The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-11-04
WHOLE NO. ll72.
John Browns Dyinx speech.

John Browns Lying Speech.
John Browns body lies nonldsrint In tho
grave,
John Browns bedy lies mouIdering in the grave
John Brown body lies mouldeFing in the grave,
And bis soul Is marching on"
For the benefit Of the Democracy at
this time, we don't think we could fur
nish anything better for them than the
noble dying speech Of "0Id John
Brown" The old mans soul is still
marching on, and it is no use for the
Democracy to attempt to stay it:
Upon being asked by the court that
tried him in Virginia for treason, what
he had to say why sentence of death
should not be passed upon him, imnhe-
diately rose and in distinct voice said:
81 have, may it please the court, .
few words to say, In the first place, |
deny everything but what | have all
along admitted of a design on my part
to free slaves. l intended certainly TO
have made clean thing of the matter,
as did last winter when | went to
Missouri, and took slaves without the
swapping of gun on either side, NOV
ing through the country, and finally
leaving them in Canada. / designed
to do the same thing again on large
scale This was all intended to do.
l never did intend murder or treason,
or the destruction of property, or to
make insurreetion. have another OBJ
lection, and that is that it is unjust that
| should suffer such a penalty. Had
intertered in the manner which admit
has been fairly proved-for l admire
the truthfulness and caDdor Of the
greater portion of the witnesses who
have testified in this case-had so in
terfered in behalf of the rich, the pow
erful, the intelligent, the 80 called great,
or in behalf ofany of their friends, eth
er father, mother, brother or sister,
wife or children or any of that class,
and suffered and sacrificed what / have
in this interference, it would have been
all right, and every man in this court
would have deemed it an act worthy Of
reward rather than punishment. The
court acknowledges, too, as l suppose,
the validity of the law Of God. l see
book kissed, which l suppose to be the
bible, or at least the new testament,
which teaches me that all things what.
soever l would that men should do to
me, should do even so to them. Il
teaches me further to remember them
that are in bonds as bound with then.
| eudeavored to act up to that inStruc-
tiOn. l say am yet too young to uh-
derstand that God is any respecter Of
persons. believe that to have inter-
fered as have done, as | always freely
admitted to have done in behalf Of His
despised poor, not wrong, but right.
Now, if it is deemed necessary that |
should forfeit my life for the further.
ance of the ends OF justice, and mingIe
my blood with the blood of my child
rem and with the blood of millions in
this slave country whose rights are din
regarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust
enactments, | say let it be done. Let
me say one woid further | feel en-
tirely satisfied with the treatment l
have rec eived on my trial. Condsider-
ing circumstances it has been more gen.
erous than ! expected. But l feel no
consciousness of guilt. l have stated
from the FIRST what were my intentions
and what they were not. | never had
any design against the liberty of any
person nor any disposition to commit
treason or excite slaves to rebel or make
any general insurrection. l never en-
couraged any man to do SO, but always
discouraged any idea Of that kind Let
me say also in regard to the statements
made by some of those who we're con-
hected with me. hear it has been
stated by some of them that have 10
duced them to join me, but the contrary
is true. | do not say this to iufdrs
them, but as regretting their weakness.
Not one but joined me of his own &C.
cord, and the greatest part at heir own
expense A number of them never
saw, and never had a word of CONVEX
sation with till the day they came to
me, and for the purposeI stated. Now,
| have done" Ha "
These words, SO bravely spoken, hate
sent such thrill through the world %
nothing which has been said since the
sermon was preached upon the mount
can equal. f.'4 " .''-.l