Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-01-19
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of that party had foreknowledge of john Browns pur
pose as attempted at arpers Ferry, aud locked the Sc
Crct in his heart when he went abroad, as many probes
10 believe do not hesitate 70 saw that there IS no pun
ishmcat known to our laws that would surpass If !
could be commensurate with his guilt but as am Opposed
TO an mob and lynch law, which Furnishes without trial
and often without cause 50 will not condemn TO suei
uf,my without ahording him opportunity Tor a Ian
hearing, any, though he were the humbeSt and mos
owly in the land.
That there is a body of desperate aud despcabe Abo
onsts at the North who have expressed their Sympa
toy for these yioaters of all law human and divine
no once admitted, and for thirty wears past they have
preached the nofarous doctrines that they hold now
But does that any involve the general population
Of the North that should render necessary for them
purge themselves of all completely in this Affair." than thai
the open bold aud reasonable declarations OF another
set of fanatics in the South who eernay sounding
their obnoxious aud silly threats Of dsunion IN our ears
in the event Of this contingency to-day aud that tomor-
row. and for something else the day after should create the
necessity for acqu ourselves before the public oil all
participation in their guilty and reasonable schemes
adopt and upon the principle that everywhere recog
uled bv law that al men innocent OF great crimes u
90 guit is proved and as not willing 10 be held res
possible o- the crimes OF those who camor Tor dsuhon
upon every idle preteXt because do not feel necesa
v TO get up in public meetings aud purge myself OF their
guilt DO not propose TO hold those at the Norh res
ponsbe for any high crimes Of which no evidence has
been furnished against them specifically.
But John Brown and his coniederates have al been
punished Would TO God it had stopped there. And
why should il not Suppose these men had been all from
die body OF our own State adoiung Southern states,
what then would have been the resur Why, they would
have been huug-exacty as Nat Turner aud hs oouled-
crates we're hung aud there It would have ended Bai
because these from the free States m the ab-
seuce of all requisite proof that their scheme was known
90 "a dozen men, beyond those engaged M The outrage
AN nature has been conyulsed and the Juon Itself IN
Of f.l..- h.
longer TO be tolerated OF borne with. an no defender
OF any sectional organization secuona! man or sectional
sentiment ask. and claim, what the Constitution grants
20 each and all sections; nothing more aud nothing less
But If Brown Republican Cook and four Others OF
tie o-F.srs out OF nine, Democrats as shown by
their own records Why then was not the Northern De-
rocrtcy as responsible for their misconduct the Re
,lbiclns And vet would as soon hold my hand IN
the flames until 10 burned TO ciuder as ! would be
guilty of the baseuess of charging on the Northern De-
5crtcy completely in the designs OF these wicked men.
Bot 9 make 10 apucIr that there was Republican COM
pitv the people OF this Safe were led to believe that
large bodies of men in Pennsylvania, Omo-cven in New
YorL B1.t0u and t'seW uere-were armed aud banded
together for he purpose OF m5kiuga hostile invasion into
Vrgril for the purpose OF resisting the execution OF our
Is and O rescuug Brown aud ms followers from pun
i-lmeut viii sly this was not so, because will
.a slv what DO not kg0c 10 be true but will say,
ana 10 saw that no evidence worthy OF consideration
Is Vet Cee laid before the public justify the belief
that there Vas anywhere, 81 any time, combination Of
lu0O-lll-or 10 formed or proposed To be formed
M any such purpose. That sensitive and excited iuas
we're operated upon either by anonymous and mis-
i.you corrspoujeuts wholly insufficient for the mpor-
ass attached 90 them by secret disclosures not yet
r.td. po,, Or that there Interior object in
view there can be question That old Brown and ms
marty were kept thirty DAYS SCEues au at last tt0h
I hfro-fi gdr'.ri-ei ard cIH0ii-si with display Of
all the pomp pride and circumstance of war that We
have no warrant for believing, attended the crucihxiOn
of the Saviour of the World i, not to be denied That
has been an enormous public debt incurred estma
ted as learn from quarter 10 hall million OF dollars
thst there have been marchiugs aud counter marchng
chat dcntor and despotc powers have been exercised
that large bodies of troops have been Qu1rtered on peace
able and uuoleudug citizens, that iu tine OF peace
"a standing army has been collected without the consent
OF oir LEGISLATURE: that martial law has been proclaimed
and rgd.v enforced; that the general channel OF COM
muucaon through Geographic agency has been control
Deb that trade aud travel by certain railroads, have
been suspended and prohibited; aud that quiet peacea
Ole and uuofeudug citizens have been Interrupted aud
put under guard and 10 some cases imprisoned are mat
ers of fact with which all familiar; and that the pub
Do. mind should have jpHpitO the conclusion that such
tbf.s could not be- unless dreadful and OverpOw
eras calamity ;h-eateued the safety OF the State, was
ut. natural aud that slc did exist for the
exercise of these extraordinary and dangerous powers
. neither asserted nor denied only say that have
not as vet been favored with any data that has satisfied
nv mud td- .he occasion did exist. Aud, as citizen
of this Commouwe4il,. ...sdfl OF my rights and
the rights of others before Justify -Esrove what has
been done claim De iurtler enlightened. II sGreiy
vii not be disputed that very urgent necessity should
be shown 90 have existed to Justify the exercise Of these
high p-erosatyes OF Imperial power which were, be-
sye never resorted 90 by the Father OF his Country
throughout the progress Of the Revolution nOtwittand
f.- the country VAS then filed with those unfriend
Is TO our arms who sympahized profoundly with the
mother country.
