New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21
To BoLT OR NOT TO BoLTs

The Hon. James L. Orr of s. C.. is in an excited
condition, and the Hon. Amos Kendall OF ID. Z.
b.s been irving to restrain and sOOthe him. To
this end, Amos has written two letters-the later
CO, three mortalcolumns Of ine type-intended
to convince James that for the South to scout up "
because Lincoln is elected President would be
f,olist--suicdal OF coune, Amos is aware that
third of column would amply suffice for the
demons trstion he aims at; but he knows tse
soothing influences of sleep, aod craftg COnsPired
to betrsy the ex-SpeSker into sOmnOence, wherein
he DO doubt succeeded The widest los ,nity must
fave yielded to the sedatye iofaences of those
three mortal coumnL But that Col Or's attack
was of very malignant type will be seen from
the following extracts from his letter:
YOu cay your mind equally clear that h. South has long
had peaceful medy within her reach, and has Il attn,
paired the receat conduct Of Of her sous
700 would est oblise me by full exposition of yonr opn-
upon point well the remedy be reorted to By
a. should No,enbr pass into the hsds Of
party .csoe declared pupos to de''oy property
In value at the time to not ess than three bit
ions hnndIed ana fifty millions of dollars
"CSn Be prudent manly in the South to submit to
the donon of party whose declared purpose to destroy
such amount Of property and obve whole social and Ia
dustIisl policy
"ln sauDs at the evil aud remedy invite specially your
attention.
To the persistent many of the Free ssates and
large bodies Of in sn u them TO execute the Fugitive
Sieve Law
To tire uniting the fanatics who to the Slave
S.es unde the ge Of preacher teachers &C. 10 iayesnE
away and to the general sympathy with their neisd
purpos eyrced by the facilities furnished them by I'll,
Underground Railroad In pdns slaves beyond the
reach Of their
80 To the raid John and the sympathy which hi.
well nsrited execution evoked.
- To the iDsuTeoonary movements IA TeHasPro
ect. carried by Abolition emisSarewhere tho 10
diary the slave lighted by Abolition traitors has
duced ashes g. 90 worth Of property, and where the
timely discovery of the heh scheme alone saved the lives of
thousands Of men, women and children"
of course, the ex-Speaker wrote the above
with wet towel bound around his aching brow,
and o strait jacket placed by his physician where
the family could readily seize and apply it. His
inextricabe confusion of facts with falsehOods 10
incompatible with the idea of his sanity, for Col
Orr is too high-minded TO willlully misEe-
present us so grossly. The " declared purpose
" to destroy our property" ia hallucnation which
no amount of opium would serve TO justify. The
South has not lost ten slaves per annum by Z" the
persistent refusal" at the North to execute
" the Fugitive Slave Law:" We doubt that South
Carolina has lost one per annum. The untiring
efforts" of Northern teachers, preachers, &c, ("
to " inveigle away our slaves" is a myth: nine
tenths Of those who 70 South to teach or preach
become there the most sbject Apologies and tools
Of Slavery. As TO the raid Of John Brown, "
the Brscbinridge candidate for Governor Of this
State publicly boosted in meeting in Tam.
many Hall last Autumn or Winter, that Democrat,
alone ventured to eynoe sympathy for Old John,
and called for three cheers for him, which were
given with a will. We all regretted his :" raid,
and regretted his execution; but We neither be
sought nor threatened those who decreed il
Finally the Texas people are now satisfied thai
the recent troubles on their Northern border wer,