All abOlltlOnlss insane that
point And there thousands of them throughout the
country who would rejoice the project attempted
by Brown carried out if it could be done without en-
dan ring their necks Fear only Of meeting Ossawat
tonne Browns fate keeps these unfortunate deuded peo
pie from entering into OPEN conspiracy against the
government The man who would decoy the negro from
home, aid and abet his escape the Underground Rail-
road, aid asss in bis support while thus from home
would he not coward tear of the veil of secresy
ard do Brown and Cooke have dOne-rase the stand
ard of rebellion in the very heart of slavery draw the
ord and spill the blood of the innocent to avenge the
supposed evil. The who appropriates another's
horse to his usedoes it steathy because he fears
the consequences otherwise he would commit the act In
open daylight So with the seaer, he seeks dark
because bis deeds evil and he fears the
qu9nces.
| Seward and Giddings Garrison, Lincoln, Fred Doug
lass are, before 3D. blame for the crime of poor in
sane Kansas Brown They entertain and promulg gate
the doctrine they stay at home write make speeches
and anuacure public sentiment, to carry oIt which
poor, insane Brown and his sons die. They do more
than write and make speeches-they furnish material
aid. They forward money and munitions OF destruction
to Brown, expressly to 60 into the hands OF the uprising
negro mob murder their masters with and write
letters of sympathy and encouragement. 1heq are a
thousand fold more to blame than fool Brown and bis
Inflated But they-those leaders are not SO
much to blame in all this another class OF society
who act behind the We mean the Ministers OF
the Gospel aud the christian communities OF the North
who have indirectly gotten this state of things up.
Instead of attending to their own legitimate duties
they have stepped aside with puritanca obtrusivenes
to force the South to embrace their views of moral
duty. They have closed the record of holiness became
silent about sins at home and all gone off in crusade
against the sins of distant people.
This Harper's Ferry affair, far their usefulness
is concerned will dumbstrke thousand pups in the
North What, we ask, is the legitimate tendency Of
| all these abolition demonstrations lnfammatory
speeches, vindctive resolutions, rabd lectures? hese
emigrant aid societies? What did their founders in
tend to do? What object had Beecher and Cheever
and Douglas and all those frenzied hotbrained craze6
crowds in view, when they raised such raid towards
Kansas? Follow that demonstration into Kansas and
you there what they intend to do Violence rapine
and murder marked the progress of that fanatic crusade
throughout the distracted Territory md those Shapes
rifles not sanctifed Nv the benedicon of such al
Apostle Beecher to remain idle. o, no! When NJ
longer needed in bleeding Kansas they were shipped
around by way of Connecticut, and down South, ano
lodged in an und: rground depot to be put into thu
hands of rebeOus negroes to murder their masters with
We reerate that the Ministers of the Gospel ant
those christian societies of the North who have aban
doned the policy of christianity and entered into Thu
grand aggressive demonstration against the rights of he
Southern brehern are before Col and at the bar OF al
intelligent world, to blame tor this Harpers Fer.
rebellion and blood than all other-even than insans
Brown Seward and Giddngs, Chase, Garrison, Lincoln
lrumbul, and other politicians, have not made thi
state of things. They find it in existence already and US
it, politicians merely to subserve their own ends
They only incidentally involved in the evil just the
would be in Mormonsm, or spirit rapping it such coul(
be made to promote their ends.