The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-12-29
Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana,

gated there!
!, Why, sir, it is strange state of things
: that We find prevailing a.! around Us a
strange state Of sentiment has sprung up all
at once. l beg TO know what has taken place
0 that has given rise to this inquiry, and | will
: say ito these most i1tempsrate speeches
that have been made on the subject? Why,
, sir, twenty one men. all told. deluded men
yes, sir--judging from the very act they IN
dertook to accomplish-insane men, have IN
vaded a great and powerful sovereign STATE,
and they have met that retIibution which ev
, cry sane man knew must be their lot IN IN
dertaking aha. they did. When a gaug OF
conspirators are apprehended and brought to
justice in every other case. as far as | know,
all excitement ceases over the graves OF the
N malefactors; aud why not here?
Mr.. President, | understand / It is said that
the northern people sympathize with John
Brown in the raid that he made upon the
sovereignty of Virginia and that is great
cause OF complaint. Sir, do not stand here
to control the sympathies Of the human heart
under any circumstances; because they are
moi subject to human control; but | think /
can explain the reason why many northern
men have sympathized with old Ohm Brown,
the leader of this gang. | ask yOu here,
however, to always discriminate between the
man and the act that he has commltted.-
Gentlemen seem incapable OF drawing that
line OF discrimination. They run both to-
gether, and tre 1t old John Prowu COM
mon mslefactor. They have right 70 treat
him SO; but he will not 90 down ID posteri;y
in that light at all. l think | know why II IS
that considerable feeling and sympathy ex-
ist in the \ North for old John Brown. and 1t
cannot be understood unless you 90 back Tor
four years, and see what was taking place IN
distant Territory Of the United States, and
what part John BfoTn acted on that thea
ter.
/ Sir, if the people Of Virginia are exci.el
aim 9st to ina iness because con $pIracy has
been formed and traitors have made a rad
upon their sovereignty, what do Won suppose
were the feelings OF northern men, whose
relations aud friends had sole into far 9ss-
tant Te.rItory, and formed colonies there,
weak and feeble, scattered through wilder
ness: an. " hen it was the deliberate purpose
OF a grea, powerful, and aim lst ali-presniln@
party, 10 drive them out, or to coerce them
to subscribe 10 opinions ali institutions
which they abb orrei from the bottom OF their
SonlS! Many murdered IN cold blood,
and others were driven out AMI their prop
erty destroyed They appealed TO Congress;
but they got Insult instead Of sympathy
When | state this, | state what | know My
aud tyranny that sacrificed that Territory -
| need not 20 through all the volume OF tes-
timony on that subject. | speak by the book.
One hundred ,s.'r'Ii t.. e....-t s.@ s1s rf
1t VIII go down II posterity, and 1t will show
the damnjns fact that this Government DAD.
at least connive aI the acts OF great bands
OF spirators. who arming themselves law
les~lv with arms OF the Federal Government,
Invaded pc elceable Territory; took posses
sion OF the ballot boxes dtovc It's people from
the polls expelled them from their posses
sious; exercised acts of tyranny over them'
deprived them OF every right; and IN great
many instances, murdere them ruta4essiy IN
cold blood.
But. sir, that was a great way Oh; II was
in Territory OF this nlon. II was not eF-
cry man on this floor who hal friends there
exposed to those attacks, aad. hence they
did not create the same excitem5ut tu3t Is
created when the invasion is nearer home
But declare here. in my place that in my
! td1rment the only difference between the
two cases is this that in the case OF Kansas,
the invasion was made with other pur-
pose than to tx slavery there At ali hazards
and BY force of arms; while old john Brown
and his men, with a like unlawful purpose,
undertook 10 exIrpate slavery from tAa state
of Virginia.
The lree-Stste men of Kansas got no con
ISOLATION from this Government. / remember
well when their petitions came in here ask
Ing for redress; and | remember that Sen2-
tor stood forth from his place and sail: 1--WE
will sub iue you: You are traitors; We will
hang every man Of you this Government
has proved itself the strongest Government
under heaven 10 protect the civil rights Of
men. and now want to see how strong it S
% punish traitors" That was the langla. .e
. dealt out to the citizens OF that Territory,
when they appealed TO US for redress. In
derstani me, sir, do not 60 back 10 the hi@-
tory OF Kansas Tor the purpose ot justify yIng
, Il i John Brown and his crew in their inva
: sion Of Virginia, but 10 order t. show you
: why ii Is that the men of the free Ssa es, to
: some considerable extent, do symp pathiz= with
= this old hero. Ia the darkest hour o. * ~
q, sss, when the rights of the free -a:e me
/ were imDerilei, and when their mea were
4 murdered IN cold blood--several OF whom
i were from the State of OHIO, when every
!. thing looked dark and gloolng there, anc
!, when your Government tailed 10 iaterpost
r Is strong arm IN their behalf, t'.=n 1t Wa
u that oil John Brown appeared upon the stage
l. Of action. Aiming himself as we'll as h,
4 might. he commenced 10 do thai IustIcs t,
q himself aad his fellows hss the G3verGmen
d had denied. and he did it vi II he -oism An.
rs determination that then not only challenge.
q. the admiration Of his friends, but even III
"a respec. of his enemies. He went forwart
n win irmaess and determination thai car
"a RED terror into the hearts Of the border rut
isns, aud he hurled them from the Terri.oT
l and really conquered peace.
o Now. sir. in order to understqni norther
D sentiment, 1t is necessary to fully apPreclat
81 the feelings of those men whose frieais wer
le stricken down in that defeuceleSs Territor'
g OH JOHN Brown was their champion. II
III carried himself through those scen'
Id nobly, 70 the acceptance OF al and the adm
o. ration of all: ard there il was. as has bee