The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-01-20

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s'evs c-rsin AasssstA ,aaa give u ar fAn
sndor-srasir, sad hops slied rsadinf BIN give
= oeSiai n'rusI: NN M;
hs %. 'ssisas, q The unhappy insidsnts
% ths r'palt"as andsr whth Kankind are
eon,t-i To 'rok out their prob Alton, tha>8
single - ot"itis iness and foIy nay involve,
no.ila. - Of :sao en-, and prudent people IN |
iss evil son saaear.l eHid sthe rAseai,y raid !
OF that ssntit9s at-i &C ,uudrsI Brown, and ,hS
vacahonas n. :.d, -shclpdel with the speedy
and e1emplaEy etsruetion Of the gang, the
srn would have sSef q no great eoh,equepes
msny but iaasnse!'esE- Their act vas = Jab-
us confession Of u.itaess to live, and tho
evil wousi have ief Us nothing 70 regret ex-
opt tia. they ves. vIusily unfit 70 die. But
the onseGasnsss lave teen and WIN be, Of in
ohi'eiy .uo:e iinrosn:ee than that We hav.
not self-ecrtsot. evea il ne had ability TO re-
count the Ell tfr,, his already come, Ald God
only forsse' WAX is coming; bot Il l. our du-
y and hgit' rs is the duty and right Of
every mn who T'Sardr,hs peace Of his eoun-
VI ana ue welfare Of mankind, to do what can
We oone " PEeS'1t me spre.d Of the evil be-
.ono us new .,e sweep; 10 see that q con-
fSsratioa kIn!' Il !. mailman shall, M, r.
attended b th":. wa5 hive been rop,.d ~
HAnfe, sad w'.1, l.. tie 49, Of tho e1ipeu-
-, nay nocdst 49, pruGe7-. necessary 10 or,
-, :Snnlicatis. s.: disaster. Above al wa
SAcdld be on the wish against the evil dispo
sei IN Ill, crowd, WHO are always ready to
avail themselves OF the excitement Of such oc-
casions Tor selfish or malicious pu.poses.-
When tie frencireyclu;io, WI: a. il. he;pL,
the recipe Of PLtis we've Guilty Of .xcesses
which ,o-day 4ery Frvach:a.a bitterly 20.
gteis. Act tie People of Paris we've like 9TH
er men. They had TIC same natural sense Of
justice "s VIC, cad numbcr,rSs instances exhrc
t,ed ihat In the midst of the horrors they per-
Pe,sa.el, they had los, neither hurnsai nor
S'nerosi'y. But the instinct of se:f-p.cserra-
ton orercomes sll oth,r instincts, ar!d il is
ca'y sEea sc'f'iac-i6,c i r,qri,,a nv princi-
PES s'rcn.er alan instinct that lien vii! sub
due their impulses tow1ris Srfente
France sas ue!sagured With
foreign armies, led hy traitors, Who represen-
ted, by descent and Office, al against which
the Indignant aation had risen. Paris WIS
called upon to arm her last NAB, and spend
her last money for the defence OF the nation.
1t was no wonde. that a, such crisis when
every thing valuable was a,sailei and in iui.
nect pc.il, the dead vi tredson at home should
have Letn driven to the hiSaest pitch of phren-
", and that the cpi,4et Gristocrdt, by whom
or against whom pronounced, should have leI
10 Immediate massacre. Designing m.n prac-
t!sed boldly on the public panic. Thc guilIo-
tine paid troublesome debts-set,!ed lawsuit,
avenged ipsulu, and averted suspi cion from,
the guilty.
Ia Virginia, at present, tier. IL grea. and
n'iu'A excitement, but those persons greatly
CIT 10 suppose that Their, s such \ Sat, a,
poplar pEsnzy rs there was in the French
revelation. TIE occasion has been utterly in.
su -.c;c"i to alarm a great AL brave rco;,lc II
ine extent ofdesre.I,ion, or indeei 10 aiarri
iAe:n tall. john Brown h., ue-a.eI Tirrin.
rms It wou.! rsquir. a great Inauy ike hin,
TO fright them from Ibyir Iro2Iiety," and
any Who may at;sT'p; 10 s; ecu,A.o .p6n their
.-"s, so "a 10 make them i've too. C.: their pti-
'Aie TesshtH.cnt or design, VIII lad that they
have made d dangerous blrUI.r.
That the opportunity s',n1.lre t,;cu 10 "a.
sail cur cEI!Cb, was what VS. Lid not .,,sc,
Ola nny who kew Va. We have always cher
l:hed faith in IT, generous GmI ccntIemuuIv
elements which We often find stryle ~. uc-
i've IL tue rude: aud most law!ess or tie SIZE.
-'s. Tie o.i. -Lac.s n Il has cDiD,!c,,ly Fri.
L 1Lel over Il csc instincts, and cooIly s,ecu-
A.e' in The accidental ltpivssue:s ola b:o,hcr
man, seldom kaown except amons usurers
and The bandit CT cLicano, who hun, out flaw,
II lilies AMI plan roLb cries Of the unSuspec,- !
ng, not OF purse and ior an e1icsucy, bu,
II u property and for wealth. The m Hans of |
n. prize mig would scoru such mcaJurcs.
That those who do sot know us, when their !
attention I'D been called to our Disciplino
ave miseonstrued our position Is not strange.
md we certainly shall make no complaint that
inder present circum stances, some have ex- |
PRESSED their views 10 language in which
'reuSth Predonlinateso over civility. We feel
I due 10 editors OF highly respectable secular
'apers, who have recently written against W.
10 put them right upon this question. We do |
10 not because we fear that the Legislature of
Virginia will take any such measure, as have
'ten recommended, but because we value the
rood option OF all men, and esuec;allv NJ ma,