The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1860-04-26

"So anu more! mat is my
response to the Question why recon-
mend the circulation of Helpers book
Now, what about John Brown. 1Cries
of ''Let's have it.'' This affair Of Johr
, Brown brings us to the reality of THINGS
: This raid confronts us with Slayery
and makes us ask is slaveholding right;
and if so, what rights has it? Wher
the curtain rose' and startled the Ma
ton with this tragedy, John Brown lay
there like wounded lion with his head
upon his paws, saber cut on his brow
bayonet gashes in his side, the blood
. oozlng out, and life itself apparently eb.
bling fast: around were certain little
specimens of the canine species, snuff:
ing and smelling, and finally one ofthem
yelped out: "Mr. "Lion was the old
war horse that pastured on the Yves
tern Reserve with you in this exped1
tion?" The Lion slowely raised his
head, cast disdainful side glance upon
the enquirer, growled out contempt.
uous negative, and reposed his head
as before. In regard to John Brown
you want me to curse him. will not
curse John Brown. You want me to
pour out excavations upon tina head Of
old Osawattamie. Though all the slave
holding Blanks in the country fill theil
houses with silver, and proffer it, ]
will not curse John Brown. [ do hon
estly condem what he did; from M,
standpoint, and with my convictions,
dlsabprove of his action, that is true, but
believe that his purpose was a good
one-that, so far as his own motives
before God were concerned, they were
honest and truthful; and no one can de.
ny that he stands head and shoulders a.
dove any other character that appeared
on the stage in that tragedy from be-
ginning to end-from the time he en-.
tered the armory there to the time when
he was strangled by Governor ''Fussa.
ton" General Laughter. He was not
guilty Of murder or treason. He un-
questionably violated the law against
aiding slaves to escape; but no blood
was shed. except by the panic-strick-
en- multitude, till Stevens was fred up
on while waving a flag of truce. The
only murder was that of Thompson.
Who was snached from the heroic pro-
lection of woman, and riddled with
balls at the railroad bridge. Despotism
has seldom sacrificed three nobler vic
TENS than Brown, Stevens, and Hazltt.
AS [ remarked, Mr.. Chairman, this
brings us to confront Slavery. and
asks what right this Caliban has upon
earth ? l say no right. NV honest
convlcton-and do not know why gentlemen
need take offense they need not unless they
choose-my honest conviction is that all these
slaveholding laws have the same moral power
and force that rules among pirates have for the
distribution OF their booty; that regulations am
ong robbers have for the division oftheir spo lis:
and although l do not believe gentlemen have
behaved very handsomely to me, am going to
add, Notwithstanding, that do not mean to saw
that gentlemen who are shareholders would be
guilty OF these particular things-that is not the
point-I am talking about this matter in the
court OF conscience, in the court of right and
wrong and l insist that any laws for enslay-
ing men have just the same moral force as the
arrangement among robbers and pirates for dis
trlbuting their spoils | want to know by what
right you can come and make me a slave |
want to know by what right you can say that
my child shall be your slave / want to know
by what right you say that the mother shall not
have her child, given to her from God through
the martyrdom of maternity Hear that soft
exquisite MARBLE of mothers love:
ERE last years sun had left the skv
A birding sought my Indian nest
And folded ah so lovingly,
Its tiny wings upon my breast"
Now where is the wretch who would dare TO 90
up and take that futtering and painting bird
ling from the bosom of it's mother, and saw. at
is.mine: will sell it Ii Ike a calf: will sell it
like pig Z" What right had that mother to
her babe ? Was it because she was Fanny
Forester" the gifted authoress was it because
she was the wife OF venerable and veneratcd
missionary No. it was because she was its
mother and every slave mother has just as good
title to her babe as Fanny Forester had to
hers? No laws can make it right to rob her. II
fay,.in Gods name, my child is mine and yet
have no right to. mine that slave father has
not to his child. Not particle. The same ar
gument that proves my right to my personal
liberty proves the right ofevery human being to
the past ten or more years, the political elements
his The argument that proves my right to
my children gives the same title, the same sacred
claim, to every father. sThey, as 1, get it from
their God, and no human enactment can annul
the claim. No, sir, never! Therefore every slave
has right to his freedom, inspite of your Slave
laws. Evry slave has a right to run away. in
spite of your Slave laws | tell you Mr.. Chair
man, and tell you all, that if was slave, and
had thepower, land were it necessary to achieve
my freedom, would not hesitate to fill up the
bridge over the chasm that yawns between the
hell of Slavery and the heaven of Freedom with
the carcasses of the slain. Give me freedom
Hands off Unthrottle that man! Give him his
liberty! He is entitled to it from his God. With
these views do not think Of course it is any
any harm to help away slave. / told you that
a year ago. need not repeat it.
MEMBER-'You steal them."
Who steals, when man comes and takes
my child from my hearthstone Who steals
when he comes and takes the babe flesh of my
flesh, and bone of my bone? Who steals / tell |
you that have no more hesitation in helping
fugitive slave than | have in snatching lamb
from the jaws of wolf, or disengaging an infant
from the talons of an eagle. Not bit. Long
enough has the nation crouched and covered in
the presence OF this Stupendous wrong Here
and now break the spell, and disencha mt the
Republic from the incarnation of this accused
soreeress. 1t is simply4 question weather it
will pay to go down into the den were the wolf
is. Laughter If you you'd only go into your
lair, and crunch the bones and tear the flesh of
your victems, we might let you alone, but you
will not. Yon claim the right to go with this
flesh in your teeth all over our Territories. We
deny it.
Mr.. ADRAIN-I propose that we give the gsn.
tleman more time.
Mr.. LovEJoY-I will answer all questions if
the House will give me more time. Cries of
''No no! :'Give him time" &c.
Mr.. SINGLEsoN.-No, Sir; any gentleman shall
have time, but such mean, despicable wretch
as that
Mr.. Lovejoy-I am afraid that / am
not much like him. He went, however,
and preached to the spirits in the pris-
ON and / think / never Appropriated
SO nearly to him as in this regard. while
making proclamation of the holy evan
gel of God to sinners in this House. /
toll Won of the Slave States that Won