Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1859-10-31

prosperl,y.-U. 8. Economist.
More Disclosures from Harper's Ferry
Tive Years Secret History Of alb.
OlitI0nism.
The conspiracy correspondence
which We pnb i,hed the other day ex
clusiv ly in the Herald WAS suggestive
Of the extensive Iamiticalions OF the
pot, and conclusive as to the
complici' y therein of such abolitionists
and black republicans IS Joshua X.
GiIdings, Of Ohio 4; Gerrit Smith, Of
Pc,e,boro; +. Il. Sanborn, of Concord
Mass, and DR.. Howe, OfBoston. But
The Disclosures that are made in the
documents VIII ch we pint to day,
Involve much higher game reic ring
as they do to Steward, Sumner, Hale,
chase, Fletcher, Gree. y, Lawrence,
and ,any other leading republicans,
Thee is curious history connect d
with this corr spon encc, ana sug
gest We OF the ruth OF the old maxim
about tie eject of thieves fanng Ou'.
A cert in III @ forbes-Famlla Y
kno.n as toIo cl torbes-an o d
corrade of Garlba DIS II 1913, aud
since tnen ,ciu- e. IN this coGntr,,
st ms to have leen hir Il, on The
Du-ald ia ge ty principle, to 60 TO
kamas cru le of y'ais since, to
cooperate witt Ossa. a,omIe Brown,
and 20 inpart to his raw le,ies little
Instruction IN the art OF war. Forbes
and Brown pulled together vel
enough tor so"e months, unil there
came to tie m su de standing in
regard to the pay and p,ovct der
to.t,s appealed from Brown to tie
general ab, lilion commis,ar,at m this
regions tut fou d that he was doomed
to be chea ed all round. Greeley Tell
back IN the strict letter ofthc law ,aod
pleaded that he was not bound by
F,rbe,' contract with Brown. Sanl o, n
who was the secretrry # the Mnssa.
chr sets emigra ion aid society, and
Howe, a well known abol,ionist of
Boo on, kept pal,cr ng W tn Forbes,
until, in the words of one Of his own
letters, his fam ly credit was stopped
at The French or Italian les aulsnt,
where they used to get their meals
Fo' hes became md gnant against
Brown and the humanta,ia, as he
sly cs them, and denounced them all
in pretty rouud terms. But st II the
troubles OF his family did not wcan
him altogether tiom the work to
which lie had lent his hand. On the
contrary, he devised plan which he
submitted to his abolitioni>t friends
north, to perform cticctualiy the
''Kansas work" that Gerlit Smith
speaks ofin his letters.
Forbes plan was simply an organ
'zed system of stamped'ng slaves
a 'org the border states, and thus
gradually driving the institution far
tier south. Is owns project was de-
a'ed-so long ago rs May, 1865
to be identicalv that which has lad
such a ms rable failure at Harper
Ferry. Forbc, was too experienced a
ager not to See the inevitable result
o. such a rldicuou project, and much
OF his cor rs ,ondeucc tiat has fallen
into our hands is taken up with de-
nnnciatiols OF Browns crazy idea, and
Of appeals to the leading republican,
to stop Brown or to denounce him.
1t appears beyond all peralventnc
by this correspondence, that anon.
the persons to VII. m he denounced
the Harper's Ferry project, year
and halt ago, was Senator WIN. II.
Seward. H.. had an interview with
that Senator in Washington city, in
Nav, 1858; and, Ms app ars by one
of h. letters, he went fully inlo the
whole matter. Again, he hal inter
views with Sum ner and Hale, also
il Washington and, in fact, it ap.
pears that al the leading republican.
and abuiitionists Of the country were
fully cogn'zant Of the plans of Brown
anu, il thew did not exactly ,dentif,
themselves with bin, they did not de
nounce him t. the authorities. Or
thu contrary, thy kept him furnished
with none, aud a ms, and carried OF
Cor, espOnd-, ce with him.
Forbes letters show another thing
They show that i was not alone q
feeling OF philanthropy, nor even
mliticnl IN tive, that led these New
England aud New York alb lit'onist,
10 encourage o Brown OF Ossawat
tame. Some thing more than al
'ha was a, 'hc lotion OF the move
mint. And whats Speculation il
the rise OF cott.n had mere 10 dc
wmh The Hsrper's Ferry outbreak
han ali other causes combined. The
corr, sronderce places that beyona
a doubt. Ola Brown told Forbes