This
subject still engrosses much of the public attention. It has
been condemned, so far as we have observed, by the Black Republican
newspapers. They ought, however, to possess sufficient penetration
to perceive that however far they might themselves be from engaging
directly in the treasonable plots of Ossawatamie Brown, the
general tone of their papers, like the sentiments of Seward's
speech, has a tendency to incite other fanatics, less prudent,
to the commission of acts of treason and bloodshed.
Some
of the Northern papers are reading to the South lectures on
the subject of the outbreak, and remind our people that they
are quietly reposing on the crust of a volcano, ready at any
moment to burst forth and destroy them. This, they say, is the
lesson the late outbreak teaches. No fool hardy enthusiasts
ever missed the mark further. It teaches a lesson to the fanatics
of the North. It shows them that the slaves their misdirected
philanthropy would relieve are so well satisfied with their
condition that they will not join them in their rebellion. And
by the time the outraged sovereignty of Virginia has been satisfied,
they will learn one other great lesson, viz: that the South
can produce hemp enough to hang all the traitors the great "Northern
hive" can send among her people to stir up sedition and
insurrection!
It
teaches the whole country -all sections of it -a great lesson,
which we hope all will profit by- that is, that the everlasting
agitation of the slavery question will inevitably lead to civil
war and bloodshed! Let the people, then, of all parties all
those who would preserve the Union as our fathers made it- indignantly
rebuke the agitators and drive them back to their kennels. The
present is a propitious time to begin such a work. Let the people
but will it, and agitation must cease. Let it go on, and the
sun of liberty will set in blood!