The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-30


without emotion. deeply dcp'ore the loss or
c rs any person can yet wuald not ask Tor Brown
Lis associates anght but Justice; would withhold
tustMe from the slave nor his na<teF ~s 4
proceea cal attention 10 OF the causes which
have rfooncat The present eeing W the FREQ aes. In
Is0l ngtess passes the law smci yet sasns the slave
trade IL the Insttct o' z mbEl 10 people Of The free
States appcar 70 have b OF natoual d-
honor until John Rap6olsh ai Roanoke himself slave
holder called atefon u H. and ~ ns own nervous style
Of e 4uenee de- need itdecafing u iDhnnan And INA
~, RAJ nf iiat he would expose u Mt hrs own ex
4 ,oul refused 10 ssssst him. He was The hrst
uaB who ap a. have been cxcted TO indignation by
attoc VII this day continues ut our seat OF govcrn-
meut 5nts1 Ff8sr gM a4 EtAassF aG
anrer Of fPenrsyivana--honored by his menaory--pext
made official report regard 10 this uaac, which
aroused The QnGkeIs and other religious people, and
Congress next heeane excited, and accepted gag rules
slave trade all other matters selatng 70
slavery, prohibiting all debate those subjects
lbs outrage aroused nrre portion OF our people, who
anxious cauetlutiouai right OF peu
ton and the freedom debate Us well as The rights Of
The free States although they took but ne interest 70
the subject or humanity. aN -
An,oig proronAut men Of our nation, John Quincy
Adams stod forth the leader aung tive for the
right of petition lie denounced the gag rules said they
were violation of the tuition, called tho
people 70 stand forth defence Of their rghts He did
law although % ans mus. ss Ss cssysa until
repealed He declared the gag rules " be law, do
sei wing po rtepect He uhInplsd upon them, he sb-
bored them. THROUGH ali the States the people
synpatbiza with him, and when he vas ArraGned and
ued Tor presenting rssresu1 psSnon g .ne pssp,s,
moved.
1t was the fortune Of your humble speaker insls IN
those sc~nee constrained 70 sit IN thai hall with
my lips sealed upon the great truths on which our 60
based then declared the doctrine which,
wrisers-hss human governments ars limited in their s-
climate powers TO the support Of human rights that they
neither have nor can have any jusi powers 70 rob ne
liberty which God has given hm. Conscious OF ne cor
recness Of this position and believing tina, every act Of
any government which attempts 70 invade this natural
despotc and void that It should be Ecated BY
officers people did what could IN humble way,
% direct The puo,c mind . shs support o. these ssev
Of upon for avowing these doctrines, and
Grove me fom my IN Congress, the pubic mind be-
came still more awakened and the people began 70 feel
the importance Of maintaining their rights.
The annexation Of Texas and the with Mexico for
sui, deeper feeling. Ens, thousand human victims were
sacrificed upon The altar Of desotc powerfonr thousand
victims then fell behalf Of slavery where one has
died In the outbreak vt Harpers Ferry. do n0t
say the guilt Of those who plunged into that war Vas
greater than that 0f the invaders 6 Vrgtua;
sve that question TO the public and 70 Iosterty Ircfer
70 the TACT IN order 70 say thai such sAcrce Of human
lie the bepe1t OF slavery deeply poved our pe0pe o.
ne Eas men xno are are o no~ & = s,sbss J o
sand who fell IN ther efforts 70 extend slavery WIN per-
feet coolness.
our national flag proettuted the protection of coa
wise trade, BY which human beings purchased
the District Of Columbia and the Northern slave
States and transported the baTracoons q New Orleans
other Southern ports and sold 70 the sugar and COT
ten plantations, where they are driven 90 severely that
lees than twenty five thousand annually murdered
this slave torture Our people do not Ike 70 be
in this iphuman rac and excited 81 being
Again, people Of Northern Ohio have been deeply
by the passage and execution Of what called the
Fugitive Slave act It's passage obtained by Offensive
means In the House oi Representatives Hon Thomas /.
