The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1859-11-23
John Brown--.His E1logist and
his Instigator.

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OVERLOOKING by an audience who were
mostly aboIitionists gathered to listen to
lecture by Wendell Phillips, the noto-
rious Boston fanatic and agitator. HIS
theme was The Lessons Of the Hour =
and few were aware that his entire dis
course was to be taken up with the sub
!; ect of the late rebellion and riot in Nlr-
ginia but the whole speech, lasting an
hour and a half, consisted of abuse of
! Gov. Wise, Virginia and slavery and a
eulogy on old Brown. 1t was one of the
most singularlectures.eyer given, abound
| ing in gross abuse, ferocious diatrlbes,
wild distortions of fact and complete
absence Of common-sense. Many in the
| North consider abolitionism, when ex-
| hibited in such extreme cases as a species
ofinsanity if so, Phillips must be classed
among the incurable monomaniacs along
with Gerr:t Smith.
The raying speaker was greeted with
excessive applause whenever uttering
anything peculiarly malignant in spirit
or quaint in phraseology. The speech as
reported by the N. Y. Herald is curiosi-
| ty; we should reppblish it if it were fit
for our columns. 1t was delivered but a
| few days before the election and was no
doubt intended to have an immediate effect
against the Democratic party. Corwin OF
Ohio was present and at the conclusion OF
Phillips speech was vociforously called
for by the audience. He appeared upon
the stand and spoke few indefinite words
neither opposing what Phillips had said
nor expressing any opinion.
This affair at Harper's Ferry perplexes
4 the Black Republicans. If they condemn
the black and villainous treason and de-
nounce Brown, they offend and ALLEVIATE
the abolitionists of the. more fanatical
caste if they approve and defend it and
Ieulogize Brown and his abettors, they
. offend and run the risk Of losing the more
moderate and conservative Of their party
i They.ca spare neither, for the secession
ofeither would reduce them to minority
in some States where they now rule
There is consequently disagreement
among the Sewardite presses in their
comments. They refuse to take their Cue
from the N. Y. Tribune and each treats
the matter in its own way. If Sewarl
were himself at home he would soon give
forth keynote which would at once re
store concord to the Black Republican
press but Seward is travelling in Egypt
riding on camels, climbing pyramids, puz
cling over hieroglyphics, measuring the
nose of the Sphynx, fumbling among dusty
mummies or studying the peculiarities OF
4 the alligators of the Nile He will soor
bend his steps homeward and as bis
friends have probably sent for him te
Paris or London hundreds of newspapers
with details of the doings of Brown anc
| his miscreants, of his trial and of the oc
currences and comments growing out O
this matter, he will study them diligently
| OH board the steamer and be fully pre-
| pared to deliver, on landing at New York
one of his remarkable extemporaneoul
{ speeches which will be taken as guide
}, by the Black Republican journalists
Whatever share the autocrat of free.soi
may have had in the scheme of Brown
{ whatever counsel or encouragement OF
material aid he may have given, he is too
astute politician and too well yersed ii
the tangled lore of the demagogue t,
sanction and approve it openly. But i
will task his cunning to the utmost t.
suggest any means Of avoiding the loss
Of large number of his adherents
Seward and Brown are counterparts o
each other. One has proclaimed an "ir
|repressible conflict the other ha.
translated the proclamation into riot
treason and bloodshed. One has prepared
the minds Of the people of the North t,
: invade the South-the other has actual,
levied war upen a Southern State
Though q million voters praise and follow
Seward and as many call Brown mad
man, Brown is better man than Seward
While the glb-tongued, neat and vii,
demagogue will plot new plans of hos
tillty towards US in the Senate, the rough
: bold, gray-bearded and wrinkled old traito
will swing from the gallows as high a
the son of Hammedatla /; but history viii
link their names together as co-worker
in tho c anna hasa oauoo ond ;o;,.t L,;..o