Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-12-22

pure an exis,ance the Gazette would skak
away into outer darkness calling upon
Virginia chivalry and the God of slavery to
protes: its Aimsy form from just Iebuke.--
That Brown "dies the victim of Slavery"
is alss mistsry TO bis obtuse conception.
We will explain by a single question: Had
Slavery never had an existanes in this ceun-
Try. would the Kansas excite nsnt, aad the.
consequent misfortune to Brown, or the
Harper's Ferry raid ever ttranspired; and if
this had been the case would Brown ever
have died for the violation Of Virginia law.
The Editor proceeds to PROFOUND one
question. In a legal sense it 10 leadiny
question and we need net answer, but he
asks for direct answer, and we-not as he
treats oil our questions-~ill answer He
wants Us to say whether Browa "diss the
victim of justice" says ws have never said
it, nor will not say it. Our reply is what
We have said that Brown in violatinr the
law should suffer issPena.ty, for We have
always said "sustaiu the law" But this
ss,ute logician proceeds to draw q conelu-
sion not BY any means legitimate, to the
ef'et that in granting the death of Brown
to be in accordance with. justice Eve are
pTo-Slavsry." The remote cause of his
death was the existanee Of the great crying
evil Of slavery. The immediate cause wal
an illegal oct, the legitimate offspring o
the remote esuss. hence il 10 bu. proper t.
say that he died the vietiD of that remote
cause which inspired the conception Of the
illegal act. We have now to say howevs
that whether Justice" "the majesty of th,
lax,""Gov. Wiss." or, juuping clear dowr
, to the fas end, the Gazette demanded hi
death, yet Virgins made mistake in hang
ing the old man. Policy directed sDoths
courss. but spirit Of bru,sl revenge rules
in the adninist,stion Of the law.
The Ga.ette further asserts that it va
The Republicans who srs rsstonsiSls fst 81
Of Brswa's ss,s and hence virgisis b.s
right to oeaPlaia sf ne greet eos. - whisl
she he's been put IL the sxsevsisa u u,
Cd man. 20.
'Ts ths frst we reply, It 10 al silly twaadls
to ridiculous nov to notice. To the secon
ws charge that NJ honest nsa in Ais .righ
mird would presnr,e 70 say that sss Aal
Of the expense wss necessary. Even Gov
Wise said h but wished to show his sui
jeets how quick he could Ay to protect then
Bu. the grest crime of the Gazette is th
malicious attsmpt to give a wrong msaain
Of what We. intended 70 convoy. Tn
Gazette says: ....
But again, the Chro.icls says that tn
e affair at Harper's Ferry has excited in III
: South, and among the s:sSes a spirit Of IN
Q suiry, and in the North . sympathy ths
mus, eventually develop itself in OTHEl
OLD BROWNS"
Now here 10 what We did say:
"The superhuman efforts put forth BY th
:. Democracy. to make capital out Of this ma
= raid of Browns, together with Wise's ez
# travagant nonsense, gave this whole affa
2 an importance that really did not belong t
it, 1t excited in the South, and among tn
. slaves, spirit Of inquiry, and in the Norti
sympathy that must eventually develop il
d self in other Old Browns, and for all thi
= the Democracy are directly to blame"
vi II the Editor OF the Gazette has on
2 spark Of honesty left he will esrreet th
: wrong. What we did say was big wit
: truth and the Gazette knowing this sougt
/. to pervert it.
: The only other N after we deem worth
. of notice in this wonderful article 10 tn
: following:
q "Tbe Editor says that Browns 'lps wer
sealed from giving utterance to his dyin
convictions In reply, we say this 10 a
unmiligated and inexcusable falsehood
known 10 the Editor at the time he uttere
{ it, and a malicious slander on the Stste {
Virginia"
We are not in the habit of msking an
statement for which we hsve not good ev
dence, We expect the Gazette to meet ur
pleasant facts as he did the abcve. But le
us turn to the evidence. r ir,t, no perso
was allowed to be within hearing distanc,
at the time of the execution except the o.
icers necessary to swing him of. Secont
the commander Of the troops Gen. :Tal'a.er
/, in his report to Gov. Wise said he did nc
allow him TO open his mouth. this report ha
been mislaid which we regret it would hav
been conclusive, ,bu; it il nevertheless strictl
true. Third, to prove thst there was d
order to the effect that "Brown's lips wer
sealed from giving u.tsranes to his dyinI
convic TONS" We quote from the Core
spondsnt of the Baltimore Clipper an &c
count of what transpired the day before tn
execution. 7-.3s' s'=s
"CHARLlsrowN, Va, Dec. l.lO P. M.
sThia has certainly been a wonderf,,l da,