The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-12-17

#day Virginia had murdered John Brown;
Z and tonight, in this place, we see his resur-
4rection. (Applause.) Mr., Garrison then
zread John Browns address to the court de- I
flivered at his sentence. AT its conclusions
! he said that just before he came to the I
meeting, gentleman put into his hands al
A poem upon the death of John Brown, /
(which Mr.. Garrison proceeded to read.
4 Rev Samuel May, Jr., then announced
Ia Finance Committee to collect funds for5
|Ethe benefit of the Brown family.
8 Rev. J. Sella Martin was then introduced. /
8He was received with applause. In COM
Emencing he said that to-day solemn ques-
Stion had been asked the nation, Wiz
whether it wonld give up the Barabas oil
8Slavery, or the John Brown of Freedom 4
Men had, continued Mr.. Martin, said john
zBrown's life was a failure. The speaker
Hcompared Brown with John the Baptist
#claiming for the martyr of today an equal
;;Sdevotion to a great cause. John Brown!
#had been beheaded; so was John of old.
&He had fallen sacrifice to the great SIM
sfof the nation. His life was the failure|
(which pertains to all great and devoted
#lives. History will place it in the same
category with the life of Christ who died
on the cross. (Applause.) The speaker
$4proceeded to say that he approved of the
#course pursued by Brown at Harper's Fer
Try, though he was aware that many good
L men objected to it. The only difference
$he said, between the various battles fought
Il i'm our country was, that they had been
thought for white men; while this was I'M
flavor Of black men. (Applause.) He saw
n this large meeting tonight an evidence
THAT the means taken by Brown were en-
#dorsed. (Applause,)
u He applied the Scripture doctrine to this
AHarper's Ferry matter, and believed that
where the sword is drawn, the sword should
Railways be used to meet it. John Brown,
lin order to save the country, went down to|
Hcut off Virginia's cancer. (Al plause.) The
Speaker was prepared to endorse Browns
course fully. Looking at him as military
#critic, his plan was doubtless defective.
u The speaker thought that the reason why
( the negro population was not found to aid
q Brown, was their suspicion of portion OF
I the whites, for which they had some good
#cause If John Brown had done wrongl
81 THE traitor the South called him, and the5
4 North the mad man-then was it so FRONT
+ the outrages of slavery itself? To that isl
ITO be traced the whole affair. The veryI
Hnecessity of slavery is cruel, and it is con-
#stantly forcing men into scenes such as|
&had transpired today.
Il If John Brown a0as mad, his madness
Hhad great deal of method and religion inI
Hit. When such man dies, he brings a!
demonstration of success in behalf of the|
#object to which he is devoted The wide
#spread sympathy felt at the death oil
&Brown was next alluded to. Virginia inl
Bthis matter, he prophecied, would reap the!
&whirlwind of destruction. The speaker
lathen drew pathetic picture of Browns
7 family in North Elba, as it might have ap-I
#peared last evening. This he contrasted
with the scene Of Brown walking coura-
#geously to the scafold, and said that whilel
ibis body was dropped to the earth, his soul
: had gone to heaven. Mr.. Martin conclu-
8ded an excellent and effective speech by|
Saying that the Staying of Browns lifeE
would cause rising up of millions to the
ranks of freedom-a revolution that would !
Z bring about universal freedom.
J. @. A. Griffin, Esq, was the next
speaker He said Pontius Plate and Gov.
Wise might well be linked together, as had
been suggested by the President, though
s he thought Plate would stand far higher
! in history than Gov. Wise: The Savior
! of Men when brought before Pontius
HPilate, he (Pontius) said he had no Jurls- s
adiction in the case, and SO sent him to :
HHerod. Gov. Wise really had no juris-
Gdiction in the Brown affair, but unlike /
plate, did not send Brown to Herod; that
is, to Buchanan. Laughter and applause Il
Mr.. Griffin proceeded to say that all his I
tory did not afford such an instance OF
3atrocity as Gov. Wise had exhibited.
He thought, however, that the memory
/ of Plate should not be unjustly injured byk
IA too close comparison with Gov. Wise.
Gov. Wise had told his people to stay at
home on theday of John Browns execution.
lWhy2 He was afraid of his property.
/ The halo of his death had cast light in
Ito tie howell of the slave which would mott
cease to shine until the doom of slavery
was sounded. He closed by recommend