New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-12
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tie harnouy which biz life breAihes round this nome
0ne ard another OF YOU, hs neighbo-s, say, HAVe
known hm five yeaT-, 81 have known Wu' "u
years" II seems TO If We had none vi us AnoMh
dav hy dav ns he has unfodAd trait after trait OF ear
nest brave tender Christian life We see nm walh
ing with rafiert face 70 the Seahoid ana 'lA
what IN iron heart, wha; devoted faith We axe up
bis reirers beginning My dear wife and children
every orc Of tlen"-see him Ftoop on his way - me
s cld and kris that negro chd-aud THIS IRON near
seer-s all tenderness. Marvellous cid rian' we haNc
hardly sid i when the loved forms OF MS sorS ~ 0
bioOm Of Young devotion, encireie him. ana We fehe-
her he j. not alone only the majestic center OF group
Your neghbor farmer went surrounded by MS mouse
bold to tell the slaves there were sll hearts ana rSn'
aTms ready and eryed for their service FROM th-
rrof four FROM neghboring one two, 20 make up that
score Of heroes How resolute each looked INTO the
face Of Virginia bow LOYALTY each stood 1t hs ofCfh
post meeting death chcerfully, I'LL that mnster-Volce
said II II enough" And these weeping children ana
widow seem so lifted ~ and ccuseeraied by lon.,
Frele.hcared devotion 70 b's great purpose ihat We
dare 10 remind them how blessed they are IN me
privilege Of thinking that in the igst tnroos on
those brave Young hears, which lie buried on the
barks of he Shenandoah thoughts OF them
mir oiled with love 20 God and hope for the slave
He has abolished Slavery in Virginia: fou may say
this L. too much. Our neigibOrs are the last men We
know TIE hour that pass a. are The ones we appFe
cis;e the least. Men walked Boston sireets, when
rieht fen on Bunkers Hill, aud ped Narren saying
"Foolifh man. Thrown away his lie Way d'ant
be measure his means better - We see MN s,shuihS
colossal that day on that blood stained sod and sever
ing TIE tie that bound Boston 70 Great britain lhat
uight George III. ceased 70 rule in New-England.
History will date Virginia Emancipation from har-
Ters Ferry. True the slave u still there 80 Wien
the tempest uproots pine your halls, looss green
for mouths-a wear or TWO. Still IL il timber, not
tree John Brown has oosened the roots OF the Save
system; il only breathes-lt does not iiVe-iefeAi1eE'
Men saw. E" How cooly brave" Bat IN hin match
less courage seems the least Of his merits How gen,
tleuess gsaced When tie frightened town wished
10 bear off the body OF the Mayor, man sad,
(" will 20. Mrs Eowke, under their rifles, II YOU "iii
stand be yvcen them and me- lie knew nc could
trtlrt their gentle respect for woman. Tie was rlght
He went III the thick OF the tight and bore on the ooy
in safety. That girl flung her-eif between tlr
puia !ities and your brave young thompson luey
mad no r;tv The mercess bullet reached him, spite Of
wouan'- PRAYERS though the fight had long been over
How God has blessed him How truly be may say
" ! have fought good fight, l have GH'sHed my
couIte." Truly lie has fRiSeea-done MS work tsod
granted him the privilege 20 look on his work accom-
psLed lie sad, f" | will show the South That twenty
men can take possession OF town. hold II twentyour
hours and carry away all the slaves who wish to es-
cape Did he not do il On Monday night ne stood
master OF Harpers Ferry-Could have lett uncbeched
with a score VI hundred slaves The wide sympathy
and secret approval shown by the eager, quyeng
re oi lovers of Slavery, asking Oh. why dld lie not
take his victory and 90 away Who checked him at
issi Not startled Virginia. Her be had conquered
Tie Union crushed-seemed to crush him. In reality
God raid, That work is done; you have proved that
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come M higher and baItZe by your marty rion nit-
lion hearts into holier e." Surely such HE Ii no
failure. How vast the change in mems hearts! In
surrecon was harsh, hOrd word 10 millions month
