New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-02-16
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I'll recent letter Richard Realf John Browns
BeoFetsry Of State, denies that the Harpers Ferry
affair mas consequence of tle teachings If tile
Republican party. He says
iieged Is 1uIozy and altogether
Aszff7te and this for the simple reason, that the
moVefnAnt 1f John Brown was conserved and orig
mated at leAst score ef years auteeedent to tie
ofalation Of the Repubi lean party, While yet Clay
III the xenith of Ills fame, and Webster had not
sold hisnsel ~ me South. and the issues which
hove ainee torn tae country were unknown, John
BrosFM as hreoding upon his scheme. HI The Con
venli1n held If Chatham. g. W, he made speech
AeelarAsnTy NJ hiA purposes and expressive Of his
TieHa wherein he stated THAT for twenty years Tie
project which has resulted 10 fatally to himself and
disastrousy ta The siarca had been Tho absorbing
passion 81 his nature. to which all other pursuits
and pnfIus had been rendered sJbseryient. In
Khe yeas zg5f He (5eing then Id Ohio woo grover9
Went to England, bearing samples Of wool as his
contihusisn q she great transitional Ezhibtion;
and this Journey was undertaken solely on account
OF The reasons whieh tolioW
I'M itf d yieW sD tie abalitionof slavery, lie had
been CLOSE student Of the theory of mountain
and guerilla warfare through long series OF years.
Anll bai1g desirUua of practically examining tho
diiEerenE modes Of Fertilization entrenchnent, etc
employed iii taae States Of the Old World lie chose
fer the period Of his visit thai in which London
would naturally be thronged with the representa-
tiYes of Continental Europe, and when, conse-
quentiy, il would not be difficult matter to pro
Tile oiaaAell with letters Of introdncson to people
iffalf 5arts VI those countries Inme dately lie lind
secured such letters. he crossed into France,
Mlaneas sitter careful inspection Of ia fortiiica-
tens be star ted for Spain, Italy Austria Prussia
egs.. through which countries, especially their
mountainous portions, he made heightened tour,
with the sole view Of applying the knowledge thus
obtained 10 tho prosecution Of the enterprise in
Y which ID diea. This Was III 1861. The Republican
party lad nd existence until 1854, The statement
fhHx6f0F6, tlat the incursicn INTO Virginia resulted
Nj oeasequeneeU f tie inculeated doctrines 81
Repntheaniam il now disproren.
b. " IsSrEK DAVIS Mr. Compton, Chairman Of
iii Gosnmittee on Federal Relations in the Mary
Iand Heusc u Delegates. Oh The 9th instant, pre-
n sentad Tho following resolution;
Rescued, That Henry Winter Davis, acting Ii
Congress- A. one Of thu Representatives of thi.
Efste by his vofe ior w illian Pennington tile can
dIdate Tor the Republican party for the Speaker
hilip nf thA HOUSE 0f Representatives has misre
8reS8fasRd Till sentiment of all portions of thi
State and hss thereby forfeited the confidence o
n her people,
Tho rsles we're Suspended to give the resolution
4 second reading, ana after spirited debate i
Has passed yeas 81 nay the American dele
4 gAtas voting foF the resolution
i resolution was also adopted for appointing 4
Il Horan3istae I'll wait on Governor Hicks To inquire
whether ne newspaper statement that be bad
sent Biz Eeereta5y al state to Washington to con.
grasuIafe NJ Pennington Oh his election, was cor
Il xeet. Several members declared that ahey were
authofszed u IVY That Tic stasemenl was unfound.
81 hat ahe cosnaittee, notwithstanding, was ap-
4SAaese$es