The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-01-20
Curious Article in the London
Times on the Brown Raid.

The following article appears in the Lon
don Times of 2sth ult. 1t brsathes an enti-
rely different sentiment from that which
usually animates that anti-'slavery' sheet -
We were not wrong in surprising that the
enthusiasm for John Browns memory would
speedily die land that the vagaries ofthe
Aboliti0nists would cause revulsion of feel
ing in favor of the South. By the present
mail we learn that the country is most in
iignant at the Bostonians, and they them.
selves seem to be not little ashamed of their
proceedings. The capital of Massachusetts,
was on Decem Der the 9Th the scene of de-
menstration in favor of the Union, and the
more sensible portion of the citizens had an
opportunity of protesting against the do.
ings of their Abolitionist brethren. The tone
Of this meeting was a spatriotic and becom-
ing as the speeches at "Tremont Temple"
were the reverse. Mr.. Everett, man re-
spected throughout the Union, delivered
effect in all parts of the Republic. He show
ed the wickedness of Browns attempt, re-
minded his hearers that the old man had
long meditated raising revolt, that he was
aided by Abolitionist money, and supplied
with Abolitionist guns and pixies; that his
plan was well considered, inasmuch as he
seized the largest arsenal in that part of the
country, full Of arms and occupying good
position; and that his enterprise only failed
because the slaves were not ripe for insurrec-
ton, as they were represented to be. Mr..
Everett then read extracts from the narra-
tive of the revolt in st. Domingo, to show
the horrors which necessarily follow from
such an outbreak as Brown sought to cause,
and be might certainly have directed atten-
ton to the present state of the island as a
proof of how little the world likely to gain
by the establishment of Negro common
wealth. Using the arguments which sug
gest themselves to every rejecting man, he
called upon the people of the North to dis
continue the system Of provocation which
they have used towards the Southern people,
and to use all means to strengthen the
Union, which Abolitionists madness had en-
dangered. The reception of Mr.. Everett
was most enthusiastic, and his eloquent APP
peal will no doubt produce the best effect
both on his own neighbors and on the irrita-
ted Southerners.
In many other places meetings have been
held to express sympathy with Virginia, and
adherence of such schemes as that of
Brown and his associates. In New York a
manifesto to the same effect has been circu-
lated and numerously signed, and there is
ne doubt that the feeling in the country will
be such as to strengthen the Federal Gov
eminent and the several Southern States
against such maletactors for the future. In
this result we most sincerely rejoice. Mr..
Everett, in his speech, expressed apprehe n
sions for the future OF the Union, in which
we should not have been Inclined to share
But, as his experience and observation on
this subject have been very great, we must
conclude that of late the war party has
been carried on with virulence which leads
even people accustomed to American exag-
gerration that there is danger; and, indeed,
the attempt at Harper's Ferry must necessa-
rily have brought new considerations into
the controversy. Formerly the North con-
tended itself with attacking the planters, in
newspapers or speeches, and decoying away
or giving shelter to their negroes; but now
the Abolitienists have gone step further,
and the crusade is for the slaughter of the
white people, and the establishment OF
half caste Republic, after the model of the
Central American communities. The Vir.
sinians NAV hitherto have been contented to
live under the same government as people
who merely wrote at them and preached at
them. but when it comes to revolution and
murder the case is widely different. The
States which produced Washington, Jeffer-
son and Monroe might be excused Tor de-
clining TO descend to the level OF Hayti or
Costa RIGA. Men of the purest English
blood may we'll shrink from turning their
country into region in comparison with
which Mexico would be gentle and enllght'
ened.
But there are still more pressing consider
atoms. After all, security for life and prop
erty is the great object of society, and the
Southerners, have now been called upon TO
decide whether they can in justice to them
selves, their wives, and children, live under
the same federation with men who make no
secret of their purpose to revolutionize the
South by force Of arms. 1t was boosted in
Boston that from John Browns ashes armed
men would spring to carry on the war for
the liberation OF the slaves. The people Of
the frontier Southern States may be excused