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

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he AZ ss5s os iss purpose q editing
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~mr =" andy While performing 'nese a. a,soa IN,
wv ~. merchant named Francis Todd, ht'ea ~.
slah vessel and filled Il ia Baltimore Win saves ot 'e
NeWOreans market Mr. Garrison noticed inns lac. ~
Il Air Todd directed suit to be brought against hun
libel lie thereupon tried convicted and thrown
in jail for payment OF the hne zone hundred doars)
and After Incarceration OF fifty days. he was
released by The payment of his fine by Mr. Arthur Zap
and since that time have been chiefly celebrated for
sleir ects IN the oausc Of abolition In 1881 he wrote
a few paragraphs that bear out the idea have ad
vancoe-tlat there then real philanthropy IN
ahe South than at the North lie says
fssrcd proposals for the publication Of the Loor in
Se minds Of se on the s ~ Ss saa
,9erier esC ion public sentiment be effected In
gn1 pna II New or sn a az ne
deuecten more relentless prejudice more stubborn snd
Ssiya TG"eaained at every hazard lit up
q & and IN me eyes ohp phs Of liberty I
earnest viii not epvocate win not excuse viii not re-
ne Is eno,sh every MT FROM it's pedestal and
hasten resurrection OF the dead
From this time ii may be said that the anti-slavery
cause took its place among the moral enterprises of the
day. II assumed definite shape and commenced that
system Of warfare which has since been unromittngy
wagei against the South.
aud others projected the establishment OF seminary Of
learning New Haven for the benefit of codred students
but, opposition manifesting itself, abandoned
The fret regularly organized convention OF coored
assembled in the United States for similar purpose
Also held meeting this year and, aided aud abeted by
the mppans Joceyns and other agtaors OF the PERIOD
attempted devise and for lettering their
and that OF theirrs They reasoned that all
distinctive differences made among men account OF
their pin was wicked uarghteous and cruel and
emny protested against every unjust measure and policy
IN the dnn having for its object the prescription Of
the ooored people whether State, national municipal,
socia, civil or relieo In fact white men and black
to have started in the together cosortng like
bo,es and sisters in their aims and projects to accom-
phsh the work OF abolition.
About this tune publications began to be scattered
through the South whose direct tendency 10 stir up
instruction among the slaves. The Lf5erator found
its way mystcriousy into the bands Of the negroes and
individuals under the garb religion discovered in
private consultation with the slaves suddenly, IN Au-
gust, 1881, the whole Unian startled by the
Of an outbreak among the slaves Of South
ampton county, Va; and now commences the his
tory of career Of violence and boodshed that has marked
every footstep of the abolition movement.
THE NAT TURNER INSTRUCTION.
The leader OF this outbreak slave named Nat
Turner, and from him its has been derived. I'm
PEELED by the belief that he dynely called the
devsrer of his oppressed countrymen he succeeded in
exing the. impression upon the minds OF two or
three others, his fellow slaves Turner could
read and write, and these requirements gave him
influence over his associates. He ssessed how
of little nor nation and representedto have been
eowardy cruel and he afterwards confessed "a little
credulous." IL Is matter of notorety that secret
agents Of abolition had corrupted and betrayed him. ~
However that may be Nat declared that che advs-
bring peace, but sword" Such tree produced fitting
fruits.
1881 Tuner with his confederates burst into his master
house and murdered every Of the white inmates
They armed with knives and axes, and IN order to
suike terror INTO the whiies, most shockngy manged
the bodies Of their victims Neither helpless infancy nor
female loneliness We're spared Thy then by threats Of
death compelled all the slaves join them who would
not do IL voluntarily and exciting themselves to fury by
ardent spirits .hey projected 70 inc next pan,ato on
SAUNDERS which precede the break Of day as the shouts
Of the rayine insurgents fell upon their ears 1t the
work Of moment and they were all welterng in their
gore Not a white individual spared TO carry the
t'oines. The blow which dashed the infant
left its brains upon the hearth. The head
Of the youthful maiden was in part Of the and
her mangled body was in another Here again the
Der OF insurgents increased by these who volun
farily joined them, and by others who did it through
Ccmpuleion. Stimulating their passions still more by In
toxicaton, and aiming themselves with such guns a.
