New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-08
\ DEFENSE OF THE MEMORY OF JOHN
BROWN

10 fhe Editor If the Boston 1rG.eLisr
SIN. Ina YOUR issue of yesterday you have AN article
M 1er the caption Of documents relating TO John
Brown" by which wrong impression Is given to The
jtnblic Viii you allow me 10 present lew points
" lch you in couEon with the press generally, have
overlook ed in reference TO the eE pdrte statements
row beng Taked oat Of the ashes of the past
As Tor nearly four years have been your CORE
sroIdelt in KaiIsas may ask the privilege de-
siIed and trust that the confidence / hope to have
nerted in endesyorng ia thiuly to give the facts OF
Karsas history, will stand me in need in the re-
marks shall make.
Tie aft davis alluded to by Won have been published
II Tie Herald 81 A'reedOm. The same have also been
rel ublished in lLe Post of this city, They can be
found IN the report of the Congressional Kansas hives
iigatlng COMMITTEE. They were not however. taken
before the ful session Of that body, but were con
eoeted Vt Westport Missouri, by Gen. Whitfield aud
Nj. Oliver, che Pro-Sayery member of the Com
nfsion, DO ahundanty proved, during that inyestl-
cat On bic deere To make Outa Rood case against the
kIee-State Eeu.
Apaif-iIe statements made in those afidavtsare
entirely dieBentirom those hsst made by the women
Wien hey arrived at WepOrt after the killing at Pot
awatamie Creek. This can and will be proven. Bet
tie afosvts such woOld be received as evil
deIce in any eOut Of law. Aliifth rate practitioner
could them all to pieces fer as they go 70 show
that John Blown had anything 70 do with the homi-
cider But o. the parties tsstites 10 having seen
John Brow in The neighboThood on the night Of the
q, ed. That eayr the captain called az one OF the
bouses the creek rhOrt tinetefOre these men were
killed. and iFomthat it is infersed that John Brown
did the deed
One Of the actors in that affair, ROD dead, gave
in Il Sunnie of So Description of it, the Of
the deed and ihsIsanner in which t was done and
TCm n at staAsIezt, which has been verified by all
Tie inquiries that have been Bafe since, there is
hesitation ca my part in declaring that Capt. John
Brown not the scene, Ber1a participation in the
rigkeous S hysv hieh FIVE ruihaUs cent 10 their
account.
is inferrod in your article that Doyle was peace
able citizen, though Pro-Slavery man. Let me say
that IL Kansas 10 one presumes t9lake such state
uent. He not 9n'y was q PO-Aavery man, but
~ fan Of tie most malignant slemp Al of those
killed EIsnikars Of active gang Of rutlians
v TO Il ade their headquarters in that vicinity
Doyle was eDgysed with others ina fendish attempt
10 outrage tie psTssns Of Capt BsoH MS daughter the
aife Of Tbonso9y Hho, while prisoner in the hands
of tie chtr0L Virginia Bsrtally butchered
and Of Bis daneheg in-law The wJs0, one of Browns
sCns.
Wilkinson was a,,nember Of that, ody Of usurIers
sbch under the uszne Of LegelSsNzc, passed code
laws that have ssinee become "A byg1Ord and hiss
t1ong The nSfians for barbarisy amt tyranny. He
came TO Kansas grofessed FreeSl&1s man, tried 70
ne. the nomination from that party and failing that,
tGsk position with the Border RuflaDs. At Shawnee
Mission lie with aneiker OF the stamp Chap
nan, was universally despsed by the MissOurans,
who made Of them hi tools tor r.ensayement.
ESs-y member OF thai usurplng body deserved death
"a lse hands VI outraged peOpe. Wilkinson was
u lading member OF the same gang viii Doyle and
SienaD.
Another point n infssad in your article and that il
thai tie POaW ane h0Blicldes were the ETN acts OF
tie and that theKefsre the dOen Of thedeed were
the s.syIessors. Turn back to history. Wilkinson,
Doy r. and the others killed the night OF the
2ltL nj May 1856. These days before the City Of
Lawre-1oe had been sacked by Bufords RutbsDs Five
months 5efore 2 eco M1sourans lay around that place.
thstiIg FOR the blood Of tie people. For megths the
Territory Lad been in state Of civil war. Dow Of
Hickory Point, Collins Of Doniphan, II. Z. Brown Of
Easton Jases OF the Wak2rusa, Robert Barber and |
Stew ar OF Lawrence had all Of them been assasnated
BY tie men sgith whom Doyse and wilkinson acted.
There men had, in conjunction with others, stolen !
John BToWus cattle and those of bis SONS and neigh
boTs aud otherwise injured the Anti-Ssvey people of
dat settlement. At the time, these were engaged
Il a c,nfpiraey 10 drive the Browns, cartridges,
AID others The Creek, and their sudden deafh
se prevented IL being carried out. The stories q
n iatng the bodies falsean invention, probably
# lie editor of The Herald Of Freedom, who en- i
CeayOFs 10 Guido Virginia in attempts 10 backen the
shaIae;er Of the Cromwellan soul which yesterday
uIDed unto ms God
You state that after this affair at Potswotamie, John
Brown los the confidence Of the FreeState leaders in
Kansas. Let state few facts which viii possibly
put different face on the matter.
Charles RobiDson, the present Republican candidate
for Governor OF Kansas wrote letter time after
this affair, 10 John Brown, which fully Endorsed his
eourse and praised him highly, being beneficial TO
the In that summer be, with other prom
inent kTeeStafe men, consulted with John Brown, in
d0rsing plans fer detepsye operations submitted by