Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-12-14
Then and Now.

linen anu NOW.
The following is taken from the leader
of the Ns~,cBnryport Herald. and was pub
lished on Friday, the day of the execution,
and it will be read with interest, for the
contrast it presents between the time past
and the preset time. The Ohio press refer
red to was DIR. Bailey's, which was three
times thrown into the river opposite Gin
cinnati. as our Western readers will doubt
less recollect.
For ourself, We have no faith in the
abolition of one wrong by the commission
of another. Slavery will not fall in this
country by force and bloodshed; and yet,
the failure of John Brown-a man whose
sixty years of life have proved his courage,
stern integrity, and lofty Christian devo-
tion-will accomplish the end he had in
view. lie sought, he said. to create a
feeling Of insecurity IN relation TO The Stare
i~RSttatioa. This he has done. The en-
tire white population of Virginia are dis
mayed and distracted, and they see, writ
ten in letters of blood, that Slavery must
die. The entire slave population, too, of
Virginia, know all the facts as well as we
do. They take fresh courage in the cowar-
dice of their masters: they get exaggerated
ideas of Abolition strength, when it takes
thousands of troops to guard the convicts
from rescue; hope revivcs in all their souls,
and more thought Of freedom. Tomorrow
they Will sit down in their cabins to think
and speak of John Brown, the slaves friend;
and from the day of his death will he grow
greater in their minds, till hereafter his
name shall be to the black man what the
name of Moses is to the Jews. Not less
impressive will be the lesson to the North
men. A few weaklings, as there are a few
in every crisis, will turn to kiss the bloody
hand of Slavery that takes John Browns
life; but with the masses, new hatred Of
oppression will arise, new motives for action
be given, and a frmer and deeper determi-
nation than ever be cherished to fight on
the battle of Freedom to the last, and to
transmit the contest from father to son, till
no slave shall live in the land, and not a
chain shall clank upon human limbs on
this sentiment. The South themselves must
perceive the difference in Northern opinion
now and thirty years ago. When the
southampton rebellion took place, all the
free States were terrified, and bowling, with
their faces southwark, asked, What can
We do to support your Institutions Catch
us our slaves said the South, 'or We will
dissolve the Union And then a thrill Of
horror ran through eur veins. and VIC prom
iscd to do it forever. Anything more.
masters of the South?' asked the pulpit and
the forum, the press and the merchant
princes, we do your bidding Stop your
Northern fanatics came the response; and
at once Garrison was dragged through the
streets of Boston, the wOman's prayer-meet-
ing was routed in Concord. the P~ennsylya-
MA Hall was burned in Philadelphia, the
press was doused into the Ohio at Cincin-
natl. Lovcjoy was shot at Alton, and Ed
ward Everett was asking the Massachusetts,
Legislature if it was not an indictable of
fence to talk Of Liberty in the Old Bay
State.
"IIow now stands the case? Honoring
John Browns hereism, no man will justify
his offence; but when the South bowls in
her rage. not q woman, or child, is
startled. let the mad dog bark and bay
the moon till he shall tire; VIC stand upon
our rights, and viii perform our duties, and
no more Not a Northern voice quivcrs
in reply to their threats, as every n says.
you have caught your niggcrs, now hold
them as best you can; you have sought
your slaves, and now be cursed with them,
if you may; we arc not your drivers or
your taskmastcrs. What is written in the
bond, VIC will do; and what you have prom
ised, you shall performl'
'Yes, yes; times have altered. The first
thought with seventeen millions of North
ern people tomorrow will be, this is the
DAY of John Browns death; and then VIC
shall sit down mournfully to watch the
hand passing over the d~iI-plate till the
sun stands at high noon, when one great
groan viii be given from the heaving bosom
of the nation. and we shall turn our faces
to the wall in sorrow. The law VIII be
indicated and We shall say, 50 let it be.
for the law must be supreme; but from that
moment we shall be a thousand times more
Anti Slavery than We ever dared to think
Of bcing before. Henceforward John Brown
is a martyr; and the martyr of to-day is
the saint of Tomorrow. A law-breaker he
is but so were many of the martyrs that
We most worship. 1t is not his crime that
we shall canonizc, but his heroic soul and
his untainted love of Liberty. Let him
die. He passes thereby from under the
law of man to the law of God, and the jus
tice of Heaven, that knows no distinction
of races, nothing of the color of the skin,
and before which the master and the slave
are on a level"
A WIFE's LETTERs-INTEREsTING Pos