Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1859-11-13

al wopia rather see the statue 0f Captain
Brown in trent Of our Massachusetts, STATE
House. than that Of any man / know. J re-
ioIee that 1 live in this age, and hat an BIS
cotemporary."
10 doubt the assatus,7 in due tine, win Be
NET un. And, no doubt, also, Mr.. Thorean
would be glad to via the " immortality 2 Wen
den Philirs the other day said would swait
the man who would knock the head OF Daniel
Webster's statue-and put on, In its place, tlat
Of a man whom the lawhss Just pronounced a
traitor and murderer.
Nr. rhorean is a much honester man thEn
some Of the Republican doctors are, who
preach the strongest sort Of " Instruction,
but have not the courage to practice It. de
says;
10 act. IS futile and foolish, unless a man were
continually insrired.n
Speaking Of the (" Instruction Itself, the
orator thought-H ioas fs best ners that
.7ncrica has cuer heard"
and then, to ser how much Of a "eisnt
amanEt the pigmies,n old Brown Was when talk
ilz with Mason, Ya~llaniingham and the res.
CO themi
4" How they are dwarfed ard
defeated br the contrast On The one sie
half british, half 6mil questioning, on the
o her, truth. clear as lightning, crushing into
helr obscene temples. They arc m7de 20
stand as Plate, and GesleT, and the lnquisi-
uon.1
Mr.. norean. like most other persons OF his
way Of thinking, hss as little faith 10 Chris
ianitv as respect for law and order
Our moiora CirisiiaaHv
fhe ssvs1 Is l~islsss. All the modern ChTe-
tan's prayers begin with +" Now flay ne down
10 sleeps and he is always looking forward 20
Bis long rcst.o lie show the whites Of his
eyes on the sabbath, and tie blacks an The
rest Of the week. Many, no doubt, are well
disposed but sluggish By constitution and hah-
t- ana ihev cannot conceive Of a nan actua-
ted By hirher motives than they are. Accord
inEiT, they pronounce this m7n insane: Tor
tbev know fhcu could never have done &c De-
I does, as long as they are themselves We
I dream of other countries and times, placing
them at a distance; but lei some significant
event occur II our midst, and we discover this
distance and s~trsngeness between rs and our
nearest naighb0rs. Our crowded society be-
Genes wei-space5 all at once@ city Of bag
nifc5nt distances
Hmav be true that only Seventeen
white men and i've negroes were concerned IN
the enterprise. Bat the anxiety exhibited 20
Show this may convince ms that All is not told.
They are 80 anxious, because Of a dim con-
seriousness of a fact which they 90 not dis
tiuctiv confess. that at least a millioa Of The
free inhabitants Of the United states, not rrivv
10 this attempt, would have reIaieed il II had
snccee3ed. The lecturers respect for his fell
lowmen was not being increased In these DAYS.
TIE fate Of this man is ordinarily spoken OF
as IF a common criminal, with only the re-
deeminE quality Of being, as Gov. Wise, IN
the language Of the cockpit, calls him, " the
raucst man = alive, had been apprehunied.
When Gov. Wise thought he looked so brave,
De was not thinking Of bis foes. One neigh
bog of the speaker said, che died az the fool
dfefh. /" which suggested 2 likeness between
his dong and his ~neighbor's living Others
disnariuglv said, he three his life away. How
20 these men throw thew lives away? An
other asks, what will re Cain2o as If he
expected TO On his pocketsi He viii not gain
anything BY e, for be could not get four-and-
sixpence q day for being hung, take the year
round; but be gets a considerable chance 30
save his soul-and such a soul Isnd Won Do
nuL- No doubt you can get more in vnuT mar
bet for q quart Of milk than a quart Of blood
but such Is Lot the market that heroes carry
their blood 10. When you planter bnry hero,
a crop ri heroes is sure to spTing up Tho
momentsTT charge Of Balaklava has been eel
ebrate3 by a poet-laureste. But the steady.
and for the most part successful charge Of this
man, FOR wears, against the legions Of slavery.
is as much more memorable than that, AZ a.
intelligent and conscientious nan Is superior
70 a machine Do you think that that viii go
uHsung2
Brow" is not only Mr.. Thorsan's bs1u
IDEAL Of a Li5srator, but most perfect en-
boiiment Of q faith and principle - be
ever saw;
Glow men suppose Brown was an
mated by revenge. They 10 not know the
man; they mus enlarge themselves to con-
ceire Of such aman-a nan Of faith Ia princ-
Pie. He was one who recognized no unjust
-A L. IH ..-e-HnI Nm-n L~M
No man Or America has ever stood up SO per-
sis.eutlT for the dignity Of human nature,
knowing himself for man, and the equal Of any
ard an governments. In these respects be
was the most American Of rs ALL IL needed
10 lawyer, making false issues 10 defend lin.
He could not have been tried By his peers, be-
cause bis peers did not exist. +"
4ir. Tloresn has norespect forthis Govern
merit: and De thinks the day is coming when
u WIZ 60 down, down, down,
a1 as vile duzt fram uheu-a 80 sprung.
TuEsHs mh1ulred and unsmr."
When q government puts forts its
strength on Che side of injustice, &c reveals
ITSELF a merely brute force-or worse, a demo-
Hiscal force. It is the head Of the Plug u
lies. He sew this Government % be fairly BE-
lied with France and Austria in depressing
mankind. u SAYS, cease agitation on Che
su5iect0f slavery or I'll lmake slave OF T01,
or bang you. The only government be recoz-
nizes is The power that establishes justice in
the land.
The lecturer does not confess 10 q very sub
limatei appreciation Of the press
" As for the Democratic i0urnals-thev are
not human enough, TIE lecturer said, 70 aft ct
me at aN; DO no. feel indignation stanything
they NAV saw
Brown must have been a Yesuvius OF an
INA sort Of person;
" Hewss a man accustomed 10 speak within
bounds volcano with an ordinary chimney
fIe. As ~ illustration Of this, Of certain b1r-
feet right 70 be hung His simplicity made
him appear inc0mparably strong, and in iE
presence ~fi0Queuce seemed al a discount.
EVERYBODY would have reioIced IL the insur-
rection at the Ferry had succeeded
Tae meek-minded Mr.. Thorean went on. in
this strain. 20 pay a glowing eulogv upon Old
Brown, whom be thought the noblest nan on
whom the sun win ever rise IN America: and
closed By reading a large part OF Browns con-
vHrsation al the armorv, IS he lay on the floor,
after hiscapture. aThat scene" he said. "wil
Boz history with the landing Of the Pilgrims
and the Declaration Of Independence. twill
be The ornament n some future national gall
lery- waen at least the present fora Of slavery
shall be no more Then, and not til then,
re wi p take our revenge"
Is this, then, 10 Be the new battle CRY ds
.le irrepressible conflict people in the fu-
lgre-Reucnrc? Weary Of dennuncing the
Constitution as "a league with death and a
c0venent with bell" the siib0lch now has a
direct personal reference 70 the slaVchoider-
Rsrengci Berenget Rerengsi
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