The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-22

That is the idea that Lna moved ma a,,d i, ,, iua.
alone. We expectsa no reward; we ex necIed
thc Satisfaction OF eiideavoring to do for thon,
to distress-the greatly Oppressed :. '''vs. W..
would be done by. The cry Of tIistresa aud ~
.le ss. aistisssed Is my reason. and the only one
By-siander.--Why did yon do II secretlva
Brow..-Because thought 1t necsssarv for
SUCCESS, ns and saI for no other reason ' ~
aIs T. on think that honorable. do
letter 1is Sniah last
Erown.-What letter do you mean
by-s'ahoef-Thc New York Herald Of YES.
teruay IN speaking of this affair ,uent.nys ,
letter la which he says "that IL is folly to M.
Tempt to strike the shackies OF the siave hv
the force OF moral snasion or legal agitation,
and predicts that the Aex I movement mada 4,
the direction of negro emancipation will hs ~, -,
| insurrecti0n in the South - ~
Brown--l have not seen New York Her.
ala ior some days past, bat presume from
| your remark about the gist of the letter. thai
should concur with 1t. / agree with Mr.
Smith that moral suasion is hopeless dou,t
| think the people Of the slave States will ever
consider the subject OF slavery in its true
| light until some other argument is resorted to
| than moral suasion.
Mr.. Vallandighanl-Did You expect gen.
Leral rising of the slaves in case of your sue
cess
/ Brown-No, sir nor did wish it. I ex-
Epecied To gather strength from time to time;
Then l could set them free.
Mr.. f.-Did you expect to hold possession
| here til then
Brovtn-Well, probably had quite a differ
| ent idea. i do not know that ought to reveal
| my plans. am here a prisoner and wounded,
| because foolishly allowed myself to be 50.
You overrate your strength when you suppose
| could have been taken If / had not allowed il.
| was too tardy afteI, commencing the open attack
| In delaying my movements through Monday
might and up to the time l was attacked by the
IfGovernment troops. u was all occasioGed by
! my desire to spare feelings of my prisoners
| and their families, and the community al
large.
! Mr.. V.-Did you not shoot a negro on the
| bridge; or did not some of your party
| Brown knew nothing of the shooting Of
| the negro (Heywoodl
| Mr.. What time did you commence your
/ organization over III Canada
BroNn-It occurred about two years ago. If
l remember right, it was, L lhink, in 1855.
| Mr.. f.--Who was the Secretary. @ssE
! Brown--That l would not tell if l recollect-
| ed but do not remember. l think the officers
| We're elected i'll May, 1853. i may answer in
correctly, but not Intentionally. My head is
a little confused by wounds and my memory
of dates and such like is somewhat confused.
DR.. Biggs-Were you in the party at DR..
| kennedys house !
| Brown--I was the head of that party. I oc-
cupied the house to mature my plaus. L would
| state here that have not been in Baltimore to
| purchase percussion caps.
DR.. Biggs-What was the number of men at
| kennedy's
Brown-I decline to answer that.
DR.. B.-Who iaEeea the woulan's neck on
| the hill
Brown-I did. 1 have sometimes practised
| Ill surgery when thought it a matter OF hu
| manity of neeessity-when there was no
| one else to do it, but have not studied sur
| gerry.
DIR. b. Ito the persons around) 1t was done
| very well and scientifically. These men have
| been very clever to the neighb1rs l have been
! told, and we had no reason to suspect them
| except that we could not understand their
| movements. They Were represented at eight
| or nine persons on Friday
| BroWn-There were more than thirty.
Questions were now put in by almost every
| one in the room, follows:
| Q.-Where did you get arms
Brown-I bought them.
| Q.-In what State!
| BroWn-That would not tell
| GLOW many guns
Brown-Two hundred of Sharp's rifles, and
Istwo hundred reyoiyers-what is called the
Massachusetts Arms Company's reyolvers
"a little under the navy size.
Q.-Why did You not take that swivel you
| left in the house
| Brown-I had no occasion for it, II was
given TO me year or two ago.
O.--In Kansas
Brown-No! had nothing given to me in
| Kansas.
Q.-By whom and in what State
Bruwn-I decline to answer that. 1t is not
| properly swivel it is very large rifle on
pivot. The ball is larger than a musket ball;
it is int tended for slug
Brown then made an address to the repor-
ters of the press, telling Them to warn the
South that the settlement of the slavery
question would come sooner than it expected
He added:
You may dispose of me very easily; Tam
nearly disposed of now; but this question is
still 10 be settled-the negro question: mean.
The end is not yet These wounds were in
fiIcted upon me, both the sabre cut on my
head and the bayonet stabs i'll the different
| e.af hNxfy
ceased fighting, and had consented TO surren-
der for the benefit of Others and not for my
own benefit.
GSeveral persons present denied this state
ment.l
Brown resumed-I believe the Major here
| lpointing to Lieut.. Stuart,) would not have
| been alive but for me. | might have killed
him just as easy as l could kill musouito
| when he came in; but supposed that he came
| In only to receive our surrender. There had
| been long and loud calls OF surrender from us
as as loud as men could yell-but in the con-
fusion ana excitement suppose we We're not
| heard do not believe the Major or any one
| else, wanted TO butcher us after we had sur
| rendered.
| GERS mad been given to the marines not to shoot
| nybody, but when they were fired upon by
Browns men, and one OF them had been killed
| turn the compliment.
Brown insisted with some warmth, that the
marines fired first.
| lar he
| fore the attack
| Brown-I did not think it was nv duty or
! interest 10 do so. We assured our prisoners
| that we did not wish to hurt them and that
| they should be set at liberty. l exercised my
| best judgment, not relieving the people would
! wantonly sacrifice their own fellow citizens
| When We offered to let them GO upon eondi-
| ticn of being allowed to change our position
| about quarter OF a mile, the prisoners agreed
| by vote among themselves to pass across the
bridge with us. We wanted them only as a
sort of guarantee for our own safety that we
| should not be fired into. We took them. in the
| first places as hostages, and to keep them from
| doing any harm. We did kill some when de.
| Tending ourselves, but ! saw ore fire except
| directly in seif-deience Our orders were
/ strict not 10 harm any one not in arms against
| us
| Q-Well, Brown, suppose you had any me-
| groes in the United States, what would you do
| with them
| Brown lin loud tone, and with emphasis,)
| Set them free, sir
Q.-Your intention was to carry them off
and free them
BroWn--Not at all.
By-s tander-To set them free would sacri-
flee the life of every man in this community.
Brown-I do not think SO.
By-stander-I know that think you are IA
natical.
Brown-And / think you are fanatical.--
"Whom the Gods would destroy they first
make mad"
-Q.-Was your only object TO free the negro
Brown--AbsolGtely cur only object.
By-siander-Buf you went and took Col.
Washingtons silver and watch.
Brown-Oh yes we intended freely to have
appropriated the property OF slayeholders 10
carry out cur object. Ii was for that only
that; we had no design TO enrich ourselves
with any plunder whatever.
Q-Uid you know Sherrod in Kansas
understand you killed him.
Brown--I killed no man except In fair nght.