Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-10

field of Yorktown and the ashes Of Washing
ton, did not, on the Second Day of December,
1859, slay the brave, though mistaken de-
scendant of a Revolutionary ancestor who
probably fought on that field, under the eye
Of thai Washington, in defence of her soil, to
give her sons Liberty !,,.,.,. -a....
Good God and is it true ?-is it possible !?
That in the Nineteenth Century-in Repub-
lcan America-mens' blood flows on the scat.
fold for an Lsa! the Idea, that man.
kind have the right to the ownership of them
selves ani their families dying for the Truth
enuncatei by Thomas Jefferson, that" All
Men are created Equalr' ....
The Execution of John Brown yesterday
we regard as an Event truly big with future
immense consequences That Day-the Sec
ond Day of December, 1S59-will indeed be
memorable in future ages as a Day marking
M4rtyr,lonss for LIBERTY las Day second
only in American Annals, to the Day of the
Declaration Of Independence itself, for its
grave and important consequences.
From that Day, forward, commenced in
good earne>t, that Irrepressible Conflict be-
tween Freedom and Slavery, to which our
Statesmen have referred.
BY denying mercy to brave, monomaniacal,
mistaken, but honest JoHN Brown and his as
sociates-hiu and them enobled, amidst all
their mistakes of " means to an end" by the
unsclfsh, ,lisinterested Elea which animated
them-the Idea Of giving Freedom to the En-
shaved and Oppressed, aoittout profit To them
seLess-by thus embruing their hands in their
blood, the myrmdons of Slavery have pre- ip-
itated a" Conflict" which else would have pre-
sresssd slowly, moderately, safely, to all COLI
rerned, until the Curse and Shame of our
L,nd had been gradually removed from it !.
But Slav ry-Virei ia-has,by this bloody
deed, commenced the battle, by the deliberate,
cool, cruel, unnecessary shedding Of the life
blood of BRowN and his compatriots-an;l
woe! woe woe. it will be, henceforward, to
t, Virginia and to Slavery.
The red "Southern sum-" that, with it,
warm rays, yesterday dried up from the scat
fld, tie hlooi Of those who are now Martyrs
+ LIBERTY will, we fear, grow redder still in
rehsc,ias on his lurid disc, fields CORY Wit.
the victims OF Retrioution aud Vengeance!
THE voice Of thy brothers blood, Virgin,
ia, crieth unto me from the ground.
"And now art thou cursed from the earth.
which has opened her mouth to receive thy
b. others blood fro'n thy hand.
"When thou tillest the groand, it shall not
henceforth yield thee her strength: A fugi-
tive and vagabond shalt thou be in the
earth.
Sand Cain Virginia said unto the Lore,
! my punishment is greater than can bear "
Vars. sxyisshelm's Letter to sold job IN
BrOwn.''
| From thr st. Clvui Democrat, Nov. "a.
JoHN BRowN.-The following was not in
tended for publication but as it better ex-
presses our feeling than anything else we can
hope TO write. We conclude to publish it.
ST.. CLOUD, Nov. 81, so.
My Father in the bonds of Christ, l did
not 60 to You, have not written to you, because
| feared to be obtrusive but, to day sa,
down to write IN editorial with the familiar
head John Brown" and it occurred to me
that great as you are, you are still one o.
Christ's little ones''-that, sick and in pris
on / have not come to YOU by any act you
Can recognise. Then, l remembered tina,
when was in tribulation for this same cause
no word of kindness came to me which die
not bring relay OF strength.
Nv spirit has been with you from the first
NV prayers ascend for you, hour by hour -
and they are full of thanksgiving. l thanl
God for you--thank him, that he has createt
you. tnat he has put his Spirit within you
that he has sustained you to vindicate tn
honor of his name, to kindle in the hearts o
this people the fires of Freedom; and to keel
the faith of mankind in the divine origin AM
destiny of the race. When learn to apollo
gise for Lafayette's coming to mingle in quar-
Eel which was not hls-when | make defen
ces, On the plea of insanity, for him VIII
looked down, from the shining courts Of heav
EN-, upon the slaves of Sin and hastened t
their deliverance, then, shall make excuse
for you.
DO not, my father, shrink from the darl
, valley" 1t is but short way over by tn
, road you travel. Remember, he went by tn
, way Of the cross, a long and weary way
where the protracted agony from divine wrat
catisel him to cry aloud. Remember tn
great company of Martyrs whose souls hav
!, been released by long bodily torments an
remember it is still meet that zone ma
should die for the people that Gods cho:
en- prophets should hay down the life of tn
body to teach the greater value of the life
soul. Do not permit sympathising friends
. apologize away your faith in the messas
+ whch God has spoken to your own sou. =
, Iay you dwell in the secret chambers I
"The Most. High" far above the mists whic
envelope US and make our little snlartnes
appear as virtues We are careful for mi
a nv things" but thou hast "chosen that bette
part which shall not be taken from thee r.
"Hold fast, that no man take thy crown ~
"When thou passeth through the fire | W
! be with thee, and through the foods the
q shall not overflow thee, neither shall the fan
tkIndleS Stlpof,s thee NJ y ~'3'@--' s-L<@|