Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-11-24

Our readers we're doubtless astounded by the dis
patches published by yesterday, detailing the re-
cent raid by the Abotionsts under the lead of JONI
Brown, the second alias Capt MONTGOMERY, uponthe
Southerners in Kansas and Missouri While the
leading, calm, thinking men of Virginia North Caro-
lima, Kentucky and Tennessee were earnestly en-
gagged endeayoring to hit upon some plan by which
the more Southern States might be induced TO delay
secession, and at the same time obtain if possible,
further guarantees from the North by which all Of
the constitutional rights of the South might be fully
allowed--while this is going here, another
and still more diabocal invasion is made uponSouth-
ern men, the Federal Court broken up, its officers
compelled to fee for their lives, the property of
Southerners destroyed and their lives taken. The
design of MONTGOMERY and his band as expressed
by him public speech, is ito keep possession of
Fort Scott and other places the Missouri line,
to prevent fire in the rear while he cleans out
Southwestern Missouri eff slaves This redoubtabIe
Abolition Captain boasts that he has money and
arms to equip and sustain 1000 men, His band is
armed with SHARP'S rifles and dragon sabres, re-
volvers and bowie knives, newly imported from
Boston or the East These arms arrived by the
wagon load, marked as donations for Kansas suf-
ferers
What does all this mean? Are the teachings OF
the IrrepressibIe Conflict school to be at once car
ried into practice with fire and sword? The men
who are engaged in this war of determination can
not hope to uproO the institution of slavery by their
individual acts Their object is to harass the South
and make slavery curse instead of blessing both
10 the master and the slave. The Central AsSociG
ton organized by JOIN Brown adopted a detailed
plan for the abolition of slavery One of the duties
of the abotiOnists defined by this plan is for then
lin their private capacity as individuals-withou
asking the permission or waiting the movements Of
the goyernment--to go to the rescue of the slaves
from the hands of the oppressors" Among the mea
sures recommended by this Central Association" for
adoption by the abolitionists are: The raising
money and military equipments. Forming and dis
ciplning such military companies as may volunteer
for actual service. When the preliminaries shall
have sufficiently prepared the way, then to lant
military forces lat numerous points at the same
time) in the South who shall raise the standard o.
freedom and call to it the slaves and such free per
sons as may be willing to join it." MONTGOMERY
seems to be carrying out the programme of this As
sociation and thus make slavery Improbable ant
destroy the security and value of slave property
1t seems that the frenzied fanatics Of the Nortl
are determined to drive the South out of the Unior
compel her citizens to fight for their lives, then
liberty and their property in it. 1t will require bu
one more feather to break the camels back. 1t vii
require but one more act of aggression and Outrage
to unite the South around common standard 0
self defence. We would fam hope that there is We
sufficient unanmity Of sentiment in the South ant
| conservatism in the North to preserve the Union
How much longer will Black Repubcanism permi
US to entertain this hope