Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1859-12-16

o w lndsor, upper tanad0, where they now
live. woman Of the number hearing that
Brown was to be executed, exclaimed III the
Biple Is true, hc certainly will be rewarded
hereafter sor he practiscd the Bible here. -
nc ann OF John Browns life for the last FIVE
years has been TO oppose and destroy the
most gigantic cvll that now exists anywhere
on this globe. There are four millions of
slaves in these United Stges. Africans. we are
accustomed to call them w;th great want Of
propricty, for not only are they native Amer
leans but nearly a fourth Of them Save more
or less European blood in their veus. and
they arc rapidly bleaching ont into the wu'o
race. What is the condition Of these four
million We viii answer in the language Of
the learned and eloquent but unhumantaran
Choate "Slavery makes their whole moral
and intellectual character a ereck and il they
arc women, thoy are damned. - Rcminiscen-
res of r. Cboate, p 291. There are two mil
lions of women OF girls that will very soon
become women In those United States, who,
according to this classical authority. are al-
ready damned" And yet because John
Brown made some strange and heroic efforts
in their behalf, he was insane
Here is his own account Of his purpose at
Harpers Ferry;
" He had calculated upon, and fully expect
ed to accomplish, a rescue of great number
of slaves. Tho idea of his sci1iug tho Arse.
ual for the sake of the weapons IL contained,
hc VIII NOT udrnit. lie had decided TO take
Col Washington and the other prisoners 60
the harper's Ferry Bridge, and there to cstab-
lish commanding position, from which he
would insist upon exchanges of slaves for his
prisoners. In case he should have been dis.
lodged, he would have retreated in haste to
tha mountains, with the intricaces Of which
he had made himself so much more familiar
than the inhabitants themselves, that he be-
lieved he could defy all attempts to apprehend
him. He had supposed that after few days
of successful evasion, ne would be Joined by
hundreds Of slaves anxious to escape, by whose
aid he could have perfected arrangements foi
an enormous rescue.
lie averrcd on his way TO the gaIlows thu
Cook had deceived him upon the foolings o
the slaves
Now we do not commend such enterprises
j We do not deem thom necessary. The time
for them has not yet come. We hope it viii
never come. We believe that American .sla
very is doomed to extinction even be peacea
bic means. The voice of the world is agains
\ H. The philosophy, literature, religion of thu
world is against it. Very soon the govern
ment Of the United States will be against it
And when that time comes the power o
American slavery will rapidly wane.
But we arc told the Southern States will
withdraw from the Union and set up for them
selves John Browns adventure has at leas
accomplished this--to show the supreme rid
iculousncss Of such purpose whole Stat
of a million Of people thrown into hysteric
by the adventures Of seventeen men An
now ten thousand soldiers, with a compan
or two Of United States troops. martial La
proclaimed, passports issued. travel and CON
mece stopped, and the country subjected t
a despotic espionage. to put 20 death one oil
hero who has had mock trial. and who woul
not run away if his prison doors we're opened
and his chains thrown off Does this loo
: like a separate government;
We do not ask for civil war. God averti
=. But we do aver that in this free country n
institution can long exist that cannot enduI
free press, free conversation, free pulpi
d free travel and a free choice of occupation
y If the colored people cannot take care
u themselves as free men, then they have n
claim to be taken care Of.
How he died is now well known. His so,
Z is with his crucifcd and risen Saviour, an
his fame will find its way into all the wor
q The family are adopted by the humane an
T. philanthropic Of the country. While the wiC
ow lives and any one is dependent upon he
her wants will be supplied; and when 81
' dies let her be cheeroi with the thoughts
soon again claiming companionship with he
husband. and let her carry to him the gla
= Intelligence that every chain in America
broken and every slayeis free.-Zion's Heral