Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1859-12-02

/ sion Of neighboring nation, at peace With tine
Uuited States, did you not pledge yourself %
commit treason2 Was il NOT By the murder Of
unoffending Mexieaas that yon expected 70
| advance those schemes Of avarice and alnbi-
tion2 WIS, huminty had you for Aiezicau
'smothers and bahea," whom you proposed to
| make childless aud fatherless! And for what
purpose was this wholesale massacre to teke
piaeei Not TO right the wrongs of an oppres-
sed class; not To sustain any grea principle
Of justice, OF ef freedom: but merely TO euable
slavery to pour itself forth without restrapt."
Even if Capt. Brown were as bad IS you
paint him, SHOULD suppose he must naturally
remind you Of the words nf Macbeth
awe but teach
Bloody Instructions, which, being taught. return
10 plague the Inventor This even handed justice
Commands the ingredients OF our poisoned chalice
To our own lips.'
Ii Captain Brown intended, as you say, to
eomini; treason, robbery, and murder, think
have shown that he cood find ample author
ity for such proceedings in tue public deelara-
tions of Gov. Wise. And If, as himself de-
elares, he merely intended TO free the oppressed,
where could he read more foreible lesson than
Is furnished by tie State Seal Of Virginia |
looked at it thoughtfullS before | opened your
letter. and though IL had always appeared to
me very suggestive, it never seemed to ne 50
mEc5 50 as it row did in connection With Capt.
John Brown. A lioorty-loging hero stands
with his foot upon PROSTATE despat; under
lis strong arm, m4naeies and chains lie bro
ken anu The motto is Sic Semper Tyraani ?
Thus oe il ever dope to Tyraats.' And this
is the blazou Of State whose most pyod.a .able
business is the internal Slave Trade 10
whose highways coffias Of human chattles,
chained and msnacled, are frequently seen. =
And the S3al aha the 0uffl5s are both looked
upon by other chattles, constantly exposed TO
Sue same fate What il some Yezey, or Nat
Turner, should be growing up among those ap-
psrensiy quiet spectators ! IL is ia no spirit
of taunt or of exultaton, that | bsk this
question. never think Of it bus With Anxiety,
sadness, and sympathy. l kuow that slave.
holding community necessarily lives ia tie
miast Of gunpowder aud, in this aye, sparks
ef free taoughtare flying in every sdireetson.--
You cannot quanch the fres of fres thought
and human sympathy By any process Ct cum
nIag or force but there is q meshod by which
you can effectualiy wet the gunpowder. Eng
land has already tried it, with safety and sue
cess. Would that you could be persuaded to
ses asi1e prejud:ces Of education, and candilly
examine tie actual working of that expert,
nent Yirain;a is SO richly endowed by nature
,has Free Institutions alone are wanting to
render her the m9st prosperous and powerfal
of ,he States.
ma; ,y;tv
of them would rejoice !" have lie Slave States
fulfill their of,-yepeated threats OF withdrawal
from the Union. 1t has ceased to be bug
bear, for We begin to desp.ir Of being able, by
any other process, to give the world the cx-
ample real republic, The moral sense of
these States is outraged by being secomplicas
10 sustaining an Institution vicious ia all lis
aspects and is now generally understood that
we purchase oar disgrace at great pecuniary
expense. Ii yon would only make tho offer OF
separation 10 serious earnest, you would Gear
the hearty response of millions, 'Go gentle
men, and
''Stand not upoa the order of your oiag,
But go at once -
Yours, with all due respect,
l.. MARIA CHILD.