The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-19
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The Hse(neal Crisis in she Un,sed states
We eee0 ~ following from the Londo
Timss . DE -
We wsss aot wrong, In suppo.ing that III
enthuslaen for JOAN Brown . memory woul
speedilys ~ cat aad that the vaearies Of tn
aboitttoriets wonld cause rev nisfOn OF feel
ing In hYor % tho south. ny the presen
mail we tslEn that tho country is most fndiE
seem to b nota little ashamed Of their pro
ceediugs. The capital OF Massachusetts was
on DeceWbef :, the scene OF a demonstration
in favor 81 tho Uatcn, and the moro sensibl
portion OF the ctttxers had an opportunity o
protesting against the doings Of their abolition
brethrens The tone OF this meeting was a
patriotic and becoming ~ the speeches at Ire
mont Ieapse were the reverse Mr.. Everett
man respected throughout the Union. de
livered speech which will, no doubt, produc,
q great e6aci m all parts Of the republic. II.
showed tho .wickcdness Of Browns attempt
reminded his hearers that the old man mac
long medftated raising revolt, that he was
aided by abolitionist money and supplied with
aooiittonist guns and pixies; that his plan was
well cot1iderod, fnasmuch ns be seized the
largest arseual in that part Of the country
full Of arms and occupying good position
and that mis- enterprise only failed because the
slaves were not ripe for instruction. as they
were represented 10 be. MIR. Everett then
In St. Domingo, TO show the horrors which
necessarily follow from such an outbreak as
Brown sought 70 cause, and he might certainly
have directed attention TO the present state
of the island As proof OF how little the world
Is likely TO gain by the establishment Of . me-
gro commonwealth. Using the arguments
which saggest themselves to every rejecting
man, he called upon the people OF the North
TO discontinue the system OF provocation
which they have used towards the Southern
people, and to use all means TO strengthen the
Union, which abolitionist madness had endan-
Eered. The reception OF MIR. Everett was
most ENTHUSIASTIC, and his eloquent appeal
will no doubt produce the best effect both on
his own neighbors and on the irritated South
erners.
In many other places meetings have been
held to express ~ mpalhy with Virginia, and
abhorrencs Of such schemes rs that of Brown
and his associates. In New York a manifesto
InerousIy signed, and there is no doubt that the
feeling in the country will be such as to
strengthen the Federal Government and the
several Southern States against such malefac-
Tors Tor the future In this result most
sincerely rejoice. Mr.. Everett in his speech
expressed apprehensions for the future Of the
Union, In which we should not have been in
clined to share. But, as his experience and
observation on this subject have been very
great, We must conclude that of late the party
war has been carried on with a virnlence
which leads even people accustomed to Ameri-
can exa&geratiOn TO feel that there is danger;
and, indeed, the attempt mt Harper's Fer
ry must necessarily have brought new consid-
erations Into the controversy. Formerly, the
North contented itselfwith attacking the plan
tiers In newspapers or speeches, and decoying
away or giving shelter to their negroes; but
now the abolitionists have gone a step further,
and the crusade Is for the slaughter of the
white people, aud the establishment Of half.
caste republic, after the model Of the Central
American communities. The Virgnians may
hitherto have been contented to live under the
same government as people who merely wrote
I'M 0p.A l,.rI
comes to revolution and murder, the case is
widely diffrent. The States which produced
Washington, Jefferson and Monroe might be
excused for declining to descend to the level
OF Hayti or Costa Rica. Men Of the purest
English blood may well shrink from turning
their country into region in comparison with
which Mexico would be gentle nd nlghtened.
But there are still more pressing considera-
tions. After ali, security for life and property
IS the great object OF society, and the Southern
ers hare notr been called upon to decide tcheth.r
fhey can, ~ justice to HsmSeires their trtccs and
ehitdren, lire umd-r the federation tcith men
'cho make no secret Of their purpose to reroutiom
re the South by force Of arms. 1t was boosted
In Boston that from John Browns ashes arm.
ed men would spring to carry on the war for
the Liberation Of the slaves. The people OF the
frontier Southern States may be excused for
taking these expressions literally, and demand
1ng some guarantee that there shall not be PEE
riodical seizures of federal arsenals incite.
ments Of the negroes to murder, and impris-
onments of inoHensive citizens by aboliiionist
bands. The Federal Union presumes the dis.
armament OF one State with respect to another.
virginia aud Kentucky have not men ready
posted To protect them from invasion by their
Northern countrymen. 1t is not the duty of
each State to defend itself against it's neghbors
ana a.. nAen re necessity for such rigtlg"ce arises
rae OBJECTS Of the federation gone The South
erhers may we'll say that if they are to he eX-
posed to these inroads, they must hare their o,cn
army and nary TO protect themselves, and that
hoicerer much they regret the disruption of ma
IN ~ far etarhf,
years, yet that the necessity Of sef-preserra
dictates this course.
1t is for the whole body of honest and re.
Meeting men throughout the United States to
unite IN calming these natural fears. The |
union OF the American people is Of Importance
not only to themselves, but to the world at
large. TO Engiishmen the spread of our Ian |
guage, OF our religion, and, to a certain extent
OF our laws aud manners, can never cease to
DC an OBJECT OF INTEREST," nor can we desire sue
cess 70 tho fanatics, who, in their wild dream |
that has been accomplished in the New World
curing two centuries of industry and genius |
That the harshness Of masters in the South. |
ern states may be lessened, that the slaves may |
receive education and moral instruction. and
that ultimately slavery may be changed into n
system BY which the cslOred race shall cnjov
personal liberty and the legal rights which
nron. aor me preservation OF life and
ming further we cannot join in seeking. Well |
might MIR. Everett ask, "Has any one whose
Op1nion II 0nutled to the slightest respect ever |
u undertaken to sketch out the details Of a plan |
Tor enecting abolition at once by any leCisla- |
1--we measure that could be adopted r' The |
abolittonists would have the population of the |
Southern States turned into a mixed race |
whites, blacks and mulatoes being on terms
of equality, and constantly intermarrying:
but II one thing more than another has tended |
o give to the AnglO-Saxon race in the New |
w orld the victory over the Spanish, it is that
t mas kept itself apart from the red and negro |
races. and lodged power constantly in the |
hands Of men Of European origin. It has
'een fully proved, not only on the American
but in our own colonies. that he
nforesd equality Of European and African tends.
'of to fhe etecatiOS Of the black but The deeyada-
Ton ~ As Whtts man. We cannot find anv
for those who would try in the Uni
ed States the plan of q half caste republic.
lnd we trust that the federal government and
me nent thinking part of the community will
protect the south from the repetition Of such
'utages a. that at Harper's Ferry.
TDAoH TIE WOMEN TO SAvE-There,s the
ecret A saving woman at the head of a fami
y In the very best savings bank yet established
-one that receives deposits daily and hourly.
vith no costly machinery to manage it, The
dea OF saving 10 pleasant one. and if .sthe
vomenn would imbibe it at once. they would |
uitiyate and adhere to 1t, and thrs. when |
hey were not aware of il, would be layinr
ne foundation for n rom otous ~n~rr;tv;r "