Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
EXECUTION OF BROWN

authorities for the execution of John Brown.
the leader of the Harper's Ferry instruction
and as the Governor has evinced no DISPOSE
ton to postpone the execution, and would not
have been sustained by the public sentiment
of the State had he done so, the execution will
doubtless take place, and ere this paragraph is
seen by most of our readers Brown will have
paid the penalty of the crime he committed
against the peace and laws of the State he
invaded. There are few indeed in the free
States who approve of the mad foray, or really
%sympathize with these engaged in it-for all
must see that success was only attainable at
the expense of bloodshed, carnage and con-
Migration, the very contemplation of which
would suffice to chill the most callous heart
and besides, though the great mass of the peo-
pie Of the North detest slavery, oppose its ex-
tension, and would hail with Joy its termina-
ton by peaceable and legitimate means en-
ployed by those who alone are authorized to
and can effectively use them, they claim no
right to interfere with it in the sovereign
States of the confcderacy in which it exits,
and neither countcnance nor approve ofany im-
proper or unlawful outside interference with it.
But the trial of Brown has prominently
brought forth traits in his character which are
admired even by those who will to-day take
his life ; and that the same feeling should to a
greater extent obtain among the people Of the
F-o CEoAo- IA
wrongs he suffered at the hands of the pro-
slavery ruffians in Kansas, which wrought his
feelings against Shareholders up to a point ap-
preaching frenzy, and in the opinion of most
unprejudiced persons made him a monoma-
MAC on the subject of slavery extinction-it is
not strange that in many instances the sympa-
thy thus awakened, being freely and warmly
manifested, is construed by INSCRIPTIONS parti-
IAN journals into expressions of sympathy for
the object sought to be achieved, if not APP
proval Of it; when in reality the thought of
anything Of the kind was as far removed from
such persons as from those who thus malign
by charging them with entertaining such SEN
timents. Nothing has tended more to excite
and keep alive the interest in Brown (which
they falsely term sympathy with his Objects
than the fuss and parade got up and still kept
up by Gov. Wise, his organ at Richmond, and
p~artizan followers, with the hope Of furthering
his iStcrasts as al aspirant for the Presidency.
These of the Insurgents who were shot down in
the assault by the Marines are already almost
lost sight of-and if Brown and The other silryi-
vora have been heroizd, Gov. Wise and the
Virginia authorities have contributed more to
bring it about than all that has been sad or
done in reference to the matter in the free
States-and if by his death he becomes i'll the
estimation Of many a martyr, they too will be
! responsible for that result. HIS life has been
forfeited to their violated laws, but to take it
under the circumstances is regarded by many
able southern papers, even by some in Virgin
ia, and still more i'll the North, and by people
Of al! parties, as an i!-advised act, SO far as
their own interests are concerned, when iin-
prisonment for life would equally subserve the
ends of justice. The New York Times, a pa
per with strong southern proclivitics. well and
forcib,y says: " Brown Oh the scafiold will
do them (the South more damage, and in
vo!ve them in Far more peril, than Il hundred
Browns at large in the Northern States"
We append soma of the latest dispatches,
showing the progress Of events preceding the
execution
CHARLEsTowN, Va. Nov. 29.-Gov. Wise
has issued a proclamation, announcing that the
State has taken possession of the Winchester
/ and Potomac Railroad, and that on the first
three days of December will be used entirely
for military purposes. He also warns the peo-
pie Of the State to remain at home on patrol !
duty on the day of the execution, to protect
their own property.
Women and children will not be permitted
to approach the scene Of execution, and straDg-
ers are cautioned that there will be danger to
them in approaching Charlestown or near it on
that day ; that if it is deemed necessary, mar
tial law will be proclaimed and be enforced.
Gen. Talliaftrro has also issued a proclama-
ton to-day, announcing that all strangers who
cannot give a satisfactory account of them
oSihAS III ~ ph'ihPtF lNSN th"G an
itrangers approaching Charlestown by railroad
or otherwise under pretext of witnessing the
execution of John Brown, will be met by the
military and turned back or arrested. He also
emphatically warns the people of the country
to stay at home and protect their property, as
surfing them that information from reliable
sources indicate that by so doing they will best
consult their own interests.
Several reporters of the northern press hav-
ing arrived at Harper's Ferry yesterday, were
compelled by the military to return to Balti-
more.
1t is said that Brown stated to a gentleman
yesterday that he had now no hope of a rescue
on account of the extent of the military prep
a~rations, and that his boys would never have
permitted bis execution if there was any pros
pect of an attempt proving successful.
The military now in Charleston numbers
over fifteen hundred. Several more compan-
les will be here tomorrow, swelling the num-
Der to 1000.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.-The New York
Herald's Harper's Ferry dispatch, referring
to the execution of Brown, says The most
stringent regulations have been adopted in re-
gard to the presence of civilians at the exc
cution. All applications for passes for civil
lians to attend within the military lines are re-
fused by the Governor on the ground that it
would conflict with the military programme.
He said, chat no civilian could, under any
circumstances, be admitted within the military
lines, the outer one of which would be nearly l
a mile from the scaffold." Not a word of
what John Brown may utter, if he should say I
anything, will, therefore, be audible to the I