Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-12-02
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Is John Brown "a Rt preventative Man!


However needless the inquiry when the answer is so
manitesty affirmative, it is not less important in its
latOn to fact. We do not regard the common teOn as
representative He is merely the type of a class.
Other eons have interest in him and do not
themselves about his fate. Y our common murderer,
street ruan election shoulderhtter fraudulent voter
indeed any of your ordinary of villains in their
individuality merely types OF their respective genus,
with nothing in common but the probabilities of COM
mon fate Banded together, they are only in such re-
aton for special purpose-to render vena service to
those who will pay for it. When this is at an end and
their vilanous compact is dissolved it is of little
men to the rest, that realizes bis deserved
fate in any way provided by law The case is very DIFF
ferent with John Brown and the relation of people of
the north and the people OF the south to his position.
| John Brown the leader OF gang of uaws at
Harpers Ferry, is other than eon, it is true His
is that Of telon on the double crime involves
son and murder And the capable of such acts is
actuated by feonOus purpose reasonable hostility
to the government and eonous disregard of the
ty of human life. He undertakes to Judge his fellow
in the exercise of their rights by false principles
and personal standard of duty And working out
their condemnation he declares against society," and
puts his bloody and REASONABLE designs into practice
In this he may act the agent of Others but he must
be identified with them in spirit and design. Or he may
act of his free WILL and at the nstgation of his
erring and evil heart
rage came upon the public it almost unanimously
regarded as the act of mere crazy old fool. People
dreamed that it the fruit and maured result
rotten at maturity it is true-of long and delibera-
ely prepared PLAN AS fact after fact came out how
ever, there seemed to be in it than at first APP
peared and the opinion gained ground that the parties
had been instigated if not aided by prominent and
notorious in the country. There is very general
impression with many, and generally through the South,
that guilty completely exists on the part of men whose
names have been mentioned And there u.s. really, no
room for doubt that Fred Douglass and others OF his
kidney implicated, and have consequently practsed
the better part of valor, and made discreet retreat
from the country
But this is not all, would these facts constitute
the insurgent Brown and his party representative
men,, in the proper Of the term. Day after day.
however, and week after week, we have the cumulative
evidence furnished voluntarily by the press and the pull
pit that John Brown is in fact the representative man
of very large class of the people of the North and that
he is the object of their and sympathy
Take for instance such Mr.. Beecher, himself
representative man, and he volunteers to bis own shame
and degradation the covert notion that the execution
Brown will honor the victim with martyrdom. With
these sentiments very large proportion of the northern
mind is imbued. And, probably, more or less modified
they prevail with and acuate the whole republican party
The fact to be lest sight Of regarded with total
indifference that such sentiments reduce the person cher
ishng them to a lower level than Brown. The who
would commit murder for gain, but has not the
to do it, just guilty morally as he who does He may
admire the boder villain who hangs bis deeds, yet hug
himself in the security he enjoys in the of heart to
90 WnaL MS Cupldlty suggests. LII is the with
these fellows who, remote from the scene and peril
John Browns murder and treason exto him for his de-
sign but mock the folly displayed in its execution. They
only wanted the ingredient of success on the part
Brown to have united them in his praise. They would
have been brave enough to follow his lead at distance
which would have ensured them safe retreat upon The
first repuse which Brown might have encountered &c
of this Glass; Brown in fact the representa-
tive
With these facts before u.s. how are we to understand
Io~o
ance for given purpose the opposition of the South
with that class or party in the North of whom Johr
Brown is the representative man? Every day furnishes
the evidence that this purpose is only contemplated
but that it is contamination devoutly wished The PEG
pie OF the South must give their attention this mos
corrupt and nearious design 1t is no party question
There is issue involved which any true and homes
man should fear to meet hesitate about ENDURING into
The fact no longer to be concealed that to accomplish
given end the attempt will be made to unite the op
position of the South with the republicans of the orh
and SO to strengthen the national Influence of the latte
at the expense of the former. In the end it plain t.
every unpreudiced mind that the South will be the on
sufferer and that any alliance between the two for spe
cia purposes at the ensuing congressional term will in
evaby tend to strengthen the hands of the republicans
and greatly increase the probabilities of the election
a republican President Baltimore Sun.
WHAT is A REMITTANCE.-A suit involving the ures
ton whether money sent in registered letter is remit
lance, decided in New York few days since. Ed
= ward Morrison sued the Farmers Bank of North Caro-
lima for $3.50, the product of draft collected and whic
sent to him i'll registered letter, but not received
The court held that the defendant not authorizes
to remit money instead of drafts is the usual custom
the money mailed to the address of the plaintiff could no
considered payment and the defendant was therefor
liable in the action The jury found verdict for tn
i plaintiff accordingly.
An Irish coachman, driving past some harvest field
during the past week, addressing smart girl engages
in shearing, exclaimed, "Arrah, my darling, wish
was in Jail for stealing We !"