, 1860-08-20
THE TENiS IfSUIkRECTlON.


come to us from Tcxas--reports which prove
among other things tue innate cowardice and
ferocity Of fslave-holding communicative fear
that there may be found reason to believe
that the disturbances there are not due to ne
croes alone; but that white men Of some sort
are accessory 10 lhe incipient insurrection
Making due allowance for the prevailing fright,
ior tue gross cxaggerations Of the reports as
they tIy from mouth to mouth, and for the
chronic disposition Of shareholders tt attribute
all otherwise nnaccouutable visita,ions to the
"nisgers aud the "Aboltionists" We arc
compelled to believe, If we give any credit TO
tie current accounts Of burnipgs, the confess
sons Of the slaves, :he finding Of arms, &c,
sliat tile fear Of rising is not wholly without
foundation, and that m int< lligeucc superior
t, that Of the slaves has prepared the ground"
work Tor fearful tragedy. That there are
meu who have sultred the deepest indgni.ies
aad the grossest outrages in the South, for
opinions sake, and who are now willing 10
wreak their vengeance upon system for what
they lave endured from individuals, John
Brown has taught. That there are others
who, by long brooling over the daily enormi-
ties mud the continual atheism and barbarism
Of American Slavery, have cultivated the be-
lief that they are, under Providence, The ;p-
pointed instruments ofits immediate abolition,
though the consequences may be eeas Of fire
and rivers Of llood, the South has reason to
know. We need no. so outside Of the agen-
c!es which 1hesc two classes wicld to account
for an insurrection in Texas, where sparse set
Elements, frontier position. great distance from
the seat Of Federal power, and poverty Of de-
feAsive RESOURCES, invite just the occurrences
which the newspapers, correctly or falsely, are
c:aro:ic!ins from cay TO day. Ccr,aulr, with
out soma proef Of Republican completely in the
alleged cou,en plated horrors, we need net
deny that tic Republican party is comprom-
ised i'll the plots which they aro prompt to
condemn; nor need we point out the fact til It
the charges against Our political friends, with
which, il connection with this Texas affair,
tie pro-slayerv i,mruo1s ringing. 90
many lmpudeut assertions wlic: tlIose who
make them do not believe. But as it is easjcr
10 accuse Republicans Of treason, arson and
murder than 10 prove the uutenab!cness Of
their positions, or the lack Of patriotism in
their policy, we do not wonder 1ha. the clarg.
es are echoed tar and wide. =,
Tbs Texas and New Orleans papers are 50
raticent in their relations OF current eyeuts,
TINT, beyond the alleged burning Of a dozen OF
two cross-road settlements, the finding Of a
f:w stands Of arms, the confession of few ne
groes, the hanging Of d dozea or more, aud the
whipping md expulsion Of other, white men,
we know nothing. The purposes attributed 10
the insurgents are so mixed up with plans that
NJ man in his ecEses could conceive, aud that
no slnve is Ignorant enough to attempt to carry
out that NC cannot separate the true from the
E1sc-tllc facts from the myths Bit as it is
e:idtu& that fires which, cons,sno whole yitla-
gas are not kirdlsd without Aands, tl.;lt plan
tsss do not distribute Sbarp's rifles aud Colts
revo!vers l'y the case, among their slaves. as
holiday rlayth!ngs. We conclude that indiridu
ais u ono or both Of the classes that wo have
described are pursuing their plans of revenge,
Of working out their sc,em:s Of false plilaa-
thropl.y, in that far-otr field. Tho whipping
''Id burning Of Il huldred or so Of the mis-
guided negroes, the hanging Of a score or moro
white men who are probably as innocent Of the
crimes laid at their doors as Soutl,-Sidc Adams
or the Fecksnin Of tho New FORK Observer.
the Infusion Of new intolerance and hate of
free institutions to which tue outbreak will be
attributed, into the minds OF the terrified des-
pots, will be the present results. II tho pco-
pic of tile North aud Of the border States see
IN the atroc!ties contemplated ly the uesrce $
and tho just as horrible atrocities perpetratcd
by their masters; ECO in the growing iusccu.
r'ty Of communities resting Oh sc1vilo basis
and see III the Immediate imperative nc
c.ssity Of restricting and denationa!:snc an
Institution which yield. such bitter fruit me-
cessity for prompt political action, the out
break will not be without its wholesome teach
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