The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-13

therr re.s svn ~. Weeltn OF Virginia; md fhsf
ssrlnined, for there was "A s~ss. .anse g no de.
Wno ~ aeniss that John Brown WA snt3.u =,
y. ~ ne did not undertaks inyssion .n1
medi,ase trea.,v WHO ! % says That he did not
.na nc says that he did not sin1 u r,ls ~
Inu 81 lnoneneive men In the streets 81 TssIe1 sle1
And 9an. No 4, man denies this All that is said
these acts OF atrocious and sereas..m s.sume tnat
,ss MeIe s,ssorioss acts. say. then ali harnr -
fnr sne S,aae o. fapplauss and % cheers =
Virsinia 70 her say all honor e the State Of
execntIve authorities. All honor to the 8 Ssss. 49,
OF virginia, that this traitor ana M ,ssss.1 y
apprehended in the very act OF his frea sn, : =,
~ mnrder1tappiansel rderst @ that this traitor and
convicted according to the law Of the IA
not alone in the State OF Virginia hnt e,f a..
cry one OF the States of this Union fApplause /
Bat, then, gentlemen, in these most ext xtraor
ainary manifestations which have occurred in
the State OF Massachusetts and elsewhere
prayer meetings, public assent blies Of rejoicing
and OF pretended Observation-Disclosures a nd
iaughterl--in all this 1t is said that there is
extenuation, If there Is no other suggestion
applicable to the case, that should change our
impression OF the character and acts of Brown.
Extenuatioa! In the first place, gentlemen,
What extenuation We have been told that
.sonn Hrown was maddened 10 perform these
acts by the sense of the wrong committed on
MIN, In the violent death of one of his sons in
Kansas, and that that is to extenuate his acts
Is 1T go Fetiow-citizens, we live here in a
populons community, with all the securities
OF LIE and peace around us, under the shelter
not only OF the laws, but of our relations as
fellow-citizens. But go with me to one of
those fertile prairies of the far West-go with
me to the frontier cabin of the pioneer settlers
OF the far West. We are in the dead of the
night; in the dead of the night, the husband
reposing in the beloved arms of his wife, with
their dear little children around them, in the
1ancled repose of their common security un-
der the laws OF their country they are aroused
from their slumbers by the treacherous ap-
proach OF armed murderers. The husband
the husbands are torn from the arms of their
waves they are ruthlessly slaughtered in cold
blood-nay, their youthful children are BRAIN
ed before their eyes; and methinks can hear
now the wailing cry of that poor woman,
Mahaia Doyle, and of that unhappy Louisa
Wilkinson, that wailiug cry which must
smiie upon the ears and the heart of each
the murderer, and pray for the lives of
their husbands and their children. But
they appeal to a merciless heart, they speak to
Appausa ana spsaa e obS os Brawn
VoIce-'That's a lie" Giles of Put him out"
% s3d app as and hsses say and deny j xho
.Good' whoever denies it, say, that man was
John John Brown: Applause and Kisses That he was
slaug tered inofensive. peaceful, slumbering men
and ehildren-his sword dripping with Their gore, ore
MASSACHUSETTS,
IApplause.] say this true; it is true BY incon-
trovertble evidence that evidence exists on re-
c3rd IN the report of the Committee of tire House
oi representatives to examine into the disorders
n Kansas. and say that murderous act of John
Brown was the commencement of bloodshed in
Kansas. And by the lurld light of those blazing
houses. and by the demoniae cruelty of that man
on that occasion. by all that we have the key to
events which otherwise might have been my ste
ry, that was the commencement Of bloodshed in
these United States and it was in that same spirit
L n IN ant Inf
the State of Virginia, and millions upon millions Of
s;l Ghite men. aye and Of white women. too to SER
deescrbable, impossible to imae lne-worse even
than million of deaths. So much for that pretence
that John Brown was insane, and therefore he
should not have been convicted. Was he insane !.
