, 1859-11-05
f3ttH5NYECiltll !
WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH
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The Democracy have drawn very large
elephant at the Ilarrcr's Ferry ra1c. They
have Old Brown Oh their hands-tl.cy have
got him-nothing suEcr than Tint But wl:,
to tio with him? The Charlcstown Court saws.
uaus him! But moi so the Democracy, if NC
read areht Tic hints which arc now and then
thrown nut by their newspaper organs. We:
r*eFc mistaken in impu.ing tho New York:
-'on'"dtcf Commerce appeal for Communication
OF A!a sentence, to tho quality OF admiration for
ms bravery, Or my other morbid sentimental
aty' We print the article in another plnce,
IRON which the realcr wilt notice that it urges:
tic Executive clemency OIL the ground that
Browns execution would rouse The deril in the
North! That is the plain English Of its words
II Fears that Brown would prove another,
Sampson, aud that the text recording tic last
end Of the strong man might be dis1nl.]ly re-.
allied on the gallows Of the other:-"so the
dead which lie Slew at his death were more
than Ill they which he slew iu lis l:fe"i
EveEytll'ng tsanspiung Oh the trial lends in :
this direction-that Brown is 4 courageous,
honest man, however misguided, and that he:
las been hardly dealt will. The 1isl-toncdi
iirnness and courtesy with which he has borne
himself; the galloping speed with which he
has been hurried through trial the adverse
rulings If tic judge when ho applied for time:
t'procnrc counsel; the gricyols natnre oftIlc
wounds which he bore into tile court room lay:
after day-all have been working up a reaction
in the public mind, and now the general SYM
pathy flows ou, to him in degree which ter
1iljcs his captonk
1u addition to all this, people arc beginning
to think that there was neither insurrection
nor treason in The premises. Treason, there;
ccrtainl was not, for no wag was leyicd either
against the United States or tho common
wealth Of Virginia The utmost that can he
alleged in slaat l,el.alf is tbat Brown took rrf:
ugc in the Arnlory as 4 convenient place Of de-,
fence: in the DolImnn case the u. S. Supreme
Court held that treason could only lie against
one who had taken up arms for Il purpose
treasoaa11e in itsey, Mr.. Attorney Hunter
would hardly hold that tile act O: rrtrca,inS
to tic engine room Of a public building is
trcasonuble in itself" Then We have
Browns word fnr it that he did not intend ill.,
surrcctton, and Coy. Wise's voucher Oh TIP Of
that, That Brown is the soul Of truth! More
orcr, we find that military man, acquainted
with tho mountain range between Harrcr's
Ferry nnd Canada, has been making state
ncnt to the elect that tue route and the plan
were chosen by natural so!dicE for tho r,,r-
pose Of facilitating tie escape Of negroes ::
not Of levying war agaiust the United States
Then as to tic murder; whatever killing may
have been done at Harper's Ferry there was
> no prcmcditatcd, malicious murder proved
upon any one, and 1lc indictment, Charging
the murder Of four persons upon twelve men
individually, uot Collectively WAS nlanilest!y
Informal, aud would have been quashcd in the
casc Of a common felun
=. Alto ether, Browns captors-ll1s holders.
seem to feel that he is in Il position to revenge
lis own death with l,urlo!d energy. Well
genslemen, the elephant il yours! Ynu drew
him fairly. Y"n 1tayc kept lin, just eighteen
days by the watch. You would be sla,1 to be
well rid Of liu. Arc you g'inv to lnlt linn to
death, OF lock him MP, or place lin on the
hitler side ol Mas.n 4 Dixon's linc and lid
him m2kc tracks, in the devils name?