, 1861-01-07
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fcouespondsnco Of tho II. r. Tribunal

AAs @0inofca. 44A9A Aatuffee1loh In
[cozesbpondsneo Of t6o i. Z. T.iiib,a,n.l
:. CotuxBus, Ca, Dec. g, 1860.
Justst tho conclusion Of the last1ctter refer
red TO = rumor Of an tnsufrection In the South
err part Of this State; I had .mado6uch inqul-
/, rlea ~ could prndently She made, and have
heard some Southern mems opinion rs to the
origin Of the report, 1am happy I'd say, with
some confidence, that NO insufTectlon has real
II taken place, at least, no onuthenticaccount Of
one has reached me, and I believe the rppq1s
gomery; Alabama, papers especially the Mat,
have abounded recently in accounts Of bud.
ding insurIecttou1, and in indaunmntory para-
graphs calculated to excite the people. be-
lleve 1t IL quite generally. known now TINT u
serious plot WIS discovered ut Pima Level, and
that several ea<barous executions followed the
discovery. Another plot In Autaugn County
was detected, and many negroes were arrested
and punished. The Montgome1y AkaN without
giving any particulars, came ouL with Eeyernl
paragraphs, warning oil readers Ia tue Cotton
States to be on the alert, advising them to
hang every man who should be found In CON-
municaslon with elaEes, And this advice wo
give," says tho paper iiamed, ain consequence
q evidence recently ELECTED, proving that
Cnrlstmas week has been appointed by tho
Abo1ltonlsts for servile insnrrection ia por-
tlons Of the South, by fire and poison.nn This
poftenttous warning. would be-, enough to
fr,ghted s1Ayeholdet, of itselfl Int CARLY ir
Ghristmas IN t week It was said That quite nun
per OF the a1nYes who would otherwise hare
been arrested in Alabama, hail disappeared,
that It Was thought they had come into Geor.
gla.. Here WIS matter enough for the fears of
men to work with; If iucenlia1y slayes, run
ming from Ger ain death, or from punishment
worse than death, had come into the State,
cure their own eafety In the only way possible.
by exciting strong force Of the hlacks to in-
| believe the rumor of nrisinc came from
this slight foundation; that the report did not
spread-for it was confined to very few peo-
D.sT Iase :. dage; a.st to ths very !ealous care
alarm; and, in the second place, to the excit-
IN. news from Charleston, which furnished to
every man IN absorbing topic for thought aud
discussion So that, so far Is nm able to sec,
the reported trouble had an cacourasingly
slender foundation, though it is probable tli,at
some slaves were cruelty dogged, III order to
10 Knowledge, Or 6y Their resointc silence to
give tranquility to their owner. It is pleas
aut system, this Of Slavery, is it nots Tho
rumor Of riot among negroes reaches the
cars OF planter; there is no direct evidence
OF tac existence OF any such Plot; yet It must
r. j" is ysly aimpie; II, principal featurc is Tic
whip. Ii. .ltcf bslhsitE the Wrctchel victim
dangerously ncar] the gates of death. silence
Is still maintained, why, then, the master
b.eathes freely again, and calms the anxiety
Of his family.
But though there was, happily, no adequate
cause for the excitement spoken Of, the fact
that there was excitement aud alarm remains,
aud adds another testimony to the truth Of the
eauent remark concerning ths daily peril Of
tue Shareholder; c peril, too, not to be spoken
Of III public, except rs an abstract thing talk
cd loosely about in political speeches
and charged upon the North. II an army
of inSsalon were to suddenly 1and on the
Southern ahores, men would proclaim tile
tidings with trumpet yoice id the open street.
but when the chilling ruulor comes, on tile
wind almost, that the slaves are plotting an in
surrectlon, 1t must be loudly denied, il by
chance people talk Of it. If they do not know
OF 1t, they must be kept in ignorance Only !.
few. thosc whose similar interests lead them
tn MD cash other In insurinE secrecy, arc told
of it, unless it is too important conspiracy
to allow concealment- Then searching inquI.
sition Is had, terrible punishment inflicted, al-
ways privately, and the rumor dies away. I
tell You, the Bouthcrn planter may deny with
as many oatls as he hns slaves, that ANYTHING
bnt the Most chcelA7ul salNcrity fnt hard work
at'! An5- Z t22a -llolg niA negroes; he does
not believe his own words, though think Ac
tries to believe, and the frenzy of lis
rage when he has occaslon to deny adverse re-
ports, only proves the weakness Of his posi-
ton s--5ad