The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-02

1eAn Dsewns yR.s % Ashsabala.
Amsst1nxW1s ~ ~ A1otnAam Z ~ nv,
aeo ~ which JonH Bnowx, Jr, and . broshe,
| Of EOwfn CorPBC vefs prsseat pnowr uade
speech on To occasfon, w1tA the view Of cor.
rsctinG certain fAlselmpessstons which he cd
prevailed with regard 70 tAsse fugitives from
justice. The following IL A extract:
| MxnkIAN. CoPPfc ard OwRN Brown wure, at
the time Of the outbreak 1t the Ferry. at place
called the KsNxapy Farm, FIVE miles distant, IN
the State Of Maryland. Whatever. then. may have
been their object or purposes. they were. At fAaf
time. engaged in other bas'nsss not In Virginia.
but in N AIRY land. vsysiata was now on the track
Of these faxituves. had Dursued young. Corrrc to
the State Of Iowa,-to the house Of his mother, who
Wa a Qusksress, in . neighborhood OF Quaksrs,
whore. among non-resist1nts, he found rest for
the soie Of his foot. Under the treaty stpulatons
between Canada and the United States, he learned
thstth Governor General of those provinces would
10 required 70 surrender him to Virginia. Where,
then. should he 90: Had he been engaged in the
Affair At Harper's Ferry, he had done nothing
which any one Of us would have disapproved had
no gone there behalf Of any friend If ours
either father. mother, husband wife, brother or
sister. He had come to Ohio Ito Ashtabula ceuu-
ty-where he had resolved to sell his life a. dearly
as possible ia Of an attempt to arrest him. |
put themselves in jeops rdy on our account. We
may, and perhaps it Is best that we should. stand
alone. l am not, Mr.. Chairman, weak enough to
think thst We cannot be arrested by State or Fed
eral power; We may be overpowered or taken but
whether we sink or swim, survive or PERISH we
have resolved to fall or flourish together. / have
said that We may stand alone; no, let us not for
get that 'one with the Right is q majority any
where"
What the business of MERRIAM, BARCLAY
CopPlC and OWEN BROWN was, at the time in
question, is sufficiently shown in "CooK's
confession" Cook says "OwkN Brown,
BARCLAY CoPrIc, aud F. J. MERRIAM, were
not at the Ferry during the time the attack
was made, but remained, by order of Captain
BROWN, to take charge Of the premises, and 10
guard the arms left at Browns house in case
Of an attack" Itwould be difficult, we think.
to show that they were not equally guilty with
those " rho &C tualIy made the attack. Nor can
we discover that the fact of their having been in
Marylan and not Virginia at the time, makes
their guilt any the less paipable. If JOHN
BROWN had contented himself with standing
on the Maryland shore OF the Potomac and
his victims in the streets of Harper's
Ferry, We presume he would not be the
less amenable to justice. Ina military exps.
tuC uiVioiou 1eit ~ Tic DIHSHSc
is just as much a part of the army as the van.
guard.
But it is not for the purpose of proving the
guilt of these criminals that we publish the |
,bove paragraph, in connection with Cooks |
account OF the business in which they were |
engaged at that time Our object is to let the |
world see with what utter contempt Cover |
lor of a free State can treat the Constitution |
II the United States. This man JOIN BROWN,
Ir., openly avows that there are at his house |
hree fugitives from justice-three men.
barged, upon the strongest possib evidence.
With being accessories before the fact, to trea-
son and murder in an adjoining Staie-three
men who, as fugitives from justice, have been
according 10 the req uistiOn of the
by the Governor Of the injured
state, from the Governor of the State in which
hey mud shelter, both Governors being equal
y bound by oath TO support the Constitution
fOresaid-that he means to protect them from
rrest by the officers of the law or, in other |
lords, means to set that law at deiiance-and |
ais he does not only with lmpunity, but with
ne applause Of the people to whom he adj
resses his remarks. Nay, the very Governor
T the State, without the slightest hesitation |
erjures himself in order that he NAV rro.
|
0st scandalous scene that was ever exhibited
J any country, processing to be governed
y laws enacted by competent authority.-I
Tell may the party that processes to be in fl. !
Or Of disunion ask, "of what use is this union j
us OF the South !" AS used by the Cover
or and people of Ohio, it is a great and Sc
Gus evil. He employs it to convert that State
to harbor for murderers and thieves. The
Il
MON are tacitly given to understand that
ey may murder whole communities in Vir. {
MIA and kentucky, and by merely crossing I
river into Ohio, lind place of refuge into
hich justice cannot penetrate. A fugitive
'm justice is understood by the Governor Of
lilo to mean a convicted felon who has broken | ]
!. NO other 10 such, though he commit Il .
arder in the presence of u hundred wit. b
sses. This atrocious version of the law :,
aces the lives OF our whole frontier popula-
II III the mercy OF the scoundrels who, but | il
" years ago, deluged Kansas in blood. and
10 are but too willing to repeat the game G
ey played there. whenever they can do SO :,
tn impnnity. In such state of affairs.
On repetition of the Harper's Ferry muir | 81
rs, it behooyes us to remember how JACK. (,
Y served the Spanish Government of Flori al
The Seminole Indians made use of that :
ritory AS harbOr of refuge after their muir. H
Gus incursions upon our frontiers JACK | tu
defeated them i'll the field, and they took w
1t at once. He was not man to be trified
N. He abated the nuisance; he marched | &c
0 the he utral territory he captured the
rancas he hung ARBUTHNor and AMnprs
R, though subjects of Great Britain he ex- &c
minated the Indians; he broke up the nest. "
matters stand at present, there is, practi- tn
~, no Union. 1t is already dissolved. 1t tIs
1e remedy cannot be found for the existing y,
te Of things, We know not what conse. Of
.nces may ensue. u'
The Legislature.
he Senate passed. on FRIDAY evening tho
owing bills OF local and general interest u,
: House bill incorporating the Central Ag- Of
lltnral Society of Virginia; incorporating a',
wheeling Railroad Bridge COMPANY;
nging the time of holding the Circuit p
lrts for the city of Richmond Senate bills .
viding additional protection to the slave 81
perry OF citizens of this Commonwealth: pr'
,rporating the Richmond and LYNCH ih.
Z Railroad Company prohibiting railroad tho
ats from charging more than the regular
lsportation rates on railroad freights.-I
Senate Saturday morning concurred in
ain House amendments to bill for the Or
ssment of taxes on persons aud property, =
OF which exempted Mount Vernon from X
Ition, and another provided that the tax FMS
of sugar and molasses shall nv
exceed $500. House bills restricting the 'u 90
hing OF oysters in the months of June =