Cpgman, of North Carons, stood up, and in the pre-
Of honest men aTrogaty proclaimed that that
passed before California was admitted blood
would Gow in that hall until there would be membess
enough left alive 70 form quorum for business. Such
nsocnce excited tn. contempt Of Our people, but certain
Northern members pale. teuubed and voted for
the bill, which is but the mandate OF despotism.
does understand, that legitimate governments
| s,ituted among men to secure the enjoyment Of Me
liberty and happiness and have no just powers % rob the
| humbest individual Of those rights which God has be
slowed upon him; that 70 deprive Innocent men Of life
liberty the work Of despots. They deny the natu
and enslave or say men Whenever they deem 4 for
their benefit Now t6 cot has been used Tor both pur
posss Here ln my own native ssase, on she mountains
| passage OF this act that men were shot down
while seeking their liberty in cold blood mention
the fact upon The authority Of the newspapers u that
Gay Indecd, when indicted after in your
State for shooting fugitive with intent TO kin him,
they were released under authority Of this act and st
| 60 unpublished.
| Such. too has been the case in Ohio. Tnere, men
been sho, down open daylight, and, in instance
the murdeTor being All officer vi the federal government,
is .e, unhapeed, beng protected BY ,hs act Thus
the soil of State atteued with the blood Of innocence
The slave mother has been driven 10 such agony
rnder this enactment as 20 murder her child with her
hands rather than ensaved Indeed, victims
have fallen III ndiaha and Illinois by the hand Of
derers, protessedly under the sanction OF this
Our people OF Ohio knowing that no act by which men
thus murdered or robbed Of their liberty be
sti'uorul or valid, have been excited 10 high degreee
Of feeling on seeing man captured and nanaced In their
presence and N tue presence OF their wives and children
Some noble spirits stood forth, released the vicm and
bade him serve God and hs country Lacking upon the
Fugitive Slave as void, the authorities Of the county
| in which the capture was made indicted and arrested
the savecatchers, and would have sent them the Pen
tenary had not the officers of the federal
discharged the rescuers who had been indicted In the
high state of feeling among the people
of that region. hesitate not 70 ray that people
gard it duty and virtue to desposm a all times,
when can be safely done They honor those who stand
the ranks OF resistance 70 desyotic powerthey
are placed in the same roll Of honor with sidney and
Hampden and other patricsthey execrate the coward,
who, having his rights, dare not maintain them, but sub
mits 70 usurped power
/ now come 10 y more painful part Of my subject
These outyages eliminated Kansas under the admnisra
ton of Executive from this State Armed ruinans
from Missouri organized military band, invaded the
Territory drove the electors from the pos pretended to
mem, BASED acts which thew oaed laws @ ~ %
mandates Of Missouri ruians were upheld and enforced
by the military power Of our nation ordered there by
the President. There Brown and his associates
trained to Of blood by the efforts Of the Executive
70 sustain slavesy They taught him all the strategy and
military skill which he ever obtained. There they sought
his lfe-engaged him IN mortal combatslew his son in
most barbarous manner-set price upon his bead
and rendered him outlaw.
In Kansas more men from my State were murdered
under Executive sanction than fell In Virginia by the
hands Of Brown and his associaes and yet they formed
but small portion Of the victims who fell in that civil
war; waged by invaders from Missouri and carried for
ward by the President
These scenes have called up deep feelings on the
part Of our people, II would be wrong 70 dis
guise these facts. Investigation has shown them
that all these outrsges are perpetTated by unnnt
igaied tyranny, which they abhor Discussion has
elected truth. They have carefully examined the
charter Of their rights and determined maintain it,
An s'rrepreeble conflict has arisen-iti upon u.s.
rho fparS In
look in the face notice that some oi The writer's of
our papers appear anxious TO make political capitaoth
ers appear tmid ard fearful would say such
Speak not at all this occasion 1t that rises
above the thoughts Of demgogues, the comprehension
OF minds that move n the circle o political strategy
Now ns to Brown entertain the opinion that his own
account Of his objects and designs correct presume
he has told the truth when he says that his whole object
N going 70 Virginia 70 free the slaves On nat point
suppose NO one win doubt him He declares ne had
mention Of shedding blood He only did that when com
peled do therefore say that In regard TO his de-