The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-10


And are they not a pretty lot of saints alto
gether? The truth Is, that the modern martyr
is just the fiimsiest bumbug and most arrant
cheat that there is going. He does not have
even the animal quality of pluck to atone for
his hollow hypocrisy.
The John Brown Revsiutfon-New and
Astounding Revelations.
Elsewhere in our columns to-day will be
found correspondence of the most startling
and interesting character, duplicating the lead
ers of the republican party in the John Brown
conspiracy, and showing that the events in
Kansas were but preliminary to the raid at
Harper's Ferry, both being parts of the same
scheme of bloody revolution concocted and
organized four years ago. II will be seen
from the evidence of Governor Robinson be-
fore the Mason Committee of the Senate, which
we published some months ago, and which is
reprinted in this correspondence, that Robin
con asserted that John Brown and Redpath
were the only leaders in Kansas who avowed
revolutionary designs, and that the free State
party had no connection with them, and would
not obey them. Now, 1t appears from the cor
respondence which we publish to-day, that
Robinson himself, who thinks it convenient now
to shirk the responsibility of the reasonable
enterprise, was himself one of the most ultra
Of the revolutionary leaders, outstripping
in atrocity even John Brown himself. Not only
did he endorse him by certificates and an ad-
dress " to the settlers Of Kansas" but he "cold-
ly proposed to him to assassinate all the leading
federal oficeholders in Kansas" It further
appearsthat Robinson sought to bring all the
Northern States into the civil war which was
about being inaugurated in Kansas, and that
he proceeded thence to the East for that pur-
pose. The following is an extract from the
letter of Redpath to Phillips
You perhaps remember just before the sack OF Law
renee By the border ruisns, that Robinson stsfa East
!, for one, could not understand why he should want
to leave ct such ume and urged him strenuous
bis Departure he told that he the whole country
going TO be involved In civil war; and that he was
people Of them to arms, that when the army
US another could strike our enemies elsewhere neoes
sary at Washington.
So, according to this extract, it turns out that
the republicans were to strike at Washington
Is not this in accordance with the recommen-
dation of the New York Tribune at that time, to
burn the Capitol? One Of the prominent actors
in these revolutionary events is Phillips, cor
respondent Of that journal, as Kagi, another
correspondent, was proved to be by former
evidence. And Greeley himself, according to
the testimony Of Forbes, dined with him in
New York on the day he was setting out to
Kansas to teach the revolutionists military tao
tics, and saw, him to the railroad station, gave
him twenty dollars to help him on his journey,
and promised to be on hand when the fighting
commenced. 1t is very evident why Hyatt,
who partook of the entertainment that day
with Greeley and Forbes, would not submit to
an examination, and why Sanborn is recusant,
and why others have fed, in order to avoid
giving evidence.
1t was attempted by Robinson to make Red
path scapegoat; but he boldly comes out
and tells a tale that casts the testimony of the
Mason Committee into the shade; and if Robin
son dares to persist in his statements, further
testimony will be brought out which will
startle the whole community. Redpath, like
Forbes, when badly treated turns what is cali
ed in the Old Country "approver," and here
Estates evidence" He is naturally indignant
at the hypocrisy and discrimination of leaders
who encouraged John Brown, but now shrink
from the consequences. Redpath, like Forbes,
comes from England, an emissary from the
British AntiSlavery Society, and he is disgust
ed with the cowardice and poltroonery of
those who, when the projected revolution
failed, backed out, and threw the whole blame
on those whom they melted to instruction.
Redpath aptly describes ''the John Brown
republicans as the aggressive abolitionists, the
latest, and, as the South will soon learn, the
most dangerous Development of the philan-
thropic spirit of the age" This has at least
the merit Of manliness and candor, and con-
trasts favorably with the sneaking course Of
those who are'equally implicated in the conspi-
racy, but direct suspicion away from them
selves by throwing the odium exclusively upon
two or three marked men. They would profit
by bloody revolution, but they are unwilling
to accept the consequences of failure. Accord
ing to Redpath, however, there Is to be another
attempt, and the South will find out something
it has not yet discovered. Forewarned is fore
armed, and the federal authorities, and the
State authorities of the South, ought to be ON
the watch against further invasion. John
Browns assault was only the head of the at
tackipg column of the advance guard. The
main body of this dangerous developement'
is to follow-dangerous because it is regarded
by SO many fanatics at the North as the natural
result Of "the philanthropic spirit of the age"
D0INGs OF Our SANS CuLoTTEs LEGrsIA-
TORs-THE JAcoBINs IN THE ASSEMBLY
Nothing can be more shameless than the
manner in which the republican majority in
the Legislature are carrying out their purpose