The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1859-12-02
How sympathy II Manufactured for
--L Captain COok. -..-...l

The Editor of the North Iowa
Times "a Democratic paper) says
that on the 18th inst, "the clerk OF
the Key City on the downward pass
nge OF that steamer, handed Ms .
letter Of which we have decided 10
publish the substance. The pub-
lication Of the letter, with an en-
closure designed IA an "editorial
for the columns Of the North low,
Times. would cause q sensation OF
no ordinary character.
II is known to the reading public
Of the Union, that Captain Cook
has been recently convicted Of mur-
der ard insurrection at Harper's
Ferry, and at Governor Willarl o,
Indiana, in obedience to the dictate
OF humanity and respect for the feel
ings Of his wife, whose brother Car
tain Cook is, has attended the trial, +,
provided able counsel, and exerted
every jnstiliabie moral influence to
avert the doom which probably
awaits his unfortunate relative. Ii
may not be known. however. that
in the letter now before us, ad1ress-
Cd to the Editor Of this paper, an
"Indianan and a Democrat writ
ten by gentleman 'ormcrly in the
conf lencc of a distinguished Sen
ator from Indiana, there is pro-
position to bring the political cha
racter and services Of Governor
Willard, and the aid Of the Demo
cratic press Of the West, to bear on
! Governor Wise's feelings or his van
itv, far the Communication Of Cooks
sentence to imprisonment for life -
1-et such Is tho fact!
I The writer Of This letter says
81 have seen tie press Of Ollie, In
diana and Illinois, and | am now
on my way to Iowa, Missouri, Ten
nessee and Kentucky. to get them to
join in also" He was Just return
ing from Minnesota, where several
of the presses had engaged "to
come out next week. in an editorial.
similar, we suppose, to the one inr-
nished ia. a mirked copy OF which
is to be forwarded to Governor Wise
at Richmond. A secret, il pr per
in itself, wh"n committed to thu
hands Of so many unplcdged keep
ers ceases to impose the obligation
Of silence, and hence we pay no re-
spect whatever; as it involves the
monstroua. and till now unheard o.
principle of permitting an escape lor
liability Of crime because of poiit.
;cH se'rjces we publish it to give II
the weight Of our humble but most
emphatic condemnation.
The. editorial prepared for our pa
per is the shallowest. and 80 tar as
we can judge, the falsest bundle of
fllttcry to Governor Wise, and i'll
tempered denunciation ot "Black
Republicanism," we have read--'he
latter being charged en- mnsse with a
blood d-thirsty desire to see Cook
hung. and All tho rest saved, 80 tha,
the inflnencc Of n Democratic Gov
ernor NAV appear to be disregar led
and hostile feelings be promoted be
tween the Northern and Southern
!, Democracy! We employ no hand
hut our own 10 write lea lers ior
this paper, bnt il we did do 40, s"me
other person than the writer Of thc
article referred to, would get them
M. Ia unwisc appeal topar'y spir-
it. and the highly colored picture o
Willarls hatrles in defence n
Southern institutions. wouhi rem
der it Intellectual on Governor Wise
, and the party which it attempts tt
. comnromise in this great wrong
= worli rise M ono man to curse Nh
, motive which prompts tho sacrific'
of the holy principles Of Justice nj
: the shrin" OF political ambition
! l;nt the snhiect is not n pleasant one
, and We forb.ar Ia speak Of il in tl'
, terms which 'iis criminality de
y mandA.