one thing To La1s whether designed not, it has
spefatyd aud phrcu1ed the public mnd-it has begot-
r-a au -teeGug sntp8thy, and hostility between mem
las of the same political community that every good
u l ust.ot must deprecate and that il becomes the
administrators q ,Ae law and the representatives OF the
people TO 90 an u their poseg 20 ,Qohe down and rec-
fv It hl. had the effect whether contemplated or not
of OccasOuiug infinite confusion IN the ranks o. one Oh
On, political parties this ate and of temporarily At least
raising the droorug hopes Ofau0,her il has had the effect
d. breaking OIL all probable co operation for the present
t t-t between the North and SOUTH without which Il
been hoped au path % victory would be left open,
tl chat party in whose hands and under whose legis-
ton and control the present unhappy condition o! things
Ls- t.-.r Effected.
T-ataEu.s tss been rroyilsntal or accidental It
o4d perhaps Dee uu,o..rthe 90 doubt IL IL were not
.-t the time had arrived when /, Indispensable 10
@ success that something should turn mp tua, Scu!
th.oa che whole South into fever on The question %
.r.-r Periodically every four yelrsior the last twenty
leu. e.ctou.s to- take place, something has occurred,
either Pr0y.leatja.c by accident OF by management
t i3r-- the public miuG wta tie conviction that the
restitution OF slavery was IN danger and chat the great
national Democratic party was the only one TO be relied
al. r DO. security. Under the'e circumstances I3t''yr
NAV Cd, ua general readiness OF our people 10 rely "ltl
.a fence upon te- 81. asity for all the r.vl-on aud
el..y..1r. .t public -ar.y-. s.'I o. mas been paine
.I To- witness those of u, who haze ueeJl' infatuated
,l such occurrences. ut have pissed tb' h,t i-y os
r.r and lrr tte fore, ot less e>.ue Compartments,
mas excused for looking, ID not dstgustuy, at least
With some degree OF caution, before We |lp Hind'Da
into tbe p.t. et In every "lcap gear is dug Tor uu-
Vry and unsUspgclag y2Qth. as vel as for umid and
wv.rug gray boards vino happen 10 10 tey that par
tv 10 whose advantage 10 always results.
Tie frs, occasion for ordering out the troops nom a
distance from Charle>,ovn, tunk founded on TEL
.-fnIjc dispatch from ths officer in command at Charles
town stegc-ed iu the p. p'rsl that $50 men were eu-
.....l near Berr,.iL ford ru Clarke county, which,
. 1uhcl.v is nearly n ai.a-' line from this CITY 10
rc,tovu so thlt they must have pa,,e6 b. or around
O. -a-. own aud have gotten IN the rear but more INTO
the heart Of tbe Sute-whCh was so improbable as that
. wonder was ttt erv one could have been impos. ID
mon bv it 40 all events Lo4gs ride OF messenger
a., Id have determined the tactyet To0F1 tele
r- uaeI for and some 300 Immediately despatched 10
b. haste fl- the bloody Gei-wheu the troops arrived
E, had been asc,rained tbat there bad been broom
STICK fight between some old women and few men who
went 20 search the house formerly occupied by Under
wood who was driven from the State in 1856 50, the
several companies of volunteers wheeled to the righ
about and came Elme gain l think there was nothing
u that exploit TO JUSTIFY excitement or alarm, yet II dIl
-1 DO very large extent by tie time the companies
reached Richmond another alarming telegraph was re
c.ved that somebody's barn stack had been Sc
on dre-le troops ordered back and the howitzerS
huk &c was that arrived here one day returned the
G.s after Then came a third report that large body
of mtE e.e crossing the river at Wheeling on then
march 10 Cbarest. ~ % rescue Brown a simple en-