The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-11-16

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OF his own household gods, and into the com.
mnnion Of idoiators. aliens and enemies 10 the
pure fatth of an American citizen. And IL
seems 70 me, In view of the services which
these who love this boy have rendered to their
country, and in view Of their deyo ION To The
true construction of the Constitution and the
inlunctions of our fathers, might rehearse
aaa quote TO you with propriety passage
Iroh 'he history OF the latter years Of the
~lsest king lsraei, ever had:
For IL came To pass W hen Solomon was old
that MS wives turned away his heart after
other gods; and his heart was not perfect with
,las me Lata MS God as was the heart of David,
MS rather. For Solomon Went after Ashta
retn, the goddess of the Ionians. and after the
auomination of the Ammonites
And solomon did evil in the sight of the
,, i,ora, ana went not fully after the Lord as did
md the Lord was angry with solomon be-
cause ms heart was turned from the Lord God
OF lsraei which had appeared unto him twice.
Ana mad commanded him concerning this
ihing thar he should not go after other gods !;
manded.
wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon.
.oIasihucn us this Is done unto thee, and thou
| mast not kept my covenant and my statutes
~hieh have commanded thee, / will surely
| TO thy servant
Notwithstanding. in thy DAYS will not do
Al Ior David thy fathers sake"
Ihe king, who was forgiven. and spared not
merely his life, but his Kingdom also. and his
glory during his lifetime, because of the Ioy-
ATTY OF his father who had gone before MIN,
was cid aud very wise, and full of experience
he prisoner before you has done no more
than 10 disobey your covenants and statutes.
ana pleads that ii has been done in the early
| nolning OF life, his first offence, and under
the tanefnl influence of school of philoso-
ply which he once thought sincere aud right t.,
| but which he now here once and forever to
you, and before the world, renounces AS false,
4 at,6 sul
| more intoleraut than God Shall you be less
| inerciful than He, in whose presence your
only plea will be mercy! mercy! mercy p
| WIZ you say you dare not recommend mercy
] To John T. Cook, when divine examples and
| the appeals of your own consciences on
| your side l will never believe IL until the
appalling TACT Is announced by you.
| But let us advance. l have spoken of Cook,
/ his parentage and connections. Again comes
| the question, who is he (! And now / proceed
to answer 1t with reference TO the transactions
| AT Harper Ferry, and with reference To the
| facts OF the case. Let spread broad and
| wide before The moving panorama of evil
| WHICH reaches its denouemsn: at Harper $
Ferry. There are hearts and feelings woven
| in the destiny oi the prisoner which shall be
| relieved and solaeed as lar as truth, dragged
| up from the depths OF this misfortune, can re :
iieve and soiace them In evil hour-and
may it be forever accursed John f. Cook
met John Brown on the prostitnted plains OF
| Kansas. On that field of fanaticism three
| years ago, tins fair and gentle youth was
| thrown INTO contact with the pirate and rob-
| ber OF civil warfare. To others whose sympa-
| thies he has enlisted, l will leave the task OF
| transmitting John Brown as martyr and
| hero to posterity. In my eyes he stands the
| chief of criminals, the thief of property stolen
| horses and SlaNeS-from the citizens OF Mis-
souri,, a ialsifier here in this court, as [ shall
yet show, and murderer not only of your
| citizens, but of the young men who have
already lost their lives in his bloody foray
on your border. This is not pleasant TO say
| bat it is the truth, and as such ought to bs
aud shall be said. You have seen John Brown
| the leader. Now look on John Cook, the fol
| lower. He is in evidence before you. Never die
plead for face that l was more Willing
| TO show. Ifevil is there, l have not seen it,
| Ii murder is there, l am to learn TO mark the
lines OF the murderer anew. If the assassin
is in that young tace, then commend me to th'
look OF an assassin. No, gentlemen, it is a fac.
