The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-09
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uc MP I,nfrd states For the law all not rest on
~ oupion were The aajudIcaonso Of the courts "
~ vsrioue States OF the Union, and say this NJ advised
s-sr ~ the counsel for the Commonwealth progated
".shout the Northern States that Virginia had surped
~ authority Of the United States Gentleman If it had
zen So say here-what in private before said 9th
sysf had been SO, myself would have done that most
vdous thing for me 70 do would have gone TO tho State
q virginia, and would have appealed % Judge Parker,
II the Circuit Court Of Virginia, 70 Senators Mason and
Hunter and 70 Gov. Wise, Of virgina-l would have ap
2 sn sg od q sa ana
BY their consideration and respect for the hwsl would
have appealed 70 them by their Of honor and Of
wealth Of Virginia. desst from tha. procedure; nay,
would have gone one step further: would have pre-
sented myself to the Chief Justice Of the United States
and would have obtained the name Of Roger b Taney
= Of error 10 appeal that question TO the tribunals
q the United States. (Applause.) Why did ! nos2
ay or two ago dispeled all the mets OF this imaginary
question Of law Tue acts of murder, Of treason, II
You please Of burglary, acts OF robbery had been
perpetrated within the grounds of Harpers Ferry Armo
~ But not there only for John Brown, IN this most in
ssneLwhatever may have been the character OF his
dths most criminal outrage, bad been guilty Of hve
vAtons Of the law each Of them capital felony by the
hvs of the State OF Virginia. He had perpetrated burg
~ robbery, ncemeat 70 sedticn tresson'and murder
ave least capital elonies and each one Of them capital
feonies-whatever other feones he may have commit
led within the limits Of the Harpcrs Ferry Armory Each
of these FIVE capital feones he had also perperaed
outside Of the limits Of Harpers Ferry Armosy, and me
sole and exclusive jurisdiction OF the Commonwealth Of
virginia (Applanse That was the law Of this case; and
J. therefore, say now 70 you gentlemen say upon
ny Judgment as ajurs-l say i on my honor as man.
Of law; that whatever forms may have been in
volyed Of the exclusive determination Of the com
ana O here was wss mo- mo- asson Of
guilt Who denies that John Brown was guilty. Who
nys he did not undertake invasion and perpetrate i
Who says thai he did not mediate treason and endeavor
. peepetrate III Who says that he did not STAY unarmed
md inoensive in the streets OF Harper Ferryr No
~ denies this All that Is said and done, IN regard 70
ns feony-that these were not mertorious acts say
SAen, all honor to the State of Yrgfna( applause and
aeers for Vrgna)Iay all honor TO the State OF Viz
Raia judicial authorities and 70 her executive
6ories All honor to the State OF Virginia, that this
1aor and 10 the very act Of his
treason and that this traitor and
nnnrderer duly, fully, lawfully tried and convicted
ascending the law Of the land-not alone In the State OF
Virginia. but Of every one Of the States Of this Union
(ApPause But tn en- gentlemen. in these most extra
rdmary manifestations which have occurred in the State
= Massachusetts and elsewhere-prayer meetings. public
applause and iaughIer)-in all this il is said that
1Asre Is extenuation, If there is no osher suggestion
applicable 70 the that should change our impression
q the character and acts Of Brown. Extanuation In
- fnst place. gentlemen, what extenuaton? We have
been told that John Brown was mAddened to perform
ese acts BY The sense Of the wrong committed on him,
= the violent death Of Of his in Kansas and
Nat Is to extenuate his acts Is il so2 Fellow citizens,
We live here in populous community, with all the Sc
ses Of Life and peace around u.s. under the shelter not
0Aly Of the laws but Of relations as fellow citizens
Dus 20 with Of those fertile prairics Of the far
Vego with me TO the frontier cabin Of the pioneer set
Ae dead Of the night the husband reposng IN the be-
bved arms Of his wife, with their dear little children
cund them, in the fancied repoee Of their common
o1Tity under the laws Of their country they are aroused
1xsm their sumbers by the treacherous approach Of
amed murderers. The husband-the husbands are torn
sred IN cod Soodnay iher youthful Children are
Drained before their eyes, and methnks can hear now
e waihg cry Of that poor woman, Mahala Doyle, and
e that unhappy Louisa wilkinson, that waiting
cry which ste upon the ears and the heart Of each
&C Of us - they cling 70 the limbs Of the marderer and
Way for the children Of their husbands and their child
Ban. But they appeal TO mercess heart they speak TO
. nerciless ear-for they speak to John Brown. Zap
pause and hsses) Aye, % John Brown. "a Voice
and hisses) say, and deny who win and who dare,
applause, and cries Of Good, - "Good) whoever de-
mics it, say that man John Brown Applause and
hses That he was there, his sword dripping with the
gore Of those slaughtered noensve, peaceful sumber-
ING and chdren-his sword dripping with their gore
asd that sword from the State Of Massachusetts Zap
Dause) y this true it is true, by incontrovertble
Uvdenee that evidences exists record in the report Of
she Committee OF the House Of Representatives to ex-
anime the disorders Kansas and say that muir
derous act Of John Brown was the commencement Of
baoodshed IN Kansas And by the lurie light Of those
nlaFns houses, and by the demoniac cruelty Of
Aaf man on that occasion, by all that we
have the key 70 events which otherwise might
ss,s Sssa n Bse as Mas n & ns
sp that John Brown with insane erocity of cruelty
proposed ravage the peaceable ahabas Of the State
a Virginia, and millions npon millions df white men,
aye Of white women too to servs instruction and
syn war, and to outrages indescrbabc, impossible TO
magiDe-worse even than a million Of deaths. So much
tor that pretence OF determination. And then it
further said that John Brown insane, and therefore
he should not have been convicted. Was he insane?
