The Constitutional., 1860-08-25
BENZ. TURNER, PUBLISHER.

| paralyze, and at length rcvolutlonze the South
TO talk of the pixies and rifles not being Intended
tor offensive purposes, is simply absurd. Ihe
first act almost of the party was'to shoot down
free colored man, whom they attempting TO
impress, and who fed from them. One might ,as
well say that the rifed ordinance of Lotus Napo-
leon was intended only for sclf-deence, not to be
used unless the Austrians should undertake to ar
rest his march.
No sir, it was an attempt TO do on vast scale
what was done in St. Domingo in l19l, where
the coIored population was about equal to that oi
Virginia; and if any one would form distinct
idea what such an operation is, let him see it-not
as matter of vague conception-a crude project
in the mind of heated fanatic, but AZ it stands in
the sober pages Of history, which record the revolt
in tha; Island; the midnight burnngs, the whole
sale masacrcs the mcrcilcss torturs the ahomi-
nations not to be named by Christian lips in the
hearing of Christian cars,-some of which, too
unutterabss atrocious for the English language,
are of necessity vclcd in the obscurity of the La
tin tongue. Allow me TO read you a few scnten-
ces which can BE- read from the historian of these
events;
'In the town itself, the general belief for some
time was, that the revolt was by no means AN exten-
siyc one, but sudden and partial insurrectOn only
The largest sugar plantation the plain that OF
Mons Galiict, situated about eight miles from the
town. the negroes belonging to which had always
been treated with such kindness aud bcrahty ana
, possessed so many advantages, that it became a
pTovcrbial expression among the lower white
people, in speaking Of any mans good fortune
to say, II est heHrenr c0Himc un Hegre de GaHJd
u (I,i =
I NJ. Odrluc, an attorney, agent, for this planta
ton, was a member Of the General Assembly, and
, being fully persuaded that the negroes belonging
to il would remain firm in their obedience, deter
y mined 10 repair ththcr 10 encourage them in 0p-
I posing the insurgents; 10 which end lac desired
. thc assistance of t-w soldiers from the town
guard, which was granted him. JIc proceeded
l. accordingly, but approaching thc estate, to his
= surprise ard grief, he found all the negroes in
g arms on the side Of the rebels, and (horrid to tc)
! their SiaHdard the bJdy Of mhite jntaHt,
= chich they hal roccHtiy bHPaied 0Ita stake Mr..
; Odeluc had advanced too far to retreat mdiscov-
' cred. and both he and friend who had accom-
, panied him, with most of the soldiers were killed
without mercy. Two or three only Of the patrol
escaped by flight. ard conveyed the dreadful IL
5, dings 20 the inhabitants of thr town.
u by This time, all or mos; of the white persons
who had becn found on the several plantations
being masaaercd or forced to seek thrir salty in
ii'-'''' '' ibii'tiIH a lllt Shbii ibl till
i torch. The buildings and canc-fellS were every
7 where 81. on fire; and the cunaagra;;ons, whr
--I' visible FROM the town, in thousand different
quarters, furnished prospect more shocking. and
II reflections more dismal, than fancy paint oi
1, thr powers ot man describe
f SUCH Sir AZ matter Of history is a scryil,
IL naulscction. Now let u+ cast glance at the
r. state Of tlpgs in the Southern States co-mcm
IN brrs aS they with hi this gr.a, republican
.. confcdnTacy. Let ~ consider over what sort o
a a population It Is that som" persons among Us
- think ii not only right and commondabIc, but il
the highest dcgrcr heroic, saint-likc good-likc, t,
e; extend the awful calamity, which turned st
Domingo into a nrap Of bloody ashes in 1891
There are between three and four millions of th
coorcd race scattered through the Southern an,
Southwestern States, in small groups, in cities
towns, villages, aud in larger bodies on iso!atc'
plantations; in the house, the factory, and tn
icld; mingled together with the dominant rae
in the various pursuits of life the latter amount
ing in the aggregate to eight Or nine millions if
rightly rrcOllect the numbers. Upon this CON
munity, thus composed, it was the design q
:" Brown to be let loose the hehonnls Of a scrvil
-" instruction, and to bring a struggle which fo
- magnitude, nroci:y, and horror, wou ID hay
:" stood alone in the history of the world. An
NJ these eight or nine millions, against whom tn
ny Fl ightful war levied our fclow-ctizcr
''n entitled with to the protection Of that con
l'- pact of government, which recognizes their rel
-" zion TO the colored race "a compact which evci
o' sworn officer of the Union or of the States
~ bound by his oath to support Among theI
wv Sir, is a fair proportion of men and women
'' education and culturc-of moral and religion
VI" lives and characters-vrtuous fathers, mother
~ sons, and daughters persons who would ado
." any station of society, in and couhtry-mcn wi
"o read the same Bible that we do, and in the nan
VI of the Master, knel ut the throne Of {
"" same God-fonnng class of men from whi
" have gone forth some Of the greatest and puro
"'' characters which adom our hStory-Washir
Il ton, jeff .rson Madison Monroe Marshall Thl
!" are the mcn, the women for whose bosoms pix
Wn and rifles are manufactured IN N,w England,
Who be placed in the hands of an ignorant subj,
anu race supposed, most wrongully, as recent eve,
ma have shown to b. waiting only for an opportu
igS ty to them.
'N' Sir, have ON three or four different ocgasio
lat in carly life and more recently, visited All
the Southern and Southwestern States, with the
the cep;ion Of Arkansas and Alabama. have enjoy
the the hospitality Of the city and the country; an
'uld have had the privilege before crowded and fav
gS ing audiences, TO hold up the character Of
ire Father of his Country, and to nculcate the b
our sings of the Unon, in the same precise terms
hose which have done It here a home, and in
o be other portions Of the land. have been admit
roas 70 the confidence Of the domrsti- circle, ans
have seen There touching manifestations Of
sting kindcst feelings, by which that circle, in all
ava members, H-l AMI !ow, master and servant,
idea be bound t'g th,r; and ,gl.a ] contemplate
hich horrors that would have cnsu,d he'd thc tra@
be, on which the curtain ros" ut Harpr'- Ferry b
sful acted out through all rs scenes OF fire and sw
We OF lust and murder, Of ap;uy aad dissolution
n his III. final ca'astroplr am filled with emotion.