Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-27
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OF hek ubsiean paperss now baa&liagIT re.
ioica thai lac North Aas gip dseated Joftz
Ryotesa, anu sriped out siarsvy.n Nor Ii
this any foolssh or anponsidsEed boast: II
| Is strictly true. The policy of the Re.
| publican party, since is eaaae into power
las been faithful carrying cut Of thC
wask began by old john BroHn. The ad.
ministration of Abraham Lincolu Was q
John Brown raid on the grandest acale;
and II VAS no more. That ls the place II
viii oeeapy ia history. The bloody has
ineSs Is done, and We do not write for The
purpose Of amending abe great crime.-,
Wa DO net seek 10 raise the dead. We
accept the frtts as We find them; but 1t Is
oar business to tell the truth about these
facts. IL Is our business TO strip of all
these anaages of shams, hEpocsiciea, and
lies, Rnd lay bare to thA bona this mon
strous carcass of frauds and despotism.
The record Of this party is in revolution
and blood; in the revolution and bla0d
inaugurnted b. John Brown. It has fn.
ishsd the raid which tbBt prince of assas-
sins and thioyes, John Brown, begun. III
a part of the history of these times,
which we wish to leave in Ghe columns Of
The old Guard, va copy below part of u
speech delivered hy President johnson, in
the Senate Of the United States, Deem
Der 18th, 1859. II is fair and truthful
history of the most important period in
the bistgry u Brown, who was one Of ghe
chief founders of the Republican party,
the inaUgurutor Of its policy. Mr. John
son was speaking in rerly to Senator
D0olitdo, who bad offered, in the Senate,
an apology for Brown, By declaring that
bis son had been murdl red in Kansas, and
that be acted in revenge for tie wrongs
be bad suffered. In answer to this excuse,
Senator johnson, the present President of
the United STATES, made the following
speech:
ssIt seems that we have some new born
Christians, wbo are making John Brown
their leader, who are trying to canonize
him and make him q great apostle and
martyr. We're these tue elements Of
Christtan aud Christian martyr uaR do
tbe facts stand in this case? When was
ella man Browns son killed, and when did
hp commit these atroeitiesg Even admit
tiag The truth of tile statement Of tue
Senator from Wisconsin, th, J are not
iu$tifaLlc, but when we show that the
facts are ii Eerent, they are less so. The
circumstances are stated in the evidence
of Mr. Harris, which will be found Ia a
report made by committee Of Congress,
and rcpublished ia the Herald Of Free
dom, 81 KhFyas-a paper thai has at It's
bead fer President che name Of Repub-
hean, sir. Chase, Of Ohio, and Mr.. Banks,
Of Massachusetts, for Vice President,
The circumstances attending William
Shcrmaa's assassination are testified TO
he James Harris, of FraakIin county,
Kansas. Mr.. Sherman was staying over
night az the house Of Harris, when, on
the 9th Of May, at about 2 O'Clock, Cap
tain John Brown and party came there,
and after taking some properly, anu ques.
tioning liatris and others. Sherman was
asked to walk out. Mr.. Harlis, in his
Affidavit, says: 'Old man Brown asked
Mr.. Sherman 10 90 out With bin, and
Sherman then went out with Brown.
heard norhitg more FIR about ffteen min
ntrs.' Twp Of the tNorthrrn ARMY as
thev styled themselves, stayed With US uu-
til they heard cap burst, and then these
two men left. Next morning. about 10
O'Clock, found VIM. Sherman dead, in
the creek near my house. was locking
for him: as be bad net come back tho's
be had been murdered. took Mr. Vim.
Sherman (hody) out of the creek aud ex-
amincd il. Airs. Whitemau was With me.
SheTman's skull was split open in two
places, and some of bis brains were wash
ed cut by the water; large hole was cut
in bis breast, and bis left band vas cut
Oh, except ! littlo piece Of skia on one
side.
sFTbis vas the 24th Of Nav. l will
read from the same paper another extract:
"When the news of the threatened siege
Of Lawrence reached John Brown, Jr.,
who was member OF the Topeka Lesis-
latare, he organized company OF sixty
men and marched towards LaHrenee.
Arriving al Palmyra, he learned of the
saekiag Of the toRn aod the position of
the people. He recoG8iteFed for time
in tbe vicinity, bat finally marched back
towards Ossawatomie. The night before
reaching that place, when only few miles
away, they camped for the night. Old
John Brown, who We believe was gith the
party, singled out, With himself, seven
men, These be marched 20 a point eight
miles above the mouth of potEawastamie
creek, aud called from tbelr beds, at thpir
several residences, at the hour of mid
night, on The 24th of Nav, Allen Wilkin-
son. William Sherman, William P. Doyl,
William Doyle and Drury Dovle. All
we're fouua che next morning BY the road
side, or 10 the highway, some with cash
10 their beads and sides, and their throats
cut; others with their skulls split open IN
two places, with holes In their breasts,
and hands cut off.
''Eie seems TO hare had q great passion
for cutting of hands.
'fEo man In Kansas has pretended to
deny that Old John Brown led that Inus-
der us foray which massaered those men.
Up TO that period not hair OF Old John
Browns bead, or tibet Of bis sons, had
been Injured BY the pro-slaYtry party.
SIT was not until the Both OF August,
three months after tbe Pestawattamis
massacre, that the attack was made on
waiomie By the pro- slavery forces,
aud Frederick Brown, son Of old Jvhn
vac ksilea4s ~
ste show all the facfs In regard to the
smassaers Of ths 24th Of May, will read
10 The Senate the aiadavits OF some Of
The eye witnesses Of the transaction. Al
len Wilkihson was member OF the kan+
sas Legislature Ia quiet, iaoifensive man.
His widow, Lorisa jana Wilkiuson, tcs-
lifed lhason ahe night of TIA Gath Of May,
1855, beswaen she hours Of midnight and
daybreak shs thinks, q party Of nen came
TO tha honse where they were residing,
and forcisiy sarfsea bar husband away;
and shey took him I'm che name Of shel
! Norlhern Army,' and that nsxl morRilg
be was fennd, aboas one handred and IT
~ yards from shs houss, dead. Mra,
Wilkinson was very i'll at the time, Of
messiss. sha says furaher: 1
ssI begxes them 60 let Dir. WIkinsoa