The mountain Democrat., 1865-08-12

you did it to free our slaVes-we had
none, and never expected to own one
but it has only made me poor, discon.
solate widow, with helpless children.
While | feel for your folly, hope and
trust you will meet with just reward
Oh, how it panied my heart to hear the
dying grOans Of my husband and chill.
dren! If this scrawl gives you any con.
solation you are welcome to 1t.
"MAHALA DOYLE.
an. B.-My son, John Doyle, whose
life | begged Of you, is now grown up.
and is very desirous TO be at Charleston
on the day OF your execution; be- would
certainly be there il his means would per.
init it, ihAs SS xizSt adjust the rope
around your neck, If Governor Wise
would permit MD"
Three months after VIM. Doyle and his
tw0 sons were murdered, three months
after Sherman Was murdered, his skull
cut open in two places, and the stream
had washed the blood out Of bis Uranium
three months after that, John Browns
son was killed at Ossawatoraie. Then,
what becomes of this excusef Why this
apology for . man like thisi Three
aOAkhs afterhe had OONQitted this 6eGs9.
ish Rcs, sis son %ss his Hlfe at the battle
Of OxsawatOmie. Il was on that night,
about II o'clock, as testified by Mrs
Doyle. as testified by her son, as testified
by Mr.. HarriS-theSe men, innocent, nn'
offending men were taken out and in
the midnight, and in the forest, and on
the road side fell victims to the insatiate
thirst Of John Brown for blood. Then il
Was that those murders were committed.
that hell entered his heart, not the iron
bis soul. Then it was that be shrank
from the dimension of q human being.
lntO those Of q reptile. Then it was, if
not before, that he CHI lnged his character
to demon who had lost ell the virtues
Of man. And you talk about sympathy
for John Brown!
John Brown stands before the country
. murd, rer. The enOrnIIy, the extrAOr
dinary ierOciOusneSs Of the iather set the
son mad. THE blood Of these murdered
men not unlihe that Of sacrificed Abel
cried even from the tOngueless cavernS
Of the earth to him for pity, and to Heav.
en- for justice; but his iron heart, not soul,
refused TO yield hut Heaven, in the pro.
cess Of time, has metrd out to him justice
on the gallOwS. Justice divine 10 punish
SIN moves SlOW-the slower its pace, the
Surer is its blow. II will overtake US if
living-it will overtAke US If dead. Jus.
lice has Overtaken It's victim, and be has
gone to eternity with crims0ned hands,
with blood upon his head.
But the Senator talks about the sch, oil
IN which John Brown Was taught Why,
sir, Jonn Brown, according to his own
confession, had entertained these ideas
for twenty years. John Brown did not
go to Kansas TO go to scIIOUL tie went
there as . teacher on the 24Ih of May
At the midhour Of night, from the wife
and mother, he dragged the husband AID
two sons, aud imbrued his hands in their
blood. These we're the doctrines that he
went there to teach. lie did not 90 there
to be taught; but be went there as a
teacher. These were his teachings. I'm
aglne the cries and lamentations on the
one hand, and the ShriekS ofthe dI ing ami
muti!atrd on the other. | think some.
times that hear shrIckS, SO loud, 80 wild,
50 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 10 lay that he dis.
claimed all sympathy with Brown, and
vet read what, in fact, ~aS an apology
What furthermore did the Senator Say ?
/ We have shown, and the fact is not con
uoverted, that he murdered five human
beings on May oath. They have shown,
in trying to answer this, that his son did
not receive III treatment from Captain
Pate until the last day Of May. We have
shown that his other son was not killed
until August 30th. Let US rememb
these facts, and cnme to the old Inan as
being a thief and a murderer. | want all
these modern fanatics, who have adopted
John Brown and his gallnwS as their
Christ and their cross. TO see who their
Chr st is The Senator says again;
II regret that gentlemen in speaking OF
this man Brown should bc pleased t.
speak Of him as TUbbrr, or u thief, or u
vagabOnd, IN the ordinary sense of the
term. Sir, It is Of the essence OF robbery
and theft, that the rObber or thief who
robs or steals should act from the desire
OF gain. he acted from far different mo.
tiveS. lie sought to give liberty to the
enSlaved, and lay down HIS life for that
purpOSe--freely and bravely did he do it.
That is you may steal and commit theft
il you do it to aid Ia the cause of the ab.
clifton Of slavery. Have We any proof
thai thiG is so? What does Mrs. Wilkin.
son say in her affidavit! When John
Brown and his comrades were there on
the Gath, when they took Wilkinson out
and murdered him, just before they left
they took his property and his horse
suppose they needed the horse to aid in
the emancipation OF slaves! Horse steal
ing is carried OH to great extent Some
times in 3 frontier country. Mrs. Doyle
states that they inquired where the horse
was and we're told 1t was out on the prAi.
rie. What took place at Harpsr's Ferry!
They took Colonel WaShingtOnS silver
and his watch. What does be admit
in his own cOnfessiOnP That he, du-
ring the last Winter, had kidnapped
and run of eleven slaves from the State
of Missouri to Kansas. This is not steal.
ing though; suppose that is not theft,
that is not robbery; aud We ought not to
talk about this old man as stealing in the
common acceptation Of the terml What
is it. ask the country, ask the Senate,
If it is not stealing, robbery, highway
robberyf And yet these thingR are
thrown out, perhaps not intended, but
they do operate as an apology and excuse
in the minds Of many, for the lnfamy, the
murders, the thieveing, the treachsrous
conduct of this old man Brown, who was
nothing more than murderer, robber,
q thief and traitor.
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