The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-11-24

The North on the subject of Browns
taking the chair, Mr.. ANDREW
t The proceedings Of the meeting
ned with prayer, and accordingly
who is described rs can honored
IRIsT" 'Ied"-we believe that is
devotions of the evening In his
ALE spoke of BROWN as one who
:ly commanded public sympathy and
~ and invoked the Divine blessing
and upon the cause for which he was
,0onca to suffer. After the prayer, the Chairman
announced to the audience the object of the meet
ag and the names Of the speakers--nformed them
that a copy Of BRowSs address to the Court, on
receiving sentence of death, "prined in neat
'lorm for preservation" and with "the additional
attraction Of fac-simile of the signature Of
captain BRowN," was for sale at the door, at the
low price of ten cents each-and concluded by
introducing to the meeting the Rev. Mr.. MANNING.
Mr.. MANNING, we believe is person of some con-
sideration in Boston; at least he holds position
of some Importance and responsibility, being re-
ferred to by the other speakers as "the clergyman
'of the Old South church," of revolutionary
memory, and as occupying the pnlpit in which
JOSEPH WARREN once spoke, in commemoration of
the victims of the Boston massacre of March s.
ITO. Mr.. MANNING himself drew n parallel be-
tween his own position and that of General WAR
rem on that occasion, and between JOHN Brown
and CRIsPUs ATTucK. The subject of WARREN's
eulogy, he said, was a black man sacrificing his
life in behalf of oppressed white men; his subject
white man sacrificing his life in behalf of enslaved
black men. AS WEBSTER once said, in reference
to ATTUCK and his fellow-victims, that 'from the
''moment when the blood of those men stained the
pavement of King street, we may date the sever
''ance Of the British empire''-so Mr. MANNING
thought, that from the time when JOHN Brown
shall swing between the heavens and the earth
we may date 'the beginning of the end of Ameri-
lean slavery" Had Brown consulted him, the
speaker said, concerning his enterprise he could
not have advised him to it; but ''now that the
'event hal taken place, he stood before it wonder
cling and admring." Not content with this. Mr..
MANNING next went on TO proclaim his belief that
BRowN was Divinely inspired to the commission
of treason and murder-that che was possessed
"by some power higher than mans power"
Here are his words: "The distinguished speaker
'"(EMERsoN) who is to follow me- would call it
"destiny; I should prefer to call it COP, my
'Heavenly Father, who has used this man, JOHN
'BRowN, as his sword to inflict wound on the
'Slave-Power. As view it, he is COPS finger
going forth in the halls of the great modern
''BELsHAzzAR, and writing over against the wall
''those mysterious and appalling words, at which
''the monarch trembes and turns pale on his
throne Subsequently, pursuing the same idea.
Mr.. MANNING said that slavery makes "a righteous
'BRowN, until it is taken out of the way 1t
Islands there continual provocation We can
mot resist such temptations while we have the in
''stincts of conscience within us. We shall be-
'come men of distinction, like JOHN Brown of Os-
"sawattomie, and PROVIDENCE will use us to write
'oher inscriptions in the presence of this tyrant'
that Is, TO plot fresh schemes of sedtion, rape
and arson, and other attempts TO incie the slaves
to rebellion, and to bring upon this land all the
horrors of civil war. And Mr.. MANNING exults in
the thought that eventually those efforts will sue
coed. "To-night," says he, Southern mothers,
Gas they gather their children around them. offer
"the prayer that they may be protected from the
invader; and they go 10 bed tonight with weap-
IONS under their pillows, knowing that their streets
''are patrolled by an armed police. This is the con-
EDITION of the Southern States Verify, the tvrant
'trembles and turns pale in the midst of his
''reves." And this man is ga minister of CHRIsT''
an ornament of ''tbe Old South pulpit: -
and that we may be certain that the sentiments
OF the flock do not differ from those of the shep-
herd at the end of the last sentence we have ouo
ted is bracketted the word-[applause]. More
much more to the same effect-did this clerical
ruiijau Say-an6 n,Ora--roanv p,oro of
applause seem to have greeted and followed his
words. But of the treason and blasphemv which
he uttered, for a sample, the extracts which we
have given will suffice.
we turn from him TO the next speaker-one of
the shining lights, not only Of New England, but
of American hterature-the essayist lecturer. and
poet, RALPH WALDO EMERSON What Mr.. EMERSON
said was chiefly about Brown, who, he affirmed was
"a representative of the American public fifth
in descent from PETER Brown who came in the
Naltooer and the grandson of a soldier of the
Revolution. He was q man, he said ''to make
friends wherever earth courage and integrity
'are esteemed; the rares of heroes, pure idealis
with no by-ends of his own" "lIanv of YOU" |
he added, "have seen him. and every one who has |
'heard him speak has been impressed alike by his |
simple, artless goodness joined with his sublime
courage He joins that perfect Puritan faith |
(which brought his fifth ancestor to Plymouth
"Rock, with his grandhther's ardor in the Reyo- |
Tuition" Nothing can resist the sympathy" |
said Mr.. EMERSON, (Which all elevated minds must
''feel with BROwN, and through them the whole
'civilized world"
The last speaker whose remarks we shall notice |
was WENDELL PHILLIPS. He too found parallel |
between BRowN fate and that of the victims of the
Boston Massacre. But for Brown himself he does |
not appear to have been able to find parallel |
History has no such name upon her page--an-
tiquity can boast no greater hero-religion claim |
no holl r martyr. 'If' says Mr.. PHILLIPS 1--WE had |
asked God to make us a man that should stand
oeore the nation the representative of the Anne
'rIcan idea unspotted, dignifed, modest, resolute
'mercltul and Christian, it would seem as if more
perfect representative could not have been given
''us, than the Martyr of Harper's Ferry. In every
WORD that he has spoken, in every act that he has
'done in the whole history of the conflict and of
everything that has followed it, in the lone life
''upon which the blaze of this event throws hack
"ward It's light, there does not seem to have been
"a trait that we cannot, with a whole heart
"honor." Of the Harper's Ferry conspiracy. Mr..
PHILLIPS observes : linen say the enterprise was
'hopeess. 1t was imprudent enterprise.
"GoETHs says, there are prudent virtues and there
fare higher virtues-virtues that never re-
''mind US of prudence This was one of the lat.
fter." He denied that BRowN's Enterprise was
faure-'It is but the beginning of the end"
be said. He compared Brown to WARREN and to
LUTHER; and declared that eff he is sacrificed,
s'the banks of the Potomac will be douby dear to
'fhstory and to man, and that the Father of his
Country will be glad to make room for his ashes
"beside his grave" a
Such are some of the sentiments which were ut
tered in fremont Temple, the other night, and
which Boston audience listened to and applauded
# it be asked why we reproduce them, or what
rood can be accomplished by giving them cir
ulation beyond the limits Of the community to