, 1859-10-29

4'4tGA e"N~A@9|AA~SS t~'Vs eN's ~ *@-'' |
Development and right direction, would hare
made him one Of sne great men o1 tnc ~vr,o.
Napoleon h'uaseA had no 1G:SSis blind aud trust
n" r..-t r...s,t,rnra In hi. oxn dest;nr and rk,our-
..,s, ri. ;ron wjf and ,tnhond;ny ,,urnose was
ri. & thnt NJ anv ma,, 1ivjnr oT ie.i. his re-
,,es mi f,jxe thnn1h !, wnsl ,xas ~, earliest
"a s;ncs. sna W., axca,,s,5 ,,r ,fst oe Oliver
'romwclI or anr of hi. foitnwers. i. while no dan
~ rnij En- a, ,comen. .I.rm ~ disturh him.
rbonrh. donh,3ess I,a who]e nntu,e was sub.
;.ct e md amo.t constantly f,r HE Inst tbl &c
',r fnur years. nerynded by tbe dcepcst excite
meut. bis exterior was ulways calm and cool. |
III. n,nnnfr. thouph conypyinr the idea Of u
Stern and sr,Gsusfa;ninr man wns yet rent1c |
and courteons and martrd hv frenuent aud de. |
ridaA ,n.,;f.st ot;nnu of tir3ncss. and it can
nroh,hIv he ss;i3 of him xift trntn that amid
I'll h;s nrorocasior. he nfyer neroeirated an
mr., n wan,on nr unnecesserr c11,,]fv' He was
1e,,.r gnre ytfnronce tn n hoast II9nn one oc.
casions when one Of the ex.Gorernorso Of Kansas
said to hin that be was marked man. and that
Tho Nissourians we're determined. sooner or
later: to take lis scalp. the old man Strengthened
himself nm with rlsnre of enthusiasm and de.
fancs in liz rrov eve q Sir = sa;d he. 81 t6e on.
ri ~ Il, Iot'f ,5;H eonn rnaaI oIaut NJ" His
~ tarca "a. sad s 4santi,s tp s'n "sr- *' ~ si.re
powar had dr;ren Tho ;rnn ~ narsonai xrnn~
n ~ farn, ~ na,san,tn. n,rs.s;on md NM,
.,rr. ~ into to lis toul aud naddened lin INTO he
one idea Of life, long, undyinE war On the inst-
tuition which he believed to be- accarsed Of
God and man. Who can wonder at the re-
suit: And who eau doubt that be, far more
than tie many criminals purged Of guilt Tor
deeds Of violence at the hands Of courts and Ju'
wfite thus uot 10 justify lin. Society ean-
not afford to justify such deeds of blood, al-
though many Of those Who are loudest in
their denuuciatiuns would be very ready to
Justify him had he committed these wrongs in
recovering slaves and attacking Abolitlonists,
and hnEe had no word Of condemnation for the
foul murders which made John Brown ; dss-
nerate man. For his offence he is responsible
II there is any responsibility behiud him. It
rests on those Who first introduced aud sane
TONED the instrumcntalities Of violence. oppfes-
sion and murder, in the contest over tue cxten.
sion Of Slavery; for they have tauglt him the
game and educated him to proficiency IN play,
ing it. Let them punish, if they will the pupil
who has outlearned lis teachers. but it is worse
than idle to disaSow the paternity OF the 81 stem
they hare taught him His own responsibility
he will meet, like q hero a. he IS. AL virginia
10 arms cannot unafrng hls neves Or blanch a1s
cheek, aud ne Will meet h1s late, Whatever + -
probably with feeling Of gf1m satisfaction taat'
Almost unaidea and alone, ne was nbse 10 thfo"
tie boosted Slave rover OF TWO great otates
into commissions OF terror and summon armed
Thousands Of the Chisafry to bis capture.
tF,ou the nos,op At,a,and pee, ty james Redpatal
aefo lain Rrnwn'x nol;.ical onioions. II ia
oSeortad hat hc wos member If the Renuhf;-
can nnrtv II il falsc Ife dtSn;atd the Rennb.
licah PasH. ~ COURSE u W. opFo5eu ~ tue
ran;zcI political action against It, But when
tue Republicans cried Halt" John Brown said
"FonwAKp, .Aarch!!" lie was an Abolitionist
Of the Bunker Hill school. He had rs little
sympathy with Garrison is Seward Hc be-
l'cvcd in human brotherhood aud in the God of
George Washington. lie could not sec that It
was heroic to fjrht against petty tax on tea.
aud endure seven rears Of warfare for politi-
cal right, and crime 10 fight IN favor Of rcstor-
| ing an outraged race to every birthright with
| which their Maker had endowed them, but OF
| which the South had for two centuries robbed
them. The recent outbreak was premature.
The icrvtable coming triumph Of the Repnbll'
can .ety, hare the best authority for stating,
WIS lie most powerful reason for the precipi.
tate .-,yement The old man distrusted the
Re,u, y!;cau leaders: he said that their SUCCESS
| wou,,f be backward movement to the Anti.
| Slavery enterprise, His reason was that the
masses Of Tue people had confidence in thess
!eaJcrs: and would believe that bg their actor
| they would ultimately and peacefully aboti5t
,iayery. That the people would be deceived
that the Republicans would become as conserya
| tive of Slavery US the Democrats themselves. ht
siucerely-may l add, and ,rith rtason--be
iiryed, Apaihy to the welfare of the slar,
would follow; hence it was necessary to strik'
~
4 LETTER Fnox BROWN.
/ FIRM the Cleveland uerad.1
Is every thing, now, rsiat're 10 mat mla
Es,,ae rsce;xad br .Indoe Titden' The hedv n
lie letter is in the handwriting Of Sherii
himself:
CnAn1Esrows, Jefferson Co.. Oct. =: 1852.
:oshe Hon. J4i9r TsIstn:
Dsar S1R-I an here prisoner, with seyera
sabre culs in nv head, aud bayouet stabs il m
body. Nv object in writing Is to obtain abi
md f,;thif,, cn,,nsel for myself and fellow nris
oners. i've in ali. Us we txve the faith Of VII
sinia nledped through her Governor, and nu
1nrrous prominent citizens, to give us . fai
| trinl. Without we can obtain such counselfroE
without the slave States, neither the facts in OF
case can como before the world, nor can we hav
| the benefit OF such tacts Us might be considere
mttirutjnr in the view Of others upon our tria
have money on hand here to the amount {
$50. and personal property sufficient to pay
most liberal fee to yourself, or mug able ma
who will undertake our defence, il can be q
lowed the benefit Of said property. Can You
some nther rood MN come on immediately, ft
The sake Of The yo.iHy meu prisoners ut leas
My wounds are doing well.
Do not send IN Ultra Abolitionist.
Irry respectfully yours,
JOHN BROWN.
p.S,-Tle trial is set for Wednesday mex
the altll instant. J.W. W.CAarnELL,