Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-17


IN VIOLATION oF All LKGAL AND coNsrtTu-
rioNAL PRINCIPLES Az BaowN's WAS; NoRE,
ron BRowN's HAD TnE INHERENT RIGHT OF Ev-
Eny NAN TO M FRER a. starting point Ev-
cry seizure under the forms OF the law, is moth.
ing hut an insioycction against all legal rights,
aud 10 this Is added q decision of the Supreme
Court, that claimant may seize man any
where without a egal. warrant
wN DrNMsoS is the Republican Governor
Of Ohio In the month Of March, 1860, Gov.
Leicher of Va, sen, requisition to Gov
Dennison, demanding the extradition of Owen
Brown and Francis Merriam two Of the John
Brown conspirators below referred to, charg.
ing them with "couspiring with slaves to rebel
and make insurrection, and for conspirng with
certain persons to induce slaves to rebel and
make insurreetion3' on the 9Th OF March,
1860 upon the ground Of some shallow and
aimsey informally, Dennison, upon the ad-
vice Of his Republican Attorney General, c.
= wolcott refused 10 comply 'cith the requi-
aifion aud Brorn and Merriam remain 10
his day. ia ohio, ioboring for Lincoln and
the Republican party
JonS BsowN, jr., OWEN BRowS, FRAScls
MERRIAM aud BARCLAY Corric reside in Ash
tabula county JONI BRowN, ir, was the
principal corresponding agent in getting up
the reasonable expedition of his father in
October, 1859. The other three were actual
ly on the spot and engaged in the attack up
on llarpers Ferry, but managed TO escape
first to Iowa and then to Ohio On the 10th
of March, 1860, the day Of the execution OF
HAzLErr and STEVENS at Harper's Ferry, all
of the above, Except MERRAN) with REDPArH,
the abolition correspondent of the New York
Tribune, addressed meeting of Republicans
at Jefferson, Ashtabula county, Ohio, (GlD-
pINGs home,) sympathizing with the fate Of
the felons j. A. GmDNGs (son of JosnuA)
was secretary of the meeting.
The Stark County Republican of Dec ID
r 1859, holds this language concerning Ossawat
tonne Brown
$50 we presume there is no hope for Brown
and to-nutrows dispatches will bring the
heavy tidings that the life of truly grea
man, n life of singular christian purity, un
spotted by crime and profanity the life Of {
man who has heroically endured n series o
, prosecutions unparalleled in our history, ha,
, been sacrificed by an enemy in whose breas
cowardly fear and stern revenge have crowd
e ed out all human feeling"
The Holmes county Republican, of tn,
10th December, 1859, had the following:
"JoHN BRowN is DEAD.-Much space il
r taken in to-days paper with the particulars o
the hanging of John Brownl The South hai
never been guilty of any act which so intensi
fes the hatred of the North against slavery a
b this The day John Brown was hung, sym
n pathetic meetings were held all over tn,
5 North amid scenes of uncomfortable excite
!. ment, and characteristic conflict Nor will
this condition of things terminate with tn
. sad sequel of Friday, the second of Decem
e ber
: The Cleveland Morning Leader, Of the Is
4: Dec, 1859, contained the following
h THE EXECUTION OF JoHN BRowY. FRIDAY
r December I'd, will be day of terror through
Y out Virginia John Brown will be hung wit
e all the pomp of military circumstance a
IS Charleston the Governor of the.State his exc
\ cutioner, if not the veritable hangman. Tn
terror will not be on the galows where tn
q heroic martyrto Freedom meets his fate, bu
q on the plantations and in the homes of tn
people whose bondsmen Brown laid down hi
e own life to set free That terror is clearl
II foreshadowed in the proclamation of Gov
1t Wise who warns the people to stay at hom
on patrol duty on the day of execution, to pro
tect their own property. General Talaferr
commandant OF the execution forces 200
strong at Charlestown, also by proclamation
emphatically warns the people of the countr
to stay at home and protect their own proper
ty, assuring them that information from rela
Bile sources indicates that by so doing they vii
best consult their own interest
Why this marshalng of troops, these proc
lamations to the people, this patrol duty i
Virginia, in hanging until dead one old man
1t is that the MATCH IS FAST BURNING
DOWN TO THE POWDER.
The morning that saw John Brown hung
and his bloodstained spirit ushered in tn
presence of his God, that he might be Judge
for life misspent and for the deeds done o
earth, the same paper had the following:
The EXECUTION OF CAPT. JOHN BRowY.-
Before the sunset of this day, John Brown wi
have passed the ordeal of public n,artyrdol
@ to the sacred cause Of Human Freedom
a C2utchiHg, ruthless SidUery, ioith murderol
hand upon the old man throat, loiH strGi
gle his life out upon galtoWS Thus M
ID South madiy urges on the 'iITepressibLe COZ
n, Rictf
er John Browns life gives proof of how he wi
m meet its violent end Surrounded by the bris
40 ling cohorts OF Slavery-in the presence of a
ia implacable Executive-he will mountthe sea
lis fold with cbild-like submission, forgive his en-
n. miles, bless those that curse him, and yield bac
ds his spirit with calm cheerful resignation
I'd the God who gave it All this has been for
shadowed by his conversations and letters
l.. prison, and with unusual force and beauty
a letter addressed to Judge Tilden, of this cit
en- written but four days before the execution, an
Ie- which will be read at the commemorate
on meeting to be held at the Meodeon this ey
ed ming.
~, The Cleveland Herald, of the same evenin
m. (Dec I'd, 1882 spoke as follows:
is "Hung be the Heavens with black. Tn
day is dark not sum ray has pierced ii
cloud that rests like a pail upon the physic
o. world fit emblem of the sadness that weigh
lb- down the hearts of all who feel for other
Of woes. This is a fit day for the execution of
man who driven to madness by the butcher
., Of his family at the hands Of those who woul
carry slavery into Free Territory, sought
~ give liberty TO the enslayed
he The gloom upon all hearts is too deep f
re words. Slavery drives John Brown to madnes
and then hangs him for that insanity VIII,
7" a spectacle in Christian community Whi
"A a solemn day for this Christian nation"