Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-04
lThe Cruelty Of slavery. q

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a The Cruelty Of Slavefy. u
as We are mo- apologist Of the gray -haire
Ii phrenzied old man, who, with handful
n followers, has created so much alarm to tt
country by the recent demonstration
Harper's Ferry Neither will we hea
- denunciations upon his head-there al
enough to- DO that, We are among thos
/" who believe that no harm could be done b
: such half crazed men, ifthe Southern portio
Of our country was not so peculiarly" con
p stituted if it were not like a powde
! magazine, ready for instantaneous explosion
!. We see in this fact, aside from consideration
Of Humanity and justice, sufficient reason fo
opposing the extension of the "peculial
institution" .,s, ..,i'I -, ,,.;,. -.
But enough on that score for the present
While our Democratic friends are in the
melting mood" over the destruction Of life
! occasioned by Old Browns insane attempt to
7 free Virginia and Maryland, let US invite them
to drop'a tear or two to the memory of those
who perished on account of The Democratic
party's infamous attempt to enslave Kansas.
| How, stands that dark account personally
between John Brown and the shareholders |?
| Let the blood stained pages of Kansas in the
4 Winter Of 1866 answer. John Brown had
Ia son, Z. P. Brown, who near Easton, that
Winter, was taken prisoner by the pro-slavery
ruffians who infested that Territory. and
confined in store. An express visited Fort
Leavenworth, and begged that United State
troops might go to the spot and save him from
being murdered. That was refused, and
refused, too, in compliance with positive
orders from Washington. What followed?
Capt. 3. P. Brown was helpless and alone in
the power Of the pro slavery men; that band
| Of ruttians struck him, and he rose to his feet
and asked to be permitted to fight the best
man among them he would fight for his life
but the towards dared not give him that
chance. Brown then dared any, two or three
Of them to fight him, but the craven. hearted
crew would not comply with that request.
Then the fiends, in human shape, rushed
upon the unarmed, defenscless man, and
actually hacked him to pieces with their
hatchets. A STAKEHOLDER, named Gibson,
dealt the fatal blow, burying Ratchet in the
side of Browns head, splitting his skull and
scattering his brains. Brown fell, and his
enemies jumped upon him while dying
Brown cried out, "don't kill me, am dying"
and one of the pro-slavery wretches since
then awarded with commission as United
States Marshal-stooped over the PROSTATE
man and spit tobacco juice in his eyes. Thus
died Capt E. p. Brown--a free State martyr
the son of John Brown, known as Ossa-
wottomie Brown, the leader of the Harper's
Ferry insurgents.
From notice Of Capt. Brown, in the New
York Herald, we extract an account of the
sufferings and death of second son, in
Kansas, in the Winter of 1856: =, go
One of his sons, who was elected to the
Legislature in February, 1856, was seized and
chains-a distance OF thirty miles. His feet
and hands were chained together with large
heavy chain, the size of that used upon OK
teams. He was compelled to walk the whole
distance beneath the burning sun. The irons
wore the flesh from his ankles he was
attacked with brain fever, was neglected, and
died in two or three days. lie was COM
panlon OF Governor Robinson, Jenkins, (since
shot by Lane,) and seme eight Others After
the death Of his first son, occasioned by the
torture and fatigue of his forced march, Brown
swore vengeance upon the pro-slavery party, |
and it was frequently observed by the more |
prudent of the free State men that he was
evidently insane on the subject He was
always considered by them as a dangerous
man, was never taken into their councils, and |
never consulted by them with reference either
to their policy or movements. r -...,
Read that bloody page, and tell u.s. How
stands the account between John Brown and
the shareholders Is it any wonder that the
old man feels vindictive, and has nursed his
wrath till he has become a monomaniac
And yet, mad as he is, insane as was his
attempt at Harper's Ferry, he is guiltless of
the inhuman cruelty to defenseless prisoners
practised by the servants of Mr.. Buchanan
and the Shareholders in Kansas. Who will
say that, if Brown must be hung as traitor,
the perpetrators of those savage Lrutalities do
not deserve the same fate? ........
WEEPING CLIvALRY-G Gov. Wise said. in
speech at Richmond, that "he was ready to
weep when he heard that the outlaws at
Harpers Ferry comprised only twelve men,
and that they had taken the town in ten
minutes" If the chivalry show such lack
| of uo1or ho(npo q hon C,,l oc