Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-11-24

epislle of the Governor in answer to her re-
quest for permission to visit aud nurse John
Brown in jail She reviews the history Of
slavehodng aggressions, mobs, outrages, and
nullifeation with pen pointed by the force
Of truth, and impales the Presidential aspirant
on pike sharper and more barbsd than any Of
old Browns. Mrs. g. shows Gov Wise that
himself and associates have taught Captain
Brown "bloody instructiont;" thit Gov. Wise
is Himself fully as bad as he paints John Brown;
IL at he has threatened TO trsmple on the Con,
stitution and dissolve the Union If msjority
of the legal voters Of these Confoderated States
DARED to elect a President uniavorable to the
extension of slavery, thus giving proof Of pre-
meditated treason. To the charge that Brown
was "whetling knives ofbutchery for the moth.
ere, sisters, daughters and babes" Of Virginia,
Mrs. Child retorts that Gov. Wise, in 1912,
made speech in Congress, in which he pro
posed to capture Mexico, making childless and
latherless Mexic m motbers and babes, merely
to enable "slRvery to pour itself abroad with
out restraint" And Mrs @. supports her
charge by quoting from the Governor speech.
We have only room Tor two extracts from the
letter Of Mrs Child;
II Capt, Brown intended, as you say, to com
init treason, robbery, and murder, / think
have shown that he could ini ample authority
for such proceedings ia the public d, clarations
Of Gov. Wise. Aud If, as he himself declares
he merely intended to free the oppressed, where
could he read more forcIble lesson than is
furnished by the State Seal of ViVginial
looked at il thoughtiully before / opened your
letter; and though it had always appeared to
me very suggestive, it never seemed to me 80
much so as it now did in connection with Capt
John Brown A liberty loving hero stands
with his foot upon a PROSTATE despot; under
his strong arm, manacles and chains lie broken;
and the motto is "Sic Semper Tyrannis,"
Thus be it ever done to TyIants." And this
is the blazon Of State whose most profitable
business is the internal Slave .Trade In whose
highways cotiles OF human chattels, chained
and manacled are frequently seen! And the
Seal and the Coffies are both looked upon by
other chattels, constantly exposed to tho same
iatel What If some Vezey, OF Nat Turner,
should be growing up among those apparently
quiet spectatorsl 1t is in no spirit OF taunt or
) of exultation, that l ask this question. never
: think OF it but with anxiety, sadness, aud sym
. pathy l know that saveholding community
i necessarily lives in the midst of gunpowder;
ing in every direction You cannot quench
i the fires Of free thought and human sympathy
1 by any process Of cunning or force; but there is
a a method by which you can eilectually wet the
/, gunpowder. England has alieady tried it,
with safety and success. Would that you
. could be persuaded to set aside the pIejudicea
! Of education, and candidly examine the actual
working OF that experiment. Virginia is so
richly endowed by nature that Free Institutions
II. g., IL.
porous and powerful Of the States.
After his toric reference TO the hunt fol
fugitive slaves under guise of the Floridl
War; the denial Ofthe sacred Right of Petition
the filibuster and fraud in the dismembermenI
of Mexico to acquire slave territory; the yield
ing to England by Slave Administration ot
. several hundred thousands of square miles, tina
must have been made into Free States; and tn,
Wrestling of more territory from Mexico in orde
to add 10 the Slave States, Mrs. O. thus con
cludes:
notwithstanding all these extra efforts, the,
saw symptoms that the political power SO lOnI
J held with firm grasp was in danger o. slip
is ping from their hands, by reason of the exten
sion of Abolition sentiments and the create
prosperity OF Free States. Embodened b
continual success in aggression, they made ua
OF the pretcnse of "SquRtter Sovereignty" {
to break the league into which they had fol
merly cajoled the seville representatives Of ou
blinded people. by which all the territory {
the United States south Of "36 a0," wa
guaranteed to Slavery, and all north Of il (
Freedom. Thus Kansas became the battl
ground of the antagonistic elements in our Gov
ernment Rutfths hired by tho Slave Powe
aa,,t thithar tennOraFIiv In do the votin
and drive from the polls the legal voters, VII
were often murdered in the process. Name
copied from the directories OF cities in othS
States were returned by thousands as leg
voters in Kansas, in order TO establish Cor
stituton abhoTFed by her people. This WI
their exemplifcation Of Squatter Sovereignty
A Massachusetts Senator, distinguished Il
candor, courtesy, and stainless integrity, wa
half murdered by Shareholders, merely for hay
ing the manliness to state these facts tO tn
assembled Congress Of the nation Peacefl
emiqrants from the North, who went to Kansa
for no other purpose than to till the soil, erer
mills, aud establish manufactures, schools, an
churches, were robbed, outraged, aud murder
cd. For many month war more terocious tina
the warfare OF wild Indians carried o
against a people almost unTesisung, becaus
thew relied upon the General Government f
aid And all this while, the power Of II
United States, welded by the Slave OliRaroh!
es. was on the side Of the aggressorS. They III
orally tied the stones and let loose the ma
dogs. This was the state Of thingS when Il
hero Of Osawatomie and his brave sons went
the rescue II was he who fret turned tie tiC
Of Border-RuiIiaD triumph, by showing the
'td that blows were to be taken as well as give
iiot You may believe II or not, GOV. Wife, bu
's- il is certainly the truth that bessuse Hayeho
ere SO reckessly sOwed the wind IN Kansa
they reaped the whirlwind at Harper's Ferr
The people Of the North had very stron
itb attachment TO the Unioni but, by your despera
." measures you have weakened 1t beyond 1
3 power of restoration. They are not your en-
mics, az you suppose, but they cannot conseI
to be your tools, for any ignobe task you ml
choose TO propose. You must not judge OF
lAif By the crawling Sinuosties Of an Everett; or
our magnificent hound whom you trained
hunt your poor oripples, and thea sent hi
sneakina into a corner to'die--not with shar
for the b,se purpose TO which his strength b.
on been applied bat with VeEatOn because y
withheld from him the promised bone. Not
such az these must you Judge the free, enligt
ened yeomaniy Of New England. A majority
them would rejoice TO have the Slave Stat
fulflL their oitrepeated threat OF withdraw
from the Union. II has ceased TO be a bu
,,a. bear, for We begin to despair Of being able,
Tf any other process, to give the world the exal
bic Of real republic The moral sense Of ths
States is outraged by being aeeompHceo in 81
Is" tanning an institution vicious Ia all its aspee
and II is now generally understood that
'Is' purchase our disgrace At great PecuniaTy Q
penss. Ifyou would only make the offer Of
separation in serious earnest, you would h'