, 1870-12-27

lAmll2r had since become these Loma1y
nanes! Ch1mhersbu1g had been laid in
a7Ees- sharpsbu1g vEs on the batt!e-line Of
Antietan- JOHN Broxn,a pixies h4d grogn IN
/. On every spot 10 had touched. Tho young
man carried me oYer to his home,
and showed me a coupla - of
the original pixies. His #lfa hid
seen the old raider alsa. was AMONG the
late wltneases Of tia pionearsof the war, and
1t CAME to me to seek them CUT ere they de-
parted; to lock It all the ecenes Of thxt b.ief
warfare, acd restore the character Of John
Itown IN habit II he lived.
circumstance waa propitioua Tor me. I
fonnd Porte Ctayon At Kazkeloy So,;ncs. .
gallant COLDER Of the uuiou, and he h.s
skesches OF III Browns patty, drawn in yari-
eas Postures, At AL the critical periods OF the
lala-"1th that nice characterization Of which
he is master-as veil as OF the hostages the
Old man hesa, the militia. a.men that hunted hin,
down, J1iler and Sheriff, gaari-hoasa and
cautl-socna AID scs0old. secured ths neigh
bo.h=od Of Haspsr's F=rry. aud cnarlessos
and Winchester Then. with nv notes, I s,t
at Berkeley seriuge. puzzled how to
nsse aay consistent biography Of the
t"o sides OF John Brown, 4Ia c,azi-
ness and his deibesateness; his ragged
Land and their high philanthropy: thar gao
1ance and their hcroi.m; th.ir barbasic tur-
fSise of lc.ssI1i tewn. aa1 their lofts &C.
aeIs o1 = mountain republic. with predatory
camlmEct tchoo1 houses among the e.gles.
sro!l snd freedom. incendia,;sm and Christi
za.tv.
HrowS DEFINED. :.
'ohn lxown "4a an opiaionated oil ri1ut,
"Hh ttnacaly and sec1etivaness Of CHARACTER. .
fur1tan III gravity and combativeness, expesi-
cnced IN tie rougher portions OF life and
Iettred ch1eny In cdds and ends of thjncs.
HIS real Efc vas marital and Of the open air.
Lis under hfe wa. given to vagne and discon-
nected pli1osophIzlrss wherein be va, yarii-
eaet5 non.cnmba'aus in principle. L colder
OF fseedon1. and marital poet, Oppressed wi,l
the icea Of uniting his philanthropy, bis amti-
tlon. and his love Of turbulence IN eou,e great
adventure His will vas eqnal to hi. hrav.,
snd at 60 Sears Of age hs was splsadid
in beth. His n4guetit.n oTer men rEayed
slso his family, who moved with him from
Wild zbodte to wider ones. till in the Kapsss
feuds ZONE private Injuries and public iud,s-
sstious naade him grim forsyer. aud he car
lied sesoes the Missouri border the samo torcl,
aud rife that had made Kansas bleed. 50 he
grow into netosicty, and his couceit tt:ivsd
OIL it. tle made the acquaintance OF au,i-
slavery mca everywhere, and imbibed boti,
their fersid enthusiasm, aud some Of thsit
imprachcAble conceptions Of the world, lie
pictured the elavcs Of tho South to be waiting
FOR their avenger, and gsnged their courage
acd Willingness to nse by the bold attitude
Of the fugi'isas IN Canada and IN tho Ohio
Western Reserve. Tho story that he lxd
roaned over Europe to ttudy fortisca-
tons, and resolved u Southern invasion
for thirty years., reading up the morn-
tain ws1fares Of Sehsmy1, Tousaziat, and
the Spanish FREQ troops, conclude 10 be the
invention or the suggestion OF some such ad-
verturcr a. Rcalr. lis di4solu:e and desu.eory
Secretary Of State, Who rcems to have been an
English tzE room Jacohin Of most tvaloro1s
woIls.
THE BEu1SSINa OF THE PLOT,
When tho hausas contest Was doue, John
drown, as Free State Chief, retained charge
OF rome srar1es rides that bad boen sent to
K7nsaa br Eastern associations, and i, Tabor.
il Western Iowa, Le collected humber OF
Free State fighting men to JOIN him in di.
rect raid upon souc central slave State. Taey
Ill marched togsther. finally, ACROSS tho State
Of Iowa to the v1llsgc Of s2siuga.le, where
one Steyene, deserter from Tue Uuited States
Amy, AID q cool, desperate man, bscame their
slrill.msster.
