The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-11-19
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A stolid and heavy man stands ap before
the judge % answer tho necessary questions.
!. His seaatananaa il iehtaned only bye ehs
hons, Of getting d chance 70 give his voice
aesinst t6e wounded men upon the ground.
You can see this @ plainly = il be told you.
Ju1es-- Were you q Harpsrs Ferry, Dir,
dprine these proccedingsf
Juror-No, siF.
Judxe-You afea . freebooter d this
county. ~ 49, III s4ss III 1853 80 eita
Juror--Y Yes, Dir. alsi.s5 =. #s54s.i
Jadss-H.vs yoa heard ~ evidence = =
the other cases1 49,
juror Eagerly yes. sir. 800 . ~.
Judee-!l mean, II You have heard the evi.
dencs, and ara likely 70 b inaueaesd by =
YOU ass disqualified hefs. Have Jon beard
much Of the evidencef e9 NIX a.4sI III
] Juror-No, sir.
2 Judge Have you expressed any opinion
- % the guilt Of these parties
Jarof-Yes, cir (cagerly again } t7q
Judge-Are You, then. capable Of Jad8ing
this case according 70 the evidence, without
reference % what you have befors heard
said7 s 49,
Juror-Yes, Dir.
Judge-Havs you any conscientious scra.
Piles, which will prevent your hnding this
man guilty, because the death penalty may
be- his punishment? M HI 4a
Juror-Yes, Dir promptly. 4f
Jud@--1 think you do not understand my
question. | ask you if you would hesitate
70 find this man guilty, because he would Be
hung il you did2 IL s.s.
Juror looks around puzsled, overcome BY
the abstract nature Of the proposition.
Judge-This man will be hung if You find
him guilty. Will that certainty Of his being
hung prevent you from finding him guilty, IT
the evidence convinces vou he il so7
Juror Catching the idea) No, sir--No,
Judge-very well sir: you can take yoar
seat - . juror. II 1sE 4l.as.. so ss.
A Great Day for the Virginia Gallows.
The sixteenth day Of December will be the
great gallows day in Virginia. Cook, Coppie.
Green and Copeland, Of the Harpers Ferry
insurgents have been sentenced to be hung
On that day, and it is believed that John
Brown will be repricved till the same day,
that the moral impression may be concentra-
ted. and that tho people may be- saved the
trouble and expense Of coming together
twice to receive it, influence. The people Of
Virginia and the South, if their papers rep
resent public sentiment, demand this sacrifice
and will not be satisfied unless it is made
They say il will strike terror into the hearts
Of northern abolitionists and induce them
henceforth to let slavery alone, and they seem
honestly to think that their peculiar institu-
ton 10 to be rendered moro secure by the
execution Of John Brown and his associates.
In this they show themselves scarcely more
sane than Brown himself They evidently
speak and act under the impulse Of unreal
soning passion, without any wise regard to
the consequences. We can conceive of no
event that could 20 deepen the moral hostili.
ty Of the people Of the free states to slavery
as the execution appointed for the 10th Of
December. This is not because the acts Of
Brown are generally approved, for they are
not II is because the motive and spirit Of
the man are seen to be great and noble, and
everybody feels that he acted from feelings
that do honor to human nature, and that are
to be condemned only because they were not
directed byswisdom and soundness Of mind.
John Brown Is neither a murderer or . trail
tor in intention. His death will be result of
his own folly to be sure, but that will not
prevent his being considered martyr to his
hatred Of oppression, and al who sympathsze
with him in that sentiment will find their
hatred grow stronger and deeper a. they
contemplate his death. Nobody can respect
an institution to the safety Of which the
death Of the too ardent lover Of liberty 10 es-
sential. IL Virginia were wise she would see
this and be magnanimoas, but she is neither
wise nor magnanimous in anything that con.
Germs her property in human brains and
bones, snd 30 we suppose the appointed hang
ing will occur. Possibly Cook alone Of the
five may be spared, for he has influential
democratic friends.
We presume that other raids like that Of
John Brown will not soon occur John
Browns do not appear in every century, and
that sort of effort to free the slaves has never
found favor with the enemies Of slavery
The south may dismiss its fears Of insurrec-
tions instigated by northern men. But the
conflict with slavery will 60 on more vehe-
mcntly than ever. Slavery is to be destroyed
IN this country, not by running of negro
here and there, but by the power OF enlight-
ened opinion. The efectual weapons for its
overthrow are the pen and the ballot, and
both thesewill be welded with redoubled
vigor andpersistenco in consequence Of the
sacrifice ofJohn Brown and his associates.
Politically, slavery has gained all that it
can ever gain out Of the Harper's Ferry
emeute, and how much that is may be seen BY
examining the returns Of the recent elec-
tons Henceforth the contempt for the weak
ness and hatred Of the wickedness Of an in
stitution that requires the sacrifice Of such
men as Brown, will show itself at the ballot
box, as well as through every other express
ion Of public opinion. Slavery will receive
staggering blow on the 10th Of December if
Virginia holds to her full purpose. Spring.
field Republican.
Caught in his own Trap
Once two ministers of the gospel were con-
versing on extcmporaneous preaching.
well" said the divine, waxing warm,
"you are running yousrelf by writing your
sermons and reading them of Your con-
gregatian canpot become interested in your
preaching; and if you were called on to
preach UNEXPECTEDLY, unless you could get
hold Of an old sermon, you would be COM
pletely confused
The young divine used all his eloquence,
but in vain, to convince the old gentleman
that the written sermon expressed his own
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