The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-03
Twa,ldle about Brown.

DOLLAR, IN advance.
Twaddie about Brown.
Certain sentimentalists OF the GARRISON
aud BEEcnER school have found out mar
yelious resem hlance h-t~een Old BROWN and
JonN BALrorR of Buriey. rs the latter is de-
pictea in the novel of "Old Mortality" In
one respect, Mt least, shey agree. With the
exception OF RAsuLgiGH UsBALDIsToS, BUR
LEY was the blacklist scoundrel whose picture
ScoTT ever drew; nor Is II any relief 10 the
dark color OF his portrait, that when he was
waylaying aged ecclesiastic, dragging MN
from his carriage. and numbering him III the
arms OF his daushter--or when he was pan
ming the massacre of garrison Oh neipiess,
half-staryed men and women, betrayed to MIN
h, ono of their own rtilaber-or when he was
destroying the tiils-deeds of an estate to re-
venge himself upon an old We nan and her
only female relatiye-or when he was inter-
cepting single horseman with an armed force,
with the determination TO murder him In his
helnlassness-he conceived that he was acting
for the glory of God. We DO not conceive 1t
TO be a very sufficient apology for criminal,
that he has extracted his creed OF hatred ana
crime from the pages OF the Bible. MOORE
compares 4 certain character of this descrip-
ton TO the bees of some district IN Persia,
which draw from the rarest and most delicious
flowers species OF honey which drives those
mad who eat it, The venom lay in the bee,
not in the flower and in like manner Bur
IEYs mi d and heart were 50 depraved that
everything which came to them through his
outward senses-eyen the doctrines of the BIZ
ble-were Immediately assmilated and became
poison In one or two respects his character
seems to deserve something less than repro ba-
tion He acted conscientiously, and believed
that he was doing Con service whenever he
murdered or betrayed, and he appears to have
been actuated by no mercenary mo:iyeA
Brown resembles Burnley i'll all the worst
parts OF his character. He is treaehAy-
Gus, cruel, remorseless, and yindictve-fulis
as mach 50 as his supposed prototype
Bu. there all likeness ends between the
pair lie is 10 fanatic, notwiths landing the
attempt 70 make him out fanatic. The crea-
tiou Of an instruction, and the consequent
murder of thousands of all ages and cUndi-
tons were regarded by him as mere specuia-
lions. The mercenary motive sticks out in
every act Of the drama. He was TO raise the
1nsurrection-the instruction TO raise
. the price OF cotton, and BRoWN was to make
fortunes for himself and his friends. That
was to be one OF the consequences of success.
Another was to be his own elevation to the
Presidency, upon the overthrow Of the present
government. In one respect only does he
seem to have resemhled fanatic. He proved
himself 10 be great fool. But scoundlels al
WAYS arc, from HE simple fact that they
Judge OF men by the standard OF their own
hearts, and cannot, therefore, conceive IL
possible for any man to be really, eonscien
tously and without compuisiou, honest
BROWN read his Bible probably, but it was
only 10 wres: frcm its pages an apology for
his predetermined wickedness. 4 pretty ey-
cuse. truly. a man comes into g peaceful
community on q Saba h night starts rebel
lion against the government, kills, or causes to
be killed, score of persons, and when he is
brought to accoun. for il, are told ''he reads
his Bible - Very well II the Bible COM
mands him 20 commit murder, the Bible COM
mands that he shall lie put 10 death for it, lie !
has carried out his part of the command, rs he !
undeTs lands il. Now let the law carry out the |
rest OF il. From what we can see he processes |
TO be governed by the OLD Testament. Let
him have the law as laid down by MOSES
Other Northern prints are sadly shocked at |
the precipitation with which Brown has |
been tried. what they exclaim, Try a
wounded - The wounded man has rca-
son to thank his stars that he was allowed |
any trial ct all. We undertake 10 say. that |
nowhere else on this continent would trial |
have been accorded him, taken, as he was, in |
open rebellion against the government in
rnedia,ely after 4 bloody fight, and with the
corpses ofhis victims lying, unbured, around |
him. If lAe same thing lad occurred in Mas
sschusetts-if party OF Eirginians had in
yaded any quiet village in that State and
murdered three four OF its Inhabitants.
from no other motive than a desire TO create
rebellion against the goyernment-they |
would have been hung on the spot, as soon as |
taken. The history of the descendants of the |
Pilgrim Fathers leaves no doubt upon that |
head. They never siIa ID anybody-Indian |
or French-whenevcT lhoy got them in their |
power. And the cid it, as BROWN and |
his men murdered the people at Harper's
Ferry, from the best of all possible motives
Virginia, they tell US, will lose character, in
Yankeedom, by trying old BRowN while he is
suffering from his sounds. 1t is news to us
that she ever had a,character in that region
Certainly 1t must have been a very bad one
If not why were these men sent here to cut
our throatsl Shareholders are constantly
held up all over tlk North, as men whom it is
yirtuous TO STAY. kurely trying and hanging
old BROWN. though wounded, in attempting
10 carry ont this favorite dogma, will not
make our character biacker in the estimation
of neople WIN ttiAk thus badly of us already
What worse can they think. II a man is so
had yt.a, he deserves death, he can hardly be
worse Bux the truth is We do not want the
rood opinion of that class of people whom
the aco Initial OF bid BRowN would please
We pray never tolnave It. This, we take it, is
net the true reason why these good people are
90 anxious for the honor of Virginia There
IL another, and a far more influential one at
the bottom. They know that sharp ana sud.
den justice will be sure to render such an
other invasion impossible. Let a rascal
know that he win be hung, II he be caught in
the commission OF nm offence, certainly and
speedily, and he will not be apt TO try it,
The fact IL, nothing short OF u Triumphant
aeqnitsai wSuid have satisfied the abolition
tsis We, here ia Virginia, do not ,vant,o
satisfy them.
One Of the Sympathizers.
Ins ne" York Heratd-which holds a civil
nseo ana proper tone upon the Harper's
Eery ousrages has a correspondent at
0haf.es'o~n who sneeringiy speaks OF .ihe
Harching and concentrating Of military
saafa'ag q solitary, broken-down prisoner to
riaL lie mentions In the same letter thar he
was Admitted TO the jail with detachment Of
snasers 70 zee Baows. Such characters can.
ss.,n IS =. carefully watched, The utmost in