Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1859-11-24
RELIEF roR ruE rANuY OF OLD BROWN

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number OF ladies present.
The assemblage was called to order about hafpast Z
o'clock by Hon. John A Andrew. lie was accompa-
MED by the Rev. j. NJ Manning of the Old South church,
Rev. Dr. Neal Of the Somerset Baptist church.
Wendell Phillips They received with hearty APP
pause The Divine blessing invoked by Dr. Neal,
who also offered up prayer for the family of Brown.
Mr. Emerson then made his appearance the plat
iorn, ana the applause was of the heartiest kind.
MT Andrew stated that he was present merely as
Presiung oincer, anu would make but q lew remarks
and would then announce the speakers He referred
inc letter oil John Brown to Lydia Maria Child and read
nat portion OF suggesting the need OF aid to the wr
Ter family John Brown, he remarked, had fallen for
an idea whether his course was wrong or not Brown
a,msen was right The speaker sympathzed with that
uea ana All VINO did should see to u that the family OF
mat hohest man should not suher by the loss OF their
uatu,ai ProtectorS
e''er from hev. U III. Hcnoruth was read, declining
DC present. as mad been announced In the papers Ills
wa, missed he stated that ne had understood both
ues OF 'ne question were to De discussed however Mr.
Ahur.n sau, u was hardly likely that any one present
mere were Two sides to the question as TO wheth
&c 'onn brown family should be e,t 70 starve. Mr. An
Grew ane some further remarks relative 10 the position
VI 'oun D'v"n anu ms family anu 'ne e'erha anu heaN
eu,Suseu nMure OF tne irreptS,sioIe connect After
S1a sJHs eoples VI 70 hrs.
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ven NJ, eeI.s, nc in,,ouueeu the rev mr. manning
manning 'nougnt u was tstner uiheut 10 speak
VI .ny su.9ev' on hand to,hSn. without expressing
~ op nI .es',u,us tne a,'",, AZ na'P'rs fr'ry.
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J,lx D.n;sI w"hs,a- ii a., 60, ,ha a.. as -
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emnirc 60 mich, !, n. r;,b 81. Jca,b Of IT, Re-
Shnud half half ,.n,,,ry h.n,s ;,s rcs,, ha ,bo -
dor, oc,bc ,bos Ia,S SO a,, o,,J sd s,,, lei r.
b,t,lc Of U,rncrs p,rry brn some other Da,;c Nch
s,er at safe distance misbt saw that from the momen,
VIZ, Jobr Rev, -. Lo,,.oc, ho.ra' IL -
MIGHT ha ds,rd Tho hec;o,,, Of tho anJ or ,r,cr.a,
slavery Mr. Manning drcv other n,raIcls Tho gov
eminent journals of SO cborced the ronhIe n, ,h min
sters stirring M the ncopl The norios said tba, !,
caused by parading british regiments in Roston So
does The slave mower naralc begora Nortb., co,s;e,
In, reyoltinr e,l,.ss of ,yery Tbn snc,I ,bn
counseled At some length the berisbing of Ioy for tb
STAKEHOLDER while We betei slavery P,bGlncss Entcd
with love and firm adherence 10 duty was tL, ,;brCI
patb r,meb,bcrin Thai tho roots III sI.yery vrr. i;
Northern soil as well as Southern
Raph Waldo Emerson was next introducel Mr. An.
irrW in in,rodpc;p NJ Emsrson soil tb,, ,, L,J ;,
heard from Tho od Soptb b,,r,b ,i,h s LoIr ,,ar,;o
of patriots and we would turn next 10 the bt ronnd
nF cord NJ
AMI ,be MOL. i,,roI ,s ,,,s,.u c,I;;,p ''
Mr. Emcrson snoLe snhs,an,i,Ix ne rrI,osS. IN r,c,
ence 10 the cause which has brought ma togebsr ,b
gentleman xbo ,rs,odsd mo bas vii ala ~, 49,, 90
ne wh,,ey.r o,,r ,booIo;sI low no Ill 81 -;
should here e,, Thai ding avan, Tho sssI a.,
which has brousht M toga,bcr 10, r;,h, ocI;n.s ali
which have occurred 10, ong time in our history an,
glad TO see tbat the nreynIcnI Interest in ,b ~
per's Ferry has novokd r.i,v II, oil n,r,s nj tho
ry in regard 10 bs ds,,s of III ;ndixitnsI hi,n =,
is not wonderful that gentlemen in all parts of the conn
and he was b,nnily rrnrsscnt,tiye oC the ar,r, -
publc This Iobn Rroxn i f,rn,er III. si,,b i; -,
from Peter Brown Who came 10 PIymontb in s,ytcen
hundred and twenty in the N,vaowcr I saw tho si,,h
and all the sly were FARMERS Ills yr,ndCabcr or Ss
bury Conn xaso c,nt,ir i, Rev6Ir,iorarr L;,o M,
father was largely interested in cattle and bec,nre
tractn- for tho s,,,n,lv 90 bo.r 30 H. -. - 80,
bundled and twciyc Our C,nton posn ,ba . 49,
with his father Was nr,.sant "a vines =, ,b
of Hull CAPTAIN Brown Cherished aly,vs ycry b;cb
respect for bis f,bs~ a. man Of ,rorr cb,o' IL
probable that bis estimate was inst A. for Omit;
Brown himself he so transn,ren that ali me, c. go
through him. He Is a man to make bimseIS ri,
wherever in the world courage and INTEGRITY are
esteemed-the rarcst of heroes and vet a pure
dealist Every one Who has hoard him snc,L lao.
been impressed alike by his sinple and artess
goodness and his sublime courage He Joins the high
faith OF the good manh the Revolutionary sn Of he
grandfather He believes in two instrumens-fbe golden
rule and the Declaration of Independence When he was
here he used in conversation these words BETTER that
whole generation of men xonan and cbiIdran should
two should be broken in this country There is Union
t and strict constructonst for you lie believes in the
union of American States and he conceves that the only
enemy of the Union slavery and for this reason ms
patriot he seeks it, abolition Governor Wise has pro
nounced his eulogy in manner that does scredt TO the
moderation Of our timid partizans Captain Browns
speeches the Court have interested nation in him.
What aressness and plainness IL he had nterfered in
behalf of the great or the wealthy or the wise he said no
one would have blamed him but he believed that when
he nteriered in behalf of poor and despsed people he
doing right What favorite will he be in history
which PLAYS such pranks with mere temporary reputa
tons. Nothing resist IT, II he suffers death il il
plain that he will drag certain official gentlemen into an
Immortality undesirable and of which they have al
ready disagreeabe forebodings Indeed il is the
resolution Of the Governor of Virginia to hang the man
whom he saws possesses the greatest integrity truthful
and courage that he ever met Is that the kind of
for whom the gallows are butg No man dare be.
cye that there exists in Virginia another man "A worthy
live deserving OF public and private honors as this
poor prisoner But here 10 think of the relief Of
the family of John Brown. To my eyes the family looks
large aud in need Of relief II comprises his brave
fellow sufferers in the nil the poor furitlves who are
hunted still in the mountains of Virginia and Pennsyl.
ylnia, all the sympahizers in every State and every
who loves the golden rule and the Declaration of
Independence like him. and who sees the tiger instinct
In tIo