The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-31

anc A0Oa1taOutsts-Thc xee0e Of our seat
Elc<aions.
While some Of the abolition and republl
can journals which formerly endorsed thu
actions Of the unfortunate Old Brown ID
Kansas, now desert him In his failure and
misfortune, call him a madman, and attempt t.
wriggle out OF q justification Of the Harpers
Ferry conspiracy, others, more bold, OF the
ultra stamp. openly defend the motive and the
acts which characterized the bloody scenes il
Virginia. In these sheets, treason To the gov
eminent, on the part of John Brown and every
one else, is fearlessly preached and sauctiaed
with daring that puts to shame the sneakine
desertion OF Brown by the republican organs
here and elsewhere, which spirited him on To
his traitorous acts.
For example, the Boston Libeator, the organ
Of the Gsrrisonian school, pronoanoes his
purpose q noble one. which "will receive the
plaudits Of every manly and generous heart
Now, what was his purposeY Was it not to
arm and organize the black population of the
South against the white, and spread rapine and
murder throughout the land. Was 1t not
rebellion against the constitution and govern
ment Of the United Statess Yet this is the very
purpose which Seward avowed in his Rochester
speech, and which Wilson, and Giddings, and
Chase, and Gerrit Smith, and the other leaders
Of that class, have been all along fostering by
word and material aid. The Liberator COM
pares its hero, Brown, to Lafayette and the good
Samaritan, in way that leaves these two
illustrious instances Of humanity and self
sacrifice under very little compliment for the
comparison. We are told that
The picture OF the Good Samaritan will live to all future
ages, eulogized by Jesus as the model OF human excel
John Brown od more than this aud emuated the OK
ample Of the benedcent Saviour himself for he went TO
seek those who we're lost that he might save them.
And we are remined that Lafayette
Has won unbounded praise andgratitude and lofty place
the records Of history By Volunteering bis services in
behalf OF oppressed people, at the darkest hour in
their and with every prospect Of losing what he
rsEed their behalf lie offered his aid N this desperate
noble act aud the glory which has followed his
than he has fully deserved But John Brown did
far He voluntarily devoted his abors, the tolls
suerings Of life those who oppressed that they
could not oeive message from him send answer
to him.
AS may be expected, Governor Wise comes in
for fair share Of that style of abuse for which
this class of writer's is remsrkable-being cour-
teously alluded to as the 'braggart buffoon who
appropriately holds the Governors chair in the
slave-breeding State of Virginia"
But all this is meek and gentle compared
with the language and sentiments of the lead
ing article in the same paper, as published in
HERALD. Who can fail to see in the
following paragraphs the very same ideas
which fill the Rochester manifesto Of Senator
Seward, the "irrepressible conflict allusion
and all!
By the logic Of Concord Lexington and Bunker HILL and
by the principles enforced by this nation in its boasted
Declara Of Independence, Captain Brown hero,
struggling against fearful odds not for his advantage
but % redeem others from horrible bondage, to be
justified In all that he aimed 10 achieve however lacking
sound discretion. And by the logic and the
principles every Shareholder has forfeited his right live
his destruction be necessary to enable his victims TO
break yoke Of bondage and they and all who are
posed 70 aid them by force and fully warranted
carrying rebellion 70 any extent and securing freedom
at whatever cost II will be terribly losing day for all
savedom when John Brown and his associates brought
TO the gaows 1t will be sowing seed broadcast for har
vest retrbuton. Their blood will cry trumpet tongued
from ground that cry will be responded by tens
Of thousands In manner that shall the knees Of the
Southern sayemongers TO ste together did those Of
Belshazzar OF old Oh that they might avoid all this)
q timely repentance.
And these are the sentiments to be comba,
ted-these the issues to be met at the New York
State election; for, if the Seward ticket be elect
ed here in November, the inference will clear
ly be that his traitorous doctrines have been
endorsed by this State; but if, by all voters who
value the peace and prosperity of he Union
combining in support of the mixed ticket, the
Seward party shall be defeated, then he result
will be Reputation Of the Seward programme,
and rebuke to the traitors who lave con-
spired against the peace of the countr! and are
willing to drown it in blood to obtain party su-
premacy. Are the voters Of this Stae ready
for that issue!