New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-23
is The real Sck man, moro dangerously sick indeed
than tho Sultan.
vrcJoR HUGO ON JOHN BROWN.

p. ,s< , d,,o, 81 I6e IouSon S,ars
SIN: When thoughts dwell upon the United
States Of America, mstsc tortn Tses oeiOre the eye
Of imagination. Il ~ n Washington
Look them 10 hat is taking place in that country
Of Washington al THE preseut momeui.
IN Il Southern States OF the Union there are Saves,
and tlis crc,isiance IL regarded with indignation, IA
the mo- monstTous OF ncOssiences, BY the pure aoh
logical conscience Of the Northern States. A white
man. n, nan, John Brown, sought to deliver these
negro slaves from bondage. Assurediy II insurfec-
ti, il ever acred duty must he 60 when it " d.
iecied apaps Slavery. John Brown endeavored To
commence the work Of emancipation 10y the Liberation
Of ,laves IN Virginia. Pons, austere- animated with
the Old Puritan spirit inspired by The spirit Of the
GasIfl, be sOusded to these men, these oppressed
broil eIs the rally ing-cry Of Freedom 1he slaves,
eIervated by seTvude, made no response TO the APP
real Slavery aft cts the soul with deafness. brown,
ilourh deserted still fought at the head of handful
Of heroic men; he truggledi he was nddled WIN
bas; hs two Young sons sacred martyrs ieii dea1 ~
his side and he lKnself WAS taken Inns s wn"I they
call The affair OF Harrers Ferry.
John brown has been tried, with four Of his COM
Isdes, Stephens, Coppic, Green, and COPELAND.
What has been tie chaIa aeter of his trial Let us
sun il up in few words:
,J.ln i5own. upon "a wretcbed pallet with six half
gaping wounds gun shot wound in Ms arm, another
In h. LONE aud in bis bead, scarcely conscious Oi
suuomdrg sounds hafhng bis mattress in blood, ana
with tie ghosily pn5eences OF his two dead sons
ever beside him; iB tour iellO gsuierers wounded,
drs sggiIg tbemsslve. along by bis sidej Stephens
bleeding ircm tour saber wounds; justice 10 hurry
who wishes 10 proceed hastily aud judge, Parker,
v ho suffers him 10 have his way; the hearing cut
short, almost every application for delsy refused,
forged AID mulilaed documents produced, the wit
uestes tor the defense kdLapped, every obstacle
,bIovp in n G way Of the prisoners counsel, two
eal,Yon lOaded with canister 5atioped IN the Court,
oifss given to the jaiers 10 shoot The prisoners II
they sought to escape forty minntes OF deiberation,
ana .liree men sentenced to rie. i declare ON my
LOuorabst all ths took place, net IN Turkey, but IN
Ameuca.
- l. INN vifr in ha
face of Abe civilized world. The suiyersa conscience
OF huuaay is hi eNer-watchful eye Let the judges
Of CAallt si0wn, and Hunter, aud Parker and the
slavsh, dNg jurOrs and The whole population Of Vr-
giuia, pencs IL well; they are wQtcbed Iney
aIe bOi alone in the world.
Al this 1zoment America attracts the eyes OF the
whole Of ksIole.
hanl "a On tie I'd Of December-this very nay.
But Iews las Just reached us. A respite has been
granted TO hun II is until the 10th that be IL TO die
The interval is a brief Before it bss ended
will a cry for mercy have had time 10 make itself
No naiierl Vt is our duty to speak out.
Perhaps feeoBd respite may be granted. America
ia a Lolle nation Tie impulfe Of humanity springs
outkl, into life among free people. We may yet
hoI hat BroWnSyh be saved.
II il were Otherwise. If Brown should die on the
seaiold on the lGh OF December, what terrible
calamity
Tie eA ecutioner Of Brown, let us avow it openly
for the day Of tie King is past and tue day OF the
IeoIes dawns, and to the people we are bound
iIlky 10 n eak the truth-the ecutiOner Of Brown
would be heilher he attorney Hunter, nor the Judge
Parker Hor lie Governor Wire, nor the State OF YI-
gilia; il wonld be- though we can scarce think or
i1eak Of il without shudder, the whole American
Republic.
Tie more one loves the more one admires, the more
ore veleiates that Republic, the more bea sick one
tech at tie contemplation OF such catastre he
tinh State ought LOt 10 have tue power TO ds1onor
a lie rest and in this case there is an obvious ust
Ead araf NH lsp
ipiI 10 interfere when it might prevent crime, the
Uuio becomes participation IN its guilt. No matter
how nieIfe may he the indignation OF the generous
K0rLeIn States, The Southern Sta'es force them 10
shane The oTprobrium of this murder. All of us, no
matter " DO we may be, who bound together rs
compatriOis by the common tie OF democratic creed,
feel ourselves in some measure compromised. III the
fCaOld thonld be erectt the 10th of December the
ipctuuptible voice Of history would thenceforward
testify That the sugust Confederation of tue New World
lad added al IFS ties of holy brotherhood brother
hood blood and the t0sces of that splendid Republic
vould be bunud together with the running that
hung from Tie gibbet OF Brown
Ii is a bond that can only Kill.
vi len We reflect on what Brown the hberator, the
champion Of Christ has stliven TO CT, and wben
We eIemtmber that he is about to die, slaughtered by
tie American Republic, the crime assumes an import,
ce coexttnsive with that Of the nation which would
con nit il anC when say 10 ourselves that Ihls
alton is one Of tie glones of the human race; that,
tkt France, Ike England, like Germany, she Is one
Of tie great agents civilizations that sbe sometimes
even lehNee EUROPE I'D bho euVnhiO
Of of ber progressive movements hat she s the
Queen Of an enlne world, and that her brow is ir-
rndiated with glorious halo Of freedom, declare
cur conviction that John Brown will not die, for we
ecoI horrostruek from the idea of 80 great crime
cen miited - 60 great people.
Viewed III political hight the murder OF Brown
would be an hreparahle fault. IL would penet ate
| the Union with gaping fssure which would lead in
in tie end to disruption. Ii is possible tnat
/ u execution Of Brown might establish Slavery on
fIm basis in Virginia, but il is certain that would
tLake TO s center the entire fabric of American de-
noeIaey. You preserve your lniamy, but you saeri
| hce your glory
View IN moral light, 1t seems to me that por-
| ton Of the enlightenment OF humanity wOald be
eorstd that the ideas Of justice and injustice
would lie obscured on the day which should witt ess
| lhe RseatslnhuUh oi enspep aloD by liberty.
As for myself, thongh am bat mere etom yet be-
ing as ON, in common with all other men, inspired
With the conscience OF humanity, isll my knees
weeping before the great fpangIed banner of the New
| WOld, aud with clssped hands, and with prOfund and
fhal reel ect im lore the ustrous American Repub
le enter Of the French Republic to to The safety
| of The universal moral law, to save John Brown u
demoith the Threatening scafold of the 10th of De-
eember, and not TO suffer that beneath its eyes and
tdd with slGdder, almost by its fault, crime should
be IerIetrsted SURPRISING The first fratrcide in ni-
| quuy.
Fol-yes let America know it and ponder on il well
-iheIe is something terrible than Cain Staying
Abel: 1t is Washington Staying Spartacus.
| EaSteriLs Reuss, Dee. ? 1889.