The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-10-18

"AAAAM~AMF AN~s"
twelve. making force Of forty. two men
/ opposed TO eight. They made valiant
| preparations 20 attack the little garrison
but when the old man emerged from his
log cabin fortress and offered fight they
incontinently broke for the prairie, some
who were dismounted seizng upon the
tails Of the horses TO assist them in their
I headlonR fight. -Four generals Of the
Atchison brigade were captured. together
with several horses. The captain de-
tanned bis prisoners Eve DAYS in captivity
Those who came to scoff remained 20
pray. He read the Bible to them. and
compelled them to pray night and morn
ing ordering them IN their knees with =
cooked pistol In his hand When he wa.
ready TO resume his mtrch he released
them with bis benediction, retaining
horses and overcoats for hls negroes
They walked forty miles across the snowy
prairie to Atchison, and the gallant epi
sode was always known as the Battle OF
the Spurs have talked with several
OF the survivors aud they all speak Of
John Brown in the highest terms Of re
speet as a brave and
HONEST BuT MISGUIDED MAx.
He reached Canada In March following.
col0nized bis emiRrants near Windsor.
and returning TO Kansas no more His
subsequent career belongs TO the history
OF the Nation. Out Of the portentous and
menacing cloud Of Anti Slavery sentiment
that had long brooded with sullen dis.
content, baleiul meteor above the
North, he sprang like terrific thunder
ls..f =. a.
Continent with its devastating fame. and
whose reverbations among the splinterrd
crags Of Harper's Ferry were repeated on
a thousand battle fields from Gettysburg
TO the Gulf
lie died as he bad lived, Puritan ~
the Puritans There was no perturba
tions in his serene and steadfaat soul
know Of no productions ia literature
more remarkable than hts letters written
Ia prison while be was under sentence Of
death The closing worf- OF Socrates To
bis friends before he drank the fatal
hemiock were these. Ia i now tifn.
that We depart. | to die you to live. but
which has the better destiny = unknown
to ali except the Gods" The nohl.st
pagan OF antiquity bad courage but not
faith
JOHN BRowx's FAITn
John Brown said: " can trust Gad
with both the time and manner oi ms
death. believing a. | now do that lor M
at this time TO seal my testimouy tor God
and humanity with my blood. will de-
vastly more toward advancing the cause !
have earnestly endeavorrd 70 promote
than all ! have done 10 my lite hetore"
cannot feel that God will suffer even
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render Him or His cause. 10 be lost or In
vain
As / believe most firmly that God
reigns, I cannot believe that anything |
have done, suffered or may suffer, will be-
lost 10 the cause Of God or humanity. and
before I began my work at Harp~r's
Ferry / felt assured that In the wort
event II would certainly pay"
Tell your father that | am quite
do ! feel myself 10 the
least degraded by my imprisonment. my
chains, or the near prospect Of the gal
lows. Men cannot imprison, chain nor
hang the soul"
/" 1 am endeavoring to get ready for
another Geld OF action where no defeat
Details the truly brsv-"
1T is great comiort 10 feel assured
that | am. permitted 20 die Tor cause
and not merely 70 pay the debt of nature
which all must. ie-i myself 10 b. m0st
unworthy so great distinction"
John Brown writes 10 his children 10
abhor with undying hatr-d also. that
sum OF all villainy-slsv~ry.
% feel ju-t ~ content to die for God.
Eternal Truth. and Tor suffering humAn-
ity on the scatioid as IN any other way"
+" think / cannot now better serve the
cause | love 80 much than TO die for it.
and 10 my death may do more than IN
my life"
IL do not believe that I shall deny my
Lord aud Master, Jesus Christ, aud 4
should if denied my principles against
slavery
What immortal and dauntless courage
breathes IN this proc .ssion Of stately sen
trnces: what f0rtitude; what patieuc-
what faith; what radifnt and eternal
hopri Over his soul lowered the cove
nant Of peace. He frlt the lofty con.
sciousness OF
= Deeds that are royal In land beyond Kings
sespters."
He trod the scnff1ld with a step Of
conqueror. and the man who Virginia
executed as ielon. Kansas to-day can.
onizes o. martyr Nothing 10 more
difficult to analyze and detect than a
mans power and inhurnce upon his -
suciates. his generation. and the ultimate
d.sune- of mankind Who can tell Why
the obscure Lincoln b~came the great
leader Of Northern sentiment instead ~
S~ward or Chase. who bad long been the
advocate oi Republican IDEAS
Or why Grant led the loyal millions 90
victory. instead oi h. prrdeo-s-or- who-f
attainm-nt- aud experience rr~m%d
equally qualified 10 eusuf- sucorsS7 We
cannot tind the m~st on which our
Cm-ars feed The mrn Who succevd
greatly are not those OF whom -ucre
could BE- predicted After w. have Wi Ehrd
and measured y man. learned All his
habits. his attaium~nt-. his cspacitis-- los
sppech. pleasure. business accumulation
there - something IA him that rludeu our
.trictest scrutiny, that indyhnabl~ "a
tribute which makes him what he h. aud
him from all bis kind Ia
is sometimes said that circumstances
make men, but the reverse is true. men
make their circumstances. Opportunity
occurs 10 all. but only one seizgs u Some
say that luck or chance favored the man
" DO wins. but in the domain Of law there
are no accidents. Every man ultimately
goes TO his own plncr In attempting 20
estimate aud comprehend the influence
which John Brown exertsd upon bis agr
we are perplrxed by much that - anom
alous aud inexplicabls. Many Of his
even those who sympa
thised with him n opinion, regarded him
a. a fanatic and madman-cFazy by the
death OF his sons, and inspired by the
fury OF revenge. Emmerson says the
dreams OF yesterday are 10 day the drlib
crate conclusions Of public opinion, and
10 morrow the charter OF nations The
aboiitionists Of twenty years ago invented
many schemes Of emancipation Some
wanted To deport aud eoiOnize The NJ