The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-23
Victor Hugo ON John Brown.

From the Lopdon News Dec. I0l
When one thinks Of the unitea States OF America ma
jesc figure rlses u the mndWsshington Now In that
country Of Washington see what ia going on at this hour
There slaves in the Southern States, fact which
strikes with indignation, the most OF
tradicons the reasonable and freer Of the
Northern States These slaves, these negroes white
man, free man, one John Brown wanted to deliver.
Certainly insurrectou be sacred duty against
slavery Brown wished to begin the good work by the
deiverance of the in Virginia Being Puritan,
religious and man. and full Of the gospel he
aloud to these men-hs brolhers-the cry of mancpa
ton" Christ has set free" The slaves.
by slavery made no response to his appeal Slavery
makes deafness in the soul Brown, finding himself
abandoned, fought with a handfui of heroic men; he
erugged he fell ridaed with bullets bis two Young sons
martyrs of holy cause dead his side This is what
called the Harpers Ferry affair.
John Brown taken prisoner has lust been tried with
land What sor, Of trial il was q word will tell.
Brown, stretched uackle bed with six haif-cosed
wounds gun shot wound in bis arm one in bis ,ons
two in the chest two in the headalmost bereft OF hear
ing bleeding through his mattress the sniris OF his two
dead sons attending him his four fellow prs, ners crawl
ing around him; Stephens with four sabre wounds Jus
tce 10 hurry to have done with the case: 40 attorney
Hunter Demanding that il be despatched with sbsrp
speed judge Parker assenting the defence cut short
scarcely any DELAY allowed forged or garbled
nut in evidence the Tor the prisoner shut o
the defence cogged two cups loaded with grape brought
into the court with an orer % the isilors TO shoot the
prisoners in case OF any attempt at rescue forty
detiberatop: three sentences TO denh affirm on nv
homer that all this took place not in Turkey bnt IN
America
Such things are not done with imnugnitv IN the face or
the civilized world The universal conscience of mau
kind an watchfnl eye Let the Judges OF Charles
town and Hunter and Parker and the esvehoIding in
rors and the whole population of virginia handler i
well: they are seen They are not alone in the world
AT this moment the gaze Of Enrope Is fixed on America
John Brown condemned To die WIS 10 have baen
hanged on the ID of Decemberthis very dav Bit news
has this instant reached us respite ia granted him II
is not until the 10th that be is to die The interval ia
short Has cry of marcy time IN nate ,taaf haa nv
No matter-t is duty 70 lift M the voice
Perhare second resnita NAV h. granted Amarica ia
a noble land The eentmert ~ hnman;,v ;c Van c,cr
ened aropu n FREQ neopIa W. hona. tnet r,ouy, rn,v
he saved n il were Otherwise II Rrnwn shouId die on
the scAod on the 10th Of December what terrible ca
lanitrl
The executoner Of Brown LEI us avov II opan,v FL,
the CAV OF the kings is mast and the day of the oola
dawna and IN the reone we are hound frantlv N ANAL
the tr,tbtbe executuer OF Brown would he neither the
attorney Hunter nor the Judge Parker nor the
Wise nor the State of Virginia. Il woud no va aav n
ana we think with shudder the whole American re-
public
The more one loves the more one admres the moro
one reyeree the republic the more heartsick one feels ne
such single State GU .ht nat 10 have the
power 10 dishonor all the rest and ia this case federal
Intervention IA clear ripbc Otherwise by besatinp To
interfere When IL might prevent a crime the Union he
comes an accomplish No matter how intense NAV be
the Indignation Of the generous Northern States the
Southern States associate them with the disgrace OF this
murder All of us whom soever we NAV be-for whom
the democratic cause is a common country-feeI our
seves in auper COMPROMISED and hurt II the scaG,ld
should be erected gu the 18th of December the ucor
rupbIe voice OF story would testify that
the august OF the New World had added In
ali ia ties of hov brotherhood of b,ooi
and the fosces Of that splendid republic would be bound
together 18th the running moose that hung from the gbbe
of Brown