Tho happily ended in a riot at'llarper's Ferry was
intended for an insurrection, though the origin and character of it are very different from what might have been expected on this side. It will be observed that the Negroes took little or no part in it ; that it was solely the work of Whites ; and its suppres- sion was prompt and effectual. A strong reaction has already set in against the newly-organized Black Republican party, and its destruction as apolitical organization is certain. The Ameri- . can people, North and South, will never sanction a policy that con- templates a servile insurrection among the slaves, and the poli- ticians who have backed Captain Brown in his folly will doubt- less be arraigned for treason. It is reported in our private let- ters, that men who have represented the Abolitionist party very conspicuously are deeply implicated. The ultimate effect is ex- emplified by an act instantly taken in Philadelphia : a Negro 'Vo- lunteer company in that city has been at once suppressed. North and South the Negroes will be subjected to still more jealous observation—to a mistrust, if not an increased prejudice, painful to their real friends, and fatal to any speedy hope of even approaching Clay's policy on the Slave question.
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