Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-08


ing sentence is as follows:
"The curtain which drapel the invasion Of
! John Brown and his Gssociates on the soil oi
! Virginia, together with the capture of the
government arsenal at uarper's Ferry. re-
sulting in the Deliberate aud cold Llooded
murders of unoffonding citizens, has been
raised SO as to enable the conservative citi-
zens of our beloved Union to fully scan the
danger in which it stands, as we'll as to pre-
| pare lor action when the proper time arrives
for them, hy their voice and votes to save it
from the impending ruin which traitors and
fanatics wish to pla IL in
The curtain which drdped the inuasion OF
John Brown, and which draped the capture
Of the government arsenal, which capture re-
suited &C.. has been raised The invasion of
John Brown on the soil Of Virginia. The
placing thing in impending ruin" All
this is rhetoric, but it is rhetoric of a very
peculiar character
"And the question necessarily arises, e6ence
and By IChat means could handful of men,
even II mOnomd1D dcs on the question of slav-
cry be so fooEhardH or possess sufficient
temerity to attempt the treason they have, un-
less, indeed, they were aided and comiorted
10y others, who, to perfect plan long-de-
signed, but too coleardly to 0pealg dvo,o IT, de-
vised the scheme whsch was to destroy the
tailest and richest portion of the land Of
Washington, and the inheritance of man. 1t
can be no idle assertion to declare, that the
abolition party of the North have for years
past been pursuing the igais fatuus which in.
duced the mock phianthropists Of England to
lay in ruins their richest possessions, and
have been impeled to the desire of etfeeting
a similar purpose in the South by means even
more ignoble. Agitation and fduaticiSm.
from the forum and the pulpit have been so
often and continually presented to the people
OF the North on the subject of abolition, that
II has, to very great extent, become house
hold word, DC"
" Whence could men be so fool hardy" is a
very polished form of expression, and especi-
ally grammatical, if you will search long
enough for the little term "os," which i.
naturally supposed to be somewhere about
"Unless, indeed, they were aided and COM
forted by others, who, to perfect plan long
designed, but too cowardly to openly ayow it
&c" The writer evidently means here lha
the persons who cherished the plan, so long
designed, were too cowardly to openly nvow
ii. but it would appear from the language
used that the plan itself was too cowardly to
make an open avowal. "Agitqion and fana-
tieism have been SO continually presented,
that IL has become household word" How
is agitation or fandticism to be presentedP
The subject which causes agitation or the dis
cusson Of which engenders fanaiieism may be
presented, but not agitation itself or fanati-
cism. The expression is exceedingly awk-
ward. and wretehedly absurd. The relation
in which the singular pronouu It is made to
stand toward plural nomiuative, we pass
over as the least offense against good English
ofany to be found in the language quoted.
We look over the article at random, and
find, in another place. the following:
The answer is plain. and apart from the
instructive and serious lessons already taught
/ by emancipation, the solemn fact arises Ia
check their desire, when it is stated, beyond
contradiction, that the position Of our south.
ern negroes renders it unsafe inpractcahle
! impohtic, inconsistent, unwise, and disalvan.
tageous with the secority property, and even
existence of one Of the parties interested. who
! hold their negroes by lawful tenure, and
which assuredly. under all the compromise:
of the constitution, is, apart from the right o
justice, Of the most vital and paramount CON
Sideration, while nothing for the peace, wei
fare or happiness Of the negro would be con.
duced 10y his liberation"
The solemn fact arises to check their de-
sire, when it is stated, &c. He does not say
what the solemn fact is which arises, but il
must be very important one, since it is The
fact which arises The writer means to cav
that what follows after the wor ,ohen con-
sttutes the solemn fact which he alludes TO-
but how awkwardly he gets at it! Moth
ing would be conduced" is enough to make a
nervous man tear his hair.
This, If no other considerations were in.
voIved, and which would necessarily. ifabo-
liiion were effected, carry pecunialv injury
| to the door OF every mans home in the North
should lead to reflection, and the shallow
sophistries which the apostles Of abolition
preach be thrown aside by every well think
ing man."
There is no equipoise in this sentence at all
word or two, which the writer had not re-
Election enough to put in, would have made
the thing little more toleraOle Ifhe had
said, should lead to reflection and cause the
'hollow sophistries which the apostles Of
abolition preach to be thrown aside by every
well-thinking man, somebody might have
supposed that he had a small modicum of the
constructive faculty inside his skull
lie says, in another place: "The virus.upas
OF such rabid thoughts or desires can never
De realized-can never be consummated. "
''r"s'"pas is wonderfully ingenious com
pound and the idea that it can never be
realized" never "consummated," prcfoupd
one V'ru' is the contagious matter of an
ulcer and upas is a tree whose seeretions are
poisonous, while rabid is term annliad 70
the madness and fury Of animals af,io,o5
with the distemper called rabies Those who
desire to nnalyse this compound can do so
But, we waste time in noticing such an ar
ticle, and we will conclude by quoting the
sublime and forcible language with which
the able writer closes his unsurpassaLle dis
sertation.
1T upon the face Of these positive fact.
the North will not take heed Of their wavs