Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-11-25
"Rescuing Old Brown"

As a specimen of the way iu which the
Virginians are bewildered,we notice il tie
Galtin.ore San of Wednesday last, several
alleged letters received b. Gov. Wise, as 1t
dNdched,' but very s'tety ''omat'hy ali
portions that could lead to the discovery Of
the authors names" This last precaution
is significant. The disc'osers are safe, or
if the names sent are fictitious the hand
writing might be identified. u COPY one
OF j-thesc letters, Jelor, Whether it is gen
uine, is qa;c as uncertain as their quota
tions "fron Browns carpet-bag.' Ii ever
written here, it was by some fun-loviug
chap who does no, realz; that tho such
joking is "sport to him, it is death" to
those involved in Slavery. Read it!
lEntract from a Letter t6om Lsri,5nry,
Union county, Pa, Nog. 10, 1893
.As friend to b. Constitution and the UaoI feel
II my iuty - appri-e of sworn secret anl .aw.cs
lsnl Of fauaticll abOiioni'ts and black rcFpbic's
forming this, we'll as several ether c,lule- IA
h- Str,e !e prnri al organization j. in tins village
and auxiliary sotes exist IN Ecig boring They
cali t.nl, I've. .hr Noble sous oI LiycT,,,' auI
a. can ,srn about five hundred ia al. ami
led by capt smelly, alas L!mt,r J.m. IN ultra a
Niioni- o! this village. They armed with par OF
cult's ryyolsers each and design dropping uto tharies
aud thr adjacent places - aud t"os, 50 a. {"
avoid suspicion sni wnrn ali collected al tharIe-
town, at certain stHa pognre upon tie Ja! aud it-
nand the release Of thatuid viiau John BroA H. L"S
prisoner in hands of tbe judiciary OF your STATE
1b. using reyolyer il that thry can uc carried
nplt Irrsln without attracting attnti exciting
he fore .f.
lrigauis above mentioned, could not asceridiu Dat
they val to tbar!estVWn in dssis anu Rostly iy
night which, hcie'e, is plan -ipitcd ~ N-rlI fihs
Thus far they have Observed the sccrcsy
to the existence o Of thsir ASSOCIATION, aud TO
AVOID suspicion On The part oi all "utsiiers h,e y
will gradually that their motives will not be
,u.rected until day or tao previous to the execution
Iwss u,h.rri into a large ROOM where 70 ny aston.,h
reut found about scyeutyiye persons concre:stel,
all seemingly eon'ersing upon some "fic "hi,a they
was in tue room persons Initiated ant took
the oath Of membership
The question now is, who is this "Cap-
tain Jim?" Linn, Ross, Aiken, or who! !!
The whole thing is as fresh news in
Lewisburg as the argus assertion that We
had "beccme the apOlcgis,s OF murder
aud treason" The people of this county
are law-abiding men. We have not met
the first Republican who approves of
Browns expedition, however much they
may pal.iate his offence on account of the
state of mind to which they believe slave
r. aggression brought him. His retort
could only arouse i'll feeling, and do no
lasting good. Like the sending of few
slaves to Liberia, the release Of baudfull
by force would have no power to 90 away
Slavery, which should first be checked in
its expansive measures, and then (in the
words of Gen. ScotD "gradually anchor
ated TO its eut re extinction" Cd Brown
is generally regarded as better fitted for 8
iuna'ic asylum than gallows. From pQl
icy and from principle, we oppose blood
shed and wrong on either side Of the q1cs
tior.-The only persons we have known
who seemed to rejoice over this u1fortru
ate affair, are Democratic politicians, whc
grin over it as "a lucky thing fer ou
party"