, 1875-12-13

turch town of :,0ng nh.bttan.r and le1s1 II for
thi'sy hours. .liak'nE Tho HmlaI h,ynsem of Ytr-
Efnfa RI 1t had it'ynr ha"n shaken before Will,
o;.h cen Ihrn IN had rf,uia"l twa!yo NJ Tin h9"t
militia r",nrani'a Ma. Virginia cnni pcn
nYnI1Ant linn. Int tho IrrorIe IT Virginia
wcr" not cu"Arls. TtIcy wnrn nB bravo n rn,-
ple m any people III the world -lIo wan n Wiz
FInlnn 'h'nao'f [adgh.ert and wa., rcrhana.
IE,nt.tH,f' ciI cr,n,,. bat In strllra Virginia
IN her weak ro'ut When In proclaimed ,lnurorsal
emancipation. l'a arr,ea TIN ,tato ayA'1ht Iiar-
WI, :;ao INV uk sH' tlts" 1la:A
Hi,e wa. onlv cnvnr'l in TIM rLnt, that con-
aricnca n,ado cown1ds Ut ail who felt thAt thar
ca'Hn wnH nut Just.
.lnhn Hrawna el,aracler wa4 NOT emily un-
1nratuu|. J[n had nu ntl,e: ii. ert in tho inva.
sion of yirglHa tian tim enai'tra:inn of TIN
e1,ve. lln vac n,tataten for rDbhcf
rathor ihsn q I'cro; for q s'arpora-
d. rather 'ha ,,,, ,...In ,n".al J., lsnISt II
trrcatct pnirHt. In fact. ilo was accI.AHd OF
every 1nniivn excerpt tint slse!, really and Hoic-
ly actuatetl him-tho emancipation of tha negro
tncc. Virginia WAS atartlrtl by the nudacity OF
aud multiplied iH Numbers. Every man r1cpss
. .p'ii howl II fer .' help ' from on tho '' General
Government. for. III thoas dayH. Virginia and
tho Auusi, did mt think it Improper fur tho
Gnitod States to intcrfcro in Statn ntrara.
1t wnA r pr0yidcntiR thint that Brown lid not
por!a1, In Tho fight. but lived To die npon tho
aeanfoM. ar' ho4neath, *pcliword Of ho|"
aud of :, s'o5y .., t. The ,TEl'"a. . of tl9
,nas, wl,en wounded. took all the responsibility
u,,on jI,uenlf anrl ,InIle the wnF4t 1A c.oulicy
cou!l do for tho ral;e Ut humnn lii,rr.v. fio
"aH afonn ~ ills wnrld, Indeed, and this ln hall
~ nsowaI to hia persecltoiH. 1lu said 10 them:
You car oasllt Ect rii Of n". tut you cannot
.1s-uoco Of this elaScry Question. Tho hour OF
trial ~ coming"
ysllanl,gI,an had tortured hin, with q'ioations.
Mason Prosecuted him In tho Eania map
detled tbcn Ill. md Henry A. WiHs, sad.
''l,r1wn ia tho Ean1cst man over mel" Int
! Htl !'c had ts die. Two ycnrs later Fal1nndiGl.am
wna fixing into Canada-a lt"be!. Two years later
NJ, l:nEsis'l ship, Rnd lodged him u ',rtHon; md
within the Hanln tina. Lewis Washington
Vas M rSa,ieI IN = tr.fsors yraye. Anl,
CT Henry 4: Wise was thrown opoa - school;
md thoro .TpIn Browns daughter taught @6n
negro cll,llta1,. 10 mans outer eyes, Brown
was a cr.u,!,laI; lut to the innor si:ht llo MAS
then in humor to tolerate robber rathor than
n sant--n Moral tnonrter rather than moral
horo. lila ,laath wnB forcotdancd. NotlIlug
Gu,1ld aare lin. lIo had strn:x At tho power Of
tho alavo.hoitpra, antl his tra was merely
farce. Nothing could have Paved him.
lio hsd lscl out, ard aiod for, principle
mora vital moio thrilling. ihsu ans uttered by
EIrg'nia'H Jefferson or Ler Patrick Henry: Tho
lasser had eaid :" Give me liberty. or Eivs mo
death."' Brown Ind said "t;lyo tho hi,mblost
IT The human, family liberty, give mo doath."
AL llohor 10 ynung lioyt, of MaHaacIuAetta. who
went down y vifg'u'a to tofon4 him but l,o
might III we'll have spared his pains. IIo came
dewn from tho heaven Of New England freedom
to do and glvo TO tho hun,hlest lib
crty. II uaa Caucasian lighting for Ethioplau+
white for biack lie said to. tho siasoi,oiiers at
Lis trtal, - want you 70 undorntsnd, gentlomen..
that I rospnct the rights Of tho humheht Of
Coos creatures 90 % tlaoso OF tho richest"
10 l,o roriAhod but Virginia met a terrible retri-
button. With Ito Aoghonios for his rnlpit, the
county for his o!,urcb, and tho world for h.s AL
dicnce brown wuH tho Ereatedt apoAtle Of hu
m.n liberty. tArplauAs.] Tho nrfnirs Of tho
nation aooll aflerwarl gaye his words h torllhlo
tneaning.
Tho locr md tho man wore not far apnrs.
John urown wah needed iD tho world, and ho
canle. Slavery had poisoned tho 1ife-hl0od Of
tho uation, and bib heroic effort rouood tho
country from llcr franco. The spcakor cou-
chtdca by giving rnoat eloquent passage from
Dronghans Oh universal libcrty, and retired
amid CONTINUED applause