The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-01-10

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~ peopleof The North was never penned BY
,,eir vor.a ennny. That majority Of the
people sympa,Aiss with snii-slasery. and that
s~atortsv 0essrsA tbs pardon Of JOHN BsowN,
- have no earthly doubt. But, in spite Of all
the wrong the majority have done us, and In
teed 70 do ~ hereafter, We are ready to step
tu,o the ring aud defend the North, 30 called,
nom the scandalous aspersions Of this traitor
In their own citadel. the y. S. Senator from
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What were the personal attributes Of JOHN
Brown He was barn. burner, horse THIEF,
imurtierer, acknowledged to be SO by the
black Republican organ and leaders in Kan
eos. We don't believe the North Is soch
Botany Bay that the people Of that section,
or any considerable portion Of them, sympa-
thtxe with such character. Let Senator WILL
eoN speak Tor himself and his own party
He talks, too, Of the "rare heroism OF JHo.
BkowN being subject OF admiration mere
II he. Massachusetts man, believes that
.heroism ".is SO "rare" in the North as to be
q subiect OF admiration, we, Firgin'an, do
not What was the heroism of JOHN Brown
but that which is witnessed In every convict
mon the scaffold. in nine cases out Of ten
The four m urierers who were hung at one
time in Baltimore not long ago. all died with.
out fear. MARION CROPS, the leader OF this
party, showed the most perfect courage and
GOODNESS, and GAMBRILL, CORRlK and CYPHUs
a. much fortitude a. the followers Of Brown.
Most Of them, like Old BROWN, died with
lie in their mouths, and all Of them, like Old
BROWN and his comrades, and almost every
other deluded rnfflan who is hung, said they
were going from the galiows to heaven. So,
there was nothing "rare" in the "nerve" of
Old BRowN, nothing which entities it to be
called "heroism,' and, above all, nothing
which the people Of the North have reason TO
admire"
Weconfess that for that portion of the North
ern people which Senator WILSON represents,
We have no earthly respect, and it may be true
that among them snch q character as JOHN
Brown is an object Of sympathy and reve-
renee. But they are not the North they are
not the ,choie North; they are not fair speci-
mems Of Northern character. There is por.
ton Of the Northern population which never
did and never can sink to the political moral
or social level Of the BROWNS, GRRELEYs and
WILSON'S. This nservative, chivalric and
high toned class has always been and at this
moment remains separate and distinct from
the cold and turbid mass of Puritan fanati-
cism, like the current Of the Gulf Stream in
the Atlantic it, but not Of it. When a tur-
bulent and reasonable faction in New Eng
hand were preaching against the war Of 1912
from their pulpits, and making signals to the
enemy's fleets from their Shores the chivalry
of New England and the North were foling
their treason upon every sea, and proclaim
ing to the ends of the earth that heroism is
very common quality Of the American charac-
ter. Every sermon preached against the war
in u New England pulpit was more than re-
deemed by the broadside of some Yankee Com.
modore and for every blue light burned upon
Long Islaad Sound, PERRY, CHAUNCEY, De-
CATUR, MCDoNoUGH, threw such a blaze of
glory from their batt,e-lighted decks upon eve
~ star of the Union, that the blue lights IA
ded away like glow worms in the glare of the
SUM-. To say that Il country which has pro-
duced such men as these is all agape over the
"heroism" Of JOHN BROWN, is the greatest
shame and scandal that has yet been thrown
upon any section of the United States.
Let us suggest to MIR. HENRY WILSON that
he and his may yet have an opportunity Of
testing the q ues ton whether "heroism' is so
rare quality in the North as he seems to sup
pose, There is a breed Of men there with
whom he has not had much opportunity of as
sociating, who may afford him some fine
morning better subject of admiration than
tho eAllousness of a hardened convict There
are tens of thousands Of CUsHINGs, NIGER
SOILS, O'CoNNoRs, LIvINGsroNs, VAN REM
sELAERs, and others. who may prove more
ready to tight than they have been to vote, and
who will meet the abolitionists in the streets,
ON the first step of their march to the over
throw of the Cons titution and of the South
II will then be seen in what portion of the
North all mani bod has become SO extinct as to
make JOHN BRowN hero. We are satisfied
that the abolitionists will never be convinced
sarvatives into the streets in defence of the
Constitution and the Union. No logic would
reach the derstanding Of WENDELL PILL
LIPS like one Of JOHN Browns pixies, and a
b0mbsheu bursting over the Tribune Office
would satisfy even HORACE GREELEY, not only
that slavery was right, but that it was di-
vine Institution. and sooner than wait five
minutes for another he would exchange places
with the most hopeless negro on Cuba plan.
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We are aware that Senator WILSON and his
clique claim monopoly Of all the courage. e.
peciaIly the moral courage, and stigmatize as
dough faces every Northern man who abides
BY the Constitution and the laws. The supe.
riority In physical courage has vet to be tried
but, surely, that Of moral courage has long
bsen settled. What heroism does it REQ uire in
any man TO agree with the prevailing Public
Opinion Of his own section? The prosecuting
xabbls who followed our Divine Saviour up the
hill Of Cavalry, shouting, 'Crucify him! Cru
city him ~ are just rs much entitled to the
need Of moral courage a. the WILSON'S, GREE-
LHYs & Co., who echo the shouts and obey the
behests OF tho fAnatical mob Of the Northern
States. They are In a majority; conservatism
is in q minority in every State Of the North
the States Of the South are in a minority in
the Union. The highest positions in the free
SAFES and in the Federal Union can only be
reached BY piling fresh fuel on the abolition
furnace. As well might straw claim moral
courage for sailing before the wind Was ever
such audacity as the epithet of dough face ap-
Piled BY the Wilson's, Stewards and others.
who have reached office by trucking to the
popular frenzy, to the FILLNoRxs, EvERErrs,
CUsAIHGs aud IAGERsoLLs, who are deprived
of Office becnuse they will not offer sacrifice