The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-22


vuSsae vorld ,aiks about him Every mans hoast
sired because OF him. great STATE Turns pale - Me
heross, ~ HE attempt He OPP ned light upon Tx
neie Of America Is that faiureY Look a. thai anti
slavery ealecbtm h w,n nn ssoo
ana the dwarf judges and Senator'S that stand about him
sod The press prnung that anu.savery caseohism Y
ss number Of 600 900 copies forcing every American
csizen 10 read it, Why men say he should remember
saat lead b wasted IN bullets, and b much
- had the use Of the NEw YoaK HEanp and ri
Su~s for fortnight (Applause) Has aoy man ever
nses types betterS But there s another item. What has
he doneY He has done this. Edmund Burke says q
ton that calls itself civilized society and keeps half
ms In slavery is but another name for tyranny.
ssucsm dong great things esally ana liberty doing
nothing at all exactly according 70 law. We have seen
the Missouri ruaps break into the United States armory
the State Of Missouri, take possession OF the United
states arms carry them Kansas and battle them in the
blood Of honest men, and the United States government
has yet first word fcrkcism sworn testimony
spread out the pages OF Congressional document,
shows it, and yet the government Is silent John Brown
takes possession othe United States armory Virginia and
never touches gun dollar. The world says he is
mailman guilty of treason and the United States govern
pept about Try him. that is 10 try him In the person Of
his confe6e they ought 70 have tried him first but
ycr recoect he words Of the bred Scott decision the
United States government has NO rights which Virginia is
boun respect the consequence Isl that Virginia. after
irving the men, has left the United States gOternment
snly q test 70 try the question. Now John Brown
takes these two principles He says by the whole rule
ethics in civil society that justies it. Justice ia but
sham in the government look up al the United States
government, and see chat has rule that Its party
purposes, mot justice It Is not permanent is not par
iia il is not universal. Well such a our friend
Brown, who, at least recognizes justice than
sw and tight as his polar star deter mines that he will
do what in him lies 10 establish Justice. Men say that he
s npgng away his life. That Is for him to judge. Men
say that the result is worth the sacrifice Well now
ssppos could carry you back Boston streets on the
evening after Bunker Hill heht will carry you into
Hutchnsons houses Will carry you lnto the parors OF
any Of the old colonial families. You viii hear them say
my, +" What = tty-warren's dead; Hancock and Adams
those deuded soldiers an MAY hew and Warren and sam
Adams bow can these men answer to the widows and
ehildren what FOOLS few farmers To fling themselves
against the embattled phalanx Of the Britsh govern
nepln Well ii looked SO TO men who accustomed
look up 10 Engnnd doubtless the tories strengthened
themselves, and many patriot heart sank Bat il was
the beginning OF the end Was Warrens life worth Civ
hgf What did he establish ? He established the exam
pie of resistance. He babe the colonies try their strength
He showed them that blood equal TO blood and that
right right the world Luther faced tho Princes
q Germany and he went bome and the Princes hid Ai
and the Catholics said. there is your brave that
dare not show himself in the streets wha, boaser he
s-a ruined The world always attacks US on the
Of Of those defeats which victory But this
Is Browns position. DR.. Claiming said in one of his
last essays have glued swords TO sides: we
have pledged the physical force Of the State against the
black man. and in favor of oppression; akhe
bound by every Christian and humane consd eraton to
let opportunity slip for giving moral influence in
behalf of the slave That the way lay in Channings
mind. We have given the sword to the white man. now
give our tongues TO the black John Brown reasoned
differently; he was Calvinst OF the old stamp The faith
Is SAID to be st discount now but after John Brown
] think we may pardon dozen New York Observers He
Sa for sixty years We have given the sword TO tho white
man the time has come to give il to the black. What
right had we TO give 10 oppression? you say ii is the
government: you say Is the Law; you say there Is
parchment oath hid back there in ISL Well he said TO
himself, wonder if when 60 up to God, when according
70 Hndoo phrase Alone thou vast born, alone shalt
Abou die, and alone shalt thou go up to judgment'f
when God asks what did you do for those tha,
bonds, when ordered you to have heart as bound with
them can hide myself under the cobweb Constitution of
no tn fnlep In in hat rha Icba
stand alone before the Judgment seat eternal Anne
rcan with the guilt Of two generations of forgetuness
on my heart, will carry up the gratitude OF the black
