The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1859-12-30

| anu SCictillllC, Llcu WHO WOulC
seem to be born to bless their day and
generation-Wendell Phillips, Lloyd Gar.
rison, Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker,
} and Gerrit Smith-who by constant brood
ing upon one single idea, that idea, if you
please, right one, have become mono.
maniacs of that idea, (applause,) and have
become utterly lost to the moral relations
ofright and wrong. In their private rela-
tons not one of them would injure the
hair even of my head (Laughter.) Not
one Of them, unless upon the question OF
slavery; and then such is the atrocious fe-
rocity of mind into which they have been
betrayed by this monomauia, that they de-
clare in SO many words, and therefore
may say it is so, their readiness to break
down all laws, human and diyine--nay,
that under the influence of this monoma
MIA they have set up in this Common
wealth a religion of hate-aye, religion
Of hate, such as belongs only to the con
demned devils in hell. (Applause) Isay
1t is religion OF hate, and of blasphemy.
Oh God that such things are in this our
day.
They have set up this religion of hate,
and they blasphemousy call that Christi
anity. Iput this question to you-wheth-
er these demoniac passions and this feroc-
ity upon the subject of slavery institutions
have not sacrificed all there is in the hu-
man heart and all there is divine in the
aspirations of human hearts to God and to
heaven? This they have done, and the
question is asked, are they the same? |
cannot pronounce on that question. What
would commission of lunacy say upon
the question:. | know not. know that
the imputed insanity of John Brown is
that his intelligence has became perverted,
that his heart is garnered, that his soul is
steeled against everything human and con-
sciouness by that same monomania which
pervades the speeches and writings of
Wendell Phillips and Waldo Emerson
Are they insane. | say again, know not,
and yet | pause to ask, have we not before
US the spectacle, most painful to every
well-settled heart-have we not the spec
tacIe of one Of their number as wise in his
day and generation as they, with the same
preences of good and of right, and the
same perversion Of Christianity and The Bi
ble-have we rot the spectacle of Gerrit
Smith in a hospital for lunatics in the
State of New York | know not, but l
do say, that unless all monomaniac aboli-
tlonlsts are to be deemed insane and inca
pable of distinguishing between the righ:
and wrong, in aquestion of murder and Of
treason and of burglary and of robbery,
then John Brown was not insane, and
therefore we are not entitled to any consid
Grafton upon that pretext.
And we know well that he would have
been the last to assume any such preteXt !;
we know we'll that he acted with that
stolid Indifference to the atrocity of his
acts which in all time has distinguished
political and religious assassins-which
may be found in the plot Of Guy Fawkes,
animated Ravaillac when he stuck his pom
lard into the heart of that great and good
man. The same spirit animated the as
sassins of Italy, who to prevent the pro-
gress of modern reform. and to substitute
their own monomania, slaughtered Rossi
at the steps of the Vatican. In Vienna
the good Count Lemborg, and in Prague
the Princess Windiscbgratz, were assassin
ated in the same spirit of insane attempts
at political reform. That is the distinctive
qualify of these offences. The idea of
John Brown, is, that by cold -blooded,
fraudulent, midnight assassination. he is to
promote the reform of the institutions of
the State of Virginia and of the Southern
States. SO, gentlemen, | now say thatnot
only was John Brown duly and legally
tried and convicted, but that he was duly
and lawfully executed, and rendered up his
Justly forfeited life to the justice of the
State of Virginia. (Applause)
What more, gentlemen We have had
our ears filled with the alleged sympathies
for John Brown, Of apologies for bis act,
Of reproaches against the persons whom he
was endeavorng to slaughter in cold blood
of sneers at the State of Virginia, of ridi-
cule at the terror of tile unarmed women
and children of Virginia say sympathy
for all this. Gentlemen, it is not sympa-
tllv for John Brown. 1t is another form
; of the manifestation of that same intense
and ferocious hatred Of the people Of the
South which aninates the persons of whom
we are speaking. (Arplause) Hatred
hatred Now the fact has been told II:
that in all times hate must have its foo(
of blood.
How long are the people of Massachu
setts to have their souls continually per
!, verted with these preachings,-ave, pulpi
preachings of hatred, though, thank COD
| these blasphemous preachers of hatred am
treason are but one to thousand anon!
the admirable and reverend clergymen G
| Massachusetts. (Applause) | ask you
. gentlemen, how lorg these emotions o
mutual hate are to 90 on without shedding
r blood? Blood has begun to be shed.-
e nav, not only has there been shedding c
f blood, but that shedding of blood, comin
- from northern States, has as it's avowed OF
ject to propagate throughout the south
ern States revolution, servle and civil wal
; and universal devastation. Why, gentle
men. is not that war in diguise9 Seek a
e YOU will to disguise it from your ow
J.. thoughts, that is the thoughtin The heart
n of those persons who entertain these emo
n tons. 1t is war in disguise, and it pre-
r sents this extraordinary fact, gentlemen
n such a fact as exists nowhere else upo
< this earth, in any civilized country.
\ presents the extraordinary fact that, wher'
!. As. If any citizen of Massachusetts should