Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-12-03
Vbe Anti- 9laperp Busle.
From the Independent,
JOHN BROWNS SPEECH FROM THE
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Il seems to be settled that John Brown will be !
hung according 30 the sentence Of the Court at
Charlostowu. It can hardly be hoped that the
average sentiment Of justice honor, and humanity
in Virginia, exhibited during his trial. will per-
init Governor Wise to respite the old man long
enough for the Court of Appeals to re-examine his
case, and inquire whether the lower Court has
not acted upon faulty indictment, or mistaken
an insane man for criminal. The Slave Power
demands revenge for the disturbance of it's Sc
curity and peace. 1t cannot feel safe until the
last Of the score of invaders who stormed it's cta-
del Is destroyed will it feel any safer then
That John Brown will make any concession or
retrac.ion, that he will yield to fear or acknow-
edge guilt, that ho will do anything but yndcate
the principle upon which he has acted and con-
denim to the last the system of slavery which he
aimed to overthrow, no man who knows his hsto-
ry and has marked his department during his trial
and imprisonment will for one moment imagine.
The speech which he will utter from the scafold
will become historical;-taking rank with those
dying words Of patriots, heroes, and martyrs.
which have become the watchwords of after-gene-
rstions in the great conflicts and triumphs of free
don and truth. We doubt indeed, whether the
chivalry Of virginians will so far conquer their
ruwefdice as to suffer Brown to speak at all before
the fatal moose is tied. And therefore, he would
do we'll to deposit his last testimony in writing
with come trusty friend who will see that it
reaches the public eye. Perhaps the justice
(which hurried sick and wounded man through
the mockery of trial, may permit him the mock
&c 70 amid tba did dofd
and the bootings Of the crowd. Doubtless the
precautions OF the sheriff against an imaginary
rescue, will go surround the gallows with militia
gy gard, that no reporter shall be able to carry
away word of what Brown may utter. But spo-
Ken or unspoken, there will go forth from that
scaffold speech that will stir the land.
There are sentiments of human nature which
are universal spontaneous, and unconquerable
Honor to brocery in whatever cause; honor espec.
islly to one who shows unfinching pluck for what
he deems the right; honor pre-eminenty to one
who perils or sacrifices himself in generous deed
tor others-the common sentiment of mankind
awards this as it's spontaneous tribnte. The ags
OF hero worship has not gone by; the sentiments
shst promp. to this are not extinct. Nots,ahsy
alone who approve the object of Browns ill-fated
VApoNs put thoy Sdu"'J ""o S''"PP'S'S t""'
feel in their inmost souls o response of admira
tion for the brave and generous old man. They
know that such purposes as his are not fifty re-
Quilted by the scaaold. And this feeling is str n.
gess among those rougher and sturdier men who
know enough of personal bravery to admire it in
smother, and among the hard-fsted sons of toll
who know the worth of generous deed in behalf
of the wronged. John Browns speech to the
Court has found it's echo in such sentiments, and
the speech from his scaffold will deepen that re-
sponse.
That scafold will say to the North,-This il
the bloody. the Unsuitable tyranny of slavery. The
very existence of that system demands that free
men shall be for silent in its presence; thai
the voices OF revolutionary siIes shall be hush
ed; and that whoevor shall speak or plan ac
for the overthrow of slavery, shall pay for his
temerity with his life, if ever he shall within
the grasp Of its arm. This is the first lesson
That scaffold demands of all the North, Will yt
also be slavess
That scsfold will cay to the South,-This mus
denceforth be the price of our slaves and of oul
security; system of terror maintained in all oui
borders, the surveillance Of despotism over tht
stranger and the citizen alike counting it crime
to speak of emancipation. or to lift finger t
relieve the slave, or to relieve society of this bur
den. The South may at first obey the behests o
this new terrorism, but by-and-by will count th
cost. The lesson Of that scatfold upon the ethic
and economics of slavery. will be greater than al
that has pet been said against the system.
That scaffold will speak to the opponents o
slavery words of lofty inspiration. 1t will remin
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right, which no hindrance check, which N
violence can put down. A deeper earnestness,
moro heroic self-sacrifce, will henceforth posses
the minds of all good and true men in opposition
10 slavery. John Brown leader they Nigh
not have trusted while living; John Brown as al
sxemplsr 10 conscientious aud unfaltering dis
charge of duty. they will emulate when he is dead
Butthe most deep and emphatic utterance Q
that scaffold will be to the slave. The public ez
eeution of John Brown and his associates will b
talked Of in every cabin Of the South. Men VII
cannot read will catch the whispers Of the wind
and all who are in bonds will know-by that tele
graphic sympathy which makes the oppressed 8
quick to hear and feel-that free white men wer
brave enough to die in the attempt to give free
dom 70 the slave. That scaffod will proclaim th
insurrection 1t is designed to subdue. That sea
fold will arouse in the hearts of the oppressed th
determination to brave death itself for liberty
And here sndeth its last lesson, in lines of fir
and blood, 5,,,, -.-s-
slsot sgil-uE-.f
INpIcyED FOR SEDiTIoN.-The grand jury
Norfolk, Va, have found q true bill of indotmer
aesiust s. Daneuburg. who keeps clothing an
shoe store in that city. for ssdious language. ca
oulatsd to ineite insurrection.
Tho 6rst count charged him with having use
thu words, John Brown was good man, an