New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-19
Tup REIGN OF TERROR.

| duties. lazy teiyant, VINO han iohiucu W uSI-
tenpg, the secret spe, Invoked, in the absenco OF
her master, the presence of the familiar, and
ordered il to bring water. The command was
| obeyed, ard the water poured into the vessel,
where il was needed. Tlen secood vas brought
| third-a fourth--6nd the vessel was full to over
nowirg But the foul fc1ddesis,ed not, ind bucket
full after bucketfu was fetched in raldsucc5sson,
and the house floor vas ,oon flooded. The fool
ish sersaIt in her fight and rage, forgot tho word
| of exorci.m. She fret commanded then stormed,
and at last entreated. But the faithful demon DIS
! regarded alike all ordinary orders, aud the most
inject rIayers for it va, bound by ITS compsct 10
r,nd. obedietcc 10 the wizard. word that Invoked
| its preserce, ard disappear only when like spell
wss pronounced "Water. water everywhere Ut
would not cease from it, laborr, aud the prayers
and .hritks of the poor foolish maiden were lost
rres,ltly il \ last drowning gursle. But the hend
never hefded but stl added to the food, till
fields 81 d farms were oycrv heuod aud delgge
WAS Threatened: ind when tie wizard returned
from his journey ard said the mighty rush OF many
waters, no found sd1,olhtsd country AID a drowned
people.
The moral Of the story is obvious, and we es.
ptcially commend II TO our friends of the Slave
holding States. Noting Is easier than Tor them
TO create a panic OF resurrection, and the
uprea.opirg multitude may be led TO believe that
such will be the result of a Republican ascend
ency in the North, ard that their only safety ia
ia immediate disuuion Like the foolish servant
ghl, they call on the foul feed for couple OF
buckets Of water, but are they sure That The two
buckets will rot grow 10 a hood RESURRECTION
may he n good servant but il would prove ter
rible matter; aud we are 10y no means certaio that
II once invoked, it may be easy t. allay IT,
-Four millions of slaves are not plaything. The
moyal element amoog them has not been largely
developed aud they are peculiarly sensitive TO The
mrulses of the animal pas,ons. Four millions OF
people with large capacity for focd, but for the
most part burgy; ,cnstye 70 temperature, bat.
for tie most part, naked; inclined by natural H.
stinct to domestic ease and comfort, but for the
most part. lodged m bowels; largely endowed with
,Ccial Affections but denied, for the most part, the
s,crcd right ofmarr,ge, 81 tie sacred duty oi pa
rental ctLtrcl-fJur millions Of people go crested
ard 80 restriced would come iulo Do.sc.son
of ycIy fatal rolion, If persuaded
that the race holding them in subsection were
seized with sudden fear that they mean. to right
tte.v -ronea, ard that even The very suspicion Of
such Ill intention on their part, was rure To Dfl1B
down upos them the vengeance due for premedi-
t.i,d oteds Of destruction by fire, by sword, and
ur brdea lu.t If il the natural course of events
the direful cAtastrophes which are the necessary
r, ,ult of feryile insurEection shall come, ac-
4. h.. Ia, h. H.
tbey come; bat feople that inyckes the fear Of
them With the hope that the apprehension may be
turned 10 sJne Interior pufpOse, are possessed
with the very extremity Of faulty tho very ecstacy
Of q moon struck madness.
So is the South POSSESSED at this moment. Be-
ginning in Texas nearly three months ago, the
attempt is made to create the panic OF instruction
partly, TO doubt to influence, in some nconceiy.
able way, the pending election; partly ia the vain
hope Of inspiring sincere aud earnest desire for
Dsunion among Southern people; aud partly to
arrest the Dasent Anti Slavery feeling which, 1t is
useless to attempt TO conceal, Is growing St the
South. Any pretext no matter how llimsy, is
seized upon and maebifed by the arts of the Gun.
ming aided by the fears of the timd, for the mis-
chievous purpcse Of unsettng the sense Of public
security ard eadog the public indigo alton to deeds
Ct violence ard bleed. Close upon tte heels of
rumoIs We have recorded for two or three days
past comes another story Of plot discovered at
Plsttsbu'g, Winston Co, Mississippi A woman,
under the torture of the lash, promised her master
to reveal secret if he would relea'e her from
further agony. To enhance its value, she
assured him that it related to himself,
whose wrath she was anxious to appease. What
secret can slave reveal that the master doe, not
already know, except plot of instruction Such
she alleged 20 gees the story, was proposed among
her fellow slaves. When pressed for names, the
frightened creature gave ttbt one most familiar
and which fret occurred to her-the name of her
own husband 10 particular, adding vaguely those
Of Others. A meeting Of the alarmed slave owners
Was called AID prompt measures at once taken,
tie promptuess consisting ia ertortiug by the tor
tUre Of the whip similar confessions from other
slaves. AZ usual in such cases. Vengeance fell
upon an unlucky stranger in the neighborhood, a
travelling daguerreotypist, who was seized and
banged, either upon the eItortsd accusation Of
some slave, OF upon the prima tacie evidence that
he must DO IA AbotioList because no was q
NortherLer.
Here seems to have been q mere aenseless panic
Not 40 il Ie1s.. There, there has been unqGes-
tonsbly plot-a plot not Of slaves, hut Of white
msr, Etti dsd, at any cost Of hte ED q property
20 ei,ermina.e Or drive on. Ct ths oolntry cl.sa