they could obtain, seine horseback and others on
foot, they rushed along TO the next plantation The
who fell the sword the axe negro were
heard at distance, and thus the alarm spread
from plantation plantation carrying inconcevabe terror
to every heart The whites supposed was plot deeply
laid and widely SPREAD and that the day had for
discriminate massacre. one gentleman who heard the
appalling tdings hurried To neighboring plantation, AMI
arrived there Just in time to hear the dying shreks OF
the family and triumphant shouts Of the negroes He
fastened in terror to his home bat the
there before him. and his wife and daughter had already
fallen victims TO their fury. Thus the infuriated
slaves went from plantation 10 plantation gathering
strength at every step. anu leaving not living white
behind. They passed the day, until late in the after
noon IN this work OF carnage, and numberess tue
The population this country dense, and rapidly
~ the alarm spread it was mposs be for ol
lect sufficient number 10 make defence Every family
entirely at the mercy Of rs slaves IL is impos
sibe TO conceive of moro distressing circumstances Of
predecessor IL is said that most Of the slaves be-
longed 70 Kind and indugent masters and consequently
felt secure.
Late in the afternoon a small party OF whites well
armed, collected at plantation for defence. The slaves
IN large numbers, and. emboldcued by success
they at st drove back the whites The slaves pressed
I'm llIktil Dl "A 1nIn M
fury the whites slowly retreated apparently destined
20 be butchered with their wives aud children Just at
this awful moment reinforcement OF troops arrived
which turned the tide Of victory and dispersed the
slaves
surgents retired to the woods and marshes to pass the
night.
Eariy the next morning they commenced their work
again. But the fist plantation they attacked-that Of
Dr. Blount-- they driven from by the slaves
rallied around their master and featlessy haZidcd their
Lives in his defence ~ this time the whites col
lected IN sufficient force 70 bar their further progress
The fugityes scattered the country small
part,s, but every point was Defended and wherever
they appeared they were routed, slOt taken Prisoners
and the instruction qtel III leader, Nat Turner for
few weeks succeeded VI Coucong himself in a in
Southampton county, the theatre OF his bloody ox
plot; but was hualy taken and suffered the extreme
penalty Of the law
70 describe the state Of alarm which this outbreak
gave rise IL impossible Whole states we're agitated
every plantation was the object Of fear and snsnicon
free negroes and slaves underwent the rigid cxam
nation, armed bodies of men held in rea1i.
mess for any emergency which might arise every slave
who had participated IN the Instruction either shot
or hue and for months the entire south remained in
sever excitement.
All this time the abolition Journals Of the North
singing their haleuahs the event They circulated
through the south then much more freely than pre-.
sent and the following extract rcsd from OF thc
by gentleman 10 his terrified family, in the presen
the gentleman from whom the above particulars we're
derived
The news frcm the South s glorious General Nat is
benefactor OF his race The southampton acre is an
suspicious era for the African The blood Of the men, women
and child shed by the sword and the hand OF
the negro Just return for the drops which have ollowe
the masters lash.
Another extract OF similar rhetoric from the record of
that day IL from speech by the Reverend" Mr. Bay.
bey, then Of Sheffield, Mass.
time hat tho ice was brokcnte that the blacks con.
sdercd they have the right 10 regain their liberties
the present property Of their the
had In despong the heather round about them The blacks
should aso know that II IL their duty destroy no other
offer conveniently, the mansrous ncubuses ".
rants yclspt planters, and J. for one would gladly
helping hand 70 lay them In gravel
would be all the better for Riding the world Of
vampires.