The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-02-13

bonee, mighty also by his love the people and his trust
in God he did wha seemed only the great councils Of
the IehIrea coud acompish-he routed the Popes aud
wrcsed the German world from their rude ana bloody
grippe.
At later day. when tho ne continent which God had
kept from the foundation OF the wordA virgin hid away
betxeen the Atlantic and the Pacific scaswas to be
oil men ~ the world had never seem was there any
who would have thought tina. the Puritan, hated in hn
Brheh homo, and driven out thence with fire and
would De the repres nauye Of humanity and claim and
win that BRIDE and we'd her too with nuptials nov %
Yet no turns out and the social
political Of the human race IL wrought out
by that Puritan, with his brsde-whose only dover
Der broad lands. Really, If God chose the
small things toconound the great Bus when
and carefully study the relation which thesc seeming
y magnificent bear 70 the whole force Of
then appears they the very agents at tue
work they did think II will turn out the case Of
Capt Brown. Whot the masi,ris eloquenne Of Se,e1rd
Oad mot aomplh, ~ MS ssaay appeal to TIC higher
d~, Tie eioquencr of Pai,ps and Sswm, add es,ed
ne ooscsence and common sw~d TIE people, SeRs likely 70
be trutktfo By Jha Bro,os-no statesman orator
but upright and downright man, who took his life In
hts band, and said slavery shall 60 down even il IT he
put Down with red swords" I TANNED God tor JOHN
Bro, years ago; he AND are strangers and still more
hu saistAsod c1Uc~cd ,Csfk ssartyrdom an
glad be from that hsyilower compAny-that
bis grandfather q captain In the Revolut N &ry
war; the arsocrac blood Of America runs In such
All the grand institutions OF America which give
such original power " the people, from that Puritan
stock who trusted in God and kept their DO wder dry
who stood up straight when they prayed aud also when
they fought Yee all the grand original ideas waich are
row their 10 found usdtutions aud will make
the future better than the past come from
the same source.
Virginia may be the mother Of Presidents (she yet
keefs the ashes of too great onee-ouy their ashes NOT
their Aopk) bnt il New England OF great
ideas Goa Is their father-mother also, Of com mum
tics, rich With intelligent and democratic 20 yer.
John Brown came from gooi lineage; his life proves
M--and his death rs not for you 70 select the
Instruments wberewith the Providence OF mankind has
the worlds work done by human hands, only for M
to do cur he dnty, and take good and Ill which
Of
Whe~ tie monar TAich krders tie progress Of humanity
10 b. Of I'D @ mater v the battle Aauc rust
hat and s here d there, sos its blade-se.snios "
dnoe.t vork its efce have bat the pocer % b tie mon
% shon be ctoew dow, and mnnkind ,odk riussphany
on 10 moryoe, 10 fresh cork and trjxmphs wec
But did not 70 write you snch letter this
wrote itself, and ! couldn't help IL cannot sleep
NIGHTS for thinking OF these things am ashamed 10 be
sick and god for nothing In times hike these, but can't
help H. and must be judged by what caa do, not can't
and don't.
II curious 70 hnd the slaves voluutee ing p go TO
shoot men Tin buckram) VII, are coming "a tho1nAd
tme TO Captain Brown" Tue African is much
superior 70 the ApgoSA 10 cunning and OF by
pocrwy--excep the cccleeas ioalas he inferior
general power OF mind Ddnt negro in Savannah tell
Northern sinister, "f usnt To be free only r,ii
to be slave OF sa dsts it, massa-se fraid OF de debit
not u msssar' What fuffas he gave when with MS
country Alone and how he mmicked the gestures Of