this Commonwealth, and rejecting men have had
cnnt occasion s, TO medtate me-, upon similar question
es. eas sbs fseston without spsakng open
es" 1 say that in this Commonwealth
q l massachusetts,, and In the adjoining State Of
tual men of the highest culture, literary and sci
entlfie men, who would seem to be born 70 bless
lapplause and hlsses,l Lloyd Garrison, fappIause
and hisses,l Theodore Parker, Waldo. Emerson,
name them"I.snd Gerrit Gite smith0Peri ri a1d Of
Good" 60 on who, by constantly brooding
sp"n nsase fne IN Is i'd idea rgh
ing upon single idea, have become mononanlacs
upon that ldea-have become utterly, lost to all
mneai relations of right and wrong. [Applause.l
In their private relations not one of them would
injure hair even Of my head-[lau shter l--unless
been betrayed BY this mononsnia. that s they e de-
say it so ther readiness to break down ali laws,
human and divine. Nay. under the influence Of
TINS monomania they have set up in this Common
belongs onl, to the damned devils in hell. IBois-
terSns Gus laughter qproarous applause ana waivin.
Oh oh Sod ,as ts'0a tSi sueb Of
tanss are IN this cur earth! They have
biasphsmousiy call that chrsssanits hss Ave. Ave,
that this religion of hatred-to this demoniae
have sacrificed ali there is ef de-
yotion YOU n N m the human heart-a there is of aspira
le he T he have done
u pom that question: What would a commission Of
lanaey say upon that question: Laushter. A
imputed insanity of John Brown is, that his CON
science has become perverted, that his heart is
sane emotion. by that same monomana which per-
yades the speeches and writings of Wendell Phil
they insane: say it again, know not. And vet
l pause In charity. for do we not now have before
us the spectacle most painful in every well CON
OF one OF their number, as wise in his day and
generation as they, with the same pretences OF
tianity and the beautifuI--have we not before us
the spectacle Of Gerrit Smith an asylum for lu-
that class of persons-unless ali monomaniac All
obtionists are to be deemed insane and incapable
OF distinguishing between light and wrong upon
question of mutder, of treason and of robbery,
then John Brown was not insane. and therefoie
pretence. And we know well that he himslf would
have been the last TO admit any such .pretence.
that stolid indifference to the atroclty OF his acts
which in all times has distinguished political and
of Guy Fawkes-which animated Keviilac when he
struck his polgnard into the heart of a good and
of Italy, who to prevent the progress Of
moderate reform. and to substitute their own mo.
nomanao m and extreme ne projects, slaughtered Rossi
sane pursuit Of supposed reform which animates
all assassns, for this is the distinct character Of
cold biooded, silent midnight assassination he
could promote reform Of the institutions of Vir
that not only was John Brown duly and lawfully
tried and convicted, bnt that he was duly and law
to ths Of he ase o
pause What more! Gentlemen, we have had
our ears filed with alleged sympathy for John
Brown--wth paliiations of his acts. or apologies
for them, and reproaches against the persons
whom ne was endeavorlng g slaughter in cold
with ridicule OF the terror of unarmed women and
.aildren who dreaded assassination and rapine.
t9s i sas q If ,5s hs
setts who telt these terrors IN the State of Virginia
say, say It s ls not ssmpa,hy for gohn Brown.it is
and terocious haired Of the people of the South
which aniinates the persons of whom we are speak
ng--hatIed hatred. Now, the poet has told us
That in all times hate must have its food Of blood
Aye, hate must hsye its food of blood How long
are the people of Massachusetts to have their sors
continually filled with these preachings-aye, pull
pit prcachines-of hatred! Though, thank God
these blasphemoas preachers Of hatred and OF
treason ara enc in thousand among the admired
and reyered clergy men OF Massachusetts. lap
smotlons of mutual hate are to go without blood!
Blood has to be shed. Nay, not only has there
been shedding OF blood but that shedding Of blood,
,oming from the Northern states, has as its avow,
I'd object, to propagate revolution, seryile war,
universal devastation between the States That
gentlemen, is already war in disguise seek to con
zeal it you may your thouz that state Of
hings in the heart Of those persons who entertain