Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-12-12
The Brown sympa,hI.er. "A. the North.


The demonstrations of sympathy in behalf Of John
Brown made in New Eagand aud other Northern States
upon the occasion OF his execution when reduced TO plain
facts, do not assume that importance which some OF
the telegraphc dispatches would seem to attach to
them. We make a few extracts from Northern news.
papers:
From the S,V York Journal of Commerce
In Boston the empowering seems have been con-
hned almost wholly to the coored people So also me-
groes the chief in creating excitement in
many Of the towns and cities. In many cases the at.
teinpts at bernging &c, resisted by the people
and authorities, and quickly suppressed as ut Chelsea
Mass y Manchester (N I'D Hartford (Coun. y and
otner places In Chelsea the attempt to raise flag
hainast nearly created n civil war on n small scale
AT New Haven, with the exception of two indi-
Nuual cases no demonstration made. There was no
public display. AT Philadelphia the meeting of sympa-
my ior Brown was continually interrupted by Kisses and
goan and at the conclusion repeated cheers given
Tor Governor Wise, Tor Virginia, the Union, &c. with
gfoans Tor John Brown and treason Moreover in but
comparatively lew places was any demonstration made
The greatest disgrace felt by the people of New York is
that at Albany the capital of the State and the residence
oil the Governor, the shameful firing of cannon should
have been permitted without attempt at interference
Says the Albany Argus The denzens of this ancient
city Durn with shame At the dgce brought upon it. by
being made seemingly endorse lawessneSs violence
and treason The Massachusetts, Legislature
itself with honor than could have been
in its disposal Of the John Brown resolutions Mr. Bav
of Nantucket, offered motion Of the purport sthat for
the great respect have for the ruthuness and faith
that John Brown has in and his religion and the
strong sympathy for the love of liberty he ayowed rp
epe of Massachusetts for which he this day to die
this House do now adjourn" After debate motion 10
strike ont the preamble carried by vote of In4
yeas to 81 nays The question was then taken upon the
adjournment, which negatved by vote Of l4I NAYS
to yeas.
From the Boston Courier1
u but iar to the law-abidng residents Of .ubur-
ban towns to say that the oing of the bells in several
places was in the expression of feeling at all
general but in instances the movement of one
or two individuals 1t is easy that fanatca or
mischef-oving person could take an advantage of an
hour when the business of the town were at their
offices in the city TO DO that which, when published
among the news items of the day would express
the sentiments Of a community.
From the Boston Post
We give in another portion of paper to-day sketch
es OF the principal public Obseryances which the execu
ton OF John Brown e1erted in Boston, Concord New
chiei mourncrs matter of and their action i
not so much matter of surprise that of the as
sem6y at fremont Temple last evening. The affair
conducted by the usual leaders, Garrison Nav, SewaI
&c, and it was throughout entirely Garrsonian The
outsiders behaved well and bore with such no.
bic forbeaance the vile and reasonable doctrines pro-
nulgated, that the meeting really dull and stupid
AT a very early hour Friday morning two men
one coored one whe-went to the cupola of the State
House in Hartford, Conn., and robed in black cambric
the statue OF Justice While on their way ont Of the
building of them dropped his hat being unable to
Ind It, by reason Of the darkness, he lighted match
The blaze attracted the attention of watchme= who ar
rested the men ana confined them till morning Thav
said that they were hired do the Job by deputy
sheriff OF the place. This he, however denies Anotb.
er colored man says that three men, unknown to him
offered him ton Of coal and barrel Of GodF il no would
From de Ne1e York CoHmsrcial .4drerfiser1
The meetings aud speeches yesterday here and else
where are no Indications of the of public feeling in
this city or at the North. score OF fanatics whose do
nonsraons are witnessed by few hundred curio,ify
seekers cannot be regarded representing the sent
ment OF the metropolis and half-dozen men by firing
minute guns, ringing bells, and teegraphing the fact
may give the superficial idea that the heart OF the com
munity ia which they reside is in sympathy with their
foolish demonstrations From the outset of this mad
enterprise of John Brown and his handful of dbprent
We have held ham guilty Of crime and deserving the pen
atty OF the Laws which he had violated BY every sound
nrnciple OF reasoning, John Browns life was Justly for
hited to the law and this position is be shifted
any consideration arising from his calm endurance his
singular pluck or his religious intrepidty.
From The Albany Ary.ls
l. the iasmon TO impute TO the Clergy, a body
sympathy with the sectional intolerance of the dav-
Nothing be false more unjust to this class
and yet the press has done much give this false infer
ence by paradng the words and magnfyng the charac
Ter OF little busy, propagandizng, cgotstica cIgue
who multiply their mouotonous aLors by the const,ni
reiteFann OF the words aud ideas from many pu
pits and through numbcrcss presses
The dyineS who preach killing no murder" are few
indeed. In the city OF New York Cheever who Is A
pensoner upon the British Anti-Savery Soceties) in
Brooklyn, Beecher in Boston, one or tso of The same
Kidney aud IN the interior some scattered mtator ar
IN relation TO their cergymen and Judged by their
own avowed standards Of orthpG0xy, IN very auestona
Die positions. We venture TO that not mora than
five IN hundred OF the clergy attached to congregations
Join or ympiiizc in the preaching OF the gospel Of in
snrrection which few nosy and wickedly proclaim
For twenty years the little knot Of Abolitinnists bav
been wandering from city to city IN the North repeniiur
the same speeches, delivering the lectures making
the same appeals. One wonders az the barreuuess ,f
their invention and the poverty Of their discourse which
IN score OF years has produced so little, and which has
ing the changes ob'oquy with scaut variety n
such nceSSaut practice. Yet these men ncousijer,bl
aud disregardcd gathering converts and making no
impression on the public mind have had their cons,-
quences multiplied and their evil purposes uiustercd IN
by press hostile 10 them There are scores of CLERGY
men who preach q purcr gospel and higher morality
than Beecher; but who hears Of tcms Who scattersa
half million papers with their productiouss No, Tie
sermon Of preacher Who Is true the spirit OF peace
and l5Ja 70 hiS cauniry aud nruatrs obedience to the
laws, is not worthy oi notice because 10 j. common
Beecher aud Parker obtain audience Of The press bsc,us
their splsmojic coqucncc creates sensation and tb.i
defiance OF their creed their nsuboriinaton sans
God and man, is exceptional and strange.
In the same way the papers give the record of the
crimes OF men and say little o their good deeds There
Is no place Ia the daily press where the police rcpor i
Offset by an account OF the acts Of beueccnce aud sac
fee that men daily make for men, Yet these acts of
goodness in the family, in the neighborhood in the
church and In the State outweigh the evil men do hun
dred-fold
Among the means by which public opinion Is misrep
resented the worst probably IS this which has represen
ted the clergy OF the country standing the side Of
treason and bloOdshed preaching against the obligations
oi law and pctvcring the gospel Of peace into propa
gand OF baletul passions venting themselves I'm crime
The prcss ha- heeu douby in fault IN magnifyng the
lame and disseminating the doctrine Of pes,ent knot
OF agaors aud then impung the great body Of the
clerical profession doctrines which they repudiate and
sbhor.