Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-04-19

tod and natural results Of the doctrines taught in that
school to which he belongs?
Still he tells us at wrong, land as such the de-
berate public sentiment Of the North, well the
South condemns itn What noble sentiments The
neople of the Nor.h-we have il from one of their own
chief martraesare deliberately Of opinion that the
d.Gber,te murder of unolending men is actually "a
wrong though committed by the "mad" or the mi d.
guided and for the most dsntercsted purpose. VIII
II is probable they even condemn the unfortunate
bloody occ ilrence Saint Barholomews or think the
d,si treseI blow for freedom, str OK by the Ser ten j.
"a in the prisons OF Pars,--not exactly right Yes
tbav condemn il thew think Sin being a war against
BRETHREN il was greater crime than the invaders Of Gu
bl and Nicaragua were guilty of-reievsd to some
tet by the fact that the blow was struck for freedom and
not for slavery" But they do Brown Injustice in sup
posing that he warred against has brethren lie warrcd
for bis brethren the pixies were for Hem lie might
have said truly in speaking Of those he warred against
a. Caraa i'd in reference TO the llungarians "If was
conscious of having within my body one drop of blood
that was friendly them, coutd at once bleed myself 10
dsGh" Freed from this hcuon OF brotherhood, and re-
lisred of the 0gH ascIbed to the invaders of Cuba
owns disnterested massacre is well entitled to Cover
nor Kirkwoods unqualified SYMPATHY and ADMIRATION
No: John Brown, mad" or misguided, reckless and
desperate as he was would have scOrned and rbuked
the counsel who should have set up for bin so bareaced
a excuse. Suppose him under examnation-GoyernOr
X rkwoOi prompting the defence;
Prosecuto..-"John Brown you are charged with IN
vading Virginl with intent TO subyer her government
and place Yourself at the head of a usurpltion."
Br5rH-"True, but hibusters from other States iuva
dcd Cuba ioI the same purpose.
ProsecuiorYo You brought with you POO revOlyers 900
Sharpe's rifles manufactured in MdsSochBsctts and
1900 stand of pixies made to your order in Connecticut
10 arm all you could entce black white to slaughter
men, women and children y ou and YOUR associates ac-
ualy murdered four citizens Of Virginia. who had never
wronged YOU, and wounded many more"
Brorn-"al true: but other men treated Us badly in
Karisas The President and Congress passed the Kan
sas Nebraska act and tried to pass tie Lecomp'on BIZ;
and many people South and some North promulgated
ilbuslcrism.'
No could his mind and heart have been restored to
a sound and sober condition. Brown would have cor
esscd that he acted uudrr the influence OF the docrin
taught by Seward md tddings and Phllips-and pC !
haps by Kriwood and Dehison: Who ought to woL4 J
il the friends of the victims clcd by the rifles Of B;ov
and his gang maddRed Jy The recollection Of their
provoked murder, should in turn wreak yengear
on all who blreiU prOmdgats The do trines which ed
20 it. and plead vornor Kirkwoods Inaugural as il :.
tfcation or excuse?
In view ol tnls Jlrefaccd apology for a crime, H. n
which none backer is recorded IN history was;t the inf
mlty OF the demand or the meritorious CHARACTER
their deeds tlat shielded the associates of rlwn from
the sword OF Justice Had these iugtyes tie after ync
ing AN abOlitOnis would the chief magistrates of Iowa
AID Ohio have stopped TO pick flaws in the affidavit
indictment: will not affirm that they have knowingly
misiutcrpreted their duty warped the law. Such
act would make them, morally, accessories 10 DER
God alone the secret spring OF human ac.i aud
leave them TO Him. to their own conscenc,s and the
verdict OF an impartial world. j. X.