my right hand Ii my fathers snned by pro missing
70 support the tyran in his tyranny, will put OF
peniance to my Children but will give the best have,
life and right hand for the service of those whom
my fathers for got In 1857 Massachusetts, said "Let me
30 home and make money; let me go home and fill my
harbors with commerce. let hear the noise of the shut
te; let NERVOUSNESS climb up the sides of my
hills and swear to forget the bondmen aye in the Ian
gaage OF one OF the sons that is to be born TO me- Il will
resurrection if il should occur" And for sixty years
she has stood with her foot the heart Of the black
When the slave in his Carolina howell calculating his
Chspces Of escape ne brought into the scale against his
hopes the marshaed runks Of the white that he
70 pass through before was TO reach the foreign soil
nc saw us standing pledged to pat him down No pro
faces under the constitution Of 1887 conclusive de-
nonstraton against that he had nothing 10 hope from
u.s. John Brown has taught him, at Harper Ferry that
there hope for him amid the millions OF the North He
has sent the CLEAN Of hopeful into the hoves OF
Carolina he has taught the heart OF the bondman to leap
up and thank God for the Aaynower II he has not
taught the Slave ms ERECTION and do not think he has
be has sent him this message:"There frenos for
you workng-abde your time aud help u.s." ! think,
therefore, he has taught US great lesson. he has
empihed great moral; he has relieved US from scrvi
y TO forms he has taught us to pierce down TO the
sence OF things One OF theae is this Can
you look at that old man. his pallet the banks of
The Potomac; can you know what he Is there for,
sou Sor as sa p p to hum
with your protecting arms? lie has taught the sacred
ness Of impulse Men say he will die Perhaps he will.
That Indictment is rag II is net with every thread
broken. You might expect tho blame 70 Mr. Hunter
He prepared when a whole State was quaking in 40
earthquake, and had FIVE minutes TO do in You might
nave as well asked TO model constitution under
such circumstances. II is shame TO Mr.. Hunter that
he has put record Indictment with in 1t
large that you might drive the whole population OF
Charesown through it, and not touch either side. augh
Der Every criminal lawyer Spows H. Some men are
verdant enough believe that there Is professional char
acter and legal pride and SKATE dignity in the virginia
Court OF Appeals TO sustain the objections TO that
dctlnent Well, do not believe ii. ] do not believe
there is anything in Virginia put puff There nothing
there TO make Judge Out Of II there was anything
there that had any professional PRIDE feeling the
eye Of the legal profession upon them they would
scout the indictment disgrace 70 the annals OF
judicial record. But there is vrg ala, with all her
re1nemens is 100 frightened to know which way she Is
looking, and II John Brown was raving maniac, with
both hands tied, he would be hung all the That is
my belief And yet every lawyer knows there isn't yet
thread on which to hang him. But Virginia will find
the warrant in her fears But he is sacrificed the banks
Of the Potomac will be doubly dear 70 history and 10
for the ashes Of Washington there and history will
see forever on its bank that old his pallet
raigned before the pirates And II they hang him the
Father OF his Country will be proud to make for his
ashes beside big grave. (Great applause And let his
tory add TO the record that he left wife and daughter
they found AID father and husband ia the American
people that never forgot to tend their foott and
shelter them while God spared them the eight OF those in
whose veins the blood Of the great martyr Is running
<Immense appause)
CLOSING REMARKS or MR. AspREw
The audience were now about 70 separate when Mr.
rnpdt their
He sad that the arguments upon the writ Of error in
Browns case made Thursday. Every legal mind
Knew tina, such existed n the indictment wou
secure reversal Of the judgment If the freed
from its present excemens He spoke of the Court of
appeals as the highest Of Virginia, and OF the counsel
Messrs Chiffon and Greeneas among the ables lawyers
IN the South There had been no difficulty in obtaining
the oest OF legal counsel TO defend these men.
M. fhiihps here interrupted 70 state incident which
NE nao heard The wife Of Of the counsel who
70 virginia learning that he had gone 70 Charlcstown
wrote TO him. saying
- lear Tor you-you may not return 70 me-but do
your duty had rather be the widow Of a brave man
than the wife Oh coward I" (Great appause)
Mr.. Andrew continued stating that the gentleman who
Is the acknowledged bead OF the Virginia bar only de-
sined TO argue the writ OF before the Court OF An
peas because his other engagements would not allow him
give his mind 10 II with that entrnty which he should
desire. These incidents, said Mr. Andrew shoud not be