New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-06
Governor Wi.e's Message.

The Legislature Of Virginia organized to-day.
Governor Wise's Message reviews the HRrpers
Ferry affair at great length. II speaks Of the spirit Of
fanaics and one idea Of the Aboli.ioniss which has
seemed madden whole masses of one entire section
of the country which enter into their religion eduea-
tion politics; prayers courts OF justice and legIsa-
torres which has trained mp three generations IN moral
and social habits Of hatred 10 the masters Of African
slaves IN the United Staes but turns not upon Slavery
elsewhere which would have sent rescue 10 assas
sns robbers murderers and traitors, whom has cent
10 feons graves. Unless the numerical majority shall
20 violate the confederate faith and TO dis
turb peace 70 destroy orr lives and property and
to depuve of all the protection aud redress
under the perverted forms and distorted work
ings Of the Union, we must take up arms.
The lssue - too essential 10 he compromised any
more. We cannot stand such insults and outrages
these Of Harpers Ferry, without suffering worse than
death AS citizens and without suffering in dshonor the
death OF State. IL is not 10 be denied ID Il we have
many sound and sincere friends in the nonsaveholtng
Siaies but the conservative elements are passive,
while the fanatcal active, and the former is fast
diminishing while the latter Is increasing IN numbers
and force.
With regard to the insurgents he saws Il ia mock
cry to call them mOnonanacs. If they were, then
large portion OF the people Of many of the States
monomsniacs The leader himself spurned the plea,
and 1t was not put in upon the trials. They were
prompted by the evil spirits of incendiarism which
demOralized numerous host of enemies behind them,
who now sympathized with their deeds before the
world.
There hired them, without themselves incurring the
risk of their crimes, and wonder they symPa-
thize with them, even to madness, and that John
Brown despised the hypoerca cant of their pretense
that he was insane. The execution of our laws is
necessary future victims not again to be the
tool of this sympathy. We have friends or we nave
not in the States whence these invaders came.
They must nsw be not only conservative but active,
TO proven; the invaders coming II was mposs bic for
so much Of such sympathy to exist without exciting
bad men to action rescue, or revenge On this he
acted He has been compelled by the apprehension Of
the most unparalleled border war 10 place the State IN
as fun military defense if foreign enemies invaded
the United States.
Indeed one most irritating feature of this predatory
war is that il has its in the British Provinces,
which furnish asylums for fugitiyes and send them
and their hired outlaws upon from depots and rem
devious in the bordering States There is no danger
from our slaves coored people. The slaves taken
refused to take arms, and the first killed was re-
spectacle free negro, while running from the phLan-
thropsts no came to iberate the black race.
In closing the Message, he Gays, . We must rely
upon ourselves, fight for peace organize and demand
of each State what position she means to maintain in
the future in respect TO Slavery and the provision OF
the Constitution and law OF the United States and the
provision of the State laws for its protection in our
Federal relations, and be governed according to the
manner in which the demand may be answered.
We are in arms" With regard TO the reports and
rurmors of organized conspaces to obstruct our laws
the Governor says, they from so many sources,
80 Simultaneous, far apart, from persons 10 unlike IN
evidences of education, they could be from no con-
spiracy to hoax-but be relied not much upon them
as upon the earnest continued appeal sympathizers
with crimes
Let us defend our own position, oryield it at once.
Letus have action and resolve upon definite settle
ment. No more tampering with the Constituton-no
more compromises. The other cOnyicts await execu-
ton, and will be executed, unless the General Az
sembly orders otherwise.
This will meet the open invasion, but acts only on
individual conycts and don't settle the question Of our
peace and protection in the future. II remains only
for me TO offer myself, all that | am, and all that
have to the Commonwealth, whenever she may order
me or mine in service when my term of office closes.
The second Message makes detailed recommends
TONS and alludes to State matters generally.