Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-02

''Sooner or later the drop wi!! become
river--ths spark n burning FIRE! 1860 will shine
on the world. the light of n great revolutionary
event. May In that year the voices Of the Old AMI
cfsociaI insa,sert,on-the cry cthnman conscience
| -Libertyiil
| And you, martyrs. John Brown, Shields, Aaron
| c. Stephens. Grecl. Cnprcr. Copeland, Cook
will then he more, Delivered over TO the exc
eutioners, hanged by the oori at tho law. you will
have joined your comps mons, fallen by the steel
and lea; aud We. yonr accomp!ices IN ded we
will have been powcrleas to save YOU. II Is horrl-
BILE. is it not! Ali may that blood fall back mp
OH US aud our ch l,lreu.
The fime of reE&tfoa is near. Cnpsi,es we
now are lay the ciyilzhl institutions. will yet
purchase ba X our forced mistakes Martyrs !,
YOU will DO avenged Oh, the Vendetta the Ven
detail
Greeley Publishes Card.
The letters OF Mr.. ii. Forbes, to which we have
alluded, and from which We huve published some
extracts made allusion to bis conversations with
Horace Greeley on the subject of.thc relations
which he sustained to old Brown and the contri
huors Of the "srcret service" fund. Mr. Greeley
has deemed it proper 10 publish ~ card" denying
oil know ledge # the Harper ferry increment,
but containing some "ttnfcssinns" which taken
in connection With Information already before the
public, 20 to establish inorc fully the fact OF Il
systematic movement IN the part Of the Republi-
can politicians III 1866, to keep upa conflict in
Kansas.
Mr. Greeley says that some imo late in 1856
he was "apprised that he Forbes) was going out
to Kansas 10 help the free-State men. then threat
ened with annihilation by b,rdrr-ruiians Of Mis-
souri,. backed by federal unctonares and troops
1le adds, Il gave him $50 rs lie starting 9TH
ers gave him larger sums: how much in all, do
not know, hut think his total receipts from
friends of free Kansas on account of his resolve
TO go md fight the federal troops eanrot have
fallen below 500"
Twenty dollars. then was Mr. Greeley con-
trbution to Forbes, towards the organization Of II
movement to resist the federal functionarcs and
troops in Kansas. Little by little wo are getting
information on this subject. II the conspirators
quarrel n little further, some further patches
Of their correspondence should fall into the hands
OF the public authorities the whole truth may yet
appear. This much 8 proved, VIZ that the con-
fllct in Kansas was political plot, deliberately
connected To did in The election of Fremont; and
promoted from ttst to last by'!ea ling men in the
Republican party,
Forbes Reply to Greeley.
To The Eitor n tie HrraH:
New YORK, Oct. %, 1859.
SIR: Though the False Prophet If Higher
Law (hn,ing certain am, uut Of type Mt his dis
Posall has devotr, 1t column Of to-day Tribune to
wild rambling TRADE ui ablsc Of me. there are
but f"ur linrs which deserve notice, aud these he
Inns quoted from an address of the Fifth Avenue
Committee. In reply to those four lines beg IN
state that the bringing forward Of my name and
my letters Is great annoyance 10 me-. and that
can IN no way he Responsible if Capt Brown chose
to carry with him in h : cspciit,p IL caruet bag
full ct letters and other documents, and to Lave
his domlcll stre"ed with such ugly weapons. AZ
ter the trial did, in consequence OF a calumny in
the columns of the Tribune, intend to have pub
llshed enough to justify myself, and no more than
that. Now, do not notice that am more to
blame for TINT which has appeared i'll print than
Is Mr.. Greedy himself; perhaps less than certain
others, for had ut one time induced Capt Brown
to renounce his tavolitc project If but II grain
ot common sense had been distributed among
Cart. Brown and his hackers, the s.upil and de-
lunct llarpcr's Ferry project would not have been
resusctated. and the letters consequently would
not have ruifed the temper of the False proph
et.' Respectfully, your,