Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-11-25
Old Brown. the Greatest Living Hero.
Who Meas Him Sol

TIE question naturally ng.,s.' itself 70
ID. rsadsr.-why j., DO t.Nt ,r obscure nan,
eOulsnnst to death upon the galIov', lying
10 prison. awaiting the day thai will be :,
him on sud oil all that i' earthly. commands
% much Of the public attention. Why i'
/; that svsry letter be writes, every word he
uticrs, Is caught up IN Usry part Of the
country, Anl rad with 80 much caserness
Why Is il that the familiar name Of Old
Brown i repeated in thousand rulpis'. IS
talked aNogt ia tie highways and bye ways,
IN the public meeting and al the ars'iis'
Their. nus, Be = reason, a cause for all
nis: and What is il? This noiOris,y Of
old Brown u uos confined 20 = ssstioa, or
narrowed down TO any particular locA!iiy
it's vide spread. North aud south. East
ant West. The cause OF the great excite
nsnt about "OA Oavatamie, is ihe
connection Of The IIarPer's Ferry affair With
abe question Of isrcry. This j. the whole
oil, In the isss States, the srea, mass Of
the people bslisSe in the morr! 'urPi,udo Of
the peculiar institution. They believe il,
politically. morally, and socially wrong
hence every attempt 10 cheek iis future
progress, meets with hearty response in
almost every bosom. While the northern
people DO not justify the course Of Brown
at H.rper'' Ferry, yet they believe him
boness. Whether be was 50 from Wild
hnalaeisn. from wrongs indicted upon him
BY the slave power, or from religious
s.u,s Of duty. matter, but littls with them.
They bslisvs him honest in bis attempt. to
Tree ihoss subject to bondage. In the
north. the question is answered in a single
sentences. Old Bro~n's cas-. touches the
sympathetic chord in the great Northern
heart, which beat responsive to bis
His case. with them. 10 smineat!y .ug-
e,.,iys. IL rouses TO action, sends the life
blood freely through the veins 's,s the
head 70 thinking, the hsars 10 feeling The
institution Of slavery, with all It's yilSEss',
vicksdne. and Aroe,iy, looms up and
passe. before the eEcit,i. active brain, like
some great painting. rendered more vivid
By tbs intensity Of thousand burning re-
a.c,ors. This ], Why, in the north. the
tragic story Of old Brown is upon every
tongue. this il Why the grsA, Northern heart
lansnts his sad fate. Our southern brsIh-
rsa ough. TO know that this Is fearful
f.s.ins 10 wake up in the great north. Let
ali, hitherto comparatively latent Ere be
famed into fame, by repeated southern
vrOss, and assrsssion', and who can tell
the consequences.
Not ihs, the northern people would 10
found ro-snaeting the farce, or tragedy,
(whieheVsr you may please to call i',) Of
Hsrpsr's Ferry not ihs, they would med
q. with tho institution in the States where
/. legally exists; bus this they will do
prevent its further extension, and divorce
the general govornnsns i-5'a all response
bilily in psrpeiuaiins sas aAgrani wrong.
We have briefly given the reasons why
abe name Of old Brown is - familiar n.
+" Household words" throughout the fire
States, and uS now turn the attention
our readers south Of Mason and DrIoni'
lima. Why has almost every father, moth
or, child AID ssryaat, in tina, h,i.ude hssrc'
OF old Brovn1 An answer is found in ID,
fact, that il has opened TIE eyes Of sb
Soeth, to see their condition as Is Is. ]
has presented their Pc. inssi.siiOn in yer.