The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-05

crimes. But his sympathizers are not willing
% let his memory die. On the contrary, they
are determined to "keep green in their souls"
md to make political capital out of his execu-
ion on the gallows, and thus to render him
more formidable in death than he was in life,
Ike Samson in the falling temple Of Dagon.
they make him saint, a martyr, hero, a
emf. god some comparing him to William Tell,
ONE to Moses, and some to Jesus Christ They
egard him as a sort of Messiah of the blacks,
md proclaim that his blood will redeem the
,egro race from thraldom. They apply to him
he lines
Whether on the scaffold high,
Or i'll the battles van,
The lttest place where man can die
is where he dies for man.
The pulpit, the platform, and the press ring
With his eulogies.
Let us take from the republican papers of
his city one or two samples of opinion. The
View York Tribune says
There are eras IN which death is not merely heroic but
enefcent and fruitful VINO shall say that this was not
onn Browns dit time 10 deg To all who have
uttered for human good-who have been prosecuted for
ldea~ho bare been hated because Of their efforts to
make the daily path OF the despised and unfortunate less
uegedhs memory will be fragrant through gene raons
viii b easier To die n good cause, even on the gal
ows since JOIN Brown has halowed that mode Of exit
rom the troubles and temptations of this mortal exist.
nce. Then to the 'irrepressibe conflict who does
ss see ,ha' IN, sacrifice must intensity its pro-
ress ana hasten It's entt So let be re-
creDtly grateful for the privilege of living in a world
ndered nobio by the daring Of heroes, the suffering Of
aartyrs-smoDg whom let doubt that history will
ccord an hoaored niche TO old John Brown.
The Ereaing Post has long article in the
ame strain, from which we extract the follow
ng sentence:--
large part Of the civilized public WILL as large part
the world does already, lay his tomb the honors
marty rdorn and while those honors remain there
remory will be more terrible TO Shareholders than his
wing presence could ever have been, because it will
ring recruits TO his cause who would have served
nder hs banner while he was welding carnal weapons
The Albany Ece,aing Journal publishes an ar
icle on the subject, headed I" the beginning of
he end" and calculated to incite others to fol-
ow in the same bloody career. 1t says the
fleet OF his death will be that "hatred of sla-
very will become the predominant emotion in
he breasts of millions" In Albany, ON Fri
lay, one hundred guns were fred to do honor
0 the martyrdom Of Brown, and the guns used
we're the cannon of the State arsenal, thus Civ
ng q quasi official endorsement to the
crime for which he suffered. The repub-
leans are in possession of power at
he capital Of the State, and this is the manner
which they use it. At Syracuse and Roches-
er sympathy meetings were held and addressed
by the clergy. In this city there have been
prayer meetings and exercises" on the occa-
lion, both in the negro and white churches. At
pr. Cheever's such was the violent tone of the
discussion that one gentleman "thought de-
Ohm Brown, and he might have been living
+till. One thousand men, well armed, would
ubdue Virginia with very little trouble" In
his mornings paper sermons on the subject
will be found. In the National Hotel, Phila-
|iephia, an overfowing meeting of sympa-
hizers was held on Friday. At Cleveland,
Ohio, similar demonstration came off, And
what is the sentiment in New England? In Pro-
|vidence K. l., large meeting was held. At
Nv orcester, Massachusetts, the church bells
were tolled, and an attempt to do the same
Thing was made at Manchester, n. H., which
vas put stop to by the Mayor. In the Senate
|of Massachusetts motion to adjourn in con-
|,equence of the execution Of John Brown was
ost by only majority Of eleven to eight. The
'oStoD Bee md AHQs afIirms that his death has
benefited the ahtslavery cause, and that the
North has stood firm and has not been scared
nto reputation of bis acts. 1t concludes it's
' ,r,icle as follows:-
the veteran was borne to the gaows by the
OF law may be assured Int there Will be those
v.a vl Lot reproach his memory and that the State
which took mis- life will IN time erect to him monument
roni the stands ready and the cracking faggos
yme he boong mob Of yesterday in silent awe return
gather the scattered ashes into Historys golden
Thus hero and patriot, almost god, is
manufactured out of criminal of the deepest
lye-a man who confessed he committed the
|Eold-blooded murders laid to his charge at
|)ssawatomie-a man whose offence at Harper's
Ferry has always been regarded, under every
veil regulated government, as among class
which are the most atrocious that could be per-
oetrated against society, and whose punish
nent has been attended with peculiar forms
and ceremonies to mark the public detestation.
$50 depraved, so lost to public virtue have the
Republican journals become, that they glory in
their shame, and endorse revolution and blood
she'd, and the dismemberment Of this great re-
public. II is easy to destroy, but hard to build
Ian. The glorious temple of Diana at Ephesus,
which cost 80 much treasure and so much time
Ito build, was burned down in one
night by an incendiary who desired to become
mmortali2ed by having his name handed down
n history in connection with the destruction.
such is the Immortality which the destructives
| and revoluticnists are now seeking by the
overthrow of the Union. They canonize John
Brown, decree his apotheosis, and expect to
accomplish by his death what he failed to
achieve by bis life. And The man to whom