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never saw and never had a word Of
conversation with I'LL the day they
came 10 me, and that was Cor the pur.
pcsc have stated"
JOHN browns ExHCUrIoN.
Brown was executed on the 2d day
Of December following his trial. he.
fore leaving the Jail he hadc m aztec.
tomato farewell to each Of his follow.
ers except Cook, whom he claimed had
deceived him, and Hazlett, who he
denied knowing. A large body Of
militia, who had been ON duty ever
since the raid, were early on the
ground TO repel any attack which
might he made by Abolitionists, who
certainly we're Virginia's nightmare
until the death Of the last raider.
Brown evinced in the last act Of his
LIES drama the same courage which
had before characterized him. In
riding to the gallows, seated beside his
jailer, he spoke calmly, even cheerful
" Of his death. He noted the beauty
Of the weather and the country, and
said with a smile that he never ex-
pected to sec so fine day again. When
asked il he felt any fear, he replied
at has been characteristic with me
from infancy not to suffer from phys
ical fear. | have suffered thousand
times more from bashfulness than
from fear Remarking the absence
of citizens from the ground, he was
told that none but the troops were al
lowed to be present. That ought
not 10 be. he said, "citizens should
also be allowed to be present" After
the rope was adjusted and the cap
drawn over his eyes, he was kept
standing several minutes upon the
drop while the military made e dis
play of readiness to repel an attack
should one be made. At last the drop
fell, and with few convulsive move
ments of the body John Browns
chequered life was at close. His
body was given to his wife, who re-
moved it to his former home in New
York. The remaining raiders were
all in their turn tried and convicted.
In Cooks case an especial effort was
made to in his defense, Hon. Daniel
Voorhees, having been retained as his
counsel by Governor Willard, Of H.
diana, who was brother-in-law of
Cook. But the proof was positive,
aud he with the others was condemn
ed to be hanged. Cook and Cofiie,
with thetw negroes, Green and Cope
land, were executed ON the 10th of
December, and Hazlett and Stevens
met the same fate on the 10th day Of
March, 1860.
So ended the famous Brown raid;
but it awakened a feeling in the breasts
of all men which, beyond doubt, had
much to do with hurryiDg on the great
civil war which closely followed. Sla-
very was never so firmly established
as one Of the institutions of our coun-
try as at the time of the raid. All
the safeguards which ingenuity could
suggest or a pliable Congress enact
were built around it, and the "pecu-
liar institution bid fair to last for
centuries, and. indeed, to spread over
the great and, as yet, unsettled regions
of the Mississippi Valley; and to no
one so much as to John Brown does
the slave owe his freedom to-day. That
he suffered a just death is most true.
He violated the law of the land in his
invasion of Virginia and in his attempt
to incite an Instruction, and to have
declared him guiltless would have been
a libel upon Justice and established
law. He died. but the death throes
of slavery commenced with his, and
before his body was dissolved to dust,
the purposes for which he died were
accomplished by means of which none
would have dreamed at the time Of
John Browns raid [Phila. Times.