American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-10-27

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BALTIMORE, 0ctu5tr s3
ALREADY have prominent men taken tho
iAit;a,ive. giving the cue to their follow
ets Is TO whnt their uoafse is to be 10 fu-,
tnse With reference to the disturbance at
Harper's Ferry. This Is limited, bowev-
sr, pretty much to the doughty champions
cf the clave power, for while the Rppubh.
can newspapers Go not. as they should not
Ntsemps for one instant to spologizs for
this outbreak 10 which they had no part.
their enemies by speech aud writing. have
commenced an attack upon that party at
tsRpting 10 bold iAsm responsible for the
a6ls ot Brown and bis men. LD
Under such circumstances, allow me,
who have seen this afair pretty much all
tbtoagh. 10 make a Grief summary Of the
- events, TO show its probable cause. aud to
refer 10 The men engaged in il.
John Brown, but a few years since was
hard working man in the county OF Sum
nit. In the State Of Ohio. Thence with
his soDs-- seven Of lhem--he migrated to
Eansas with the intention ofsettling and
with, the hope ofretrieving his fortune lost
ID the wool growing speculation, during a
tfipl 10 Europe. He was then Free Soil
Democrats far removed rom the ex-
ttemes Of either side Of politics, as is Ste
"a phen A. Douglas. in whose views as at
present announced be fully conourrsd. -
The writer of this knew him at that time
be is also cognis,Di that his procliyiiies in
favor Of free soiism rendered him obnox
ious to the rufiians in Missouri more es
pecia1ly to the fee hooters that Col Bu.
'1 ford imported to the lSen bleeding soil
Hs watched Ibs course OF affairs and his
heart bIed, As be has more than cnce told
the writer. for his countrymen. He stir
red up and lavisled bis means to Subdue =
peace. BY his means, his sons and Eve
4 other man, some'of whom were in this late
affair. were armed and equipped, while be
als1 brought quantity OF arms and am
munition for such as might Join him. In
the wars for free. soils he was now con
spicuous. acting no. with his nsighbors
but fighting ever upon .'his own hook. -
Ia saw as the result Of HE warfare one or
two Of his sons inhumanly bntchered.
while a third diel Of injuries received by
the wearing Off heavy chain around his
limhs, which eat into the desk and brought
on mor ifioalion.
TnE 0AEH AND ITS FuLFILMENr.--Ove
the c9rpses Of these boys he took an oath
which to the day Of lie arrest. be has
been fulfilling with featful energy upon
the slavvhciders who crossed bis track
Chatham ia Canada West has ward OF
,hs city almost entirely populated BY The
negroes who BY his neans have escaped
far away from ihe lash OF the hemp grow
erwin Missouri.
Thisone idea moved him in his inter
course v,h humanity. 1t was,he edelusiou
81 which hannsathis coucl, at night; the pic.
tnre whieh In bis day dreams. was EVER
Rprsseni TO his vision. Tie clanking chains
OF the slave chimed in chorus to the un-
oeAsiug sdund Of the chains bound round
the limbs Of his own sen, the bleeding and
mortifying body OF whom sver rested up:
on hsbrain. until hn became, as HI fiands
all know him 70 be. mad beyond ecovsry.
AIa a fnaduisn aie was treated throughout
.a bis continued course in Kansas. and as a
uisdmsn he has been treated by bis friends
since, tia, day. ta&
Possessed Of this one idea since that
day, he has wandered over the main por
tioh Of the North In search of means 10
Garry on his scheme. In Missouri bo has
figured with somo success as = iteTator Of
4negroes;s in Firginia he desired to become
prominent as martyr lohis cause.
ie7 Cook was another OF these one ideaec
men. He bsyosd doubt il was that in
duesd this particular attack. Having liv-
~ ed st Harper'a1 Ferry for number Of
years. been engaged 10 the education Of
che yoaDg attha, place. and having means
ofinlormatisu rs 10 the defenoeless state
OF the government property. and probably
not estimating tho valor Of the Virginians
on the Sbnndoah and Potomac riyerA so
highly as they themselves, be recommend
ed this place as the point for opening op'
CITATIONS Beyond doubt he believed.
and led the deluded followers OF his "Com
msndtr IN Chief 10 believe that the De'
Rroes there, would rise as one man TO well
eohe Them IN their bloody work.
MApNEss. have here. then. the
main spring Of the &C tlon-madnsss through
out. r...s.4
Thesss n adpan made their attack, They
take possessioo OF The armory, Of the rifle
works. and Of the. arsenal. and no one is
harmed. Oos or two Of their number get
shoy down 10 their tracks when In retalia'
lion they Grs those Shapes rifles and :
negro isls a victim. TEsy are attacked
by. The remnant Of about thousand men.
ihs tias works are rscossrsd. and . series
OF cold blooded bpteheties follow, One
man Aseiog aercss the river is disabled snd
subsequently, ,bot BY imam standing with
10 . foot Of hin, IN q par, not vital, and
len exposed on. a rocky bed to die, A
death ihss bloody isrsfused him. BY g.
ties men congregAted upon the bridge, dis.
charging their fInes, a. him.. until twenty
minntes after his lie flowed out with h Is
blood that hsd been shed, ABothsT dead
man The sentinel at the gate, 10 dragged
iutO the street, spit at as he lay corpse
riddlsd with rife talls. aod cut with
bnisss treated with every ipdignity. =
These valiant men who until the armOt
bnnds had done their work Of DEATH S'ooc
hack uuncIsd with alarm. we're row brav'
ssosoh 70 musilate che dead which coul'
NOT use 70 face theme ID Y 37s sap'n
Tnpe w AuaIoh ST h Q MartlusbuTg
volunteers had meantime come upo
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