Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-11-12

TO the Commonwealth attorney, with the ru-
quest that he will ask the permission of the
court to hand il to the prisoner. Brown, the
prisoner, is now in the hands OF the Judiciary
not Of the Executive, Of this Commonwealth
You ask me further to allow you to perform
the mission .of mother or sister, to dress his
wounds, and speak soothingly to him. BY
this, of course, you mean to be allowed to
visit him in his cell, and to minister to him in
the Offices of humanity. Why should you not
be SO allowed, madam? Virginia and Massa-
chusetts are involved in no civil war, and the
Constitution which unites them in one Confed-
GRAFTON guarantees to you the privileges and
immunities of citizen of the United States in
the State of Virginia. That constitution am
sworn to support, and am, therefore, bound to
protect your privileges and immunities as n
citizen of Massachusetts coming into Virginia
for any lawful and peaceful purpose. Coming,
as you propose, to minister to the captive in
prison, you will he met doubtless, by all our
people, not only in chiyalrous butin Chris
tian spirit. You have the right to visit Char
lestOwn, Virginia, madam, aud your mission,
being merciful and humane, will not only be
allowed, but he respected il not welcomcd, A
few, unenlightened and inconsiderate persons,
fanatical in their modes of action to maintain
justice and right, might modest you, or be dis
puScu W uu So, hnu tlilS iiRnl suggest lllc I'LL
prudence of risking any experiment upon the
peace of society very much excited by the
crimes with whose chief author You seem to
sympathise so much but still, repeat, your
motives and avowed purpose are lawful and
peaceful, and will, as far as am concerned
do my duty in protecting your rights in our
limits Virginia and her authorities would be
weak indeed-weak in point of folly and weak
in point of p0wer-if her State faith and con-
stitutional obligations cannot be redeemed in
her own limits to the letter of morality as well
as of law, and if her chivalry cannot courtc-
ously receive u lady's visit to prisoner. Ey-
cry arm which guards Brown from rescue on
the one hand and lynch law on the other, will
be ready to guard your person in Virginia.
would not permit an insult even to woman in
her walk of charity among us, though it be 10
one who whetted knives of butchery for our
mothers, sisters daughters and babes. We
have no sympathy with your sentiments of
sympathy with Brown, and are surprised that
you were taken by surprise when news came
of Captain Browns recent attempt His at
tempt was natural consequence of your SYM.
pathy, and the error of that sympathy ought
to make you doubt its virtue from the effect on
his conduct. But it is not of this should
speak. When you arrive at Charlestown, if
you go there il will be for the court and its of
ficers, the Commonwealth attorney sheriff.
and jailor, to say whether you may see and
wait on the prisoner But, whether you are
thus permitted or not, and you will be if my
advice can prevail, you may rest assured that
he will be humanely, lawfully, and mercihilly
dealt by, in prison and on trial.
Respectfully, Henry A. WISE.
UTn T. Mann fitffnb