Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-10-28
THE TRIAL OF JOHN BROWN AND OTHERS.

THE TRIAL OF JOHN BROWN AND OTHERS
This important Judicial proceeding began
Yesterday with nh Examining Court; the ma
,urc Of which is we'll known 10 our Virginia
readers; but for the benefit Of MAN. beyond
the State. VIC vii! merely cay 'hal this goGrt
is for the examination of .fifemsa, white or
black. charged with 4 felony; that it Inay nc
quit, but cannot condemn. but sends the &C
cuscd OH for trial before the Circuit Court.
THIS trial is conducted hy justices of the
peace.
We have learned from reiiablc source that
notwithstanding lawyer CT ye:y great ability
and learning, Mr. Robert Y. Conrad, Of Win
chester, has been assigned The prisoners hg the
Court. vet they have determined upon having
counsel from their own section, aud have I'm
pIoyed Mr.. Chase Of Ohio, IL defend them.
We think the prisoners will find that in this
they have not promoted their own interests,
and that Mr. Conrad woud nave defended them
upon all the law and the evidence with greater
ability and legal acuncn than imported Mr..
has" But this being the prisoners business,
exclusively we hav" no desire 10 complain, but
hor,c that MT. Chase will h.. listened to with
uaiipncss and attcntion-ilat neither indignlty
nor insult will bc offered him that his an
doubted rights a. ccunSc. Will nc respected,
and thai the prisoners, defended by counsel oi
their own selection, may have = fair and i'm.
partial Trial. Any indignity or Insult 10 Mr.
Chase by tho citizens OF Jefferson county,
would compromise the State of Eirsiria.-
We are aw.loying and law.aLiding people,
conscious Of the protection afforded us By our
laws We can calmly await their execution.
and rely upon orr courts. jrrleS ard officers
for our protection. We hopc tlsa; this may be
'hr spri; that will acuatc the people who may
witness this trial-that no indignity or insult
may he Offered 10 any lawyer or citizen Of the
North, who may attend the trial, but that
every induccmcnt may be offered TO all visitors
from interest or curiosity. to attend either the
trial or tue execution. The interest and
cause Of the South demand that no act Of in
dignity should disturb the trial; any such act
would be unbccomng, and would give the us.
>awattonlicS OF the North 4 weapon 20 rcpcl the
damaging effect Of the initiation by Brown OF
the "irrcpressiblc conflict.
The 0sSawattomics Of the North are panic
stricken at the effect of this IIarpcrs Ferry
tmtyts: they see in it not only the knc!l Of Sew.
ardsm, but, unless marrcd 10y some ACT Of in
discretion at the South, the destruction Of the
abolition cause and the beginning Of the ac-
acknowledgement OF the right and necessity o.!
protection 20 persons and property not only in
the Territories but also in the States Virginia,
thc South and the Union, wc hope, may
reap lasting advantage from tic effect
of this conspiracy. III opening the eyes
per ot Southern slaves, to the vengeance
that awaits future maurading Ossawattc;nItes
and to the necessity of 4 speedy acknowlcdg-
rnent and protection Of tic right: of the South
under the Constitution.
The lIarpcY'S Ferry conspiracy will teach rhc
misguided fanatics that all their efforts for the
bcrctit of the negroes are n,isdirrc:csl aDd use.
less; that their effort, must inevitably lead 10
such rash AMI foolish conspraces, which will
bc visited with speedy and certain destruction;
that our negroes viii no, assis, in their own
liberation, ard that folly and crime must GER
tainlv hc the end "C their mistaken rhi|an.
thropy.
When the North has fully realized ,hcrcsults
and Lessons taught by the llarPer's Ferry
entwtr. their misplaced philanthropy for the
negroes will be abandoned. aud the rights Of
tho South respected and protected The
beginning Of tho end OF the ''irrcprcssihle con-
fct' is evident, unless conservatism asserts
controlling sway at the approaching election in
New York.
Any ret Of insult and indlgnty offered 10 the
counsel for the Charlsstown prisoners, would
strengthen the hands Of our enemies and weaken
our own cause. We do uoi apprchend anything
Of the hind, but we know that there are men
in every community who, in times ol great cx-
citcmcnt, allow their passions to ontrmn their
judgments. and their zeal 20 ou;strip their dis
crc.ior: and il is against the advice aud coun-
c;ls of such that we would warn the people OF
Char!e.town and the county of jefferson