The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-12-08

fratricidal war AS ragged in Kansas, he
had them on his brow. Osawatomie
was given to him and added to his
name by the insanity OF the crazy crew
Of the North AS Napoleon conferred
the names Of battle fields on his ia
vorite marshals. The action Of BLACK
JACK, too, gave him consideration, cir
and condition with philan'
.thropists Of bastard quality, carpet
knight heroes in Boston, and scrvlle
followers of ~fanaticism throughout
the country, Ills courage snow Iau'
dcd to the skies by men who have
O n of il themselves. This virtue,
| admit, he has-Iinkcd, however. with
a thousand crimes. An iron will, with
which TO accomplish evil under the
skiIful guisc Of good, ] also admit TO
be in his poAession-rcndcriug his
influence over the young all the more
despotic and dangerous. Imagine, if
you please, the bark on which this
young MAJ at the bar and all his hopes
were lrciglltcd, laid alongside of the
old wcathcr.beatcn and murderous
man of-war whose character | have
placed before you. The one was
stern and bent upon afata! v yagc.-
Grim. yisagcd war, civil commotion
pilIage and death, disunion and uni
vcrsal dcsolation tbronged through
the mind of John Brown.
10 Him law was nothing, the Union
was nothing, the peace and welfare
Of the country were nothing, the lives
Of the citizens Of Virginia were moth.
ing. Though II red sea of blood roll.
ed before him, yet he lifted up his
hand and cried forward. Shall he
now shrink from his prominence and
attempt to shrivcl back TO the grade
Of his recruits and subnllcrnSl Shall
he deny his bad prc-cmincncc and say
that he did not incitc the revolt which
has involved his followers to ruin p
Shall he stand before this court and
before The country and deny that he
vas the masicr.Spirit, and gathered
together The young men who followed
him to death in this mad expedition
No his own hand signs himself"Com.
m%ander.in chiei," and shows the pro.
per distinction which should be made
between himself aud the men who, in
an evil moment, obeycd his ordcrs.--
Now turn to the contrast again and
behold the prisoner. Young and new
to the rough ways Of life, his unsan'
daled foot tender and unused to the
Journey before him, a wait on the
ocean, at the mercy Of the curren,
which might assaiI him, and unior,u
nateIy endowed with that fearful eff
which causes one to walk as in q
dream through all the vicissiludcs OF
Il lifetime severed and wandering
from the sustaining and protecting
ties Of kindred, he gave, without
knowing his destination or purpose, a
pledge Of military obedience TO John
Brown Communicative chief"
Gentlemen Of The jury, there is one
character which, in the economy Of
Gods Providence, has been placed up.
on the earth, but perhaps has never
been fully drawn, and is most difficult
to draw. 1t is the character of him
who gIides down the stream of life in
a trance, dreams as he floats along,
and secs visions on either shore. Re.
%nlitieS exist in this world, no doubt
Practical views arc certainly the best.
But that lmpalpablc, airy, and unSub,
tsanlial creations Of the busy imaSin'
utions come 10Y aud then and lure
thu children Of men to chase the
WiIlo'lhc WiSp' over the dangerous
morass of life, is as true ms we have
our allotted pilgrimage Of thrcc-scoro
years and ten. Who has not bchcId
the young nan Of strict moral culture
impressed with high principles oil
right, and gifted with good intellect,
start out upon the dusty and we'll
beaten highway, which millions have
trod before Lin, Only to tern a>iLo at
the first inviting grove OF pleasure,
the first call Of some lanci.ul wood
nymph. or to follow over the falls ol
ruin and death some m~oanderino
stream wi osc beautiful surface cau.h,
caught his eye! 10 suc,, a one right
aud wrong are alicr distractions. and
have no relation whatever to things
that exist. Give to such a mind n
promise, however false, and from il
will spring a castle in the air with
proportions us true and just as the
most laultless architecture ever fran,
ed by mathematical skill. Some la,
the foundation Of their actions on il,
rock and are never Over,hrown.-
Some build upon the shifting sand
and fall when the storm comes. BuI
in each instance the building may be
the same in its symmetry. So with
the deductions OF the mind. All dc.
ponds, not upon the reasoning, but
upon the basis on which thought rests,
and which supports the cdiiice of our
conclusions. The enthusiast and Wis.
ionary takes his standpoint and fixes
the premises Of his conduct from ca.
price and the circumstances which
have obtained the ascendancy of his
mind.
That such has been the character
and such the conduct Of the prisoner,
without a spark of maligniry Of heart,
or Il single impulse of deprayity, all
the evidence in this case clearly rs.
tablishcs. Some general ideas gilded
over by the alluring title OF freedom