The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1859-12-24
Visit to Drown By an Old Naiahho.

VISIT to Brown by an Old Naignbor
The Erie Penn. True Amerisan publish.
es a long narrative of the visit of Mr. NJ
B. Lowry, of that place, to John Brown
Mr.. Lowry says:
81 felt that it was due to the old man
and TO my old friendship for him, to visit
him in his prison, and bear to him the salu.
tations of his old neighbors in North-wes-
tern Pennsylvania. l have just returned
having seen the misguided but honest old
man, and brought message from him. Il
IS this-given to me as the door was clos.
ing between US: "Say to those without. 7
am cheerful
I obtained, before leaving, a letter from
the Adjutart General of our State, and was
well armed, in addition, with letters to Gov
Wise, Senator Mason. Andrew Hunter, Col
Washington and others, from friends in
Philadelphia and Baltimore. l was in.
formed for the first time when l reached
Philadelphia that ali Northerners who had
been Unidentified as friends of Brown had
been warned from the State, and that the
country about Charlestown was under mar
tial law, and l was strongly warned not to
venture any further on my journey.
Mr.. Brown did not, at first, recognize me-
but on my giving my name, greeted me
cordially and gratefully. He said there
were many whom he had hoped to see, whom
he had not seen, but he had not expected
to see any of his old Crawford county
friends. He alluded to Crawford as being
very dear to him, as its soil was hallowed
as the resting place of his former wife and
two beloved children, and the sight of any
one from that region was most cheering [
cannot pretend to give his language-it was
the natural expression of deep and impas-
stoned nature, and as eloquent as words
could be uttered
I remarked to Mr.. Brown that there had
been different version given to his Kansas
exploits by the Herald Of Freedom from
that which his friends gave, and ventured
the opinion that his reputation demanded an
explanation. He replied that he understood
my allusion, but that was mistaken in sup
posing that it needed any refutation from
him. Time aud the honest verdict of pos
terity," said he, ''will approve of every act
of mine to prevent slavery from being es-
tablished in Kansas. l never shed the
blood of a fellow man except in self-defenSe
or in promotion of righteous cause" He
spoke in indignant terms of the editor of
the Herald of Freedom, characterizing him
as selfish, unjust. revengeful, merceuary,
untruthful and corrupt" l remarked that
l regretted to hear him speak of G. w.
Brown in such terms, as he was al old ac-
quaintance of mine. and had been trusted
and respected. His answer was-"Mr.
Lowry, you are mistaken if You suppose
that anything that George Washington
Brown could say can tarnish the character
of John Brown During our converse
ton, the martial music (where Gov. Wise
was reviewing his army near the prison.
made IA great noise, and thinking it must
annoy him I asked him if it did not p
NO" said the man, cit is inspiring"
And here, as parted with him, telling
him | would see him again. if possible, he
repeated to me-''Tell those without that
am cheerful My time was up and was
invited to leave