Gentlemen. we have many times had occasion in this
Commonwealth, and rejecting men have had occasion to
mediate upon similar question. / cannot meet that
question without speaking openly. Gentlemen, shall
in this Commonwealth Of Massachusetts, and in the ad
joining State Of New York, there is handful men, Of
Intellectual men of the highest culture, literary and sci
en1c men, who would seem TO be born TO bless their
day and their generation Wendell Philips, Zap
phnse and hisses,) Lloyd Garrison, applause
1.n.ns ana bssss and cries Of co on and ssnas
themn-and Gerrit Smith-(cres OF "Good, EGO on ')-
who by constantly broodipg upon one single idea-that
stantly breeding upon single idea have become mono
anjacs upon that ideahave become utterly lost to all
moral relations Of right and wrong lAppause In their
Of my daughter uness upon the question OF sla
very then such the ferocy of mind into
which they have been betrayed by this monomana that
they declare In SO many words-and, therefore, may
say it is so-tber readiness TO break down ali laws,
human and divine. Nay under the influence Of this mo
nonana they have set up 6n this Commonwealth reli
glon Of hateaye, OF hate such belongs only the
damned devils in hell (Boisterous laughter uproarous
applause and waving 81 bats say shey have set up
things in this earth They have set up this re-
gion Of hate, and they blasphemousy call that Chris
hxnty. AVE. that this religion OF hatred-o this de-
monac fanatcism-to this ferocity the subject Of
slave nsuons-they have sacrificed all there is Of devo
ton in the human hcaral there is Of aspiration God
and 70 heaven. This they have done; and, gentlemen
ase they sane9 cannot pronounce upon that question
Whas would commission Of lunacy say upon that ques-
kop2 daughter. voice-Shut 'em up) know not.
know that the imputed insanity Of John Brown is that
In conscience has become perverted, that his heart
gangrened, that his soul steeed against every
emotion, by that came monomania which pervades the
speeches and writings Of Wendell Phillips and of William
lloyd Garrson-( Appause) they insanes say again.
know not And yet pause in charity for do not
have before the spectacle most painful every well
skuted hear-have not before the spectacle Of one
Of their number wise in his day and generation they
With the pretences Of good and Of right, the same
perverson Of Christianity and the bcauu-have we not
before the spectacle OF Geit Smith an asylum for
hnatics In the State Of New York; profound sence)
know but do say that unless all that class Of per-
1ons-uness all non0manac abolionists 10 be deemed
insane and incapable Of distinguishing between right and
wrong upon question Of murder, Of treason and Of
robbery then John Brown not insane and therefore
mot entitled 10 any consideration upon that pretence
And we know well that he himself would have been the last
% admit any sncn pretence. We know wei that he him
sell was mbued With that stold indifference the afro
city Of his acts which In all times has dstn gushed po
Htca and religious assassns, which be found in the
Hfe Of Guy Fawkes-which animated Pevilac when he
struck HIS poignard into the heart OF good and great
an-that same spirit which animated the assassns Of
lAg who TO prevent the progress Of moderate REFORM
and to substitute their monomaniac and extreme pro-
joe1s slaughtered Rossi tho steps Of the yendome
WITH that same insane pursuit Of supposed reform which
anmates all assassins, for this is the distinct character
0f the defence Of John Brcwn--that by assassi-
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