The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1865-08-09

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MAHALA DOYLE.
N. B.-My son, John Doyle, whose lif
I begged of you, is now grown up, and il
very desirous to be at Charlestown on tn.
day Of your execution ; he would certainly
be there if his means would permit, that ht
might adjust the rope around your neck i
Gov. Wise would permit. NJ. D.
Three months after VIM. Doyle and hi.
two sons were murdered, three months af
ter Sherman was murdered, his skull GU
open in two places. and the stream had
washed the blood out Of his cranium-
three months after that, John Browns son
was killed at Ossawatamie. Then, what
becomes Of this excuse? Why this apol
ogy for man like this? Three months
after he had committed this fiendish act his
son lost his life at the battle Of Ossawata-
mie. 1t was on that night, about l o'clock
as testified by Mrs. Doyle. as testified by
her son, as testified by Mr.. Harris-these
men, innocent, unoffending men-were
taken out and in the midnight hour, and in
the forrest, and on the roadside, fell vic.
Tins to the insatiate thirst of John Brown
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were committed, that hell entered his heart,
not the iron of his soul. Then it was that
he shrank from the dimensions of human
being into those of reptile. Then it was
if not before that, he changed his character
| to demon who had lost all the virtues OF
a man. And you talk about sympathy for
John Brown.
John Brown stands before the country
a murderer. The enormity, the extraordi-
| nary foreclosures of the father set the son
mad. The Blood of these murdered men
not unlike that of the sacrificed Abel
cried even from the tongueless caverns of
the earth to him for justice, but his iron
heart, not soul, refused to yield; but heaven,
in the process Of time, has meted out to
him justice on the galows. Justice divine
to punish sin moves slow the slower the
pace the surer the blow. 1t will overtake
US if living--it will overtake us if dead.
Justice has overtakcn its victim, and he
has gone to eternity with crimsoned hands,
with blood 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, had entertained these ideas for
Kansas TO go to school. He went there as
teacher on the oath of May. At the mid
hour of night, from the wife and mother
! he dragged the husband and the two sons,
and imbued his hands in their blood. These
were the doctrines that he went there to
teach. He did not 60 there to he taught;
but he went there as teacher. These were
his teachings. Imagine the cries and Ia.
mentations on the one hand, and the shrieks
Of the dying and mutilated on the other. I
| think sometimes that hear shrieks, so
| loud, so clear, that even listening angels
stoop from heaven to hear. This is the
man for whom an apology is offered.
did the Senator the justice to say that he
disclamed all sympathy with Brown, and
yet read what, in fact, was an apology.
| What furthermore did the Senator say ?
We have shown, and the fact is uncontro-
verted, that he murdered five human beings
OF the Gath Of May. They have shown,
in trying to answer this, his son did not
receive this i'll treatment from Cap. Pate
until the last day of May. We have shown
that his other son was not killed until Au-
gust 80. Let US remember these facts,
and come to the old man as being a thief
and murderer. l want all these modern
fanatics, who have adopted John Brown
and his gallows as 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 be pleased to
speak Of him as a robber, or thief, or a
vagabond, in the ordinary sense of the
term. Sir, it is Of the essence of robbery
and theft who robs or steals should act
from the desire Of gain. Certainly no such
charge can be made against this man, as
that he was actuated with the lust of gain.
He acted from far different motives. He
sought to give liberty to the enslaved, and
laid down his life for that purpose--freely
and bravely did h, do it.
"That is you steal and commit theft if
you do it to aid in the cause of the aboli.
ton of slavery. Have we any proof that
this is so? What does Mrs. Wilkinson
say in her affidavit? When John Brown
and his comrades were there on the oath,
when they took Wilkinson out and mur-
dered him, just before they left they took
his property and his only horse. l sup
pose they needed the horse to aid in
emancipa of slaves! Horse stealing is
carried on 10 a great extent sometimes in q
frontier country. Mrs. Doyle states that
| they inquired where their horse was, and
were told it was out on the prairie. What
took place at Harper's Ferry? They took
Col. Washington's silver and his watch.
What does he admit in his own confession /?
That he, during the last winter, had stolen,
had kidnapped and run off eleven slaves
| from the State Of Missouri to Kansas. That
is not stealing, suppose; suppose that is
not theft, that is not robbery; and we
ought not to talk about this old man As
stealing in the common acceptation of the
term? What is it? ask the country.
ask the Senate, if it is not stealing, rob-
berry, highway robbery? And yet these
things are thrown out, perhaps not intend
ed, but they do operate as an apology and
excuse in the minds Of many, for the infa
my, the tbieving, the treacherous conduct
Of this old man Brown, who was nothing
more than q murderer, q robber, thief
and traitor. .fss
II think, Mr.. President, that SO far as
John Brown is concerned, the facts which
| have presented stand uncontroverted
The Senator has failed to touch them. He
| has not removed them, but has added
staeng:h and additional proof to what l
said in reference to them. 1t was not my
intention to consume this length of time.
and should not have said single word
on the subject if the resolutions could have
been adopted without discussion, and es.
pecially so if reference had not been made
to John Brown not being murderer and
thief, involving the reputation and char.
acter of some of the citizens of my own
State. IS. 'r
There does seem to be a providential in
terpositon in this affair. Brown murder
Cd Doyle and his two sons. Doyle left a
widow and four helpless children. Justice
seems to be little tardy; but if kept con.
StantlY in pursuit Of its victim. and but a