Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1865-06-28

In The United States Senate, Dee. l2, 1859, on
NE resolution asking for the appointment Of
a committee 10 Investigate tie tacts attending
ne attack upon HapC,'S FGrry, IN the fall
q 1859 commonly knOga as the "JouN
BRowN RAID"
Continued.
The honorable Senator from Wisconsin,
Mr.. Doolittlel and | confess that am
surprised at hlm--after condemning the
abstract oflenses of murder and treason in
old John Brown, went on to state:
"Under what circumstances do vo,
hear OF him? One Of his sons is taken by
Captain Pate, bound with thongs, driven
in from! Of horses OF So, w..::1.ou!. I'D
= va er, Until from furnishing he be-
comes a maniac; and lie has never recoy-
cred from his insanity to this day In
presence Of the house of old John Brown,
another son of his q but half-witted boy.
is shot down. Then it is that we begin to
hear Of old John Brown as a leader Of q
bard Of free-Sta,e men in Kansas. Then
1t was that the IRON entered the old mans
soul; and from that hour up to the mo-
ment of his death he swore eternal hos
tllity, and from that hour was ready not
only to give his own life but to take the
lives OF other men, in o,de. to give liberty
to those who were ens!aYed."
Now, what is that calculated to do?
will not assume what it was intended to
DO. presume that the Senator's motive
was entirely correct but what effect is
such, language calculated to have? 1t is
to htIghten the idea of this old ftlOn to
every fanatic who may read il. Then il
was, after these atrocities In his presence,
that the iron entered into the old mans
soul! This is rendered as an eXcuye for
John Brown having committed murder
treason, and robbery. The iron oniere
into his soul. Then he became a stole ;
then he became PHILOSOPHERS then he b.
came patriot then he became careless
of consequences Well, now suppose
that these things hal taken place in the
manner the Senator seems 10 infer that
they did occur. We assume this to be a
Christian community, and if it was true
that his sons were badly malireated, was
that any excuse for his violating all the
laws Of humanity and of God ? lie was
in Christian country he had his rene
| dy without re OrlIng TO the means to
which be had recourse. We have all
read Whose sheddeth man, blood, By
man shall his blood be she'd" And also,
| ,,Thou .b,ltuut l,iIl. -. /, ,r,,,,' w.. LT,,
some new born Christians who are making
,IObE Brown their leader, who are trying
! 10 caron;za him and make him n GrcaI
onost,e and m,ttvr Wera lbeso the ole
| p,on,s of 81 Christian and a Christian mar.
|tvr9 How do the fact, stand in this case ?
! When was old man Browns son killed
and when did he commj, these atrocitie, ?
! Even ADMITTING the truth of lla statement
oftba Senator from Wisconsin they are
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