Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-02-03
From the Emancipation
MURDER BY LAW.

The following sentence ofdeath was pronounced
by limb of the law, upon man for obeying God
by rendering assistance to fellow in his flight
from his murderouS pursuers and satanic Cypress
ors, we find in a New Orleans paper.
The great question, WEATHER men shall obey
Gods righteous laws or Nan's wicked ones is
daily being brought betorer Nh nati5n with more
and more dstinctness, and m so many different
ways that shareholders themselves cannot get a.
round it nor over it. In this case it makes ones
blood run cold to see how amazingly piouS this
unjust Judge talks when in the very act of taking
a mans life for one of the plainest deeds of hui
manity. How long, o Lord, shall such an out
rageous system as that of slavery be permitted to
curse this nation. A system which can only be
sustained by making the offence of aiding a
slave to run away and depart from his masters
SERVICE" punishable with DEATH.
SENTENCE OF JOHN L. BROWN.
BY HON. j. B. o'NEAL.
John L. Bro,Vn:
1t is my duty to announce to you the consequent
ces of the conviction which you have heard at
Winnsboro' and ofthe opinion you have just heard
read refusing your tWo-f0ld motion in arrest of
Judgment for a new trial. You are to die! Die a
shameful, gnominious death-the death upon the
galoWs. This annunciation is to you, | know,
most appalling. Little did you dream of it when
you stepped into the bar with an air as if you
thought 1t fine froc. But the consequences OF
crime are just such as you are realizing; punish
ment often comes when it is least expected. Let
me entrcat you to take the present opportunity to
commence the work of reformation. Time will
be afforded you to prepare for the great change,
which may be just before you
Of your past life | know nothing, except that
which your trial furnished. 1t told NE that the
crime for which you are now to suffer was the
consequence of want of attention on your part
to the duties of life. The &C strange woman
shared you: she " fattered with her Words" and
you became her victim. The consequence was
that led on by desire to serve her, you commit-
ted the offence of aiding slave to run away and
depart from her masters service; and you are now
to die for it.
You are young man. and fear have been an
idle as well as dissoute one. If so, these kind OF
vices have contributed full measure to your
ruin. Reflect upon your past life, and make the
only useful devotion of the remnant of your days
in preparing for death.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy
youth, )" is the language of inspired wisdom. Thi:
comes home appropriately to you, at this trying
moment You are young, quite too young, to be
where you are, and if you had remembered YOU
Creator in your past days, you would not now be
in the telon's place to receive felon's Judgment
StIll 1T is not too late to remember your Creator
ne calls early and he calls late, he stretches on
the arms OF fathers love to you, to the vest sin
ner, and says "come unto me and be saved"
You can perhaps read; if you can, read til,
Scriptures,-re them without note and withou
comment, and pray to God for his assistance, ant
you will be able to say, when you pass from pris
on to execution, as poor slave said, under SINH
lar circumstances, I" am glad my Friday has a
last come"
fyou cannot read the Scriptures, the ministe
of our holy religion, will be ready to aid you
hnV VxtIl RnnH orro L.,
will be able to understand, and understanding, tt
call upon the only one who can help and save you
Jesus Christ 60 the Lamb of God who taketh AVA
the sin of the world" To him commend you
and through him may you have that opening Of thu
: day=sprng of mercy from on high which shall
bless you here, and crown you in an eyerIastin
world, as a saint forever and ever
The sentence of the law is, that you be take
) hence to the place from whence you last came
thence to the goal of Fairfield district, and tina
there, you be closely and securely confined unit
Friday the Goth day of April next on which day