New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-08-19

Of cN;Serence, the absence OF the pecuniafy and
other rneans OF conducting important affairs
the impossiblIiky Of any slave being absent TO
any length of limo without it's being noticed
-beside these, there are some reasons
arising from the TEN, oeroment and character
of tho African race itself which wOald prevent
i. They are an extremely cautious people
Reckless to the last extreme wen reused, tue!
are until then wnry and not self.rcI'ant 10 tins
it may be added that in every group u any greal
size that could be got together, some ono would
be likely TO prove an informer Much OF tbs
has been the result Of plantation training; Tor,
of course, il would little consist with the ext
| gencies of the farm or household for tale-bear.
ing to be taught and preached as anything but o
virtue. Whenever group of whisperers gets to-
gether each one has o temptation to gain high
favor by betrayiDg the rest. IL is not saying
anything against the race itself to say that,
without being entirely conscious OF its erini-
nality, the Southern negro is very apt to be
treacherOus. And here allow me tho episode re-
Election that the closing paragraph of the Seere-
tsry of Wars late order to Gen. Butler cOncera-
Ing fugtyes namely. that thoy should not, OK
cept in cases where the public good seemed to
require it, be prevented from voluntarily return
ing TO the service from which they have es.
caped). seems 10 me fraught with disaster. The
Rebels alege that they paid 100000 for some
intelligence from Washington; if the above order
from the Secretary is carried out, the Lest piece
of information will not cost them 50 much, In.
deed. there 10 reason to think that the pl0intive
melody Carry me back to Ole Virginny" has
already been the cover of some shrewd plans.
is absolutely certain TO my mind that 40 negro
,ooad erer irish 10 return, -: nth some interior
design, TO tie certain punishment for Examples
sake, rhich his peniisnee ieOmd no! in one case Of
the hundred areu.
But to resume: these considerations, and
especially the impossibility Of trusting any large
number of negroes without great risk Of de.
lection Ga thing plainly seen by both Turner and
Denmark yesey) is likely to prevent any stimuli
taneous or concerted instruction throughout the
Southern States, and indeed in any one State
But instructions in various neighbOrhoods, which
may spread like CONGREGATIONS, are not only pos
sible but at this moment threatened through
lima correspondent has given you the indications
in that State. From the Cotton States / have q
bit of information which l cannot give, save so
far az it informs you that the negroes Of the
plantations COTTON and sugar. are keenly alive
to some of the Issues involved in the present
war. The reason why | do not give you this
item is that it would defeat q plan on the part
r .,b;ch txhila MT invotiu0 tha
loss of single life contemplates stroke of
poetic justice so grand that History viii ap-
plaud it as n vindication Of the wisdom and hu.
manity of that race. This will not do. But |
propose to mention two points Of Virginia where
there is now a very feyerish state of both ne
groes and whites-the causes Of which arc Gig
niGcant.
Virginia, Ike Tennessee is divided into three
parts-Eastcrn, Middle piedmont and Valley
aud Western. In the last there are very few
negroes Ia the piedmont country, both sides Of
the Blue Ridge, embracing the line Of Manassas,
there are great many negroes, bit rey much
less Stare labor than AZ Eastern PiTgiHia. The
traveller through that region viii come across
large groups and families Of negroes, but most
frequently will see as many or more whites than
negroes of work in the field. This has seemed
to HE a change Of late years and one chiefly at
trbutable to the settlements Of Northern men
throughout the valley, and in London, Fairfax,
Prince William, and in Fauquier Counties.
Their thrift with free labor has excited a COM
petition which slave labor is unequal to, and
gradually more and more whites have been in.
troJnced into the farm There is also nothing
in the soil and climate Of these regions which
particularly invites slave labor. And yet the cen.
rus shows no diminuton of the slaves in the
piedmont. II is because this has become NE great
human harres':fed for the plantations Of the far
South. The piedmont is the flage-trader's chief
balwick. Vast sums Of money are made here
by regular and systematic Slave breeding for the
Southern market. This, rs you may at once in
fer makes the yoke Of this region hard and
CALLING. Year by year parents watch the growth
OF their children knowing that they cannot be
used at home, that there, each will be only an
other mouth to feed and back 10 clothe, knowing
that as soon as tho year Of noblest promise and
strength Gomez. il comes only to make their
eternal severance more sure Now, TINS IS
source of immediate gains TO many complacent
men Of the piedmont, no doubt: Slavery is always
good at clutching the advantage of the hour not
good at apprehending the advantage OF the years:
the result Is that there is ali through tho pied
mont, and especially about Manassas, and about
Warrenton. most ditcontented, mutteriDg, and
infaInmable negro population. II John Brown
had made his appearance here, instead oil IN the