The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-21
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ma browns GhOst-A Fearful Look
Ing for OF Judgmens-John Brown mot
Heroic Phiia nthropy-Drumming Up
AboIitionists that DON'T Pay for thcir
Paper, &c., Sc.
THE REIGN OF TERROR IN THE SOUTH.
from Fred Douglass Paper, Nov. H.
We presume that the citizens of Virginia are much like
the crest Of mankind under ordinary circumstances
have az much nerve falls to the lot OF common hu-
manity But they have long lived under the shadow OF
great Each STAKEHOLDER keeps grim skeleton IN
his social closet which may start into life at any moment
The demon Of hate which his life of wrong and outrage
has invoked haunts him night and day He listens for
the OF the sumbering fires OF the volcano upon
whose sides he sleeps ana every sound that hustles
through the air. every football behind him. makes him
fancy that the avenger is on his track
recent traveller in Central America relates that on
ascending one Of the volcanoes Of that country the guides
rmed that any slight disturbance upon the surface
the earth such as tho loosening Of rock, or football in
the ashes, would produce an eruption II Is thus with
snyehoding society The march OF score OF brave men
down from the mountains OF virginia. has set her social
volcano Ia motion. Underlined terror broods in tho air
Every stranger watched examined and il his business
is moi plainly forth, he is imprisoned The Sheriff OF
washington county, Maryland has summoned five hun
bred deputies his aid watch the borders OF Pennsy
yana The people flee to the towns TO sleep every night
leaving the slaves in full possession of the field until day
Such scenes are full of sgnincancy These people are
not enaced by foreign foe. There Is pirates fleet
lurking savages in their forests II the slaves are con-
tented and happy why this mighty hegra their masters
to places Of safeys II the bondmen love their otters
and the masters who forge them why do not these
tiers their slaves rs body guard against their
II is because, as Wendell Phillips well SAYS there
is John Brown in every Shareholders conscience Nor
can Virginia courts and executoners him Let
them hang the old hero and he will haunt them still His
spirit will sit at their feasts, and obtrude upon their
reves. His memory will cling To them like the poison
shirt of Nessus. This border viii increase
The slaves will learn its import The lies by which
they bave been made to believe that Brown and his
were their enemies will cease to be believed. The
day of doom for slavery beginning TO break upon the
horizon The people OF this country have sighted
proof and despsed warning for generations Their sins
have been laid bare their conscences year after year
vain. God has sent them prophets and wise men,
abundance for quarter of century They nave tram
pied the Gospel of humanity under their feet and def
anty persisted in their crimes against the poor slave
under a constantly accommodating blaze Of light and
proof Their cup of wrath is filled to the brm, and the
drops which have recently overlooked but prelude
TO the flood TO come The day of repentance to
its close and the long shadows Of the coming night OF
tributon already begin TO creep goomiy the land
scape Of the future weighed in the balance and found
wanting is written upon affairs OF religion, the
walls OF our legislative halls the doors Of
piles of justice, and III the chambers OF Executive Ca
bne No people have sinnod against greater light
been more fully warned, more madly disregarded
the warming than the people of this country And
less the teachings Of history fable and the laws Of
the divine government ropes of sand the reributon will
be commensurate with the sin and the sighted warning
We have pleasure in contemplating such a picture
for scenes of blood and horror. We would be
glad to cling to the hope that there still remaining
the hearts OF the American people so much natural justice
FORM But that hope has turned TO ashes and poor
human vision can see little else in the future except "a
fearful looking for OF Judgment
CAPT JOHN BROWN NOT INSANE.
One of the most painful incidents connected with the
name OF this old hero the attempt prove HIM insane
Many journals have contributed to this effort from
friendly desire to shield the prisoner from Virginia
ardly vengeance This is mistaken friendship, which
seeks to rob him Of bis true character dim the glory
o. his deeds 10 order to save his life Was there the
would choke down our indignation and be silent. But a
Virginia court would hang crazy without a mo-
ments hesitation If his insanity took the form of hatred
oppression and this plea only blasts the reputation Of
this glorious martyr Of liberty without the ntest hope
of improving his chance Of escape
II 10 an appalling fact In the history of the American
people that they have far forgotten their hcro,
age readily to accept the charge Of insanity against
man who has initiated the heroes Of Lexington Concord
and Bunker Hill.
