The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-06

WHY SHOULD NOT john BRowN BIN HANGEDs--
A vast amount of sympathy has been expended
on the fate of John Brown, and great exertions
are being made to save him from the gallows.
A thief. murderer and . traitor, becomes
hero and demigod, and the lives of white men
sacrificed by him are Of less account than if they
we're so many dogs, and for the surviving rela-
tives Of his victims NO tear of sympathy is shed,
not word Of commiseration expressed.
From the statement which we published yes
terday, from the Lawrence Herald Of Freedom
black republican organ, whose editor was In
timately acquainted with Brown and his doings
during the reign of terror in Kansas is very
clear that no greater fend in human form re-
mains unhuDg than this same John Brown. Ra-
pine and cOld-blo0ded murder were his delight,
and the names of five citizens, heads of fami-
lies, are given, whom he took from their beds
at dead of night, and deliberately massacred,
after the most shocking mutilation Of their
bodies. Cup to that period" says our Kansas
contemporary, "not hair Of Old John Browns
head, or that of any of bis sons, had been in
Jured by the pro-slavery party"
From this authoritative testimony it further
appears that he wished to prolong the Kansas
difficulties, ndkeep the Territory in constant
ferment, in order that he might fish in the
troubled waters. He opposed every effort to
establish peace, law and order. He became
bandit and horse stealer, and he entered into
an oath bound league to murder in cold blood
every man elected under the Lecompton con-
stitution. This man of blood attempted TO
make the whole population Of Missouri respon-
sible for murder supposed to be committed
by one of its citizens; he made coup in that
State, numbering Mr.. Crew and carrying off his
slaves and other property to Canada. II is
in evidence that he designed to defray the ex-
penses of the war in the South, of which
the Harper's Ferry massacre was the first
blow, by the sale of plundered watches,
jewelry and plate" And this is the demon
robber and cutthroat held up to admi-
ration by Greeley, Wilson, Phillips, Beech
er, and other republican leaders. He is
religious, we are assured; and it is in virtue of
his religion that this Puritan Praise God Bare
bones robs his fellow creatures or puts them To
death. His piety is like that of the Italian and
Spanish highway robbers, who, when they de-
liver priest or bishop of his purse, reverently
ask his blessing before they depart.
Why should such criminal be allowed to
escape unwhipt of justice any more than a mid
night burglar, or Baltimore plug ugly who
murders his neighbors in the streets, or any
other rowdy who stubs or shoots down his fell
low citizens? Worse than any of these, the
chivalrous "hero," aided by an armed force,
takes defenceless men out of their beds by
night and assassinates them in cold blood.
Sympathy for such an incarnate fend argues
want Of moral sense and love of depravity
which is symptomatic of the times, and is one
Of the strongest evidences of the fanaticism
which threatens the integrity of the Union and
the establishment of reign Of anarchy upon
it's ruins