The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1859-12-02
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HNAANA NlfoNm'a - ANles
To-day (Fridoy) the slsyo soil of Vir.
ginia h 10 be oobsocratcd ancw with the
blood Of John Blown. The Court ofAp-
rcala has refused him a new trial and
,hsro io no hope, either Cor pardon or
repritvo Tho noble, Christian boarlug
oftho Ola man, as ho approaches his doom
and looks 4 steadily IN the face; his neck
submission 20 The requirements Of an In
oxorablo law, which demands bic life in
e.onoment for The crime Of attempting 10
"bieak The ohaina Of tho bondmau and bid
The oppressed 20 froo," ere such As to in
spiro universal sympathy in hearts sus-
ocptble Of human feeling. Much as we
may dcproeato HE mad attempt n Ilar-
per's Ferry and question the propfloiy
aud Justice, TO Say nothing Of the expedi-
ohcy, Of biz project we cannot but admire
tho man, who would lay down his own and
his sons lives for what ho oonooiyos TO
be the maiatainanco Of q sacred prucipie
and who has borne himself 80 much like
atrue, Christian hofos In the face Of GER
tain death. We confess that we would
sooner take Old Browns chances for hap
.-pine'sin anotherworld than those ofiIonry
A. Wise, OF any other Southern slavohold-
er. When the two shall appear ,as they must
before tho bar Of the Great Eternal and
iheir acts shall stand out In tho light Of
the oternelthrone Of God, Ia their naked
individuality, then and not ill then will
their conduct be rightly adiudeed.
Bot tho hangman do his workl Lot the
Moloch Of slavery drink tho blood Of an-
other victim! twill only 6ll uptho cup
0fwrsth and hasten the doom, that awaits
the accursed system, system that IL At
war with God and all tho better feelings
ofman'a nature--a system baptisod Ia
blood and oonseeratod by the tears and
gfoans Of nillions--S system, whose
track, all through history, is marked with
human skeletons and al the plaques Of
Egypt. The faggot, the gallows and the
suppression Of freedom ofspcoch and the
press, which are and always have boon
the necoasities Of slavery, will only.
hasten the day when the rcd, right arm
Of Jehovah shall descend in wrGth and
reign vengeance upon tho oppfessor,-s
John Brown, doudrlgill trouble the South
more than John Brown living Ills spir-
twill return to plague thgm and thelT
guilty conscienoos will ever haunt them
with visions Of blood aud dire furobodings
Of tho future. Their sleep will be dis
turbed and constant dread Of sorvllo in
nErections, of houses pillagod and in
flames, Of wives and children murdered
byaraco gouded to revenge by the wtongs
Of centuries, will constantly prey upon
their minds. Such is human slavory to
which Brown has fellon victim.
History will deal idstly with Old Brown.
We have neither the time nor inclination
to4up56k Of his errors, now that no ls
about 70 bo launched into eternity. wo
leave 20 more fitting hands the work Of
dotraotlon and defamation. We leave to
the apologlsts and sbottors Of slavery the
work Of diloting upon his faults and the
awful crime for which he Is to atone up-
on tho gallows. Il may boa crime 10 at
tempt to secure for race the blessings
Of universal liberty, but Il ia greater
crime to defraud freemon Of their inalion-
able rights, to aid In extending slavery
over our virgin territories and TO practice
treason and tho "sum Of all villainies, %
In the name Of human liberty. rod
Brown Is 20 forfeit his life, for plotting
the liberation Of few slaves in Virginia,
let those who are plotting the destruction
Tour government, It's total subseryency
TO the Slave Power, the revival Of fthopi-
Estical Slave Trade, and who are daily
making threats Of dissolution and utter
ing the rankest kind Of treason, lftheir
demands are not aeeeded TO; Let the same
punishment, we say, bo msted out to all
such. "Let Justice bo done, though the
heavens fall"