Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-23
A WARNING.

From the Mobile Register
~ warning were needed to impress on our
eoumunity the truth which all history proves
80 In times Of excitement and agitation more
0m at any other there is great need of calm
- deliberate administration of justice, that
uoening is afforded by the case of DIR. Palmer
y0ese alleged completely with Brown has been
1futile theme of newspaper paragraphs and
V1ose innocence appears only when his death.
111tened by the infamy that hung over
M, has placed him beyond the reach of
1unan reparatiOn. We confess that we could
1ver the propriety of the proceedings
epinst Dr. Palmer and therefore have never
- This journal given any prominence to his
-, mentioning 1t only so far our duty as
~eyors Of news required If anonymous
ers picked up in railway cars were legal
dence 20 inculpate individuals the liberty
= the life cf the best citizens would be al the
ercy OF every unprincipled villain. and we
mid be degraded to q state of society worse
Pm that during the reign Of terror in the
ench revolution. These remarks are elected
the following which We clip from the Nash.
lle News of the 9Th inst
--IHE THATCHER LErTER-The attempt made
d cid John Brown at IIarper's Ferry, SCARCELY
tcited more Indignation among Southern peo-
de, against their Northern brethren than the
lbricated letter which led to the arrest of DR.
falmer, In Memphis. And many Of those we'll
neAnlng Southern men who are now insti.u-
ing vigilance committees, and through them
pnerlng needless insult to men from the North.
p~e their perturbation Of mind to that anouy
nous raSeallty, even more than to Browns ad-
<sht M" Virginia We have never been will
Ping to believe it anything but fabrication
Do because we are shrewder than any Of our
SeiShoorS, but because we thought when we
lrst read IT, that we could see a great white lie
BTinnlng across the entire face of it,
Attcr representing DIR. Palmer as a bold.
nrewd man, and u conscientious one, the letter
cue nlm say, that he - could guarantee 900
used slaves who would be ready to spring to-
ether ut a moments call, " &c This aDpesred
"a very gross lie for a conscientious man To
III, and very stupid one for shrewd man;
" We felt sure no such disaffection existed
snong the saucy negroes Of Tennessee and
arkansas But this Islander upon the honest,
0nsuspecting darkeys did not impress our mind
q much as another damnable calumny which
ne paper contained. because we knew that the
Rgroes masters would soon find out that thew
pre- all right; and an InSHH cannot long afflict
lmbo and DInah, if they can get plenty of
con to grease their wounded spirits
.<<1he writer perpetrated sin against light
knowledge, which car hardly be forgiven
ner In this world or in the world to come
"a his groundleSs insinuatiOns may yet, by
gerIng IN the Southern mind retard the
ogresS OF education for many years 1t
mctlmeS requires centuries of labor by honest
en- to dig up one lie, especially if it be buried
the tough subSOil of prejudice. The invisi-
1e thatcher makes one invisible II, a
ehosl teacher, say, There is no avOcation in
HhIch man can do do so muuh good for the cause
(abolition and inSurrecton) as that of school
eeachlng. And in another place he makes
She same teacher say, We must send out
more well qualified men TO the South as school |
teachers, and work them in everywhere. F" |
The letter was no sooner published than we |
heard forty wonderful Surmises against teach
eTs who are above suspicious with all good |
judges OF human nature. And we have heard |
ever since tremendous talk through the
south about Northern teachers Our renec-
lion might have saved much of this trouble to
'ur dear brethren of the South: there is nothing
20 indispensable in the composition of real alb
'iltlonlst, as fanaticiSm. Are educated men
generally disposed TO be fanatical! We VEN
lure, that 1t statistic accounts could be made
'ut OF ali the fanatics in these United States
n In any civilized country. there would be |
ound less proportion among teachers of |
letters, than among any other class of men
lnose who would poison the Southern mind
against good teachers, made an attack unon
'uT southern interests, more deadly than that
't Old Brown. He who cOnspires against edu /
alton conSpireS against liberty Itself. We |
'hOuld give preference to teachers reared |
among Us, when they are qualified: but if we |
'annOt be furnished at home. let us have GOOD |
mes from the North
DE- Palmer, as most of our readers know. is
lead -