1t is eneminate oowardy age which calls man
unatc because he rises to such seorgetful herosm
a. 70 count bis own life worth nothing comparison
with the freedom Of millions of his fellows Such an age
would have sent Gideon q madhouse and put Ieonidas
in strait jacket Such people would have treated the
defenders Of ThermopylR demented shut up Cas
Marcus in bedam Such marrOwess population as ours
has become under the debaucheres of slavery, would
have struck the patriots crown from the brow of Wal
lace and recommended bsters and bleeding to the heroic
Tell Wallace often and again desperately forget
Brown in striking for the American save and Tells
defiance of the Austrian tyrant was far above the
appreciation of cowardly selfshness was Brown s
rid insane when he rushed to his death upon an
army of spears, crying 'Make way for ibertyh' Are
ricsn dictionary Heaven help usl when our oStest
types OF patriotism, submest historic ideals ophan
thropy to be treated as evidence of struck
madness Posterity will owe everlasting thanks John
Brown for lifting up once more to the gaze of nation
grown fat and abby the garbage OF lust and oppres
sion, true standard Of heroic philanthropy, and each
coming generation viii pay its nstament of the debt No
wonder that the aiders and abetors Of the huge
shadoWng and many armed tyranny, which he grappled
with in it's own Internal den should call him mailman;
thO9e who profess him
freedo TO join in the cruel SANDER dis the unkndest cut
of ALL g.' II 0et5e
spirit Of vengeance invoked by the murder Of his brave
boys That the barbarous cruelty from which he has
suffered had its effect in ntensyng his hatred Of slavery
is doubtless true But his statement that he had
been contemplating bold strike for the freedom Of the
slaves for ten years. that he had resolved upon
present course long before he or his Set foot
Kansas His entire procedure in this matter
dspfoves the charge that he prompted by impulse
Of mad revenge, and shows that he moved by the
highest principles Of philanthropy His carefulness of
the lives Of unarmed persons-hs humane and courteous
treatment OF his prisoners-hs cool self possession all
through his trial-and especially his calm, dignifed
speech receiving his sentence, all conspre to show
that he neither insane actuated by vengefu pas
SION and We hope that the country has heard the last
John Browns madness The explanation Of his conduct
is perfectly natural and simple its face He believes
the Declaration Of Independence to be true and the Bible
TO be guide to human conduct and acting upon the doc
tnes Of both he threw himself against the ranks
Of American oppression and translated into heroic deeds
the love Of liberty and hatred Of yrants with which he
lanthropc and heroic SOUL This age too gross and
sensual TO appreciate his deeds, and calls him mad
but the future will write his eptaph upon the hearts OF
people freed from slavery because he struck the first
efectual blow.
Not only is 1t true that Browns whole movement proves
him perfectly and free from merely revengeul pas
sion but be has struck the bottom line of the philosophy
which underines the abolition movement He has at
tackled slavery with the weapons precisely adapted
bring it TO the death Moral considerations have long
since been exhausted upon shareholders II is in vain
reason with them. One might well hunt bears with
ethics and political economy for weapons, to seek
pluck the spoiled the hand Of the oppressor by
mere force OF moral law. Slavery is system Of brute
force II shields itself behind might rather than right
II must De met with its own weapons. Capt. Brown has
nsuateo new mode OF carrying the crusade Of free
and his blow has sent dread and throughout
Inc enure ranks OF the piratca army of slavery His
daring eeeas may cost him his life, but priceless the
vaiue OF that ie the blow he has struck will in the end
prove 70 be worth its mighty cost Like Samson he has
laid his hands upon the pillars of this great national
pie OF cruelty and blood and when he falls that temple
VIII speedily crumbie to It's final DOOM buryng its DENT
zens In its ruins.
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