Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-12-10
Thc Press on ssid Brown.

T. The Milwaukee Free Demoe,nt Of Dccem-
bes 2, comes to rs in mourning for Old John
Brown. 1t says:
liz ,kr- kr-rusoBs.-At twelve O'clock to-day,
the city of Milwaukee fired rne hundred guns
for Old John Brown. .......
These Mighty Heart ThrObs throughout the
North will shake the dome Of Heaven, a,d
send the lite blood Of Freedom through all
departments of Government in 1860
70 night a m:etns will be held in the
Chamber Of Commerce.
The same paper also sums up in the follow
ing indignant style: s..
Hts BODY I'IEs.-To-'lay, John Brown j.:
hung in Virginia for the imputed crime .!
irea>or,. g.. rf .. .-...s
The course pur<uel during his trial and
conviction, and since thea. has been rs extr,-
ordinary a> the crime with which hc was
charged -t ...a ~.t
When he WAS arrested, on the l9th day OF
October, he waS beaten to the ground and
severely wuln,lrd. ...n .r
While III this condition Of physical proStr;l
ton, he waS hourly haunted, ami Piled witt,
questions, by mn whose hearts were filled
.,ith nil the nlaiisaiy oi Spauish Inqli~itors.
every sentence fDrcal from the wri,hing and
hrlplrsS, hut brave old Glai, was twisted into
it> worst possible con Structlon, and repeated
with many attitIonS, thOl|ai,dI of times, in
N excited community where he was to be
lie was hurried to court before be was able
t. sit up, and lay there on his back in the
nlist OF a scoylins crowd of slaveh ,lders, who
thirsted tOr his blood. s.
His lawyer was threatened with personal
violence. r. ...,-... g.. ....-..... ..... >. p
The Judge ruled every point against him.
The Jury were intensely prejudiced against
him, AMI brought in verdict of guilty.
In twelve days from his arrest he was in
humanity hurried through the form of a trial
found guilty, and sentenced to be hung.
a This important trial, which is destined to
"ccnpy place in American history, was dis
patched with the indecent haste of police
court case. ie# T~7 - ..,--- "f- .a
But not satisfied with this, the blood thirs-
ty Judge gave the prisoner but thirty two
days to prepare for the gallows.
r. w as this done 10 place Old Brown beyond
the reach Of human mercy, when the sober
second Thought should come, and Virginia
''Sit clothed II, her right miidy 1t looks so,
Ioi IaSi Q arg ic" CdScS vi ieCOTu LflaI present
more paiating circumstances than this John
Brown must be hung Gov Wise says it,
the Damacratic p srty ctanaor for it. ~:
To-day, the chivairy crowd about his gal
lows a. the ,naIdened masses of fanatics once
did abont the HUI of Calvary. They cling to
the house-tops, cluster in the windows,
squeeze into door~ay> !; ami when the black.
e:ici lace, protrudi's eyes, and swollen ton
que is noLioniess, they will send up shout,
over the death OF tn. "curSed abo.l, ionist" ''
Dead ca thy c't,ke trltt p,th r1i,e?'
John Browns body ma3e rot,, but his princi.,
pies are'im perisha',le. john Brown hangs il,
hemp, in Virginia, his executloners hang in
ths rope Of Pubic Opinion throughout the
Nor h Brown's body will be burned !; his
sxecUtio'ser's podfes and Souls will bs e.srn.
ally sunk under the, neap of indignant pro
testatiois, from the merciial, FROM admirers
Ut lion hearted courage, sro.n all who l.,e
Jhstice aud truth. To day, the democratic
party' dri;.As acup oi biooa that viii rot their
sf.s