The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-12-31


Daniel Breed, late examiner in the Unite,
States patent Office, who has been put unde
$4,000 bonds at Washington, to keep tn
peace with his tongue on the slavery quos
ton, publishes statement of the affair :
Mr.: Breed 10 q Quaker, opposed b s!avery
and war, and man Of quiet department ant
undoubted integrity. de attributes the &C
cusations against hmm to personal malice
which took advantage Of the slavery excite
ment for its own base ends. lie denies that
IN the private conversation for which he was
called to account he sustained john Brown
OF justified insurrection against slavery. The
substance Of the conversation he gives as
follows:
Contiguous to my Office 10 that Of George
Stabler, whittier had occasion to 60 about
three weeks since. l was then and there
introduced to Mr.. Van Camp; and IN the
course Of the conversation which followed
between George Stabler, Van Camp, and
myself, the universal theme, John Brown
was introduced. Mr. Van Camp was at once
violent in his denunciations of all abolition.
lists, and l expressed my belief that he did
mot we'll understand the principles of those
he denounced; that there were many classes
ofso-called abolitionists, all hostile to slave.
~, but differing in regard to their views OF
duty towards it. Among these were the
Garriscnisns and the Quakers, both non-
resistant, ana therefore % hostile to war az
to slavery-hence neither class could Justify
the action of Brown; that believed Brown
was sincere, and acted from his convictions
Of duty, but considered him monomani-
&C, msddsDed by the cruel wrongs inflicted
upon him in Kansas that his stand point
was not ours, inasmuch as he believed that il
was right to fight for freedom A Quaker
l believed oil war to be nchristian-slayery
itself having its origin in war, and being
sustained BY the doctrine that might
makes right, it has no foundation in natural
justice or in the laws Of any civilized nation.
10 90 amongst slaves in order to excite them
to insurrection condemned, and also the
holding Of them in bondage.
but two witnesses have testified that
said i was right for slaves to murder their
masters, 90 Had these witnesses not acted
Drst - conspirat0rs, to draw me into the
discussion BY the use Of violent personal
second, a. public informers.
betraying the confidence Of social intercourse
they might be entitled to more credibll,ty. |
AZ it's, the largest Christian charity can nc.
count for their testimony only BY the suppo.
'ition on their part that the language repeat
ID by Mr.. Van Camp, and sscfibed BY him |
o abolieioniSts, was endorsed BY me when |
answered his bullying defiance, that he
would shoot amy ono who dare utter the
anne, BY the words, i dare do it, The issue
:stween - then was no longer an abstrac-
:on % net ssemsd aqHession Of personal
aDsFv-o6 ths freedom of speech. In
amer me0sns, would have passed such
.nguags ~, :. unworshy Of notice, pitying
ut e thas tins indixnssisn n,.dom;rs.sa
49, wsslss indignantly deny ever hsy-
g o.ssea ~ language in justi6catiou Of
re csanee g harder, arson, DO, under anv ,
!ircunstances, do ut the same time cls;,n
he right Of free speech-the indisputahl.
light Ofeyosy American citizen, to sneak ~. {
ruth, With Eood motives, and for justifiable !
ods. Hero in the national capital. tie eom.
BON ae0tsal groand Of the whole country. 3 l
resdo0 Of speech guaranteed 70 one class
My Z ~ II hws protest the advoeaaaa 81
|aveRy d - eo0seaas pablio pnoclanasion
{ their peculiar doctrines, even when accom-.
anied ~ the most violent, dsnuneiatosy Ian. |.
mage, whilst the believer in the declaration
Independence i forbidden to utter his !
Dnnments even private? III freedom Of i
ceech be suppressed, Of what value 10 Amer. /
IN cit'Ienship7 IL 10 the right Of free speech .
lst anderiiss al freedom. Deprive 10 of
u, And 10 sink % . condition only uomi-
ally lese sosyilA than that Il the African. .
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