Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-11-01

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nee. but nos16r Che Legitimate pufpos$H -
and heilish purpose-s6fslly forces to inSe -
Commonwealth and estsblish himself At Harpers
Ferry q siarting point ios 2 nsw ge,ssnsasat
ridiculous NJ his counsel have presented Il, bis
conduct showed e II his decaefstioa were insuf.
hcient, that u Wss net elone for The purposs q
carrying OF slaves that he came there. ais Pro-
visiousf 6ovssnmeut wss rsei ming sand NO de-
batting society, az his counsel would have rs BE-
heve; and In holding once under il, and exc
cutting IL functions be was cisary guilty Of Urea
The 4sth section has been refsrfed 70 q showine
Il q not reasonable; but he supposed that meant
sepsrats Stats like tie present, Win the dier-
ence that Ill were 70 be ffee States. The whole
document must be tzken together. The property
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south, and any man found IN arnns was 10 be shot
down. Their conduct at Harper's Ferry looked
like insanity, but there was loo much method In
xSS :. ,a hs xss TO vel
were thousands In the North ready TO join them
While the Jury are to take the whole declaration
q TIE iwsT, shs beoh. expss..ly dsclar: they may
would extenuats the guilt Of q prisoner, they are
| not bound 20 believe it-shey ase bennd 70 con-
| sidef IL. That's all 49, OoI ssusf 4
TO rebel, the law says the prisonen are equally
guilty, whether insufrectioni made OF not advice
may be given By actions q well ~ words. When
Ssr fen osp aIasi tbs. = ssse s1 70 the
slaves 70 rebel, and 10 punishable with death.
The law doe: not require positive evidence, but
Sa, K e rssvs every doubt
evidence 10 the strongest kind, Tor Witnesses may
peIjufe themselves, or be mistaken.; t.rs5. 4
The defence say they don't know who killed the
negro, Haywood. That Brown did not do II, be:
cause there was no objectfor doing %. But that
1t was dark, and the superstition Is that Haywood
was killed by mistake. They say that Brown shot
unarmed, and De therefore thong ht the whole case
regard to the question Of soi;es1sbe law was that
p f p9oSt s n .ss
IL Brown was only intending to steal negroes
and in doing that took life IL was murder with
malice psepense. So the law expressly layy down
that killing committed in resisting oficers I'm At
tempting 70 que fiot OF % arrest the perp-tntor
Of a criminal offence, Is murder In the hrt de-
gree. Then what need Of al fhis delay 70 prove
that Brown treated his prisoners with leniency,
! and did not want to shed blood Brown wanted
the citizens Of Virginia calmly 70 fold their arms
and let him usarP the government, manumit onr
and without drawing atrigger OF shedding blood
permit him to take possession Of the Common.
. wealth and make 1t another Hayti. Such an idea
Brown shed blood only in self-defence. It wa.
too absurd to require argument He gloried in
coming here to violste onr laws He says he had
counted the fiak and knew Whist he wasabout, and
was ready to abide the consequence That proves
malice-thus admitting everything charged
He knew his life was forfeited IL be failed
. Then Is not the case made out beyond all reason.
We therefore ask FOR his conviction to vindicate
| the majesty Of the law. u VI
Mr.. Hunter closed at X O'Clock. During mes,
ortns srgsment Brown lay on his back with his
Mr.. Chiffon ssked the Court TO instruct the jury
that they believed the Psisoner was not citizen
Wet him on the count Of treason. 50
The Court declined, aging the Constitution
did not give rights and immnnities alone but II
Mr.. Chiffon sBsa safed 3, .potbe, ip,.ruet,ou
the erect that the jury must be satised that the
place where the offence was committed was with.
In the boundaries Of Jefisson county, which the
i A recess was taken for half an hour. when the
jury came In with their verdict an intense excite
ment prevailed. 1900 - 81 - ysYT-T
Brown sat up in bed while the verdict was being
rendered 40 follows: 7.67F5 !"
"rhe jury ind the prisoner guilty OF treason In
advising and conspiring with slaves and Others 70
rebel; and Of murder In the first degree
Brown laid down quickly, and said nothing.
There was no demonstration Of any Kind.
Mr.. Chiffon moved an arrest Of Judgment both
ON account Of errors In the Indictment and an error
row. Brown was reinanded 10 jail. - = !
Mr.. Harding announced that he was ready "a
proceed with the trial Of Coppee, who was brought
In and took his seat between MessFs. Griswold and
Aoyt, who appeared 40 his counsel -
The remainder Of the day was spent in endeay-
oring TO obtain jury; but the panel was not CON-
piste when, at s O'Clock, the court adjourned.
u Tom cor~tn, II IL said, win not be acan
didate for Speaker, but win unite with the rest OF
the Ohio delegation in support Of Sherman.