The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-10
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY APRIL TO- l8eo-TR1p1E SHEET

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was published In the Crusader If Freedom
"SArAsic 1T An error " yuppcse that the strengtt.
Of party consists alone Or chiefly, is numert al
force The hon does NOT aoan, how many sheep ~ ere
are in the fold Our politicians forgetting this truth
Governor Robinson, for example, in recent speech
sad, IN reierringto Governor Walker, that the dev
even asked fer admission into the free STAT party he
would be wiling to tet him in, he would y ACT with
us and behave himself We presume that shs Governor
with hal celebrity are he would o. ha ye uttered
slch fatal doctrine For know ID A, "a the nature
Of the devil TO be infernanot 70" sc with us auy
decent people When he gets into party he PLAYS the
devil with II, and then there's the devil TO pay We OBJ
ject to opening an account with hy N History illustrates
our position TAKE tie Governo re native state for
ample The devil asks for adm ssiop into the republican
party Of old Msssschuse,tsss women appear ia certain
cases IN our courts Of law ihr ,ugh the friend Mr.
hsnfy 1. 'aidner, >nstea OF sending him home,
WITH or without an anti somnlferous insect 10
his ear the leaders o.. the party counted the
VIVA, was The coDsequens 81 whenever the peoples re-
presentAnyes passed NO pie Law, the devil through his
II we were the leaders the republican party and the
devil personally or thr oush Walker asked for admission
we would ell him thai rather than let him would
sh ID m story rom whose moral he might pick our an
tver George the tn I'D was insane regency was pro-
I.sed certain 10 I'd was warm advocate Of it; the
The lord heard Of privately, and sstonshed the House
by bitter speech against the regency He concluded by
saying land VIII forget King, may my God forget
"forget yoa' ne he'l see you ID frst.' 50 let US
See the tsvl b fore admit him into the free State
=,
Ina. all II have tried to write Robinson down let
him quote thu passages never, he has often done,
have writer spopy letters to destroy the reputation
81 men who Opposed my policy ssmn ina. have ~rt
aeoltorst. When discovered .h.. he was neither
simply v ithdrew from him You, Colonel Phil
s Gov ernor Robinson than the Almighty had,
ior W Aich hAnsgressan "may the Lord have
~as u q ea
polite when frat went TO Kansas trusted Robinson,
and low basey he deceived me you know. He know
tbss regarded him a. man Of veracity and you know
hsw often he took advantage Of that faith 10 cause
course il is false that You or u.ed the New York
81 gle line in that paper in any Eastern paper which
J slanderedn him, or spoke sightngIy Of him, until
Contemplate letters TO the East repudasing Brown
(us think Of political Judas disavowing sympathy with
political Christi then, and not till then, republshed
his Enforcement the OLD man. and in one letter ndi.
Gated that "the Governor, who Is Governor not
wholly an angel Of easent light But DO you think that
been permitted 70 even indicate that there were flaws in
1l1n Let those who think that thing possible, just
their hands att trial or two will undeceive them
As natural born fool Of course never boosted
that correspondents could make unmake any
might have boosted that We had made man. but was
too much ashamed OF our joint production TO do It. You
speeches, and BY my Correspondence never tried to
trouble. knew his head scabby 10 wear crown
long, that in self defence he would have throw It down.
Yon know the only foundation for this change. ooe
day, when was opposing one OF Robinsons IDEAS some
cause We made him reored that It was never too late
TO repentthat having committed error OF Judgment
was no vAd reason for persstng in It, Robinson charges
eaid come one, With intending to unmake him. Well,
suppose, added jocuarly we have right to do what
We please With our own The jest reached Robnson's
ears, and has ranked in hs heart since. Let 1t
rankie tbs truth that We made him; 1t truth that
he has sold himself for gold; truth that at Washing
ton he 00m''sd the crime Of perjury s0Gss
HINTON TO REDpATH.
Bosrox, April 2, 1860.
JAMES RDPAm, Esq. -
Ny DEAR sm-En accordance with your request trans.
mited to me through Meesrs Thayer and Eidridge,
write you with regard to Robinsons testimony before
the Senate Harper's Ferry investigating Committee
had already prepared for publication letter covering
tho points necessary to be eucdated 1t will
our purpose without doubt for me 70 recapulase what
dence, endeavors to mako the following podnts-
Fi:st-Ihat John B.own went to Kansas to create a
vouon by Of which he hoped destroy slavery:
and that in th idea he differed from the free State
sscond-Thst you James Redpath was also yevolu-
ZIONIST and the only other person In Kansas who wed
70 him {Robpson) such designs that had told him
but few in the SECRET though many were operating
with you and that because OF this you opposed
voting under the Territorial organization and Le.
press generally acted with you; that in par.
suancc Of their plans they made war upon all who op
posed them, stopping at SANDER libel for the &C
compshment Of the object sought and further that they
the reporters, boosted OF being able to unmake
had access and further that General Lane was pledged
TO act as the military leader Of euch q scheme.
hird-hsthe lRoSinson) heard General Lanesay soon
Legislature Of ls575s that ane) had given orders
to the generals OF divisions 10 strike at various points In
slavery These orders, Robinson says were never
obeyed given, and Lane soon after went into Southern
Kansas attack Fort Scott and backed down before the
This believe to be synopsis Of the teiegraphic sum-
mary Of Robinsons testimony observe too, that at
LEGGED the correctness Of said summary As TO my own
views Of this testimony, will first briefly give my
opinion in detail Charles Robinson when he swore to
the statements published as having been made by him
hesitation in saying he knew be wicked deliberate
and malicious perjury, and that for the sake Of gratifying
mean and most contemplate personal spite against the
persons named. Now, TO answer the points seriaim
Fuss-While It s true that John Brown, long before
going 10 Kansas believed that slavery would culnate in
% no. true that he either crested had anything to
do with bringing about the Kansas struggle In the
owen, Tlesr,os salmon and o oGUs U %iS
brother in law, Henry Thompson, who married Capt
The stock &c was conveyed to Illinois, TO their uncle
KANSAS in the spring Q, 49, and settled Potawstomie
March Of that year, 600 armed from Missouri
took possession Of the Territorial ballot boxes drove
swaythe settlers and elected Legislature two-fhirds of
whom citizens Of Missouri This body met al Paw
tn May ousted the only four free State men In the
body, and adjourned TO the Shawnee Mission Manual
labor School, Westpor There they proceeded 70
enact that Infamous code Of laws establishing slavery
against which the free State people Of Kansas struggled
free State party met in convention Big Springs aud
passed their celebrated resolutions TO resist the execu.
ton OF the bogus code-peaceafuy II they could but for.
the purpose Of framing State government and at the
time calling the people TO elect delegates In lae
following October. do not think am mistaken when
say that one Of the Browns participated in the
proceedings Of this and subsequent Convention held at
self did not come to Kansas It'll the fall Of 49, and
then only ut the earnest solicitations OF his sons 70 come
and aid In their defence He certainly took no part 10
very vioence-fe before the rifle Of the murderer Cole
man. Twenty five hundred Aissourians were canned
around Lawrence, when John Brown, with seven stal
worth sons, came TO volunteer in its defence what was
the cause OF the array against lawrence It WAS the re-