The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-02-02

AT the time The country negroes were 10 rIso n
arms attack the forts take the ships XII every
noafd except me captains rob The banks and stores and
tLeh s'h Tor ~ noiango Engish anu French assistance
was a'so expected.
~ The enterprise their names being enrolled on the books
Of Z lie Socicty'' as the organization was called
When tie inst rising failed, the leaders, who stil
csc Iod arrest medl'ated second one, but found the
blacks cowed by the extcuon OF their a rs and by
the vigilance Of the whites The leaders waited they
said, ''ol The head man, who was a white man but
they woh.d not reveal his name.
The whole number Of persons executed thirty five;
santtncea 10 sportalion twenty the whole
Der arrested, enc hundred and thirty one
Amcag tho conspira'ors brought 70 trial and conyic
tion he cases ,f Glen, Billy Palmer and Jack Purcell
CsHgasbed for tne by pocisy they
blended with their crime Glen preacher, Palmer
exceedingly pious and Purcell less devoui The latter
made the following important confession
II lad not been for the cunning Of that old villain yesey
should be situation Unemployed every
ead al se iIs psssss so ts n % % ss ha ia
m g'as'A h hands ana on 'Sa a hsd sg' pa@Ss a
Yith slavery " onc dap brought y eh hich y ,oa ~
ar@n r. ] IL a G H. xq *" r@' a. he ~G S (" ,aas az p
fGh 5@tS @ eaas o oeg e. ~ a 81 SaH a, hs 'a m
hm sd.c 2 fcds gs6dt d9srocc 70 tie ciig.
The Mr King here spoken Of Rufus King, Senator
from New lok THIS confession shows that the evil
the Missouri question had been in some degree realized
il the course Of two or three years,
Religious anatcsm also had its share in the conspira
cy IL Charleston weil politics. The secession OF
arge body of blacks from the white Methodist church
formed lot bed, in which the germ OF insurrecton
nurscd into life. majority Of the consprators be
onged to the "Afrcan church, appelation VIII ch
the scceders assumed after leaving the white Methodist
church. among those were several who had
been class leaders. Thus religion made cloak for
the most dabolical crimes record 1t is the at
this day The TRADES Of the North would drive the
population Of the South to bloody and
surIectiops.
BRITISH INFLUENCE AND INTERFERENCE.
During all this time British abolition sen imen and dc
signs mdusriously Infused into the minds Of
the people of the Mrth. Looking their own home
less uufed ragged millions their filthy novels and mud
oors than the abode OF pigs aud poalt,y
crowded cellars hungry paupers, children al wo under
ground, community Of wretchcdness such as the Amer
cen Save never dreamed Of, British phanthropists
wrote detained amt expended untold upon
supposed abuse three thousand miles Off with which
they have connecton cisii, social political and of
which they know comparatively nothing They passed
thelr leow subjects ~ who dying Of hunger upon
their very door ss TO make long prayers in the market
pece or the imaginary sncings OF negroes 20 whose well
fed nnd happy condition their wfetched paupcrs
might aspire IN vain,
Before they induged in this invective it would have
been wise TO have inquired who the authors the
evil In the language Of an English statesman
If slavery the misfortune of America is the crime of
n an he og % nfUn now dee eas n ya that
otherwise prosperous country.
Hayng nlled their purses traders in slaves they
have become traders in philanthropy and manage To
character for helping slavery OF the very plantations
Of lie South ihey helped to stock They resemble their
own tedu ideGt oi fine eentlemanGeorgeIN INwho, IL 10
said, drove his wife into impruderces 10y his brutality
and neglect and then prosecuted her to death FOR having
fallen into them OF one Of those fashionable phosopbers
who scduce women and then upbraids them for want
Of virtue. Like tie Roman Emperor they lind no unsa
worry smell in the gold derived from the hhcst source
The first abolition society IA Great Britain was estl
bshed in 1923, and IL i fact worthy of that the
first public advocate IN England Of the doctrine Of mme
Herrck In 1925, the Anti slavery Society commenced
| tie circulation Of The Mndhly Anti Siare,y Rporer,
Of the late Thomas b. Macauay the essayst, historian
and lord Petitions began 10 be circulated, pub.
