East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-12
old Browns Murders In Kansas.

Old Browns Murders In kansas.
a few weeks ago, we showed beyond
every reasonable shade of doubt, from
the legal testimony taken before the
Congressional Kansas Commission, that
Old Brown was present and Particeps
erimmis in the brutal assassination of
Doyle and others, at the commencement
of the Kansas difficulties. His completely
in those fcndish outragcs, out of which
grew those troubles, has been stoutly de-
MED by the Republican papers at the
North generally, and is still denied by
Wendell Phillips and the great body of
our Northern admirers of Brown. Phil
lips, in a speech delivered in Becchcr's
Church at Brooklyn, n. y, few weeks
since, admitted that Brown sold horses
at Cleveland, Ohio, which he stole in
Kansas, boosted of it as a clever thing,
and was cheered by his audience, who
thus showed their approval of the theft.
If any further evidence were necessary
to prove Browns connection with the
Doyle murders, the following from the
Journal of Saturday, which has hereto
fore thrown doubts around the already
proved fact, would seem to settle the
question beyond all future controversy
JOHN BRowN's CAREER IN KANSAS
We copy from the Cincinnati Gazette Of
Monday last the Cincinnati Gazette of
Monday last the subioined extract from
the Kansas correspondence of the Indi-
annapolis Jounal. 1t will attract atten-
ton as associating the late John Brown
with an atrocious act in Kansas concern
ing which there has recently been some
controversy in portion of the public
press
LAWRENCE KANSAS, Dec. Il, 1859.
\ "John Brown" anti-slayery meeting
was held in Lawrence, last evening, De-
cember lG
After some of the speakers had landed
Brown as a second Jesus, and one of them
alluded to the Pottawatomie massacre,
which has been laid at John Browns
door
Mr. Stevens said he did not believe
John Brown had anything to do with it;
but there was a gentleman present who
could testify to the fact. "Name him,
name him." several called out. at is
Capt Walker" lnow Sheriff of Douglas
: county, and one of the bravcst of the free
: State leadcrs.)
Capt. Walker rose and said, "Gcntle-
men, there is no use in keeping back the
truth or preventing facts. John Brovn
told me himself that lie was present at tie
,c'0der Of thOsepien on POttdwatamie Creek.
(This startled like thunder clap the de-
tenders of Brown.) He proceedcd-"I
an realty TO take an Oat6 that John BrOWn
aade such a statement TO me. I kRoV more
about HiS mdtter than / can state, especially
as IL woaH duplicate as actors IN that muw-
der some perOas nOO ~ this room. John
f Brown had those men in his power, and
he could have kept them prisoners. For
himself he never could justify taking a
+ man prisoner and then deliberately cut
ting his throat Old Titus, whom he
took prisoner, had threatened to cut his
throat, had insuted his wife and threat
ened her life, yet he never felt justified in
taking his life when his prisoner"
Gov. Charles Robinson also said that
he beloved John BrOwn had acknowledged
/ TO him he was present and approred Of the
killing of those men on Potta,Oatame Creek
f He had not and could not Justify the ex-
cesses committed by Free State men af-
, ter they had the civil powerin their hands.
DR. Adair, a nephew Of John Brown,
was questioned In reference to John
Browns connection with the Pottawata-
mic massacre. lie said John BrOwW had
, told him that he tras present at the killing Of
5 those men. But there were palliating cir
cumstances connected with it.
, may add that there is no question
| whatever, from what | have heard from
persons who knew the facts, that John
: Brown planned and carried out that mas
, sacre. The facts come to me from men
who stand among the most truthful of
any in Kansas. The truth is, the less
, Republicans lionizc Old Brown the better.
: KANSAS.
Here we have the admission of three
Free Statemcn, Sheriff Walker Gov.
Robinson and DR. Adair, nephew
of Old Brown, that the latter was present
: and participated in the Pottawatamie
massacre-they having the facts as adj
mitted from Browns own lips. During
his imprisonment at Charlestown, V, it
has also been stated Brow made a simil-
ar admission. The statement of Gov.
! Robinson given above, that che had not
and could not justify the excuses com
mitted by the Free State men after they
hid the oirH poper IN their hands," is wor-
: thy of particular notice. Itgoes to prove
; what the Post and Democratic papers
D have always asserted: that the Kansas
difficulties were originated expressly for
political effect. Old Brown was sent there
7 aud furnished with weapons expressly for
/. the purpose of exciting the public mind
( at the North and making Republican
5 capital in the last Presidential campaign.
l The "Missouri border ruf6ans," 50 called,
! were the attacked. 1t was wicked
y scheme, planned by political dcmagogucs
' for political purposes. 1t has cursed the
/, Republican party-rnined it beyond re
a demption, as the next Presidential cleo
ton will show. The North has had
enough of negro agitation. The wind
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