Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-12-14

NY cofnIaue, u. r. Nnoht hnl iuyHtfl otepi1
sympathiEe with you in your sad Bereavement.
We were both acquainted with Anna and Mar.
tha. They were to us az siaters, and aa broth
ers we sympathiEe with them in the dark hour
Of tnal and eflliction.
was Nith your sons when they fell Oliver
lived but q few moments after he was shot -
He spoke no word, bot yielded calmly TO his
tate. Watson was shot at 10 O'Clock on Mon
day morning, and died about o'clock on
Wednesday morning. lie suffered much
Though mortally wounded at 10 o'clock, yet at
3 o'clock Monday afternoon he fought bravely |
against the men who charged ON us. When |
the enemy were repulsed, aud the excitement
Of the charge was over, he began to sink rap
idly s-CaHN3 lA
After we were taken prisoners, he was plased
in the guard house with me. He complained
Of the hardness Of the bench on which he was
lying l begged hard for a. bed for hmI ,r even
a blanket, but could obtain none for him. l
took OF my coat and laced il under him, and
held his head ia my lap, in which position he
died without a groan or a struggle.
/ have stated these facts thinking that they
may afford to you, and to the beresved widows
they have left, a mournfu consolation.
Give my love TO Anna and Martha, with our
0.u q. .s. EDWIN COPPIC.
How beautiful! How disinterested [Here
there was much weePingl
JOHN BRowN's DIRECTIONS.
Mr. McKim said that, in selecting the place
for the grave, they had followed the directions
given by Mr. Brown to his wife at their last
interview. lie also said that Mr.. Brown had
given directions for an inscription on his tomb
stone, and at this point he read the first and
last part OF paper which was brought to Mrs
Brown after thu execution--the whole OF which,
through the kindness of the family, the report
er is permitted to copy, as follows:
TO BE INSCRIBED ON THE OLD FAMILY MONU-
MENr AT NORTH ELBA.
OLIVER BRuwN born ----, 1889, waz killed at Har-
pers Ferry, Va Nov. H. 1889.
wALrER BRowS, born -, 1887, was wounded at
Haiper's Ferry, Nov. II, aud died Nov. 10, 1854
[Siy wife can all up the blank dates sbove.l
JouN BRovN born May O. 1900, executed at Charles
town, Va Dec. ?, 1869.
JOHN RRowNs LAST WILL.
CHARLEs1owN, jefferson County, Va,
Dec. 2, 1859.
It is my desire that my wife have all 10y per.
soral property not previously disposed of by
| me; and the entire use of all my landed prop
erty during her natural lie; and that, after her
death, the proceeds of such land he equally
divided between all my then living chidren;
and that what would be child's share be given
| to the children of each of my two s,ons who
/ lell al harper ItiiJf dlu tuhb q Nhl tu hhaIp
be divided among the children of my now liv-
inq children who may die before tb cir mother
| (my present beloved wife } No formal will can
| be Of use when my expressed wishes are made
known to my datital and beloved ismily.
JOHN BROWN.
MY DEAR WrFE-I have time to inclose the
within and the above, which forgot yesterday,
and to bid you another Farewell "BD of good
cheer" and God Almighty bless, save, comfort,
/ l.. a -, tttba and -
| Your afiectionste husband,
JOHN BROWN.
The addendum, said the speaker, was uns
doubtedly the last work of the old hero with
his pen. Note the sublime composure of the
words He speaks as though he were about
starting on journey!
SPEECH or WENDELL PHILLIPS.
How feeble words seem here! How can
hope to utter what your hearts are full of |
fear to disturb the harmony which his life
brealhes round this home. One and another
OF you, his neighbors say, 81 have known him
five years,""I have known him ten years" 1t
seems to me as if we had none of US known
him. How our admiring, loving wonder has
grown, day by day, as lie has unfoded trait
after trait Of earnest, brave, tender, Christian
life! We see him walking with rad ant, serene
face to the scaffold, and think what an iron
heart, what devoted failhl We take up his
letters, beginning "My dear wife and children,
every one of them'-see him stoop on his way
to the scaffold and kiss that negro child-and
this iron heart seems all tenderness. Marvel
lous old man! We have hardly said it when
the loved forms of his sons, in the bloom of
T young devotion, eneircle him, and we remember
! he is not alone, only the majestic centre OF a
! group. Your neghbor farmer went, sur
rounded by his household, to tell the slzves
/ still haortc and iuht rpadv and
q nerved for their service From this roof four,
from a neighboring one two, to make up that
score of heroes. How resolute each looked
r into the face of Virginia, how Loyalty each
stood at his farlorn post meeting death cheer
fully till that master voice said at is enough
4 And these weeping children and widow seem
r SO lifted up and consecrated by long, single
L hearted devotion to his great purpose, that we
:. dare to remind them how blessed they are in
the privilege of thinking that in the last throbi
O of those brave young hearts, which lie buried
A on the banks of the SnehandOah, thoughts o
h them mingled with love to GCd and hope for the
Il slave He has abolished Slavery in Virginia
q You may say this is too much. Our neighbOTI
are the last men we know The hours thai
pass us are the oneS we appreciate the least
. | Men walked Boston Streets when night fell OF
Bunkers Hill, and pitied Warren, saying
A "Foolish mani Thrown away his life! Why
didn't he measure his means better!" We SCI
!, him standing colossal that day on the blood
y stained sod, and seyering the tie that boun'
= Boston to Great Britain. That night Georg
: III ceas d to rcle in New England. HistOT
a will date Virginia Emancipation from Harper
- Ferry True, the slave is still there. SO,whel
= the tempest uproots pine on your hills,
n looks green for mOnths-a year or two. Still
- it is timber, not tree. John Brown has loos
- ~ ened the roots of the slave system; it onl
: breathes-it does not live--hereafter.
u
ASH stood looking on his grandfather grave
TX stone, brought here from Connecticut, telling
u as il does, of his death in the Revolution,
10 thought / could hear our hero saint saying
n' nMy fathers gave their swords to the Oppressu
he the slave still sinks before the pledged fore
Gu Of this nation give my sword to the slay
nd my fathers forgot" Ifany swords ever Tefe'
ng ted the smile of Heaven, surely il was thOs
drawn at Harper's Ferry If our God is eve
the Lord of Hosts, making one man chase
thousand, surely that little band might olsiI
him for their captain. liarper's Ferry was n
single hour, standing alone taken out from
*. common life-it was the Towering Of fiji
,w years Of single hearted devotion. He mu
ic, have lived wholly for one great idea, when the
tie who owe their being to him and these who
If love has joined, group so harmoniousy arour
ty. him, each accepting serenely his and her part
nd ] feel honored to stand under such roc
Hereafter YOU will tell children standing
y your knees, Il saw John Brown buried-l 81
- under his roof" Thank God for such a ma
NJ ter Could we have asked nObler represen
be alive of the Christian North putting her 70
sp. on the accursed system of Slayeryl As Tin
passes and these hours float back into histor
lhu man will see a0ainst the clear December sl