| lie meetings held, and the Methodist Con
| feronccs took an active part in the movement,
exlrtng their brethren for the love Of Christ to vote
for candidates not known as pledged 70 the of
abolition. Reciofs, euIatos doctors OF divinity members
uf Parliament ant Peers engaged in the work and
yerts rapidly increased Riots and disturbances resulted
In 1852 nsuITecon fomented by abolition mssiona.
fies, broke cut in the island Of Jamaica, which only
terminated by resort to tho musket and gbbct-thc
usual fruit of these nccndiary doctrines wherever they
have been circulated In 1888 Dill passed by the
British government by which, for compensation OF
hundTed MIL ions u collars, eight hundred thousand
slaves III British West Indies their liberation
This followed in 1913, by the abolition OF slavery
throughout the British donnions, which cnanopaed
twelve millions more In the East Indies The thus
received new iinpetus societies smang into life all
the United Xii gdom; correspondence opened
h every part q ue Wofa Whefe negroes were hea ~
bondage; lecturers we've sn abroad especially to the
bnghtcd Uned States 10 disseminate their doctrines
and str M rebellion, both among the people and the
slaves; earnest endeRv0s made TO influence the
policy of the nonsavcholdng states Of the North and
hatred for the South and in short, the abolition
movement settled down IN determined warfare against
the institution Of slavery wherever it existed.
II has been war in which newspapers pamphlets pc
riodicals tracts books novels cssays-in word en-
tire neral forces the human mind have been the wea
pors. England became The champion Of anti slavery, and
the United states became the theatre OF crusade which
seemed if intended 10 carry out the spirit Of the
mark nf Sir Robert Peel, that 'c huldret millions Of
dolqrs pcid fof tie dt1tit,on o drgfn The Ucst Indies
ras te bst in,esnet sr naade Jo' TIE orerro~ u Aue.
Exeter Hall aud the Stafford House became the centre
this stem around which revolved all the lights
o. British abolitionism. The ground Of immediate and
unconditional emancipation however, was not taken by
lie English ahoonss until subsequent years but these
views when presented found ready concurrence from
Ilsrkson, WDDerioIce and other well known advocates
OF the cause Among the English statesmen pledged upon
tie subject Grey, Iansdowne, Holland Brougham,
Mebonin ramerston, Graham Stanley and Buxton, aud
the hands f these fe vent leaders the speedily
progressed towards ts iruition.
Ffom hs time forward the coalcsccd Efforts Of British
and Northern influence TO disturb tho institution Of
slavery IN the south 10 render saye labor less valuable
the negroes to rebellion, have bccn continued
with or less system occasionally threatening the
stability of the Mon the whole object Of treat Britain
being the welfare OF the slave but the destruction
Cf slave labor whereby, through system Of conquest
and forced labor she would be able to suppian, the t'n
ted states BY producing her cotton from he eds OF the
Eastern world With this end in view, and coupled per-
haps the idea that the abolition Of slavery would
every species Of intrigue that promised
| isscnsions have been between the North and
/ SOUTH the "undereround railroad system has been
iabshcd lending to her Cam dian posscss ions agitation
] and assault have been perseverngy maintained, the
country has been flooded with Trades Of every hue and
KIM against the institution the Northern pulpit has been
desocrated in s dedication to the work stirring up
strife, churches have been severed in faain
and southern Christians denied fellowship with
their Northern brethren, until the grand political
climax has been reached Of secession aud revolution
Ia safe 10 that from the time this plan operation
dgested In hngand thirty years ago, there is
scarcely movement that has taken place the chcss
board OF American aboonsm that, under the guise Of
III rtanbroTs has not been dictated nj Exeter Hall for the
Iurpose OF destroying the production Of cotton and
breskiBg down the Tree Of this country.
Among the far seeag and practical statesmen of
Great Britain, hewevef-nen who have dissented
with the ultra views of aboonsts there is evident
that this headong policy tba, has been pursued
will rebound upon the interests the mother country
Already the subject has become Of anxious con.
sideration, and the people OF England beginning
ok around for relief from that dependence upon
American institutions which has heretofore been the re-
lance and support Of millions Of their workers. They
fnd that the example they have set, and tho
policy they have urged does not promise to be altogether
50 beneficial to them as they supposed In this
tion will be interesting, matter Of history pre-.
the master rebukc Of Lord Broughan TO the
doral sboiit.onists Of Boston, who invited him 10 be
present at The ehn Brown anniversary of the past year
lie says
Brors,Av, Nov ~. 1897
SIrI feel honorea by the nration attend ae Boston
.ukxo hn