, 1859-10-31
Tho Revolt at fIarpcr'e Forry.



We give place ths, rex 10 a long and inter
esting account Of the revolutionary attempt at
Harper Ferry. We sur revolutionary, because
it was 10 no sense Of the word negro ingu71ec-
tlon. Not single sIare wns engaged IN it; and
it is therefore the height Of absurdit5 to ssJ]e
anegro insurrectjon.
Tremendous as the sensation produced By
this affair Inns been, the fact il indisputable that
only twenty men in the whole Union werefoupd
to engage in it. fany others shall be implica-
I'D rs aiders aud nbe,tors, they hare not been
quite insane enough to embark their fortunes in
Il. and nre on that verY account the more culpa.
bic. because tb-r cannot plead the excuse Of
downright madness.
No humane or reasonable man will for mo-
tncnt sympast;ze with this effort to incite ser.ile
lnsuIrccton; no reasonable man could antici-
pate its SUCCESS; and it argues utter ignorance
Ut tue circumstances. and Of history, to expect
good results from il, even ii successful, The
cause Of emancipation has no worse enemies
than these men. They di<parogee the csuse Of
Liberty By their bloody consplracies, and bring
odium and suspicion upon lis friends.
Two classrs Of men will rrioice at this dep1o-
rable fully, viz: the misguided men who set
them upon the bloody work, and the Democrat
lc detnasoguss who, at any sacrifice ofthe peace
If the Sou.h they profess 10 lore 70 well. are
ready to turn it into political capiiai. The Doug
III organ Of this city is Of this class. It has
been God'send to all such reckless politicians.
and their only regrets are that It did not occur
two weeks sooner, so that its elects might hnre
been felt upon the October elections. The hue
and cry they now raise, pretending to believe
that the Republican party are responsible for
browns schemes, Il go'teu up IN sp1rlt OF un-
n,itigated desnasocuissn. The Washington
.St1tea, the Consultation newspaper, the New
dred Sheets are rer:istent1r charging this affair
to tic Republican party. They know that their
assertions are false, iibellous. and incendiary
but they have caught at it like drowning man
at s.rnw, and tber viii persist in it, though
ther know its tendency is TO produce the very
consequences they pretend to tleprecate. They
instil into the minds OF the Slaves the belief that
tile great and powerful Republican party is
ready 10 trampls on tsle Constitution aud the
rights Of the States IN the effort to libcratc them,
crtn although ii should invo1se the extern,inA-
ton Of the white race. This falsehood, well
stuck to. they think. will produce reaction in
farcr Of the black Democracy; md they reck
mt il it should cause the very insurrcctionar3
spirit which they profess to Ehhor.
Not one Republican paper, 90 fur as we hare
seen, las failed 10 speak the affair 1T 1fur'rs's
Ferry in terms oi 1eprobation. The incendiary
sleess whtch We have referred to hare quoted
detarltel sentences from the New York 1s1auAs
and {5sf, i'll order to convey the impression tha!
those Journals approve the conduct Of Brown
aut his couftder:te*, while the fact is JUST the
contrary They hare deeply deplored the affair,
and, like ourselves, are among the number ol
those who rcgard i! os calamity, rs well on
accom-: Of its immediate effects in the loss oi
life, as for the odiuna it brings upon the poble
cause Of peaceful Emancipation For long
time TO come, degree Of suspicion will prob,
ably attach IL every Northern man wlo, with
legitimate objects III view, wishes to settle in
Virginia.
The democratic dcmaGogucs. would rejoice nj
the occurrence of such IN attempt ut insn11ec
tipn pricr to each election. They a1e the men
who lns,igatca the Enrder Kutlian raids upon
kansns; und seeing how inrch the cause q
Slavery lost By them, they would be glad to sec
13"rles Nuilian invasions o. The slave States BY
Northern men. But they will be disappointed
The folly Of Brown will noi be repeated. lnsur
rections in the South may take place. instigatef
hy tic men1aci0us Iarangucs Of Democratic
denaco=ucs, US they did in lsiti; Int it may bt
hoped that tile men Of the North who are pront
TO smch ma1ness will hare received q lesson il
the fate tfU:sawatomle Brown and his cosntIan
ions. His extraordinary courage, which ha:
been freely acknowledged by his prisoner, Col
Washington, md by bis captors, will nut soo1
be found in anntl,er. 1t must he remembered
also, that it was nc. so much abolition tanatf
riSin'' us tue l.rsanal wrongs lie received from
the lsorIer Rutlians in Kansas, which causcs
| him tp plot treason and insurrection. 1t wa
these peculiarly aggravatIng wrongs, operating
upon ,nind naturally ur!eut, brave ,n1td strong
| though uncullirated, which consrircd to pro
| ducr tile DARN. folly which we drplorc, IN,
orer which Democratic demaspGues rejoice.
is not probable that they ,sill soon find anothe
| 0ssawatomie Erown to manufacture rolitica
capi.s. fur them.