Year: 1859

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OxE of the most dismal letters we have
read for long time, is one in the N. Y.
Times, douglas paper) from some place,
we don't know where, in this State. There
is a blank where the the name of the Post
Office should be, but we can readily see
how that came about, whensonce we have
gone through with the long catalogue Of
nervous apprehensions in which the letter
abounds. We have no doubt there is con-
siderable truth in the letter. for We have
seen other letters in other papers, South
and North, to pretty much the same offcet
although not so utterly dcspairine in their
tone. The writer of tic letter in.oue
ton, considers the effect of the Harper's
Ferry raid as irremediablc on the mind of
the present gencrattonzot Southern pco-
pie. The hanging of Brown will do no
good, he thinks, towards healing up the
bad effects of Browns instruction. 1t
will haunt the memory of the people near
by the scene and far off South and South
west of it. He illustrates the feeling
which it has awakened, by referring 10 the
fact that several of the most prominent
and wealthy families where he lives, are
making every preparation to sell off all
their lands and their slaves while they can
get good price for them, and to leave
next Spring, either for England or the
continent of Europe. These families do
not wish to live in the North, as that would
not be congcnial to them, and they feel an
utter sense of insecurity in.the midst Of
slave property. They @ant.tC go some
where where they can be safe, and have
people to wait on them, who have. always
been walters.


One of the worst things which the cor
respondent secs about the outbreak is,
that it has made, and is making, the pop
ulation of the Eastern and Valley portion
of the State, spies the one upon the other.
Hc says:


Talk about freedom of speech There
is none. There is more caution manifest
ed, and more need of it wherever we 20,
North or South, in the expression of ones
views, than is necessary within the ruling
of the French Emperor at this moment.
Ii is no uncommon thing to see men Of
standing and Influence look cautiously
around them before yenturing All express
sion of opinion on any subject sny0rirg
remotely Of scction0lism. There is an all
pcryading spirit of dstruat and suspicion
Every man is acting Il detective upon his
ncighbor, and the principle, regard every
man rogue until you find out the con-
trary,' seems to be The universal rule in
social intercourse. No wonder, then that.
in such a state of things, people who de-
sire peace and rcpose should seek it be-
yontl the sphere of this espionage system.
And it will be so. In less than twelve
months from this time, you will hear of
many leading families in Virginia cmi-
grating to some region beyond the limits
OF the United States. where they can en-
JOY exemption from these disogrccablc an
noyanceS.


Or the effect of the raid upon the nc
groes, themselves, he says:


The effect of the present excitement in
the South upon the negro population will
be injurious in the extreme. All tho Incl
dents Of the present crisis, the discussions
relative to it, the preparations and mus
tcrinSs to repel Abolition forays. are pass
ing before their eyes and within their
hearing. With very rare exceptions the
negroes 0rc unable to read, and they rely
almost entirely for information on what
they can catch up, while waiting on the
dinner or breakfast table. There is gen.
orally some caution in keeping from them
Whatever would be calculated to enlightcn
them; but tho existing excitement is so
universal and so intense, and the discus
slous and preparations so unrcserved, of
necessity, as to make concealmcnt impOs-
sioLe: They are thus more enlightened
within the past few weeks than they would
be during an age of comparative peace,
when such movements and discussions
would not be necessary. The effect will
PROBABLY be to arouse some dangerous
aspiration, incompatible with the condi-
ton OF Slavery and when once insuhor-
qlnatlon sets in, the integrity of the insti-
luton is at stake. In every aspect rcla-
ting to the interests of both sections of
me country, l regard the late Harper's
Ferry insurrection as the greatest disaster
that has yet bcfallcn this country. It's
banctul effects will long survive the pre-
sent generation, and its influence will be
daily developed in mutual hostility and
rccrimination between the people of the
North and the South.