The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-11-10
What to do " iah BrOwn--Sir:snaan
View of the Policy OF Hanging

lFFaH the Riehnona Ensarsr kaiied y 'oa Os''F
The New York Advertiser begs the Executive
of Virginia not TO make martyr Of Brown thai
beiav fanatic he i insane certaiaiy 70 some de
gree and our New Y ORR contemporary tears 6ise-
ful consequences will spring from as eAecutioG.
That as the blood of the martyrs was the SEED oil
the Church so from the grave OF joan broFn
the Advertiser fears crop of armed idDaiIcs nay
surinr I'D destructive TO Virgiais and the south
Il would perhaps. haze been more to tA- point 10
have shown that the pad If l'ro IN would have
lesseued the number of existing fanatics rather
than by suggesting their increase from a
course of Justice. But We apprehead the rxeen
tive of Virginia will not turn al atteHilSe ear TO
Suggestions coming from snch source as the
New York Com rercial Advertiser. The Replt6-
Ecan oar'u of which the Advertiser L 81 oF- an,
is toa d>cpiy impifcafed il tts qcfi9as Of Their
chef leaders 70 ofsr s1iggfs'iors RITA rfsard 70
lie Just punishment 0f o.e Of tHetF HRai6sr
II Consultation cf VIrg MA has PLACED the
mercy seat in the enlightened conscleace OF her
Executive aud thai the high pefogatlse OF par
don has NOT bees mercIiessly eNerc sed, We poiGt
TO long list OF Executive GENE cies that grace
the administration Of Governor " -. Bat IN al
the pardous granted hy him. teit5er the CRIME Eor
The motives of Browu fni any p!ace 10 cool
and calculating crime, ID murder, piiiage and
nlnpdrr to servife and is attendant horrors,
The Executive OF Virginia will always tara deaf
ear, ani soil not the robes OF mercy with tie
crime of perm ting sach wiekeduess TO go IN
punished.
Violated laws ani murdered citZecs demand
victim at the hands Of j4stice; if Brown is
crazei fanatic, Irresponsible either ~ moral or
law there are vet guilty parties. lie IS 'hen the
agent of wicked principals II the Northern
neouIc believe Brown insane what constituent Is
due 10 those who have poisoned his mlni With
the .irre pressioi coutict and spurred ms faia-
icsm to deeds OF blood and carnage? lie may
be insane, but there are other criminals guilty
wretches who nstigalei the crimes perpetrated
at Harper's Ferry. Bring these men-hriny
Seward Greeley. CiadIugs Hale and Smith 10
! the Jurisdiction of Virginia, aud Brown and his
deluded victims 10 the Cbariesto wn Jail may hope
for pardon In the opinion Of Virginia, the five
1 Republican lenders above mentioned are more
guilty than even John Brown and his associates.
An ignorant tanaticism may be pleaded IA paliia-
ton Of the crime OF Brown, bat the tive eplh-
lcan leaders would spurn sach stuiufying plea.
They would not compromise their Intelligence
= even at the cost OF their morality. Let the
friends OF Brown. let all who believe him to be
insane. and all who intend 10 represent hun as
erszy f,uatic. for whose folly party &c fespnn-
sib!e deliver mp Seward, Greeley, Gildings, Smith
ard Hale A fair tri IT their time with
their own counsel will be freely givea them; and
If Virginia does not prove them guilty they too
shall 60 urhurt
Wouldn't it be well for the chivalrous and
patriotic Virsinians who have been frightened
out of their boots By John Brown and his twen-
ty-one associates. white, colored, ard mixed, to
get up a sort Of St. Bartholomew massacre, and
kill of rot only the Republican leaders and Alb
ohionists above named, but also enough of the
rank aud file. in tie important States in "hich
they live, TO give the Democracy the ascendency
= in 1880? We commend this suggestion TO the
: careful consideration Of the author of the Don
nelly letter.