The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1870-03-11

III 6SN6 HaG9y y IaaS> Asssss A1A
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Brown and iRvs Of his men arrived h De-
troit With fourteen slaves from Missouri In
IL ssmmsr Of 1853. Oke Of To SLAVES gave
birth 70 . male child on tho way, The boy
was named John Brown, and now lives In
Windsor. By astrangs coincidence, Fred.
Douglas happened to b lecturing- 10 this
same evening that Brown arrived After
the lecture the lsodGSof the insurrectiouary
movement got together in ~ house Of VIM
Webb. on Congress street near Antoine,
and arranged ths plan for the raid on he
South. which bioks out prsmasureI u
Harp>s's Ferry. =~~aar 4a.5aa
IL. Webb was for ysass managsr OF the
plug tobecco factory on, Jefferson avenue
He 10 nov dad The leading oolored peo-
pie Of Detroit and Chatham were also prs
ct the meeting. Douglas objected 70
Browns plan, which originally was to make
raids on single plantations until he had col
lected force Of about 900 slaves, and then
swoop down on the larger towns and cities,
collecting force and material ~ he progress-
ed. Brown grew wsathy, and asked Doug
lass If he was coward and referred to his
success In Kansas - IN auSury Of the Vir-
ginis campaign. Douglas replied that he
was nota coward, and wonld glvs material
aid to the plan II he did not approve It, or
did not 70 himself.
George D. Bsptsts also disapproved Of
the plan, but proposed 2. gunpovder plot,
by which some fifteen Of the largest church.
e. In the South would DO blown up on hx-
ed Sunday. Brown objected b that plan
on tho score Of humanity, asserting that BY
his plan not . hundred lives would be lost,
his intention being not to shed blood unless
it became absolutely necessary: De Baptiste
still urged radical measures, declaring that
Browns plan would fail, and perhaps cause
the loss OF I million Of lives before the
troubles likely to ensus were ended. He
cited in support of his position the fact that
the Nat: Turner iasuIrccttos, il 1881, by
which hfty-three white lives were lost, had
the effect Of causing the next Virginia legis-
lature to consider > bill for the gradual
emancipation Of the slaves, which bill was
lost by only two votes. -
Ossawatomie's counsel finally prevailed,
and the only favor, beside money and advice,
that he asked Of his Detroit friends, was to
furnish him one man, which they did
Chathamite The news Of the disturbance
1t Hazper's Ferry, which took the nation
with 20 much surprise, was perfectly well
understood by tho eslored people of this
city: They were anticipating the event,
since one Foster had divulged in Washing
ton the plans Of Brown, who, in conse-
qnence, was obliged either to abandon his
enterprise or precipitate matters, even 1t
fearful odds. He chose the latter altcrna-
tive.
The sequel il sufficiently we'll known.
These facts, however, have been kept with
sworn secrecy, until lately, by the oolored
men of Detroit The particulars have never
been published. It may DO only necessary
to add that subsequent 10 the meeting at
Webb's house on Congress street, meeting
was held at Chatham, 1t which the "csp
sheaf' was put on the plan. Now that the
negroes are equal. politically, before the
law, they have no fear in letting their con-
nection with this affair be known. They
glory IN T.