Ihe people of the village were Quakers. in
the naiu, and tbs party took eheitor 1t farm
htuso. where they remained in the cold, early
months OF 1Ss9. being tometimes takou for
olormons. sometimes for t1Appers, and ssaia
Tor jayhawke1e- On tile Stu Ut May, 1858.
these border rstiemen and number OF rasi-
cent colorcd fuEitives met in convention 1t
Chatham. in Canada. ACROSS the lake from
Cleveland, where John Brown msdc reyea1-
ment Of his plzu OF invasion, and const;tu-
tion Was adopted. This latter ie a crude out
line OF provisional government for the
United States. the Commander -iu- Chief bong
an almost absolute of1icer. and he beinr Joha
Erown. Til. convention WAS Of a se7:,-re-
lieious nature. brown being the cantsal agure
Of it, aud itn con.titutior is representative
emanaticn Of tho raiderr, resembling the
rulos and bylaws Of eomo rural debating
club. There is bat one provision In tt reilect-
ing credit upon the grest war to which this
small gathering 20 powerfully contributed.
The fore2otoG articles shat! mt be construed
60 a. u at5 "a5 TO encourage the overthrow Of
Fhy Sfate EGvc.E1ent, or Of the Geaeral Gav.ru-
msntt ~ rnlttf! stAses. ana 'oo3 to no di,son-
pte na on ss sst sa Ry t. e sas 3ss and
fathcrs fought under IN the Reva:aI0n,~
In the conree Of Lis speech Brown s4id ghs,
the entire galaxy Of the Eaiou commanders
had to proys tsue:
II cuu1d Conquer Virgins, the balance Of
tie Southern States would uaas1r cononer
themselves, there being euch large nuuber
Of tlsvcs IN them
This gathering seems to have demonstrated
al John FroHn's later dignity Of manner, aud
he ttaEted Tor tie East 1t once to raiae MONEY
snd arms. III this he w4s but psrtiatlv suc-
~esfEl, and, seekinIsome cheap substitute TOR
weapon to susrlS the Slaves, he hit upon
the desiee Of knife fastened to = pole, and
contracted for thaee pixies, a. theY
were called, wih An obec1re blacksmith in
Connecticut. The John Brown pikos showed
theiF conceiver to havo IL Grade notions Of
trns ~ Of governments. The pixies that I
have eeen around Harper's Ferry are poor
thlnes, and they arc nov very scarce. Mean
time, the enrolled army. dozen or 30 strong,
moved over 10 Cleveland, aud to feld-work to
euppost life- When Brown returned, be had
barely enough money to pa- their passage to
thesr several homes, and tho enterprise
seemed 10 bc abandoned. Tle old man, s.ill
indomisab'e, went travelling again. With this
great var upon the headquarters of slavery in
view, he had savcd ali the clo,l,irg and camp
eluipsge be had used in Kansas. End begging
ftntn point TO poiti, living frugally. his wife
already taken care Of By ansi-aiaTery charity
1t North Ella, New York. he Was At last ems
bled to redeem his pixies, transport his
arms, AID hira tilis border farm WHICH
I have visited. Then he sent for
some his OF enrolled - comrades. aud.
with handful Of them hidden across the ro-
touoae, vent rteonnoteriug around H4rper'a
Ftt1y. Ihe people thote remember him yet,
au OCCASIONAL loite.er At the railroad depot,
aeking question no*.aud-then-A tough old
.rrye:or Of lands upon the mountains, they
thought hira, with HI eye searchlng 1t lnstanta,
atstnt in the main. And 60 he IeArnca tho
topography Of the post, while Cock. one Of
his Captains, : frivolous, taIkative personsce.
made the circuit Of the ne;ghbozhood, took
tho inventory OF the alArea, and reported on
the relative influence Of their masters He
was creature OF John Browns strong will
and positive character, md toa!;ed to him aud
deladed him Had Cook eald 10 Brown the
real truth. that he had not spoken to the
SLAVES 1t al, Or hid found them tiusid, obtusc,
and impotent to nse. hs might have dis
snaded him from the inv2eton. He reported,
on the contrary. that the negroes we're org an-
lied, enrssed. and ready to uutioy. The old
man therefore, fuil OF hia great ckuapAisu,
IAid it out N detail With al caution. and having
lad one instance OF treason in lis ranks
already, told nobody the Programme till the
time bad come. Let Us for I moment state
the plan Of the fret Ne7theta campaign in
Virginia, John Brown, CammAades-in-Chief