The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-12


In peaceful slumbers may you rest
And when eternal day shall dawn,
an and shades and nd death s.t have past and gone,
In Gods own image wake and rise.
THE HOMESTEAD AT NORTH ELIZA
built upon the tract Of land purchased by Gerr Smith
for colony Of negroes, nfteen years ago. is
rude frame building two stories high and has an yhing
but pretentious appearance The farm, in point OF
elevation said TO be the highest the Sate hence i,
not what might be called productive land The inhabi.
tan's IN thai part Of the country just manage 70 live
Brown first settled at North Eiba about dozen co,red
families followed him tither, and 1t believed by
Gerrit Smith that foursh'ng colony would grow up
instead Of increasing in population wealth, howeve r
The colony has decreased IN both and there mo-,
more than half dozen negro families in the place Tns
enterprise proved complete failure, but Brown
quite attached TO the spot, and refused to leave 4 ~,
family have also resolved to make the place to- ar rnrs
lifetime IN such dreary wilderness. eAa's
SERMON BY THE REV. DR. 'hATe,soy
TIE o''A0f' FAILURE AND o DEATH r TIE LArE JOHN
The Union church, situated at the .o.,o, :, r,.,,u
ninth street and Broadwa was crowdsd 10 ercoss ,.s,
evening" ne occasr.o being the delivery Of dis.
rou'se VI "s. views, insentious and fate Of John
oao"ne -dort to revoutonize VIRGINIA The an.
1ssnce ior tho most party iany of whom were
oououess attracted by the popularity Of the theme
ana the Well known ability Of the preacher-consisted o,
persons in the upper and re fashionable ranks of so
oe Long before the serv commenced the room was
'' aged with an integeJ crowd and the utmost atte
eo was paid to the worfs Of the minister and several
Of the discourse actually elected sort Of subdue
applause which rau an unusual thing in cases of re-
Ngous demonstration 8,
The services Of b evening began with the singing of
hymn after Which, the Rev a. Aatson offered up m eo-
quent and impre sive prayer In the of his re-
Marks ne pray ed that God would enable his servant
only to do AMI TO say what should be ssd but 70 saw
,r mlo,y W,d kindly, breathing each sentence in
ress upon him to guide his heart his tongue so
that nothing should be withheld should be- sai and
hotng aid that should be withheld, and that he mivtt
speak a' one who has TO give He then prayed
ior the' unfortunate comparisons Of John Brown, new
sabbath breaks upon the world these men would be
eansshed into eternity. He trusted that God would
brands snatched from tho burDing He Concluded his
prayer by mporing the Almighty bring the cause
| civil war.
The reverend gentleman selected his text from the
Apostle Paul to the Hebrews He being dead vet
speakeh" This, he ea'd related 70 the FIRST man who
and wrongust II wereto foreshadow the great fact
atsested by all history that in the oonfcs Of this
world wrong VIII often be in the ascendency, while
advocates Of right will perish Also as II to fore
shadow this additional fact that though they die they
their principle and influence that shall live on in the ages
that follow to the end OF tMethat therefore the cause
and " ns as % 1es 0 death
Of that wicked one and slew his brother And wherefore
skew ne him2 Because his own works evil and his
brothers. righteous" The reverend gentleman then pro
ceedcd TO explain his for dealing with subject
% he pulpit firs Of all It was an occurrence Of unusual
some notice rota the pulpit 1t had its distinct moral
% and religious , aspects, and therefore belonged 70
give his views on the subject: great many confused
s ge rs o aIS the had been %ade and i
whose lips are now silent forever and whether LIE
error not, justice should be done him. 1t was duty
to the cause N which he oied II duty our com
> | mon country to hasten the downfall OF slavery.
aS he see to or for bis opinions
to adopt them Whatever might, however, be said it
selfish, acting as he did against what he regarded as an
indescribable evil and with the design of benefpg his
was mistaken; others, again. that he was deceived
These were al charitable opinions, however untrue
they may be. But attention Re paid
, to the evil against which he was acting and
which cost hl his hfe This eighty three
and the mode republic, But here We have four miious
o. slaves, increasing at the rate OF 100000 every year
England France, Turkey, Portugal and Russia had
abolished slavery in their dompiops, while we are seek
ing TO extend the sin and to appropriate territory already
cons Grated to Divine liberty the empire of slavery
He then characterized the system Of slavery as being
founded on principles injustice extorton oppression
man stealing AND robbery Slavery the parent
of adultery fornica,on incest was the school Of
cruelty lnhumanity and murder. Why there sucn
great difference between the North and the South? Why
Was mol the sound OF the pistol heard all along the bo
ders OF our lakes, and why there dueling nor
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part OF the earth, 1t ever beard that burned
alive? IN India the sutiee long prevailed even that
is row almost altogether abolished But go the South
OF this counry and what do fudY Men burned alive
not for the crime OF murder alone but for offence
from White INT snhsr He would % give one or two
Trader last year supplied the particulars Of the burning
{ OF man for striking white man. says
The victim chained a faegots we're placed around
b% wss s.a be sorsd m he When
nn h seoed ne % s hSe M he had ID
M & ~ I % sna @ssed % ss payers Of thse around
ss a'st sSsas s a.%s: sss
sn
BIS s ss @ s ses w s
70 chow has no such being had ever existed Nearly
moral lesson characters Of he'll Are
aeau s soS %a9nns 1
them that the iasc awaited them rebeons
The other reported by the Missouri Democrat
longer back than in the month Of July In this
! case the man hat committed murder-so they said.
sm s S nut s
flames around n and s effects viabls ia
s $ Mfs me- ss
@ gy ss % % e.
He would drop s he and catch cat sAsm sa
few moments hs was chlrred mass bones and flesh alike
Thee may be called the abuses of the system but
could not survive such abuses as these The children of
slave owners we're educated to behold torture aud
blood from infancy, ard no wonder that their
young MINDS became hardened in consequence,
and they become accustomed to the use Of the 4
bowie knife and revolver. IN the State Of Virginia there
were no less than 500 1000 slaves, and 900
nnaly sold from this State to go to the rice sugar
FIELDS Of the far South In that State alone there were
10000 muaoes, fact whichapeaks alone morality
oihe people, who always the rs talk about ANAL
gamaton Of the he declared slavery be also a
tn the millions Of savehoidpg whites
Sonh who nothing but poor white trash despsed
and condemned by their wealthy brethren the slaves
themselves Slavery was also the bane OF the
peace order II was the aim and view Of John Brown
10 against so foul system John Brown was a stu
dent the Bible, and his believing In the
Divine authority Of that blessed book il Insisted
always upon strict moral recutade Neither Avis the
jnor, nor SeDatar Mason, Governor Wise considered
that Brown did not believe and the Bible. whether
Brown had understood The Bible right wrong there
could be doubt that he studied marked and believed
| He was emphaticaiy Of deeds, and such in. |
Cendiary contained In he Exo5,,