Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-10-29

b. There were more.
Thirteen questions were put in BY almost every
body in the room, as follows:
Where did you get armsf
B.. / bought them.
In what Staief
That he would not tell.
How many guns2
b. Two hundred Shapes rides, And Two hun.
dred revolvers, what is called the Massachusetts
arms-Companies' revolvers, q little under the
Navy size.
Why did you not take che swivel you left IN the
housed
b. l had no occasion for IL. I. was given to me
a year or two ago.
In Kansas2
No. l had nothing given to me in Kansas,
By whom. and in what State2
b. l decline to answer that. 1t is not properly
a swivel--it is a very large rifle on q pivot. The
ball is larger than q musket ball. 1t is intended
for q slug.
Brown here made a statement intended for the
reporters as follows:
II you do not want to converse any more, 1 will
remark to these reporting gentlemen. that l claim
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perfectly justi6able, and not to act a part at oil in
~cendiary or ruf6anly but on the contrary, to aid
those suffering under a great wrong. I wish to
say, furthermore, that now all you people Of the
South had better prepare yourselves for n s~ettlement
of this question. 1t must come up for settlement
sooner than you are prepared for il and the sooner
you commence that preparation, the better for you.
You may dispose of me very easy am nearly
disposed of now-but this question, l mean the
end Of it. is not YET. These wounds were inflicted
upon me-both the sabre cuts on my head and
body, and the bayopet stabs in different parts oil
my body-some minutes after l had ceased fighting
and consented to surrender for the benefit of 9th
crs, and not for my own benefit.
Several persons present denied this statement.
believe the Major, pointing to Stewart, would
not have been alive but for me. might have kill
ed him just as easy as l could kill a mosquito
wlen be came in, but l supposed he came only u
receive our surrender. There had been long and
loud calls Of surrender from us-as loud as mer
could yell, but, in the confusion and excitement.
suppose we were not heard. l do not believe tbt
we had surrendered,
An officer present here stated that specific orders
had been given to the Marines not to shoot any
body, but wien they were fred upon by Brown
men, and one of them had been killed and another
wounded, they were obliged to return The compli'
ment. Brown insisted, with some warmth that the
Marines fred first.
An Officer. Why did you not surrender before
the attack
3. l did not think il was my duty or interest to
do so. We assured our prisoners that we did not
wish to harm them, and that they should be set a,
liberty. I exercised my best judgment, not believ.
ing the people would w~ansonly sacrifice their own
fellow citizens. When we offered to let them 20
upon condition Of being allowed to change our po
sition about q quarter Of q mile, the prisoners
agreed by a vote among themselves to pass across
the bridge with us. We wanted them only as o
sort of guarantee for our own safety that we should
not be fred into. We took them in the first place,
as hostages, to keep them from doing any harm.
We did kill some when defending ourselves, but !
saw no one fire, except directly in self.defense.-
against US:
Brown, suppose you bad any negroes in the Free
States what would you do with themf
Brown. lin q loud tone and with emphasis.) Sci
them free, sir.
Your intention was to carry them of and free
them?
Brow. Not at all.
Bystander. To set them free would sacrifice thu
life of every man in the community.
Brown. / do not think so.
Bystander. 1 know that. l think you are fanat
ical.
Brown. And I think you are fanstical:-"Whon
the Gods would destroy, they first make mad"
Was your only object to free the negroes
Brown. Absolutely our only object.
Bystander. But you went and took Col. Wash
ington's silver and watch.
Brown. Oh. yes we intended freely to have ap
propriated the property of shareholders to carr
out our object. It was for that, and only that
We had no desire to enrich ourselves with an,
plumber whatever.
Bystander. Did you know Sherod in Kansas p
I understand you killed him..
B. ! killed no man, except in a fair fight.
fought at Black Jack and Ossawattomie, and if
killed anybody, it was at one Of thsse places.
The surgeon having at this time arrived to lool
after his charges, and the dinner bell having rung
the visitors left him and his companion to tina
gent!eman's care. B.