Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-11-29
ltuM MUNIC ATED.

o,,,h enclose you our article from
\. Western Journal Of c"mw .1 i Kansas as
'o' rb;,b the public may find useful IN
tH' -, no;nt Of fact" how far John
P"" .ov,rned by that Golden Rule for
p ''s 10 !. about to suffer "martyriom
WV" Very truly FRIEND.
r..v>'s LAST SrEECu-TRuE HIS
JoaS The telegraph yesterday gave the
~ = 4 John Brown before sentence Of
.a%,Pe ,,s.ed upon him. It's mildly
de''h ,an. and overhowing benevolence
1.ar ,n,;ment will no doubt cali forth per-
q 'S", ot saline tears from the symPa-
tel w, .n,n.,.rs IN short clothes, and tones
tai'"s s.rmatory homilies from the white
9, ~ e." .brekcrs Of the anti.slavery pull
pHs. IN also he seen that his hardihood,
,,"h,ed nerve, aud golden rule cant
s-sk.i il, effect upon brave aud chlvairic
"a Da' and despite his cases of Sharp's rifles,
lHP''. &c reviewers and bundles Of pixies,
9'sA, %ays yiyen him the benefit OF the last
'ns! =. laws Of Virginia allow, before his
y. -: I'LL hs demanded as the forfeit OF his
crimes. ~. > 90. ,b;s f,r tho
NV and rnasnauimity Of Virginia, yet the
a'u ,.,v should not forget the past, nor be
S0l"n ,r.v bv the cant Of this professional
~ - /, is too industriously clrcula-
n M a,5 heralded by the Black Republic
'e' -" ina, Brown has become maniac
"a" .be wrongs suffered at the hand Of the
I i.~s newer IN Kansas" and many good peo'
a y, s,s disposed + look with less horror up
Il. crimes from that cause.
Their. is not word of truth IN all this
., n. contrary. the first murders ever com
m,,aI in Kansas were 10y this same John
p.,.n-,h, horrible massacre OF Potowato-
Tba, we NAV not BE charged with preJu-
H.. =. ,iye the proof from the Herald OF
r,..ivnl, A, Lawrence, the first anti-slayery
,,,.r ever published in Kansas, and whose
l.h,or !. ~ familiar with Kansas history and
ne men who figured in II, as any man IN the
nslon. 90
,.;q in speaking Of John Brown, aud the
,,sa mt ia for his course, it says:
II l. singled cut, with himself. party OF
..rsn men. These he marched to II point
,,b, mile, above the mouth of Pottawatomle
~ and called from their beds ut their
.s,rra residences, at the hour Of midnight
on III. .4,h of May. Allen Wilkinson, Vim.
Sherman. Vim. F. Doyle, VIM. Doyle, and
p,ury poyle. All were found the next morn
ID, by the roadside, or in the highway, some
with \ cash in the heads and side, aud their
,bra,s cut; others with their skulls split
anon in Two places, with holes in their breasts,
ana hands cut III: and others had holes
though their breasts with their fingers cut
IL NJ mao in Kansas has pretended to
ispy that Old John Brown led that murder
Gus furay, which massacred those men. Up II
th.r period not hair of Old John Browns
aesd, or that Of any Of his sons, had been IN
jured by the Pro-,lavery party.
|, was not until the 30th OF August, three
mynth, after the Pottawatomle massacre, that
III. attack was made on OsSawatomie by the
pro.slsycry forces. and Frederick Brown, Il
.u u old John, was killed.
The truth Of history requires this state
ment. II Brown paS a monomaniac, II
dates back anterior to his first visit to han
81"
This is testimony that none can dispute,
aud which every resident in this country a,
the time, knows to be true. Not only dld
this man do this. but he forced his children
70 participate in the bloody deed /; and one OF
bis sons, ~ we have been reliably informed,
i, to-day real maniac in consequence OF the
horrors Of that nj sht, i'll which his father COM
PEELED HIM TO share.
And for this massacre he had not even the
pro-slavcry excuse, As a portion of the killed
were frerstate men, particularly old Allen
Wilkinson, and their only offence was that,
Ike thousands Of good citizens, they would
MT JON Brown in his crusade for freedom.
1t is this red-handed murderer Of innocent
men, this mutila,nr Of butchered citizens,
who is now snvc;ug, with halter about
his neck, over the golden rule, and whln-
IN about his mission OF doing unto Others
IS be would wish others to do unto him.