for a mother to love, and q sister 10 Idoiize
and in which the natural goodness OF his hear
pleads trum pet tonEued against the deep dam
nation that estranged him from home and IL
principles. Let us look AT the meeting OF thes
TWO men. Place them side by side. Put th
| young face by the old iace the young head b,
the old head. We have seen somewhat OF In
history OF the yourg man. Look now for
! moment at the history OF the old man. Ii
did not go to Kansas peaceable settle
with his interests linked to the Legitimate
growth and prosperity of that iil-fated Terri
tory. He went there, in the language OF on
who has spoken for him since his confinemen
here, as the Moses OF the slaves deliSerance.-
He went there TO fulfill a dream, which ha'
tortured his brain for thirty years, that he wa
to be the leader OF a sacred Exodus from bond
| age. lie went there Tor war, and not TO
peace. He went there to call aronnd him tn
| wayward aud unstable elements of d societ.
in which the bonds of order, law. and religion
| were loosened and the angry demon of dis
| cord was unclaimed. Storm was his elemen
by his own showing. He courted the fierc
tempest. He sowed the wind that he nigh
| reap the whiriwind. He invoked the lightnin
| and gloried in its devast tation. Sixty summer
| and winters had passed over his head, ant
planted the seeds OF spring and gathered til
harvests of autum in the fields of his expe
rience. He was the hero, too, OF battles there
| If laurels could be gained in such "a fratricida
war as ragged III Kansas, he had them on hi
| brow. Ossawatomie was given to him, an
added to his name by the insanity OF the Graz
crew of the North, as Napoleon conferred tn
names of battle-fieds on his favorite marshais
The action of BLACK JACK, too, gave him con
sideration, circumstance, and condition Wit
| phiianthropists of bastard quality carpet
, knight heroes in Boston, and serviie follower
of fanaticism throughout the country. Hi
courage is now lauded to the skies by me
who have none of ii themselves. This VIRTUE
E admit, he has--linked. however, with thou
sand crimes. An iron will, with which to &c
, | complish evil under the skiiiful guise of good
also admit to be in his lon-renderlnghi hi
! influence over the young all the more despotl
and dangerous. Imagine, you please, the bar
2 on which this young man at the bar and all h'
hopes were freighted, laid alongside OF the oil
I | weather beaten and murderous man of wa
q whose character / have placed before you.-
q The one was stern and bent upon u fatal yoy
/ age Grim -yisaged war, civil commotloi
. pillage and death, disunion and universe
F., desolation thronged through the mind {
$ John Brown. To him law was nothing, tn
| Union was nothing, the peace and welfare
; | the country We're nothing, the lives OF tn
citizens of Virginia were nothing. Though
: red sea of blood rolled before him, yet he lif
ed up his hand and cried. Forward Shall h
: | now shrink from his prominence and atteml
: | TO shrivei back to the grade of his recrui
a a and subalterns Shall he deny his bad pr'
| eminence and say that he did not incite I'll
: revolt which has involved his followers
!, ruin Shall he stand before this Court an
! | before the country and deny that he was ii
. master-spirit, and gathered together the youn
: | men who followed him TO the death III tn
> | mad expedition No! his own nand sigI
:. .. | himself "Commander- in -Chet' and show
= the proper distinc ton which should be mac
= between himself and the men who. in an ev
= moment, obeyed his orders. Now turn to III
: contrast again and behold the prisoner
: Young and new TO the rough ways of lif
y his unsandaled foot tender and unused TO ti
, Journey before him, waif on the ocean. a
:, ! the mercy of the current which might ASA
= him, and unfortunately endowed with ths
:, fearful gift which causes one to walk as in
!, | dream through all the yicissitudes of a lift
y time; severed and wandering from the sus
, tanning and protecting ties of kindred, b
. gave, without knowing his destination or pnI
. | pose, a pledge of military obedience TO job
. Brown, SCommander-in-Ch Chief"
Gentlemen of the jury. there is one charae
n | ter which, in the economy of Gods Provi
a dence has been placed upon the earth, bu
| perhaps has never been fully drawn, and
| most difficult to draw. II Is the character {
+ HIM who giides down the stream of life in
\ | trance dreams as he floats along, and see
q | visions On either shore. Realities exist in thi
. | world. no doubt. Practical views are certainl
= the hest But that impalpable, airy. and I'm
Substantial creations OF the busy imagination
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