The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-08-11

'dse4nse y ! dinised ~ AZ nsscy, That ealns
nsenns not ealy tn destruction Of party-thid
nssonn de1eet Of . cause b shrewder than
H. ohseudeet, drawer than ~ brave1t- II Il ~
ii vakn; your cause i doomed.
il And IN the lace Of al this yop insist upon huk-
ging, With doggsd stubbornness, your fatal 10.
iatnation! Why mot, with manly boldness, swing
arouna into the grand march Of progressive hn-
mainly You ray It cannot be done today.
Can it be done Tomorrow Win Il be easier
twenty, 6fty yeara hence, when the fearful In
crease Of the negro population win have aggra-
waited the evils Of slavery An hundred fold, and
with it the different ties Of IL extinctiony Did
you ever think Of this ? The FINAL crisis will
come with the inexcrable certainty Of fate, the
more terrible the longer it Is delayed. VIII you
content yourselves with the criminal words, ssaf-
ter me the delugey" Is that the inheritance you
mean to leave TO coming generationsy An In.
hcritance of disgrace, crime, blood, destructionf
Hear me, shareholders Of Americal II you
have no sense Of right, no appreciation of your
own interests, entfeat, implore you, have at
least pity for your children!
hear the silly objection, that your sense Of
honor forbids you TO desert your cause. Sense
of honor! Imagine future generation standing
around the tombstone Of the brayest of you, and
reading the inscription, "Here lies gallant man,
who lived and died true to the cause-of human
slavery What will the verdict BET His very
progeny viii disown him, and exclain,, "IIe
must have been either knaye or fool! !" There
is not one Of you who. if he could rise from the
dead century hence, would not gladly exchange
his epitaph for that Of the meanest Of those who
we're hung at Charleston. - ....sg
Sense Of honor Since when has il become
dishonorab!e to give up the errors Of yesterday
for the truths of to-day! To prevent future dis
asters BY timely reforms, Since when has it
ceased to be the highest glory to sacrifice ones
prejudices and momentary advantages upon the
altar Of the common veal? But those who seek
their glory in stubborny resisting what is gtori-
GUS, must find their end in inglorious misery.
turn to you, Republicans of Missouri: Your
countrymen owe you debt Of admiration and
gratitude to which my poor voice can give but
! feeble expression. You have undertaken the
noble task Of showing the people OF the North
that the sfaveholding States themselves contain
the elements of regeneration; and of demon
strating to the South how that regeneration can
be effected. You have inspired the wavcring
masses with confidence in the practicability OF
our ideas. To the North you have given en-
ample Let me entreat you not to underrate
your noble vocation. Struggle on, brave men
The anxious wishes of millions are hovcrlng
around you. Struggle OF, until the banner Of
emancipation is planted upon the capitol of your
State, and one Of the proudest chapters of our
history win read Missouri led the van, and
the nation followed!
ONE OF THE Mosr EXTRAORDINARY CASES OF
LITIGATION ON RRcoRD.-The name OF John
Brown Of Harper's Ferry notoriety, is as familiar
as household words to about every person in the
land. His tragic fate at Harper's Ferry has pass
ed into history, and will not be forgotten as long
as the Union shall remain. 1t is not with the
criminal records alone that John Browns name
is familiar; upon the civil calendar his name fig
ured years ago, and the suit in which he was en-
broled promises to live many years to come
Some Of the incidents connected with this case
may be Of interest to our readers, especially those
in Vernon, who knew John Brown WE'LL we
therefore relate them
MIR. Perkins, of Ohio, was wealthy person
some eight or ten years ago said to be worth ST.
OOO, 200. He entered into partnership with
John Brown, and establishes commission house
in Springfield, Massachusetts,, for the purchase
and sale OF wool on comnission-the firm ad
vancing one-half or two-thirds Of the supposed
value Of the wool taken in by them to be sold.
A Mr.. Warren, of Pittsheld, Saratoga county, in
this State, let Perkins & Brown have a large
quantity of wool, upon which Perkins & Brown
made advances, The price Of wool soon went
down, and Perkins & Brown claimed that they
had advanced to Mr.. w. some S. 900 more than
the value of the wool they had of him; they
broughs suit against Mr. Warren for the alleged
overplus advanced; Mr.. w. set up for the an
swer that he sold the wool outright to plaintiffs,
and that it was not sale on commission. The
suit was commenced in 1850 by j. Whipple Jen-
kins, then Of Vernon, as attorney for Perkins &
Brown; Timothy jenkins was the counsel; the
case was referred to Judge Dean; the trial of the
ease occupied thirty-scven days; the referee re-
ported In favor Of the plaintiff, from which the
defendent appealed. h 4
During the tendency of this appeal, and which
has not yet been argued, Perkins has failed, and
his assignee was substituted in his stead; j. w.
Jenkins died, and Halph Mcintosh, of Vernon, is
substituted as attorney John Brown is dead,
and another party is substituted in his place
the defendent Warren is dead, and another par
ty is substituted in his place; Timothy jenkins,
the counsel, is dead, and Porter and Cagger, Of
Albany, are substituted as counsel in his stead.
The cost thus far is over 81 900, and it is said
that defendants estate, once worth S2O, 600, is
worthless, and that the bail which the law prac-
lice required him to give, is supposed to have
become worthless Also On the WHOLE the case |
S one of the most protracted and most curious |
hat has been before the courts in long time.
Rome q. " Sentinel
A SINGULAR MuRDER-A most mysterious |
murder has lately occupied public attention in |
england. A factory inspector, living near Frome |
n Somersetshire, one morning missed his young
ha,, ,io Il
ot in the nurses room, where he usually slept, |
md after tedious search, found his body down |
he vault of an clubhouse, with the throat cut |
rom ear to ear, and large stab in the region I
f the heart, evidently inflicted after death. The
nystery enveloping the whole affair battles even
he famous detectives OF London. This may be |
etter appreciated when it is known that in one
the bedrooms slept the nurse maid, and in |
he same room the deceased in a little cot, and \
4 another part OF the room another child in a |
econd cot. At five o'clock the next morning
be nurse awoke, and missed the deceased. The
nprcssion of the. child's body still remained on
nc bed and pillow but the under blanket was
one, and the coyerlid carfuly folded down. The
'ther and mother were applied to by the nurse
} know if they had removed the child into
leir bed, but they had seen nothing Of it since
nc previous night. Further search was made,
M the ufawihS room uoOr, wlnuOW ana shutter,
4 of which had been fastened on the inside the
reyious night, were found little opened. At
.r time the body of the poor child was dis
,vercd in his night clothes, as above stated.
very inmate of the house was searched, but
OF spot of blood, or the slightest clue tend
g to c-iminate any one in the commission of
re crime, could be found. How an individual
,uld have taken the child from his cot, placed
he bed clothes tidily, carried him through the
rawing room, across the lawn, through shrub
cry and stable yard, where watch dog was
ose, roaming about; thence into water clos
!, deprived the child Of life, and dccampcd
ithout leaving behind them the smallest clue
, their guilt or disturbing the inmates Or even
the child, or coming into collision
it'll the dog, is a mystery which time alone can
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