Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-28
MORE TREMENDOUS DISCLOSURES"


-opes "highly important disclosures" and Gin
pIicates all the leading Republicans of the
country" shows that Bennett is as busy and
wicked as ever. While he exists, at least, it
will be unreasonable and absurd to deny that
the personal existence of Satan is impossible.
Yesterday, the New York Herald opened an
''incendiary" budget prepared for such use by
one Forbes, a Scotchman, and an adventurer,
who came to this country after the European
revolution of 1913 His time was spent chief.
ly in New York until he went to Kansas with
Capt. John Brown, while the people of that
territory were at war with the border ruffans.
He went to drill the free state forces and train
them to guerilla fighting but he was OF little
Use. His budget, opened in the Herald, con-
sists of five or six long letters, all written by
himself, all filled with complaints and denunci-
atoms against the "humanitarians," and all de-
manding money for his Services in Kansas.
These letters are directed to +. B. Sanborn
of Concord, and DR.. S. G. Howe of
Boston He states that he applied to
several distinguished Republicans to use their
influence in his behalf with those who had
Kansas funds at their disposal. He told his
complaint to Senators Seward and Sumner,
and the latter wrote for him to DIR. Howe
What DR.. Howe's reply was may be inferred
from summary of its contents in one of the
letters addressed by Forbes to that gentleman.
Forbes says to him =
"Your points in the letter are as follows
w, how in no int
and capacity of Capt. John Brown. ,. You as
sert that received 5000 for my family g.
That l received more than my services were
worth. 4. That you AMI your committee
friends made no engagement with me, sc.
In the course of these letters he brings out
the fact that he was aware that Brown intend
ed to invade the slave states and seek to free
the slaves, He also shows that he was intend
ing to do something terrible against those who
would not give him what money he demand
ed He was not successful in that desperate
pursuit of funds therefore he aims to make
the impression that the money raised to aid
Brown in Kansas was given to promote an in
surrection in Virginia; and yet, in one of the
letters, he contradicts this representation in
the most explicit manner. His own failure to
get money he attributes to New England
breach of faith" With this explanation, the
following passage from one of the letters tells
its own story =
"My first thought after discovering Browns
completely in the New England breach OF faith
was-let him try. Though justly irritated at
the hOrrd treatment of my family, did not
till towards the end OF April, utter syllable
even 10 Mr. Sanborn, which might tend to
check the supplies l spoke to but one abo-
itionist for some weeks after my arrival here,
and he thought much as l did. On reconsid-
ering the matter with other abolitonists, they
advanced such sound reasons that conceived
my first impression to have been erroneous,
and they say that B. must be stopped"
The words 'let him try" refer to Browns
intended crusade in Virginia, of which Forbes
was aware, and of which he said nothing to
any one, for it "might tend to check supplies"
This, of course, admits that the Supplies
were not furnished for any such lawless pur
pose; and thus this vengeful Mr.. Forbes cuts
the throat of his own malignant scheme to
avenge himself by bringing unjust suspicion
upon others. And he goes on to admit that
when "other abolitionists " became aware of
what was intended, they said at must be
stopped" He shows no lack of malice, but
he does not succeed to injure anybody. He
represents that he told DIR. Howe what Brown
intended, i'll a letter dated in May, 1858. If
he really did SO, as the published letter would
have us understand, it was very natural for
Dr. Howe to regard it as a SANDER, for he had
not much faith in this Forbes and besides
the letter was full of injurious and sanderous
things against others, and was throughout of
character to forbid the idea that anything in
it had been stated with a serious purpose
His most noticeable stroke is at Mr.. Amos A.
Lawrence of Boston, with whom, probably lie
had been very urgent for money. He says in
this letter, purporting to have been written to
DR.. Howe, May IA, 1853 that Brown was aid
ed by Lawrence because the success of the
scheme would aid the latter in "cotton spec
ulation" He says:
"Then the whole cotton scheme appeared
before me, and the recollection that B. had told
me that Mr.. Amos Lawrence had promised
him 81 900 whenever actual hostilities should
be commenced, brought to mind other recolIec-
tions This iniquitous speculation in human
blood for the mere greediness Of dollars shall
somehow be stopped"
Mr.. Lawrence is well known to a goo
many persons, and they all know that he has
felt deep interest in the fortunes of Kansas;
but this adventurcr's intimation that he was
engaged to give 500 to promote Instruction
in Virginia, scarcely deserves notice. Every
man who knows anything of Mr.. Lawrence
will treat it as it deserves 1t shows us very
clearly what to thiEk of this Forbes himself,
who confesses himself plotter of instruction.
but does not say in plain words that he with.
drew because Brown would not make him SUI
prone chief of the expedition and give him un-
limited control of the "sinews of war"
We cannot comprehend the motive of those
Journals which speak for slavery and slave
holders, in aiming to have it believed in the
south that the Republicans, who constitute the
majority in the free states, are plotters and
supporters Of instruction in the slave states
They who do this, are in reality the most UNI
scrupulous and dangerous promoters of insur-
rection If what they say so falsely were
true, it would not be well for the institution of
slavery to publish it in that style. Their afro
elous libels IN regard to this matter, during the
last presidential campaign, occasoned one
slave Instruction. they having induced some
of the slaves in Tennessee to believe that
Fremont with great army was coming to set
them free. If it suits them to promote such