The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-07-26
HISTORY OF
OLDJOHN BROWN,
[ BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON. I

the United States, December 18th, 1859. Ii
is a fair and truthful history of the mos
important period in the history Of Brown
who was one Of the chief founders of the
Republican party, the Inauguration of il
policy. Mr.. johnson was speaking in reply
to Senator Doolittle, who had offered, in
the Senate, an apology for Brown, by de.
claring that his sons had been murdered In
Kansas, and that he acted in revenge foI
the wrongs he had suffered In answer to
this excuse, Senator johnson, the present
President of the United States, made the
following speech: .'' b."
1T seems that We have some new born
Christians, who are making John Brown
their leader, who are trying to canonize
him and make him great apostle and mar
tyr. Were these the elements of Chris
tlan and Christian martyr? How do the
facts stand in this case? When was old
man Browns son Killed, and when did he
commit these atrocities? Ever admitting
the truth of the statement of the Senator
from Wisconsin, they are not justifable,
but when we show that the facts are differ
ent, they are less so. The circumstances
are stated in the evidence of Mr. Harris,
which will be found in report made by a
committee of Congress, and republished in
the Herald of Freedom, of KanSas-a paper
that has at its head for President the name
of Republican, Mr. Chase, Of Ohio, and
Mr.. Banks, of Massachusetts,, for Vice
President: .t 5. a''a 'a f..'
THE circumstances attending VIM. Sher.
man death are testified to by James Har-
ris, of Franklin county, Kansas. MIR. Sher-
man was staying over night at the House of
Harris, when on the oath of May at about
two o clock, Captain John Brown and party
and questioning Harris and others, Sher-
man was ASKED to walk out. MIR. Harris,
in his afldayit says: 't'Old man Brown asked
Mr. Sherman to go out with him, and Sher-
man then went out with Brown. | heard
nothing more for about fifteen minutes -
Two of the Northern army as they styled
themselves, stayed with us until they heard
cap burst aud then these two men lett.
Next morning, about ten oclock, | found
William Sherman dead. in the creek near
my house was looking for him; as he
had not come back thought he had been
murdered. Itook Mr. Wm Sherman body
out of the creek aud examined it, Mrs,
Whiteman was with ne, Shermans skull
was split open in two places, and some of
his brains were washed out by the water; a
large hole was cut in his breast, and his left
band was cut oft except little piece of skin
on ono side
This was the 24th of May. | will read
from the same paper another extract: "f.
when the news of the threatened siege
OF Lawrence reached John Brown, Jr., who
was a member Of the Topeka Legislature
he organized company of about sixty men
and marched toward Lawrence. Arriving
at Palmyra he learned of the sacking of the
town. and the position Of the people. He
+, connotered for time in the vicinity, but
finally marched back toward Ossawatonlie. -
The night before reaching that place, when
only few miles away, they canped for the
night. O!d John Brown, who. We believe,
was with the party, singled out, with him
self. seven men. These he marched to a
point eight miles above Jottawatonie creek
and called from their beds, at their several
residences at the hour of midnight, on the
oath Of May, Allen Wilkinson, William
Sherman, William p. Doyle, William Doyle
and Drury Doyle. All were found the next
morning by the roadside, or in the highway
some with cash in their heads and side,
and their throats cut; others with their
skulls split open in two places, with holes in
their breasts, and hands cut off. - .+'. .a...
He seems to have great passion for cut
ting off hands. .. .....l ..l. ,...er. r
No man in Kansas has pretended to de-
ny that old John Brown led that nlurderous
that period not one hair Of old John Browns
head, OF that of his sons, had been injured
by the pro-slavery party. ..I .f.I
''It was not until the 30th of August,
three moths after the Pottawatome massa-
cre. that the attack was made on Ossawato7
ME BY the pro slavery forcos, and Frederick
Brown, son Of old John Brown, was kill
ed.' 4..H. 0g.aa &. i Eaf
TO show all the facts in regard to the
n assaerc Of the 24th OF May, will read to
the Senate the afiidavits OF some of the eye
witnesses of the transaction Allen Will
knson was memter of the Kansas Legis-
lature--a quiet, inoffrnsive man. His wild
ow, Iouia Jane Wilkinson, testified that on
the night OF the Oath Of May, 1856, between
the hours Of midnight and daybreak, She
thinks a party of men came to the house
where they were residing, and forcibly car
ried her husband away; that they took him
in the name of the northern army and
the next morning he was found, about one
huudrca and fifty yards from the house,
dead. Mrs. Wilkinson was very i'll at the
time, of measles. She saw further:
II begged them to let Mr. Wilkinson
stay with me, saying that / was sick and
helpless, and could not stay by myself My
husband also asked them to let him stay
with me, until be could get some one to wait
on me; told them that he would not run off,
but lie would he there the next day, er when
ever called toi; the old man looked at me,
and then around at the children, and replied
you have neighbors. ] said, so / have,
but they are not here, and ] cannot 20 for
them The old man replied it matters not,
and told him to get ready. My husband
wanted to put on his boots, and get ready,
so as to be protected from the damp air but
they would not let him. They then took
my husband away. f#'edI hf*
.nAfter they were gone, / thought ! heard
my husband voice in complaint *Ia
Next morning Mr. WilkinSon's body
was found about one hundred and fifty
yards from the house, in some dead brush,
A lady who saw my husbands body said
that there was a cash in his head and side.
Others said that he was cut in the throat
twice. pl 'i ia Sira' yd .i1r
SME Doyle and his sens were murdered
on the same night with Sherman and vii.
kinson; and Mrs. Doyle's deposition gives
this account of it: ''' 1hlf'1 9"f 'S 7hat
'w(Eere follows several depasitions, " fW5
Mrs. Doyle wrote several letters to John
Brown during bis imprisonment, showing
that she still regarded him as the murderer
of her husband and children: ~ ..tIl.
',' CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Nov, 20, so.
".Joha BYo,cu--SiR: Although veneence is
not mine, ] oonfsss that do feel grati6ed to
hear that YOU were stopped in your fendish
career at Harper's Ferry, With the loss Of
our two sons. You can now appreciate nv nv
distressi in Kanxsk when you then and there
eutered my.hossep II midnight and arrested
IN ef the yard, and in Geld blood, xhs