Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-22

may u be forever oooarDodI-John 3. Cook net
John Brewe on the grostitatsd plains Of Kansa..
fair and geutle yoash wss thrown into contact
with the pirate and robbsr Of civii warfare. TO
others whose sympathiss he has enlisted. will
leave tho task of transmitsing John Brown a. .
martyr and hero to posteity. 10 my sysshs stands
the chief Of criminals the thief o property stolen
horses and slaves--irom TIE citissns Of Missou-
ri, afalsihsr here In this court, ~ shall yet show
and murderer not only Of your eitissns, bat Of
the young men who have already lost their lives
In his bloody foray on your borders. This 10 not
pleasant to say. but Il is the truth, and ~ such
ought to be and shall Be said. You have sssn John
follower. lie is In evidence before you. Never
did plead for face that was more willing 70
show. II evil Ia there. have not seen it.--ffmur-
der 10 there, To learn To mark the lines OF the
murderer anew. 1.-THE assassin 10 10 that young
face, then commend ne 10 the look Ct an assassin.
No gentlemen, II is face for mother to love and
sister to idoixe. and In which the natural good
ness Of his heart pleads trumpet tongucd against
the deep damnation thatsssranged him from homo
and its principles. Let 40 look ct the meeting Of
those two mon. Place them side By aide, Put the
young face By the old face; the young head BY the
old head. We have seen somewhat OF the histo-
ry ofthe young man.. Look now for . moment
At the history Of the old man. He did not 70 TO
Kansas as q peaceful settler with his interest lin
ked TO the legitimate growth and prosperity Of that
Ill fated Territory. He went therein the language
Of ono who has spoken for him since his confns-
mont hcrs.as the Moses Of the slaves deliverance-
lIo went there to fulall dream which had tortu.
red his brain for thirty years, that he was 60 bs
the leader Of sacred Exodus from bondage. IIe
went there for war. and not for psscs, He went
there to call around him the wsyward and unsa-
he elements of society in which the bonds Of or.
der law, and religion were loosened, and the an
cry demon Of discord was unchained, Storm was
his element by his own showing. lie courted tho
fierce tempest. lie sowsd the wind that he might
reap tho whirlwInd. He invoked the lightning
aud gnried In Its dsvastations. Sixty summers
and winters had passed over his head and plant
Of autumn In the fields Of his experience. He was
tho hero too Of battles there IL lsursls eould-ho
gained in suuh fratricidsl war As ragged In Kan.
sns he had them on his brow. Ossnwatomie was
given to him and added to hisname by the insanity
Of the crazy crew Of the North. NJ Napoleon CON.
fcrrcd tho names Of battle fields his avori,s
Marshals. The action Of BLACK JACK, too, gave
him confederation, circumstances. and condition
with philanthropists Of bastard quality carpet
knight heroes in Boston, aud scrvile followers Of
ianaicism throughout the country His cour
age is now laudcd TO tho skies by men who have
none OF It themselves. This virturs admit. hs
has--linked, however, with thousand crimes.
An iron will, with which to accomplish evil u.der
tho skiful guise Of good also admit to be in his
possession rendering his influence over the young
oil tho more despotic and dangerous.
Imagine. IL you please, the bark on which this
young man at the bar and all his hopes were
lreishted, laid alongside Of tho old weathsrbeaten
and murderous man-of-war whose character I
have placed before you. The one was stern and
bent upon fhtal voyage Grim vissgcd war. CIV
il commotion pilage and death, disnnion and uni
versal dcsolation thronged through the mind Of
John Brown. To him law was nothing the Uni
was nothing. tho peace and welfare Of the
tha lie. Of h. or
Virginia were nothing. Though red ssa Of
blood rolled before him, vet he lifted up his hand
and cried Forward" Shall he now shrink from
his prominence and attempt to shrivel back 70
the grade Of his recruits and subalternsl Shall
he deny his bad presminenee and ssy that he did
not ncite the revolt which hes involved bis folio
wers to ruin Shall he stand before this Court
and before the country and deny that he was the
master-Hpirit and gathered together the young
men who followed him to tho dcath in this mad
expedition Mol his own haod signs himself
"Commanderin-Ohief," and shows the proper
distinction which should be made between him.
self and the men who. In an evil moment, obeysd
his orders Now turn 70 the contrast again and
behold the prisoner. Young, and new 10 tho
rough ways Of life, his unsandslsd foot tender
and unused 70 hejourney beG,rs him, waif on
the ocean. 81 the mercy of the current which
with TINT fearful gift which one to walk %
in dream through all the vicssitudes ot life
time; severed aud wandering from the sustaining
and protecting ties Of kindred, he gave, without
knowing his destination or purpose. pledge Of
military obedience to John Brown, Commander
in nChief."
Gentlemen Of the jury, there is one character.
been placed upon the earth, bot perhaps has never
been fully drawn. and 10 most difcnlt 10 draw
1t is the character Of him who glidss down tho
stream II life in trance, dreams he Goats along