, 1875-12-13
skotcli or tho Life md Character
of John Brown.
Ieoturo in the Sunday Course by Fred
orick Douglass.
Tho Ilarper,s Ferry 1laid, aud 1vhnt IL
Did for tho Union.
Tia Pedigree Of Man rs Affected by Lato
Discoveries.
Lssiurs Before sbo Philosophical soclaty by
. Prot. Cunning.
JOHN BROWN.

Yesterday, at McCormieka Hall. The lecturer,
who waa unhypldahiY detained en- rnute, did not
commence until i:l5 O'clock, and. although ycrr
muct, Iatigue1. spoke for ,cntly an luur and a
hsf. 110 was tntrndnecd fy a1r. II. u.
Jloyj, aud. nflcr tho ttsual rrelimlnhrcs,
t,1l no Ind not como thero to rovsyo
lny bitterness of tho past; not 10
rersil'the shame Of gycat nn,ona iranRGrcssion.
which Ind hcon bitterly htoned IN toars and
blood, but to do sono FORT Of jnstico to great
hl.toricaI character. mad to giro aomo account OF
good old man. wlluso friendship anil condouco
l,e bad had The honor to lave during portion
Of hia life. II WIS for these reasnnn that ho
ame to leo!uru OIL John Brown. ia knnw Of MI
cvent In tho history OF tho country Tint
vouid awaken more thrilling interest than
ihs celebrated raid Oh 1Inrpers Ferry witt, wiltch
John Brown was 80 intimately und traHicaily
connected.
Tor tho bnko of order. although most Of tho
sailonoo wero moro pr oss acquainted with the
dsajls ho would state that Oh tho night OF Oct.
j6, 1859, thore appeared near tho coulluonte of
tlo Shenandoah and tito p3tomao nineteen
nbn, fnultoon Whitn md tlyo euiorela.
They worc thoroughly armed, md had
brought viii, tiiom munitions Of war for Huc!, ns
might joln thttn. Tl.ey boldly seized tbs town,
RS Of City Of TIC naons prominent mosMba1s ~
Tue town. TAo9 liberated fiftv afnras. Bo-called,
and proclaimed gonornt emancipation In thu
State q virginia After hoi,'ing thu town Tor
thirty hourH. they wrre finally orerpowercft
md ihreo wore caI,tused-tho rcHt bolng killed
BY 8 body Of United stnLes troops, undsr cot!l-
nlnd OF Col. ltnhcrt i. Leo, subsequently
fsmols "a tito leading Rolet General.
gsowu wna captured fighting, covered wtsl.
wounds, and w2B thought ut lint to DO u.ortslly
ile waH giren tho benefit OF n mock
triat, aid waa condemned to he executed, and
uls 20 oNocutcd. Ills boly WAS giyon tu hs
ghef-etricann widow, who bore It to North Elf,a,
ia ksw York ftato. whore 1t now roroses nInid
tho solemn soncn hul snDwy gfanueur OF the
Adironlacks.
lilo ailuued to the sudden attack on uarpcr'a
Ferry, which, at tho limo, shocked tho people OF
the United States. 1t was not easy to reconcile
tbs human mind to tho shedding Of human
blood for any pnrp0Rc,-in fact tho only place
uhero tho mind did not rcyolt from blondslled
1ss In the hnht Of baltic, whom tho Henaibilitlas
ue bluuted BY tho excitement winch tho whole
sae shedding of blood oecae'onea.
Dot cvon IN defe1'so OF 20 great cl1aractor as'd
~ good msu IL John brown. I3ut something
strouEpr than moro feoling was nocoaahrY to
nsppe with 60 atern a fact as tho in-
sasion OF uatres'a Fcrry. Unsupported
81 reason, tho, raid might appear
Unler whatever nane all history attcnts Tie
beneyolonce Of revolution. 10 tho broad ore Of
reason, nothing In THIS world could or should
suna alone. In tho light Of reaBof,, nothing
comes uuhiddcn 10 tho light nf experience.
Whttoger man noweth that shall ho roap.
md whatever u nation sowoth tl,at also shall
they reap.
Iheso ix . ahcd tino, and y harvest vii. como.
Tho bloody hxrveHt OF I1arper'e Ferry waH
npsnod by 200 years of tho blood and tho molB-
taFs Of aiayerr. 1t xas mt the ccho OF another
srY heard 2t'0 years bcforu, when Christian mon
instded Africa, and, from hnr reacgfnl villas,
nr1ied or her cons and daughters to DO sold NJ
ha1es IN Christian mnEkuls.
DT niotIern science tAoy wero nlAe to warn tho
nsstuer Of tho coming atosni, and to keep linn
from Tho track OF danger. .,por!,apa. tou. tho
limo VAS coming wliet they would he able to
VAIL tho nntio, nf coming Btor,ns and wa.n Aer
from tho path Of danger.
Dut ho did not como thcsc that day TO ensor too
deeply Into questions u philosophy Or abstract
politics i{a can1oto tell them, in h nimr'a wav,
what ho know of Jollu lstnwn artt tho lInrners
Ferry tragedy lIe (alr. 1,ouelasa) ,,ad l,aon ac-
tused tY sonlo people Of tho United btntca With
h,ring urged, Or advised. Capt, brown to under-
hte the llia:orio rail. IIo would tlnro aud then
esifrsnkly with tho question. and tell them