The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-12-08

away from the worship OF MS w
household gods, and into tho commu'
MON of idolators, aliens and enemies
10 the pure faith Of an American citi.
zen. And It seems to me, in view oil
rhe services which those who love
this boy have rendered to their coun
try, and in We've of their devotion to
the true construction Of the Constitu.
lion and the %injunctions ofour fathers,
Knight rehearse and quote to you with
propriety Il passage from the history
OF the latter years Of the wiscst king
Israel ever had
"For it came TO pass when Solomon
was old that his wives turned away
lis heart after other gods and his
heart was not perfect with the Lord
his God as was the heart OF David,
his father. For Solomon went alter
Ashtorcth, the goddess of the lonians,
and after the abomination OF the Am
Inonitcs.
Sand Solomon did evil in the sight
of the Lord, and went not fully after
the Lord as did David, his father.
sand the Lord was angry with Sol
mon because his Leart was turned
from tn, Lord God OF Israel which had
appeared unto him twice.
And had commanded him concern
ing this thing that he should not 60
after other gods; but he kept not that
which the Lord commanded.
"Wherclorc the Lord said unto Sol.
onion, forasmuch as this is done unto
thee, and thou hast not kept covenant
aud nv statutes which ! have com.
mapded thee, will rend the kingdom
from thee, and will give it to thy ser
want.
Notwithstanding, in thy days will
not do It for David thy fathers sake"
The King, who was forgiven, and
spared not merely his life, but his
Kingdom also, and his glory during his
lifetime because Of the loyalty Of his
father who had gone before him, was
old and very wise and full Of expert
cncc. The prisoner before you has
done no more than to disobey your
covenants and statutes,and pleads that
it has been done in the early VornIng
of life, his first offence, and under the
baneful influence Of a school Of phi
losophy which he once thought sincere
and right, but which he now here,
once and forever. to you, and before
the world, rcnounccs as false, PERM
cious, and pestilential. Shall man be
more intolcrant than God? Shall you
be less mcrcilul than He, in whose
presence youronly plea will be mercy
mercy mercy? Will you say you
dare not recommend mercy to John
Il. Cook, when divine examples and
the appeals Of your WI concicnccs
are on your side! will never believe
it until the appalling fact is announced
by you.
But let us advance. have spoken
Of Cook, his parentagc and connec.
tons. Again comes the question.
who is he? And now ! proceed to
answer it with reference to the trans
actions at Harper's Ferry, and with
reference to the facts of the case
Let us spread broad and wide before
US the movingpanorama ofcvil which
reaches its dcnouemcnt at llarpcr's
Ferry. There are hearts and feelings
woven in the destiny Of the prisoner
which shall be relieved and solaccd AS
lar as truth dragged up from the
depths of this misfortune can relieve
and solace them. In an evil hour
and imay it be forever accused -
John Il, Cook met John Brown on the
prostitute plains of Kansas. On that
field Of ianatlcism, three years ago,
this fair and gentle youth was thrown
into contact with the pirate and rob.
Der ofcivil warfare. TO others whose
sympathies he has enlisted | will leave
the task Of transmitting John Brown
rs Il martyr and hero to %posterity. In
my eyes he stands the chief Of Grim
inals, the thief Of property s~tolen--
horses and slaves-lr0m the citizens
of Missouri, a ialsilier here in this
court, as shall yet show, and muir.
derer not only OF your citizens, but OF
the young men who have already lost
their lives in his bloody ioray on your
border. This is not pleasant to say,
but it is the truth, and as such ought
to be and shall be said. You have
seen John Brown, the leader. Now
look on John Cook, the follower. lie
is in evidence before you. Never did
plead for a face that ] was more
willing to show. If evil is there,
have not seen it.. If murder is there,
| am to learn TO mark the lines of the
murderer anew. If the assassin is
in that young face, then commend me
to the look Of the assassin. No, gen.
uemen, it is a face for Il mother to
love, and a sister to idolize, and in
which the natural goodness OF his
heat pleads irumpel.,ongued against
the deep damnalion that ~estranged
him IRON home and its principles
Let us look at the meeting of these
two men. Place them side by side
Put the young face by the old face;
the young head by the old head. We
have seen somewhat Of the history of
the young man. Look now for u mo-
ment at the history Of the old man.
He did not go to Kansas as peacea.
BILE settler with his interests linked 10
the legitimate growth and prosperity
oil that i'll fated Territory. He went
there, in the language Of one who