The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-11-17
What will they do with him

The Democracy have drawn very
large elephant at the Harper's Ferry raft
fle They have cd Brown on their hands
they have got him-no,hing surer than
that. But, what to do with him.
The Charlcstown Court says, Hang him !
But not so the Democracy, If we read
Alright the hints which are now and then
thrown out by their newspaper organs
We were mistaken in imputing the New
York journal Of Commerce. appeal foI
communication Of his sentence, to the
quality of admiration for his bravery, or
any other "morbid sentimentaity.' We
print the article in another place, from
which the reader will notice that it urges
the Executive clelnency on the ground
that Browns execution would rouss tho
deuH in the North! That is the plain
English of its words. 1t fears that
Brown would prove another Sampson,
and that the tex. recording the last end
of the strong man might be dismally rea-
,ized on The galows of the other:--"So
'the dead which he slew at his death
"were more than all they which he slew
sin his life.' Everything transpiring
on the trial tends in this direction--that
! Brown is a courageous, honest nan, how
ever misguided, and that he has been
hardly dealt with. The high-toned firm
ness and courtesy with which he has
borne himself; the galIoping speed with
he has been hurried tn. ough trial; which
the adverse rulings of the judge when he
applied for time to procure counsel the
yricyous nature of the wounds which he
bore into the court room day after day
all have been working up reaction IN the
public mind, and now the general sympa,
thy flows out to him in degree which
terriies bis captors
In addition to all this, people are be
ginning to think that there was neither
insurrectiou nor treason in the premises
Treason, there certainly was not, for nc
war was levied either against the Cnitec
States or the commonwealth of Virginia
The utmost that can be alleged in that be
half is that Brown took refuge in the Ar
: mory as convenient place Of defence
} In the Bollman case the U. ). Suprem'
! Court held that treason could only III
| against one who had taken up arms for
purpose reasonable IN itself. MIR. Attor
} ney Hunter would hardly hold that tn
, act of retrcating to the engine room OF
$ public building is unreasonable IN itselt.
: Then we have Browns word on for
: that he did not intend insurrection, an
Gov. Wise's voucher on top Of that, tina
+ Brown is the soul of truth! Moreover
r we find that a military man, acquainte
!, with the mountain range between Ha'
:. per's Ferry and Canada, has been maxim
/ q statement to the effect that the rout
l. and the plan were chosen by natur;
j. soldier for the purpose OF "tacilItatin
% s.the escape Of negroes not OF levyi"
& war against the United States Then
,e to the murder; whatever killing m'
,e have been done at Harper's Ferry the
is was no premeditated, malicious, mnrd
Of proved upon any on,, and the indle'me
lo (char sing the murder Of four rerso
is upon twelve armed men indtuidudvy, n
ID collectively, J was manifestly inform'
aud would haye been quashed in the ca
r. of common felon.
81 Altogether, Browns captors-h'sh hol
d. ers-secm to feel that he is in positI
to revenge his own death with fourff
energy. Well, gentlemen, the elepha
ss. is yours! You drew him fairly. J
have kept him just eighteen days by
n watch. You would be glad to be we'll
hi Of him. Are you going to put him
ties death, or lock him up, or place HIM
has the hither side Of Mason 4 Dixon !
not aud bid him make tracks, in the dev
do name,"- Chicago Press q Tribune