Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-12-07
s. The IrrepressiSIe ConAict-,,>

The New York Herald, of Tuesday
. comes to us filed with extracts from
Northern papers and accounts Of public
meetings, all breathing the warmest sym
pathy for old Ossawatomie Brown, and
the bitterest hatred Of the South.
One of these meetinrs-at fremont
Temple, Boston-is reported as having
been large and enthusiastic. Mr.. John
A. Andrew. who presided, thought it pro
per that the audience "should first unite
/. in solemn act Of religious worship,
and to that end invited them to JON III
prayer with the Rev. Dr.. Neale. That
reusrmd gentleman, after thanking his
Heavenly Father for many things, and
praying for guidance and counsel, con-
tinued:
We pray especially for him who has SO
extensively excited the public sympathy
and appreciation. We render thanks to
thee for. the noble spirit of generosity @id
Of fidelity and of bravery which he has
manifested, and his deep sympathy with
the oppressed: We thank thee that he. is
sustained in the present trying hour BY a
consciousness of having acted in accord
ancc with hy scnso of obligation to God /;
and we pray that he. may. be sustained to
the last: May he enjoy the light Of thy
presence and thy sustaining power, and o
hope full of immortality, looking forward
tosa world where: there is+no sin, no sui.
nm -y7;z,JT y
The Chairman bf the meeting, Mri
John A. Andrew, explained its object. In
the course Of his remarks, he said:
John Brown and his companions in the
conflict at Harpcr's Ferry, those who fell
there and those who are to suffer upon
the scaifold, are victims of martyrs to an
ides. There is on irrepressible conflict
(great applause )-between freedom and
slavery, as old and rs immortal as the ir.
reprcssible conflict between right and
wrong. They are among the martyrs of
that conflict. pause not now TO consider.
because it is wholly outside of the duty
or the thought of this s;' tonight,
whether the enterprise OF John Brown
and his associates in Virginia was wise or
foolish, right or wrong, l only know Mat
whether tie cnte; Prise itself acas the one
or the other, John Brow,L himself is right.
(Applause.) lsympathize with the man,
i sympatize with the idea, because | sym.
pathizc with and believe in the eternal
right.
The Rev. ]. NJ. MANNING spoke of the
act of John Brown as STOOL hardy and
suicidal"
could not have advised him to it, aud
yet, now that the erent has taken place, I
stand before it aOo'ulering and admri'g-
l4pglausel:-=w,yelnembering THAT it i some
I fre5::sssssa with vii I this t'iss1 sAAA 7 heHs !Ns
not insane. Ibclicus Is g00s'
and u has been doing thafuhich
apus sight; and the onb
giUe noW Is that
Of provid" =.
speaker W.
destiny; l.
my heavenly
man, join Br
u auound IN Mt
we may say OF
by some power -
As view it, he
in the halls of the great modern BelShaz-
Ear, and writing over against the wall
those mysterious and appalling words at
which the monarch trembles and turns
pale on his throne. While we are here
tthis evening, knowing that our wives-lt
not present-and our little ones sleep
safely in our homes, there are mothers III
the Southern States, whom the Providence
Of God has made the wives Of slavehold-
ers. and they arc innocent OF this great
sin of sIavrry-I wish TO believe that
they are. They donot mean to be guilty
Of it; they say that Providence forced
them into these circumstances; and lneS'.
mothers, tonight, us they gather their
children around them, offer the prayer
that they may be protected from the M
yluvr; a,,u they gU 10 Ucd win
weapons under their pillows, knowing
that their streets are patrolled by al
armed police. This is the cotoition Of
the Southern States verify the tyrant
tremblcs and turns pale in the midst OF
his revcls. (Applause.
The same gentleman, speaking OF the
probability that the sentence OF John
Brown will be exc cuted, adds:
And if he does, and if that event should
be observed next year. when it comes
round, and so on from year to year, and
if half a century hence oar children should
b. riaof this great national curse Of Stare,
~, no ono wiN refer, crcept With pr'M and
erulution, TO the battle Of Harper's fsrry.
Applause And then will come forth
some Daniel Webster, then at safe dis.
TANGO from the cYant, Daughter and cheers)
who will say that from the time when
John Brown swung between the heavens
and the earth svs may date The beginning
of tile end of american slavery.
i The journals in the interest of the
slave power ascribe it to few Northern
fanatics, who have reused up the baser
passions of men, and they say that we
are responsible for the blsody acts OF
John Brown and his associates. But We
say not. The slave power itself, stand
inc up there in all its deformity and wick
edness in the sight Of Northern consciences
that is the cause (applause,) and there
the responsibility belongs. Why, the
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