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eys. and n grizzly beard and hair. H. Is a
wiry. artve man. aui should the igrtest
channe tor an escape he aff .rdpd there is no
doubt thai he will v give his cartnrs much
trouble. His hair i mattel and tangled. and
h s ace. hands and clothes III smouehad and
ne rel with hllod. He conv,rsr 5 freely du-
emily and cheerfuilv. evidently weighing
wcjl his words, and prSsassing g01d
command of language. His manner Is cour-
tc1uN and aff,hla. AMI h. appears to make a
avorthle impression uron bIs auditory.
When | arrived. Brown was nswering
q stions put 70 him by Senator Mason, who
hal ju>t arrived.
MIR. Mas n-Can you tell u.s. at least, who
furnished money for YOUR expedition?
Mr.. Brown furnished most Of it NY
self. cann implicate Others. Il is Nv
M .vn lu!ly that | have been taken. [
sloIld have 9 g,ne away, hut | hal thirty odd
lris,ners, whose wives and daughters were
lu reirS iur their safety. and felt .1r them.
BssIl | wanted to alllv the tears of those
who believed w came here {, burn an kill.
For this rrds ia allowed the trlin t, cross
the bridge, and gave them flli liberty t)
pass on. did it only 70 SPAR the feelings
OF thuS. passengers and their fimiIcs. and to
alIay the appr,bensipns that Won had S't
here in your vicinity Il hanl Of mn WIN
hld NJ r.gtrI ior life and property, nor any
feeling of humanity.
MIR. Ml>,n-BIJ ynu killed some peopls
passing along the streets quietly.
r. BrOwn-Wcll. sir. if there was any
thing OF that Siud done, I5 WAS without my
knoAlelge. Your own citizAaS. who were
my lrisI er>, will tell You that every pos
>ihla mans were taken 10 prevent il.
Mr.. Nail4nlingHam-( (memher If Congress
from D lio, who hai just entcredl-Nlr.
Brown. whn Mt You h,r-?
Mr. BrIwn-Nn man sent me here: it was
my own prompting and that of my VI rk"r,
or that of the devil, which ever you Please
to ascribe !; TO. l acknowledge no man in
human form.
Mr. Mason-Did you consider this a mill
ttry or1IuizltiJn, III this paper he ConSti-
tutlon)?
Mr.. Brown did in some s'nse. | wish
you would give Il at zap 2 close attention.
Mr.. Masou-You considered y ur>elf he
Commdnder-in-Chie Of these ''proyisionaT'
military toIccs.
Mr. Brown WAS chosen arrreably to
the ordinance of "a certain Icdmeut, COM
'nander-iu-t hief of thl- tircr.
Mr.. Mlson-Wh.t waS did you ofr?
Mr. Brovi-N ,nr.
Lirut. Stuart. The wages o. sin is
death"
Mr. Brown would not have mlie such
"a remark 90 yIu, If yoI had ben a prisoner
and wounded in nv hands.
Mr. NlillndnrhAm When in Cltveal1
did ypu attenl the Fugitive S.ay- Law Z n
venJion ther'2
Mr.. Bruwu-No. WIS trere about the
time ut the sittInc OF the court t. try the
Oberliu scue5s. >p3<e there pu'iiciy on
that subj.ct. | spoke on the Fugitive Slave
law and nv own rf>-u- OF c,urSe. 50 far
as had any infJ nee ut all, | WAS disposed
t. Justify the O1erlin PEI. le tor rescuIn. the
slave, b-cIuse | have myself torcIbiy taken
sL,ves from bondIg'. | was concerned in
taking eleven slaves from Missouri . CLnada
last winter.
MIR. Y.-Dij you converse with Joshua
K. Giddiugs tr,r-?
Mr. By,wn-I dIi. would not til YOU.
of course, ANYTHING that would irni iirat. Mr.
Giddiug~; but | certainly met with lin and
bad conversations with aim.
Mr. E.-Ahiut chat ra~cro ease?
Mr. Browu-Yes. dil: I heard lin ex-
press his Opinions upon it Wy freely and
frankly.
Mr. y.-Jastifv,o- it?
Mr.. Brown-E--, SIR; | do not compro-
mis- niu c'r-aiuiy IN saving that.
\ Bv>- ui-r-DId yuu q, out t. Klusls
under sae auspices Of the Emi5rInt Aid S.
cic,v?
Mr. BrIwn-No. sir; | went out under
the auspices of john Brown and no1idy el.e
Mr. Y w III sou answer this DiI va
talk with Glddin5s about your expedition
her?
lIr Br1wn-No. won't answer that. he
cause u denial of il | would not make, and
10 ma any affirm tiOB Of it | shOuld b,
great Ounce.
A Bv,tander-Do you consider this a reli-
giouS movement?
Nr BruWa-It j., in my opIni1n. tho
greatest service man ctn render To CD.
BvStander-Do vou ,nsider yourself an
instrument in the hands OF Providence
Mr. Brown do.
Bysander-Upon what principle do you
justify your acts
Mr. Brown-Upon the golden rule. 1
pity the poor in bondage that have none to
help them; that is why am here; not 70
gratify any personal animosty, revenge OF
vindictive spirit. 1t is my sympat y with
tine opp pressed ami the wrongeG, that are as
as god Us you and as precious in the sight
vi GJd.
BystAnder - Certainly But why take
the sl1v, against turIr will?
Alr. BrOwn-l n,ver did.
Bvstander-YUu did II one instance, at
least.
stephens. the other wounded prisoner,
here SAID, IN Il clear firm vIice-'' fJI are
right. In one Gas; 1 know 1h1 nssrO wanted
to 20 buck.
sl.,v,.s IN e,.se Of yIu success
NJ Rr.,wu-No, ST. nor did wish it ;
a,,,.,.r,.,i 10 .s.lt er tAem up from time u
tIGit and set them free
Did you expect to hold possession here till
then?
MIR. Brown-Well, probably h ID quite
different idea. do nIG know that ought
to reveal IN plans. am here Il prisoner
and wound, d, because | fJ0lishly allowed
myself TO be su. You Overrate your strength
in surprising you could have taken me # nad
not IL lowed It, | was too iardy after COM
mencing the oper attack-ln delaying my
movements through Monday night, and up
u the time | wLs attacked by the govern
mcnt troops. Il Was ali Occ.lsioned by my
desire to sparo the feelings OF my prisoners
and their families and the community at
large. had no knowledge OF the shooting
of the negro (Heywood.J
What Iims did you commence your organ
ization in CanaGa?
Mr.. Brown-Tuat occurred about two
years ago, if remember right. 1t was. think,
In 1858.
Q. Where did you get arms TO obtain
possession of the armory? A. L bought
them.
Q. In what State? A That l would
not state.
Q. How many guns? a. Two Lun-
dred Sharp 5 rlhs and two hundred revoiv-
.rs-wbat is called the Massachusetts, Arms
Company revolvers, a little under the navy
size.
a Bystander-Wby did you do 1t secretly? ?
Mr.. Brown-Because | thought that ne'-
essary 10 success; no other reason
Rv~t.pder-ADd vnu think thar nOnOrl-