New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-12
NORTH eARuuNA AAD-sLAvERY MOVEMENT
ssnrlmtNrs OF raI pIopLI.

KetnYbed. IL 10 state OF rev emouons-morauy
ssmatoss State. 1t might be not unfairly called sort
Of enlarged sequestered spot among the neighborng
sorIAonweahhs- thousand square miles of stag
nations secluded hermitage on an extensive scale, &C
ecmrncdatng a recluse population of about million,
estly innocent Of the outer world and s vivacites.
Unused for a long periodic strong excitements and
recognizing necessity for departure from its extended
term Of severe inactivity North Carolina has hesated
even to join in the violent political sgitatOns which,
Cor the past few years. abe alone Of all her Southern
Eisterhood has failed to fully share.
Within FIVE or ak months however, North Carolina
has struggled into motion. The cause is that winch Is
above all others powerful in Southern regionS-the
evidence Of Anh-Slavery inroads among the people
An else falling this has reused at last the dormantspr
The voice of North Carolina is heard IN the iano
Proofs of energy and vigor In one direction al les
.,;se The discovery Of Abolition vPers insidously
SnawinO the very bosom Of the State is followed by
determined efforts at their determination The sus-
nsrtea are menaced, held in terror, or driven off A
prOcess of rigid investigation begins. Where senti-
nens Of oppOsitOn to the prevailing creed are distinct
" detected the law is let loose upon the offenders.
And in every way, far this point is concerned
the placidty Of North Carolina has given place to an
overflow Of indignation which is expected to settle the
question very speedily and to remove at once all diff
Salties in the way Of the peaceful progress Of the
Southern system.
The principal exctements are in the very center Of
the State-in the Counties of Davidson, Randolph,
Guford and others ada ent-where the operations of
laborers in the Anti. Slavery have been most
freely and effectively carried on. There is in these
eOunss considerable Quaker population of whom the
great majority, il not nearly ALL earnestly favor the
PRONUNCIATION Of the most liberal ideas upon the sub
ject and who continually aid, far they are able to
without peril to themselves, the development of the
largest Ant-Slavery principles. Thesemovements are,
for the most part secretly pursued the dangerous con-
sequences Of disclosure restraining any general open
and undisguised action. At this time there hardly
any limit TO the prosecutions which the mdest sdvo-
cate Of free doctrines must look for But, notwith-
standing this, the work does 60 on, quietly, but
with certain steady success which those most nearly
interested find no reason to complain Of And this ia
now understood by the people generally. There are
Gas mad abolitoniss" said tavern orator, a few
nights ago, in the village Of High Point, in this
'county, and within mile of us as any in Massa-
''eBusetts. There few respectable Quakers here,
"who though their queer religion lets them have no
Singer property, never seek TO interfere with what
eve know to be right, and what they knew to be no
concern of theirs But the mass are degenerate
"Quakers, Hickory Quakers eau them, with all
the veiOusness Of their SET and everything else that's
"bad, and they are the men who are going to have
soar throats cut we don't step in and get ahead Of
" them" The readiness with which this opinion was
agreed to, showed that it only the expression of
the Universal conviction; and the numerous disserta
lions throat cutting in all its aspeets and variouAly
applied, which Immediately began were certainly not
of nature to carry comfort to the soul of any drab
suited gentleman that might have overheard them.
Although the Ant-Savery movements are mainly
conducted with great canton, yet there few earn
est workers who, more daring and less disposed to
calculate consequences adopt quite in defiance
Of universal pIejudices. Foremost among these is the
Rev. Daniel Worth, Methodist minister man dis-
tDgushed less for his uDyieIdng courage than for
the zeal with which he has for the last twenty years
given his strength and eoqueDce the of negro
emancipation. Although always avoiding communities
tion with slaves Themselves believing that not by
their agency but by that of the whites, the end he
looks for must be accomplished he has not failed to
put forward his sentiments boldly and without
cealments whenever be has judged that good might
result theIefrom. II appears from the statements of
his antagonists here, that the "worther members Of
his family-bs is himself native of North Carolina
gave themselves to deep grief account Of the
errors Of his ways and some time ago, az punish
ment for hs persistence in wrong, formally repudiaed
him, and renouDeed all ties of relationship with him.
sanguinity brought Mr.. Worth single step to
repentance, but that the. contrary ne plunged
rather deeply than before into the Ant-Savery
abyss The result inevitable under the circumstances
was that some two months ago he, well as several
others similarly engaged arrested and thrown into
Jail, the general charge of exciting discomfort in the
ssve population and seeking 10 create insurrection.
The particular occasion of Mr.. WOrth's arrest was
the disposal by him of number of copies of IL. X.
Helpers " Impending Crisis, work which, although
written by North Carolinan, and approved by North
Caronisns has been judged improper for North Caro-
inans TO read After having been detected circulating
this work in various towns, MI Worth seized at
Greensboro, in his native county and confined in jail
10 await judicial treatment. Indictments were also
found against him in other places, that he was
warned to look forward 10 long series of trials One
of these Of which shall presently speak took place
last week In the CourHouse at this town. The others
are yet impending
OF the books circulated by Mr.. Worth, the greater
portion was recovered and publicly burned; it being
wise custom of this, in with other Southern
States to thus compel attention and invite eonsdera
zion 70 obnoxious publications instead of quietly dis
posing Of them in some less obtrusive manner Ten
copies which had been left in charge Of citizen Of
High Point were delivered up, and thus destroyed in
the most prominent part Of the village. The proceed
ing was described to me the other day with that rich
ness of vitupeIstve illustration and fecundty of invec
tive which find Southerners know 80 well how to
employ when discussing the al-absorbing topic.
could hardly understand how the recollection OF
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