The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-12
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
HIsTORY on JOHN BROWN.
BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON.


ate Of the United States on the 18th De
cember, 1859. John Brown is claimed
by the negro. wOrsbipers, to be the frs
martyr Of the "accursed war for slavery
The reader can judge Of what materia
martyrs are made by the 'latter day
saints" of Abolitionism:
II seems that we have some new born
G6risSINNS, 40 are making John Brown
their leader, who are trying to canOniEe
him and make him . great apostle and
martyr. Were these the elements Of q
Christian an. Christian wartyrR How
Dc the facts stand In this cassI Wheu
was ed man Browns sOn killed, and when
did he commit these attrocitiesI Even
admitting the truth Of the statement II
the Senator from Wisconsin, they are no,
justi6sble, but when We show that the
facts are different. they are less GO. The
circumstances are stated in the evidence
Of Mr.. Harris, Which will be found in q
} F6srTpAA2hy eAmE1Ytee Of Congress,
and republisbed in the Herald Of Freedom
Of KGnSas-a paper THAI has ct its bead
for President the name Of . Republican,
Mr.. Chase, Of Ohio, and Mr.. Banks, oil
Massachusetts, for Vice President:
The circumstances attending VIM
Sher mans assassination are testified tu
by James Harris, Of Franklin county,
Kansas. Mr.. Sherman was staying over
night nj the house OF Harris, when, on
the oath Of May, at about two O'Clock,
Captain John Brown and party came
there, and after taking some property,
and questioning Harris and others, Sher.
man vas asked to walk Out. Mr. Harris,
in bis affidavit says: Old man Brown
asked Mr.. Sherman. to go out with him,
and Sherman then went out with Brown
heard nothing more for shout fifteen
minutes. Two Of the northern army, a.
they styled themselves, stayed with. us
until they heard Q cap burst, and then
these two men left. Next morning about
ten o'clock. found WIN. Sherman dead
in q creek near my house Was looking
for him; a. he had not come back,
IhroUght h. had been murdered | took
Mr.. Wm. Sherman (bod out Of the
creek aud examined it. Mrs. WhIteman
was With int. ShprnRn's skull was split
open in two places. and some Of his brains
we're washed out by the water; n large
hole was cut in his breast, aud his left
hand was cut III, except q little piece oil
skin on one side.
ThiS wa> on the Path Of May. I will
read from the same paper another extract
when the ness al the threatened
siege OF LaWTeRce reached John Brown
Jr., who wa> member Of the Topeka
Legislature. he organized . company O
about sixty men aud marched tO~ ards
LaErence. Arriving at Palmyra, he
learned 0( the sacking Of the town, and
the position Of the people. lie reconnoi
tered for time in the vicinity, but final
" marched back towards OSSawat"mie
The night before reaching that place,
when only few miles away. they camped
for the night Old John Bro~n, ~ho.
We believe was with the party. singled
out, with himself, seven uIen. These he
InarclIed to . point eight miles above the
mouth Of Pottawatomie creek, and called
from their beds, at their several re>iIen
crS, at the hour Of midnight. on the Oath
Of May, Allen Wilkinson, William Sher
man, William z. Doyle, William boy lie
and Drury boyle. All were found the
next morning. by the roadside, or in the
highway, snme with cash in their heads
and SIDES, and their throatS cut; Others
with their skulls split open IN two places,
with holes in their breasts and hands cut
oG"
lie seems to have had a great passion
for cutting of hands.
No man il Kansas has pretended to de
nv that oil John Brown led that murder
GUS foray which masSacred those men.- -
Up to that period not a hair OF old John
BrOwn's head, or that Of his sons. had
been injured by the pro slavery party.
1T was not until the 30th Of August,
three months after the POttawatDmIe mas
sacre. that the attack was made on OSsa
watomie by the pro-savery forces, and
Frederick Brown, 4 son Of old John was
killed.
To show all the facts in regard to the
massacre Of The Path Of May, will read
to the Senate the afldAvits Of the eye.
witnesses OF the transaction. Allen Will
kinsoO vas Q member Of the Kansas L"g-
islature- quiet, inoffensive man. His
widow, Louisa JaEe Wilkinson, testified
that on the night of the Gath Of May,
1856, between the hours Of midnight and
daybreak, . party Of men came to the
house where they were residing, and for
chilly carried her husband away; that
they took him in the namc Of the ''nOrth.
ern army" and that next morning be was
found, about one hundred and fifty yards
from the house, dead. Mrs. Wilkinson
was very i'll at the time. Of measles. She
says further:
81 begged them TO let Mr.. Wilkinson
stay with me. saying that | was sick and
helpless. aud could not stay by myself. -
Ny husband also asked them to let him
stay with me until he could get some one
to wait on me told them that he would
not run of, but he would be there the
next day, or whenever called for; the old
man who seemed to be in command look
ed at me and then around at the children,
and replied you have neighborS.' | said,
so | have. but they are not here, and
cannot go for them The old man re,
piled, it matters not and told him to
get ready. Ny husband wanted to put
on his boots, and get ready, so as to be
protected from the night and damp air,
but they would not let him. They then
took my husband away.
"After they were gone I thought
heard my husbands voice in complaint.
Next mornin. Mr.. WilkinsOn'S body
asSfound about one hundred and fifty
yards from the house in some dead brush
A lady who saw my husbands hody said
that there was . cash in his head and
side. Others said that be was cut in the
throat twice"
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