Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-11-17

Republican journals are vehement in their
denunacitions of Southern men who regard
the great mass of the people of the non
slaveholding States as sympathizers with
John Brown in his marauding expedition in
to Virginia. They know that he went there
to steal property of Virginians, and to cary
it of; and that, caught in the act, he added
murder to the crime of attempted negro steal
ing and insurrection. The know that the
doctrines Of their party lead 10 such things.
and that whatever aid he received was from
men cntertaing similar doctrines, and gencr
ally acting with the republicans. Yet, when
they are held up as responsible sympathizers
they Indignantly deny the impeachment. At
the same time. their conduct bellies their dis
Chalmers. The ink with which they are writ
ten scarcely has time dry before attacks are
made upon the court and juries which try
and convict BROWN aud his fellow nurderers.
Letters are published extolling the courage
and fortitude Of BROWN, without word of
censure of his brutal rutfianism, and poems
written commemorsting his virtues and he
roism. Women write to him, proposing to
wait upon and nurse him in jail; and lee
turers treat Of him as a saint. These things
are done not by ignorant and unlettered ia
natics; but by educated persons, in respect
able positions in society, some of them WELD
in gvast influence. The n. Y. Independent is
and able religious journal. one of the most
influential of its class. We quote from il a
l.. s.. .B.t IL IN 81
Read
The brave old man who lies in prison at
Charlestown, Virginia, awaiting the day OF
his execution. is teaching this nation Lessons
of herOism, of faith, and of duty, which will
awaken its sluggish moral sense. and the nj
most forgotten memories of the heroes OF the
Revolution.
Again -
With all his errors Of Judgment. and his
fatal mistake IN the mode Of his attack upon
slavery, this forlorn old man is exhibiting a
type Of heroism which the world has hardly
seen since Cromwell and sydney shook
iyfants with terror"
And. again. the BsdspsnieEf treats the EMO
tive OF BROWN rs sublime"
And here L. an extract from a sketch Of a
discourse made in Boston last Thursday by
Rain WALDO EsERsoS:-
Alter abiding 10 the heroes OF other tlm-s
and other lauts. who, soon as they are
Isoru. take a bee line To the rack of the Ia
q position or the axe OF the tyrant.' he said
" Look nearer. at the nngaihered records Of
those Who have gone To languiSh in prison or
Ia die la re>culng Others. ur In rescuing III M.
selves from chains 81 thu slave; OF look at
mar NEw EAiNr, THAN WHOM NoSE PURER or
MORE BRAVE MAS EvER LED ny LOVE ~ Man
mi" 'NFIICr AND DEATH; nee sa1af. sTatpg
yof A,s m.Hts,Li,a; and Eh6 n he shaA sseer. sead
a.Lks hs guilosas giorsOss !tks
This, BY large audiences Of the cream Of
Boston society, was received. says the Bee.
with prolonged asd enfhasissfse sgPlasss.'
Would such panderings TO the lowest and
basest of homan passions be permitted. much
less spplauded. unless there were a general
sympathy in the community for the suiJects
OF theml
The editors Of the Lsd7rsdnf and Mr..
EnEEseS are men Of profound learnipg and
Of high character. II nsighbor Of theirs
shonld steal horre. and murder the owner
when be sought 10 recover his property. they
would consider Il eEininal TO treat Lin Is =