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John browns Execution,

Jonn brown execrated and denounced,
save by a few, in 1859, soon became mar
tyr and hero, and is regarded as such now
even by those who deemed him misguided
fanatic deserving of his fate, according to
law and to save the union. He was, of
course, misunderstood and misrepresented;
hated with deadly anger on one side of Ma
son and Dixon's line, and looked upon as n
crazy and dangerous enthusiast on the 9th.
err. But it cannot be denied that he was a
power in the land, and exerted an immense
influence, building better than he, in his
widest dreams, ever knew; whether or no
his methods and deeds were iustifable or
can be justified. Wednes lay, I'd inst,
was the anniversary of his execution, and
the New York Evening Post improved the
occasion to let the grand old Puritan speak
once more for himself by reproducing his
characteristic speech, also a spirited poem
that has proved prophetic. We copy them
both, that they may be fairly read by the
light of history and the light of this better
day.
Brown appeared in the court room for the
last time on the Sd of November, and Just
before being sentenced, on being asked if
he had anything to say replied
have, may it please the court few
words to say. In the first place / deny
everything but what l have all along adj
mitted, of design on my part to free
slaves. l intended certainly, to have
made clean thing of that matter, as | did
last winter, when | went into Missouri, and
there took slaves without the swapping of a
gun on either side, moving them through
the country, and finally leaving them in
Canada, designed to have done the same
thing again on larger scale. That was all
l intended; | never did intend murder or
al. Il
to excite or incite slaves to rebellion, or to
make instruction. 1 have another objec-
ton, and that is that it is unjust that
should suffer such penalty Had inter-
fered in the manner in which l admit, and
which admit has been fairly proved-for |
admire the truthfulness and candor of the
greater portion of the witnesses who have
testified in this case-had / so interfered
in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the in
telligent the so-called great; CIR in behalf
of any of their friends, either father, moth
er, brother, sister, wife or children, or any
of that class, and suffered and sacri
feed what l have in this interfer-
ence, it would have been all right;
night; every man in this court would have
deemed it an act worthy of reward rather
than punishment This court acknowledges
too, as / suppose, the validity of the law
|
pose to be the Bible, or at least the New
Testament, which teaches me that all things
whatsoever l would that men should do to
me should do even so to them 1t teaches
me, further, to remember them that are in
bonds as bound with them. | endeavored
to act up to that instruction. l say ! am
yet too young to understand that God is
any respecter of persons
believe that to have interfered as have
done, as l have always freely admitted !
done, in behalf of his despised poor, is no
wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed
necessary that l should forfeit my life for
the furtherance of the ends of justice and
mingle my blood further with the blood of
my children and with the blood of millions
in the slave country, whose rights are dis
regarded by wicked, cruel and unjust en-
actments, l say let it be done.
Let me say one word further, / feel en-
tirely satisfied with the treatment l have
received on my trial. Considering all the
| circumstances. it hns been generous
than l expected, but feel no consciousness
of guilt. l have stated from the first what
was my intention, and what was not. l
never had any design against the Liberty
of any person, nor any disposition to COM
init treason or incite slaves to rebel or
make any general instruction. / never
encouraged any man to do so, but always
discouraged any idea of that kind
Let me say, also, in regard to the state
ments made by some of those who were
connected with me, fear it has been stated
by some of them that l have induced them
to join me, but the contrary is true. do
not say this to injure them, but as regret
ting their weakness. Not one joined me
but of his own accord and the greater part
at their own expense. A number of them
l never saw and never had a word of con-
versation with till the day they came to
me, and that was for the purpose l have
stated. Now have DONE
"roa HIS SOUL Is MARCHING on"
They call thee hot-brained, crazed AMI mad.
| But every word that falls
Goes straight and true, and hits the mark
HMore sure than cannon balls
| 1t cuts its way complete,
| And Judge and jury too are tried
AT Gods great Judgment seat.
Old man, farewell they'll take thy life;
| For dangerous enough.
| In these our Sweetly piping times.
Are men of hero stuff.
| We should tread soft above the fires
That underneath us lie
| You'll crack the crust of compromise,
And set them spoutlng high
| Where Henrys cry for Liberty"
Once sent its shtverng thrill.
| There's only room six feet by Two
For heroes now to til
| And DER the spot the years will roll,
| AS spring its verdure weaves
| And autumn DER the felon's grave
| Shakes down its yellow leaves.
Bnt'not the spot sir feet By t,co
| viii hold a man like thee;
John Bro,cn lciil tramp the shdting Garth
From Blue Ridge 10 The sea,
! TIL the strong angel comes at idsl,
| A nd opes each dungeon door
| And Gods Great Charter holds and lrarss
| Der all His humble poor.
| And then the humble poor Will come,
| In that far distant day,
| Aud from the felon's nameless grave
| They'll brush the leaves away
| And gray old men Will point the spot
| Beneath the pine-tree shade.
| AS children ask, with streaming eyes,
| Where old John Brown Was laid
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