Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-09

in her cuoloc aud thus enable him cacct his c~pc
Aud ~oaldu, mis-. having Old Blown grace the gal
lows for IN the wealth Of the Nessheru States.
| 4 CRY ssr "IsveaEs.. III
The Boston Abolhcsisss, As apprehensive that the
brethren at nynonsA Church, Neu York we're beating
them IN the business OF eisr;sg capt" Brown. look
f they we're resolved to step two ahead even
Of Wendell Phillips Thus in lecture delivered at Ire
mon, Temple. week ago, by Mr.. Henry ID. Thorean,
OF Concord, n. H., the speaker said:
81 would rather the Of Captain Brown in
front OF our Massachusetts, State House. than h., Of any
and that l am his contemporary"
No doubt the statue in due time will be put up And
doubt also, Mr.. Thorean would be glad win the
"immortshy Wendell Phillips the other dsy said would
| await the man who would knock the head OF Daniel
webser's sstne-and put on its place, that OF . man
~hom the Law has just pronounced Traitor and Nur-
| derer.
Mr.. Thoresn is much honesier man than some al the
Republican doctors Who preach the strongest
"insnrrection, but have the courage practice it,
| He says:
"ESrsrer 10 talk agasSf sarery and never to act I.
futile and foolish unless man continually inspired"
Speaking Of the 'insurrection" ITSELF the orator
| thought
IN the best necs that dmsriea has ersr heari''
And then, to how much OF 'tisnt among the
Pgmies old Brown was, when talking With Mason Val
andigham, and the rest of them
"How they are dwarf.d and defeated by the
contrast On the side half brutish half mid aues.
oning, ON the other, TRUTH clear lightning crashing
into their obscene temples. They made stand a.
Plate, and Gesler, and the lnqusion."
Mr.. Tborean like most other persons Of his way oG
thinking has little faith in Christianity rs respect for
Law and ORDER
"O,r Mai,rn Clris,iaai,y The saws, :,
he l1rsif
Now Law down to Sleep and he il slways looking
forward his 'long rest He shows the whites of hs
the Sabbath anL the blacks all the rest of the
week. Many. no doubt, wel-dspo>ed, hu, sluggish
BY constitution and habit and they conceive of
man scirrstei by higher motives than they are Ac
cordinely, they pronounce this man insane: for they
know >y could never have done lee does hong A.
tes themselves We dream of other countries and
times, placing them a distance: but let some syni6
cant event occur in midst, and discover this dis
lance and sirsngenes between u and oar neigh
bors our crowded society becomes wrlspsced ali at
onee-a citv Of ma gnihceni distances"
II may he true that only seventeen white
men and hNe negroes concerned in the rn~rprze
But the anxiety exhibited To show this convince u
that all i not told They anxious bersu>. of n
dim consciousness of fact which they do not distinctly
confess thai At least million OF the tree Inhabitants of
the United States not PRIV this attempt would have
rrjoiced II il had succeeded The lecturers respect for
his ellowmen not being increased in these days
The fate OF this l. ordinarily spoken OF IL COM
mon criminal with only the redeemng quality OF being
Gov Wise in the language Of the pit calls hun
The gamesi man" alive, had been apprehended When
Gov. Wise thought he looked brave he not think
ig of his foes One neighbor OF the Speaker said H
died the fool deth which suggested likeness be-
tween his doing and his neighbor living Others dspar
ingly said, he threw his life away. How do these men
throw hsir lives away Another asks, What will he
gain II he expected 10 i'll his pockets He will not
gam ANYTHING lay it, for he could get four
pence ay for being hung take the year round but he
gets considerable chance TO his sonl-and such a
son'-and Won do not. No doubt YOU can get more in
your market for quart of milk than quart of blood:
bat such is not the market that heroes carry their blood
TO- When yon plant or bury hero crop OF heroes l.
sure TO spring up. The momenary charge at Baaklava
has been celebrated 10y poeaureate But the steady
and Tor the most part successful charge of this man.
years, against the legons of slavery Is as much more
memorable than that intelligent and conscientious
man il superior to a machine Do YOU think that that
will 90 unsungs
Brown" is not only Mr. Thoreans beau ideal of
Lberator, but most perfect embodiment OF faith" and
principle" he saw:
Low men suppose Brown was animated nv
revenge They do not know the man; they nnst en-
large themselves To conceive of such a man, a man of
faith in principle. He was one who recognized no nm.
just human laws but resisted them he was bid No
man IN America has stood up Professionally for the
dignity OF human nature, knowing himself man. snd
the equal OF aud all governments Ia these respects
he was the most American OF all He needed no law.
yer, making false issues Ia de-ad him. lie could not
have been tried BY his peer because hi- peer did not
exist"
Mr.. Thoreah has respect for this government and
he thinks the DAY is coming WHEN will go down dow
To the Sile dust from ~hsnca il sprung
InS1p, nnhOnor@d aud unsung"
When government pais forth ita stten.tl,
0h the side OF injustice IL reveals it-e merely hrn-
force worse, deaouiaCsl force IL is the head of
The Plug ugies. He saw this government be fairly
allied with France and Austria in depressing mankind
IL says cease sgitstOn the subject Of slavery or
viii make slave of you or hang YOU. The only power
be recognized IS the power thai establishes justice the
land
The lecturer doss confess 10 very subimated 40
probation Of the press
A for the Democratic journals. they are not hu-
nsn enough The lecturer said affect me Al all ,o
not feel indignation At anything they may say"
brown must have been V-suvius .Etna sart Of
person:
'He was a man accustomed TO sneak within hornis
volcano with Ordinary chimney .ln- A. an in.tra.
lion Of thi- of certain border rnhians h said simply
They had perfect right 10 be hung' His simplicity
made h'in appear ineompirahy strong, and ia lis pres
eIes "ioquenee seemed at discount"
Everybody would have Ijoiced ii the insnrrseton At
the Ferry had succeeded
The meek minded Mr.. Thorean went on in this strain
TO pay glowing eulogy upon old Brown, whom he
thought 70 be the noble'i on whom Tie sun viii ever
rice in America and closed by reading large p,rt of
Browns conversation at the Artnory rs he Law on IN.
floor. after his capture THAT scene" he said .w;
st,nd in history with the landing the Pilgrims and the
Declaration Of Independence. II will be the ornament
Of some future national gallery when at least the presen,
form OF slavery shall be more. Then aud not IN
then, WE WILL TAKE OUR REVENGE"
Is this then be the new battle cry of the "irren
siblr conflict people in The future-REvExGg? Weary
Of denonncing the Constitution a. "a league with death
aud covenant with hell" the sL6Bo,efh nov Ia. d.
rect personal reference To the slaveholder-R,s,so, >,
RrvESaE' REVENGE
Kentucky Opposition Convention
The Louisville Journal profose- that the Opposition in
Kentucky hold Convention the 22d day of next
February. IL saws
TN view OF this consideration aud Of all the current
acs OF the Politics Of the country IL seems Ia rs that
our old customary day. the Twenty Of February
dear to NJ Whs aud American lea Than n patri.
ot- combines every requisite condition. promising a. il
does, 10 avoid equally aud completely the evils o haste
aud OF slownrs- A. that time not only will the Oppo.
stion OF virginia have met 10 Convention and suggested
Their plan OF union 10 the Opposition Of the nationout
brethren in the Old Dominion having long ago voluntarily
assumed TIE intittse 10 this matterbut the pro ,eed
i"g' Of parties aud Of factions Washington without
positively determining the future will have disclosed ia
no small measure, the real tendencies aud possibilities OF
| events. The viii ha H.. "a