Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-11-18

: here we can inform the ',Iouraa! ol Commerce
that in case the candidate oc the Charleston
Convention shall be defeated by the North,
that defeat will rot bc properly attributable 'o
the doctrine Of equal protection. Where that
doctrine will los. Ms one vote. Lccomptonsil
will lose us one hundred in the Northern Staic,.
Moreover where the doctrine ofcqual protection
will lose lis one vote. i; will ,air uS ten; also.
even in the Northern States. |, INA? lose
us the CaSsiiyS and Richmond- o: New York;
but cYen in tina; State, we have tie positive
pudiaton Of tie dishonest hercSy Of Suattcr
Sovereignty will rally 10 the Democratic
standard host Of conservative ncn. which
the Albany Regency has hitherto succeeded in
keeping aoor from ,,>: and vino are ready 10
do battle lai tie sake of genuine conservatism;
but will neither bow 10 the sham article ..
Squattcr expcdicncy. nor submit 10 be ird by
an an,;.Slavcry herd Of Buli'..o tric!SicrS.
Character OF John Brown, the Murderer It'd Ne
go Steaier.
The following is Il copy Of letter recently
received by prominent citizen OF this State
KANSAS CI:Y, No, Nov. ,, 1853.
Although unknown TO YOU, personally, the
motive which prompts Inc--a desire TO see an
uucyamplcd villain receive his deserts at the
hand Of Iusticc-will, hope, be my par''oned
excuse for this letter.
Bv the telegraph see John Brown, pluck.
4, exhibited in his trial and the late disturb
ancc at Iarper> Ferry, have excited in your
breast. as would naturally be the case with
every chlyalrc Elan, an ailmITing SYMPATHY
Nv purpose is to relate 10 you passage III
Browns life that NAY place his true character
before vo,I He stated IN his conversation with
Senator MasGn, Mr. EallaUdiGs shan and others,
that. save in fair tight. he never she'd human
blood In June. 1876. series Di the most
bastard murders were pcrpe,ratct! OH Potowato-
mie Creek Mr. Wilkinson, an ino:!cn>ivc and
ulict farmer, who had never taken up arms IN
Kansas was DRAGGED from the side OF his wife,
who had been confined but two or three DAYS
before, and lal his head spit open. his throat
cut, and his hands cut oil, ard his body and
members thus mutilarcd. thrown back into the
house at the fee: oi his wife. Oa t'c >:iuc
night, the house, cf two brothers named Do!'c,
were entered by the SAME band, eight III mum
Der: they were taken from their beds and iou!!'
murdered That night five murders were
committed by that party Of eight hau>a> out
laws. These murders brought OF the Difficult.
ties that devastated the Territory ia the SUN
mcr and autumn of lsjG, rs You may rcIncn-
Der. Mrs. Wilkinson, 4 Younger brother oi
the DOylcS, and every one conceded these brIi'
tai murders were committed lay John Brown.
who has lust been convicted in JcilcrSon c"u'.
ty, Va.
Samuc Walker, who TOOK Capt. Titus. III
1876. now sheriff OF Douglas county, Is. T.,
and q prominent Free State man, with Carmi
Babcock. President of the late Council Senate,
of the Territorial Legislature, Oh sunday last
had quarrel with Thatcher, editor "i the "kc-
publican" AN abolition newspaper IN Lawrence,
who justified those murders. Walker and Dab
cock denounced them Walker said he lad i
largc party Of men, Brown among thcm; that
late in the evening Brown came to him 10 get
permission to take party To execute some
pro.Slavcrv men. Walker refused. Brown
took his son and six more men. making eight.
and went OH That night the murders above
enumerated were committed; and the next
mornin. old John Brown rode mp to wagon,
and threw into il Il sabre bloody lrOm the hilt
to the point, SAYING at tine time, with tiendish
,nll!c don't that loo; like it had done some
work :" Walker SAID that nights horrors
made a !uua,c 81 Browns son. who Is, be-
licyc still 80 that Oh his return next morning
he was mad that he rode day and night With
out Il heed: and WAS pcrpc,ually starting as
from some terrible object. Walker added
..,hc>r were the mos, brutal murders ever
heard OF: and when told of them, expected
the N;-.nuriar> womll come over and massacre
every Free State man III the Territory.
These are simple facts. and will, hope, di>a'
h,i>c ycur mind Of any mIStakrn !cciinG "'
mercy you may nave entertained Tor this h''