, 1876-12-03

Brown was brought IN on cot. He regardeo
the scene as one in which he bad but little IN
tercst. When spoken to about the formality OF
the trial, he sal for their sakcs, If tnay we're 10
trial, and time to prepare for It and obtain coun-
sci from the North, for which he had already
sent. But If it weru to be mere mo:lsery, then
it was their busincts, aud they might 90 on:
Then GOV. Wise lad pledged him fair and
honorable trial, But he had no faVors to ask %? Of
blood they wanted they might take it;
put On his final trial. He had no request to
make as to counsel In defense-his own not
having arrived. In the attempt to do SONG
thing for him, the attorneys appointed by the
Court, lawyer-like, set up d plea Of insanltx.
Brown had lain upon his cot, with his blanket
covering himself from Icet to chin, taking no
more interest than If John Smith, not John
Brown, were On trial, raised himself up in inlig-
said that he despised all that line Of defense. lie
had come to their Statc with
A DELIBERATE PURPOSE;
he had come there to free the slaves and not to
murder; he had killed nobody: but If he had
violated any Of the laws of Virginia he was
willing to take the consequences. II hanging
was their object, that they could do with or
without trial. He said he was perfectly un-
conscious Of insanity, md ~ reject, SO far as
am capable, my attempt to interfere in my be-
Qull DU tult oEItANs
John Brown was very troublesome customer
on the hands Of the Court, to be tried for his
life, No doubt 1t would have spared the Court
and Virginia s'sca OF troubles - II they could
have made John Brown crazy. An insane asy-
lum would have been o safe hospital to which
the State itself might have gone with its sore
conscience. ...,
The course of law running its proper length.
Brown ia Of course convicted Being brought
un to receive sentence, he is taken By surprise
at the suddenneEs OF It, but having recovered
partially from his wounds, yet still feeble, hc
approaches the table before the Court, rs II
about to say grace. With feeble and some
what tremulous voice he responded to the
Court in speech, which Is one OF the very &c"
great speeches which we're ever made. ~ have
NAV It please the Court, a few words to say II
| the first place, deny everything, except Wha'
| I have all along adllitto<l-the design to 1rce
| the slaves. never did intend murder
or treason, or the destruction OF property, or tt
! excite slaves to rebellion, or to make lnsurrce
tion.'' He had only acted in helping the pool
and fricnd1ess, and in dong That had done q:
We would be done by. After the trial, came o
course tile execution, He was goodness ant
dignity to the end.
4 stranger in the audience recalled portion
| of his own personal experience, relating az IN
stance in Virginia, where he had been to q Meth
odist prayer-meetfng where John Brown was
| It was at this meeting that the gentleman fci
! that he became converted. He added that h
| had been permitted to eat and sleep in the sam
house with John Brown, and he trusted to agall
| meet him some dny in the world beyond.
| A vote of thanks was then passed to MI. East
man. after which the audience joined in sing1n:
new version Of "John Browns Body,'' ant
dispersed.