Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-07-07

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49, tkiS 90 ~ WI ~ : apology
for . y Nks IT THREE nod e 'afssr
= bed enis this eesd = g his soo Y
l6et his ne q Dc bsl1Ie Of OssaWatomis.-
Il was ON that night, about II o'clock. -
testified By Nm. Doyle, = testified ~ nef
son, q testified BY NJ. Harsis-thess men,
innocent, uno6ending mcn-wese saksn Out
and 10 ehs u6dalght hoQs, ana ig ~ esse>,
snd "a The road side, fell victims 70 the In
satiate thirst Of John Brown for blood
Then il was that those murders were COM
mitted. that hell entered his heart, not the |
iron Of his soul. Then It was that Dc shrank |
iroxh che GmeAslo0s Of . humane being in |
TO those Of reptile. Then il was il not
before that, be changed his character 70 =
dsmon Who hid ioss "a ths virtues Of : |
man. And you talk about sympathy for
Jon Bfokn stands before the country =
murderer. The enormity. the extrao, dina
~ fsrociousness Of the father set the SON
sasd. The blood g thsss murdered msn-|
~ un9ke ~ Of III aacS16o4 Abel- cried
even tentthe teneneltm everne Of he
earth D him for jusliso. but bis iron heart,
not soul, refused to yfeld; but heaven, in
the process Of time. has meted out to him
justice on the gallows. Justice divine 70
punish sin moves slow-the slower the
space the surer the blow. It will overtake
Us IL living-it will overtoks ~ IL dsal.--
Justice has overtaken its victim and he has
gone to eternity with crimsoned hands,
eth blond upon his head.
"But the Senator talks about the school
| in which John Brown was taught. Why,
| sir, John Brown, according to his own con
fession, hs1 untsTt1inea th6ee idcss ioe tweo
ty years. JGhn Drown did MT 70 to Kan
sas to 70 to. ncheaI IL wsoS here - q
teacher On the gath Of Nay. At the mid
dragged the husband spd two sons, end i'm
were the. doctrines that he went there 10
teach. He ~ not 30 there 70 b taught
but he went there Is . teacher. These
we're his teachings. Imagine the cries end
lamentations on the one hand, and the
shrieks Of the dying and mutilatsd en- III
other, think sometimes that I hear
shrisks, 20 loud. 20 clear, that even listen
ing angels stoop from heaven 10 hear This
, is the man for whom IN apology 10 offered.
did the Senator the justice TO say that he
disclaimed all sympathy with Brown, and
vet I read what, iu fact. was nm apology
What Furthermore did the Senator say! We
have shown, and the fact is not controyert-
! ed, that he murdered five human beings on
the May gath. They have shown, in try
L Al. Al. L. Il
ceivs this i'll treatment from Cap. Pate until
the last day Of May. We have shown that
bis other son was not killed until August
8Oth. Let us remember these facts, and
come to the old man as being q thief and
murderer. | want al these modern fanat-
les, who have adoped John Brown and his
gallows - their Christ and their cross, to
see who their Christ is, The Senator says
again:
II regret that gentlemen, in speaking OF
this man, brown, should b. pleased to
speak Of him asa robber, or thief, or Z
vagabond, in the ordinary sense Of the term
Sir, it il Of the essence Of robbery and
theft who rebs or stesls should act from TIL
desire Of gain. Certainly no such charge
can be made against this man, ~ that HI
was actuatcd with the lust Of gain. lie act
cd from far different motives. lie sough,
to give liberty to the enslavcd. and laid down
his life for that purpose--freeiy and brave.
II did he do Il I.
"That Is ydu steal and commit theft il
' you Do Il 10 aid Ii the cause Of the aboli-
ton Of slavery. Have we any proof that this
is SO? What does Mrs. Wilkinson say in
her affidsvity When John Brown and his
, comrades were there on the cath when they
took Wilkinson out and murdered him. lust
before they LEFT they took his property and
e his only horse. suppose they needed the
horse 10 aid in cmancipation of slaves =
q Horse stealing is carried on to 4 great extern,
sometimes in : frontier country. Mrs DOYLE
states that they .iraniretl ,rhe-a-.b 80 !. ...y
/ scox Col Washingtons silver and his
. watch. What does he admit in his own
confession! That he, during the last win
Ter, had stolen, had kidnapped and run of
e,esen slaves from the State OF Missouri to
nahsss. mat - not stealing. though; |
suppose mat u not theit, that is not rob-
oe'y anu We ought not 10 talk about this
".u ma" as stealng ~ the common accepta-
uon ~ M Term what IS II, ask the
.ou"'y ssK !ne senate, II 1t IS not steal
e' io"oe'y' n'enwsy ROBBERY! And yet
."esc ,",nss are thrown OUT perhaps not in
's',ueu, out 'ney 10 operate IS an apology
cnu excuse .a IN Tue minds OF many, for the in
'"ny, u's uuIoe!s' the tnlev'ng, the treach-
e'ous eo"uuc. y tn.s o'd man Brown, who
"o.s ",orc ."a" murderer, rob-
"e,. sn.sl ,eo srn'tor.
| =, In'hk' mr.. PRESIDENT, that so far as
S Dro~n 70 concerned, the facts which
nave presented stand uncOntrOverted. The
senator mas 'a,led to touch them He has
ana additional proof to what said in refer
ence TO them. 1t was not my intention to
consume TINS length OF time, and l should
not have said single word on the subject il
tne resolutions could have been adopted
WITHOUT wsnout dassoss,cn' and especially SO il .
rs.,ence i'ad not been made to John Brown
not oe'ng . murderer and . thief, involving
the reputation and Character Of some Of the
citizens OF my own State.
Ihere does seem to be providental in
terposit'on IN this affair. Brown murdered
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