New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-09
~ FAIR JUDGMENT
FOR THE HEAD AND HEART OF ODDLY
= ~ JOHN BROWN.

FOR THE HEAD AND HEART OF ODDLY
- ... JOHN BROWN.
To ae Editor Of The ~ y Tribune
SIR: Mr.. Beecher and DIR. Cheever have each as
seTted that John Brown is a mailman. This is safe.
1t oviates the necessity of sympathy with the actor in
the late attempt to free slaves in Virginia With John
Brown. in bis intention TO free slaves in Virginia,
using arms only to resist the interference OF man-seal-
ers we heartily sympahize. We could not have con-
scented 10 advise or aid that mode of breaking the cham
of the bondman, for we believe that moral weapons
only should be used to get slaves out Of bondage as
more mercifu and effeetua for the slave. But we can
easily see that John Brown, in the fullest Vgor OF
strong intellect Judged differently ana 70 MN, ac'g
on that Judgment, we accord ioVins anu L 49,
frain which was delayed by the instruction, ana
could have reasonable ground TO suppose tna Dy
our aid that brave band could have fought her way
through the united force Of man-steaing virginia
and man-stealing National Democracy, we would ln'
hesatingly have gwen that aid. We cannot but be
ashamed Of the tmid way in which these brave
nronhets of reform don't look at John Brown. IL Is
but little fear but il is enough to prevent them from
giving his head fair trial with the proper supposil0n
Of sanity until insanity pr0red and enough TO make
ma blush for their NnStatHed courage They dare
almost do ANYTHING, but they dare not love John
Brown sane, erring in mere judgment OF expectancy
Now we have word 70 urge 10 these puonc teach-
ers. Examine John Brown m the hght whlSn you You
NAV find in such historic examples AS you have already
acouitted of stronger presumption OF madness OF
murder than any which can lie against John Brown.
Take the Hebrew prophet Samuel He orders king
Saul 10 90 and smte Amalek, and utterly destroy al
that they have. and spare them not but slay both
man and woman, infant and sucking, OK and sheep
" camel and ass" Saul with two hundred thon.
sand footmen and ten thousand men OF judah,
obeyed this order except that he spared Agog,
The Au,alekjte monarch, and the best OF the
animals. For this Samuel says: " Because thou
g hast rejected the word of the Lord be hath also
+" rejected thee from being king" " And San'9e
"hewed Agog in pieces before The Lord IN SilgaLi
Here is AN aggressive war, waged solely Tor eNter-
uinang "A weaker neighbour the reason gwen thai th'
neiQhbor 4l2 years before resisted the Hebrew hya-
sion of Palestine war wa2ed after the law OF lhus,
erminate butehery OF " man and woman, infant anu
sucking" waged with an immense array OF military
power and so efectually that but this Agog remains
lie is monarch and captive, and unresislng prisoner
and him Samuel " hews in pieces. Is NOT TINS n s
ness or murder You have no difficulty IN saying Una,
il IL the work of diynely inspired prophet OF God.
take IT, then, that you have proved two things ISL
that Samuel believed this 'workto be religious dntyi
and ID that be was right in his belief can ma no
proof of the second point but can see good evidence
for the first. doubt not that Samuel was man Oh
strong intellect and gody character, when IN ms yod
year, he commanded this aggressive buiehery OF a
whole nation, IMAM and woman, infant and Suckllngi