ago. John Brown went whole generation beyond
H. claiming the night for white men 70 help the slave
to freedom by arms. And row men run up and DOWN,
not dispuUg hs principle but trying to frame excuses
for Vrgins hanging of pure, honest, highhearted
and heroic man. Virginia stands the bar Of the civ
ized world on trial. Round her victim crowd the apos-
ties and martyrs, all the brave high souls who have SAID
"Godi God and trodden wicked laws under their ieet'
As | stood looking his grandiatheTs grayestone,
brought here fum Connecticut telling, as II does, OF
bis death in the Revolution thought could hear our
herO-saint saying my fathers their swords to
tie slave still sinks before the pledged
force OF this nation. give my sword to the slave my
fathers forgot" Ii any swords ever reflected the
smile Of Heaven, surely II was those drawn at haT-
per's Ferry If our God il ever the Lord OF Hosts,
making one man chase a thousand, surely that Little
band might claim him for their captain. llarpers
Ferry was single hour, standing alone-taken out
from common li.eit was the Towering OF nifty years
OF slnge-heaTted devotion. lie must nave ll7ed
wholly for great idea, when these who owe their
being Ia him and these whom love has joined, gcoup
tremendously around him, cach accepting serenely
biz and her patti feel honored 10 stand under such
roof. Hereafter YOU viii tell children standing at
your knees, :" saw John Brown buried sat uader
bic roof" Thank God for such a master Could we
have asked n0bler representative OF the Christian
North putting her foot tile Accurssd system OF
Slavery Al time passes, and these hours float back
into history men W zee against the clear December
sky that ealows and round il thousands Of armed men
guarding Virginia from her slaves. On the other side,
the serene face Of that calm old man. be stOops 10
kiss the child Of f0riorn race. 1hark God tor our
emblem. May he soon bring Virginia 10 blot out hers
in TeIent6nt shame, aud cover that hateful glllows
and solGery with thousands of broken letters.
What lesson shall tbose lips teach us Before that
still. CAIN houT let Us take new baptism. How can
We stand here without fresh, and utter con, ecraon
There eaIs how shall dare 70 offer consola
ton On lips fresh from such VOW have the right
10 mngle their words with your tears. We envy you
your nearer place 10 there nObe chi dren Of God.
do not believe Slavery will 90 down IN blood Ourr ~
the age of thought. Hearts stronger than swords
That lai fortnight How sublime its lesson the
Christian Of c0nscence--0t truth. Virginia IA
weak because each mans heart said amen TO John
Brown. His wOrds-they are stronger even than his
rifles. These crushed state. These have changed
tire thoughts Of millions, and will yet erush Slavery
Men said, Would he ad died in arIns'-God ordered
better and granted TO him and The slave those noble
Priron houTs-that single hour u des n, granted him
higher than the soldiers place, that Of teacher the
echoes Of his rites have died away in The his-a mil
lion hearts guard his words. God bless this roof
make il bess Us We dare not say bless YOU, CHILDREN
OF tits home you stand nearer to whose FPS God
touched, and We rather bend for your blessing. God
make Ms all woribieT Of him whose dust we lay
among these hills he Low. d. Here he giTded himself aud
went forth 10 battle. Fuller snceess than his heart
ever dreamed God granted him. lie sleeps in the
blessings Of the crnshed and the poor and men be-
lieye mole firmly in virtue, that sach man has
lived. Standing here, let Us thank God for Grner
faith and fuller hope.
Another hymn was then sung during which the
coffin was placed on table before the door, with the
face exposed, go that all eoud gee Il almos:
natural as life-lar than ordinary corpse.
There was fush on the sce resulting from the peeu
liar mode Of desth aud nothing Of the palor that Is
usual when life is extinct.
Mr.. Phuess Norton, who acted AZ the friend of the
family tie occasion invited all who desired do