, 1880-10-29
JOHN BROWN.
An Interesting Talk with His
Only Surviving Brother.
Motives that Animated the Old Hcro
in His Assaults upon Slavery,
His 0loar-sightel Comprehension Of tho
Danger to sha Country Of South
ern Domination,
The Brothers. rsllef itat Republican 7rinmp1 this
lcar ,1Ylll Thoroughly .sstrc Tho Ee.
yuls Of The Mar.


sntfsat Correspondence nf The Chicago Ttibsnt.
l,nAprnnD, tn., Oct. 5.-ft WITS fny rxceet'lng
good fortune to n,rr4 t,-tay Mr. E,lwn..l lsrow.
nf this ctty, tho only surviving brother of ND
John llssFy.s, tho tnnrtyr nf ltarp1r's Ferry.
,v1,s IN c.,n,rnt1y Will, tnpt. &. H. Henry, Ut lilo
Unltci Stntpa Atn1l Service. who hnl rccchtE
visited lt"ypers Ferry, ntt was nticll Interested
III tho acencs he there bc,tld, rs we'll us III tho
lnnn We wcru visiting.
ait. 1troWS
IA tnnuy years ynnl1gcr thnn Ills brother John,
tut now begins to ilsstIttr i!lle tha nrrctrnilro
Of tho martyr ut tho Tine uf hts execution. lIo
Is tnll, slight, wry, though athletic III bs' MI"
shows grrnt powers nf eislnrtncc. Ills lo1t4s
fult bcarti II almost white. M.,a Ills Rh"rS eye
hns Tint uctyu,,s t,stnklc fnr which his Hug
trlous brtthers WIS ao remarkable. After Il
fuw observations upon tho Importance oE TIC
pvcseut r,itlcnl contest. tho conversation mt
ugts,ly drlttcd upuu his brotfcr. who las go lo1g
hccn ii subject Hr Hrrat Interest 10 tho 1eopleut
this country. Tho CONVERSATION shows tint Mr'
l}trlw!l IL MS truo u f,Htrot ns His Dsother' lto
sah,: .. ,.,.-..-.
ut may sound very i,arsh md cruel to you,
Int gny It With t!t1o clIbct1ltfon, AMI Knowing
Just Yqhnslt .mcss.s, when atlr1n tt'at Ium
nyAp THAT Jo,iS nN0wH WAS KfLIEp
Inst ,yheu ha was and Just rs 10 WAS. OF cottso
It was II grcnt btow to tis I'LL. 1t ncnrly cf1'sheH
us nt tho time, tl,it could mt tfloil sec tho
~" ..ot w.. ~ ," t,", , ~, vial 1n,,,, t.rown
tt1-tlnS. WHICH s'tS ai11t ""' h"i ''. .'. 1919.
WIS executed, kno" tn1t express
",1 ''ro,+ ~ ,nanx nronIc.-,n fact, nearly
E..s f,.,,.. ,.t -. r,,ct, 1,,a nyrn frfontis
EserSnoas,-aht I'st 10 rams, "m., -. a7 .'is..t,,
ns his blttcrcst eilclnics inllesl 20 nhoetstAu"
| him, 1t Is Il grnrrnliy-accGptca theory that he
,rna n,t,,ntc1 MrurIy ly n shirt Of revenge. lie
hn, ..rn,, =, atr nl,,,nst my Onp t, TINT fcct.
tuv lila ir,vs wcre kittpt, ono ur them ,sus
~. .' 80 ~, 49,. r. . ,1,,,,von,t ,,ntJl hn
| t0fluFH A1aa s'iut az ,'i"Htu. "'..' ~"
WIS nlntfo MI iAtot Of. All thls would CONC very
,,cur II, rol,stng tho spirit OF rcvcnHo III my
| t,,an. hit It. .eoutl not nlpnu t1nyo toup 1t FOR
' r.'' ,,". 49, ~ sas ,,,,t,. ,rtut h, rxprctr,, or
Jonh ''to"h' ~ VIZ o.s' "n". 49,. -. ~, ,,o,,
those Inott. lilo hasl known tholn for many
| years, mud knew lint tho institutions which
Governed thou n,tlp ttcst tcinnl,s."
:" Whut tllh iitt!,,eneg your brother asked
| as tho siel.krr ratlsai III his rc,nrks. ,
| "is was II spirit thMt was born in hini+
which
,,rrp nrrurss1t,S IN ANY FORM,
nAtI" o'ih!~n ... 49, 49, ,, , t.,
o ha Mtw1ys snsMs ~ @ y; T., ~ s ~, 'r,y S ~
eOnid never nats ~ NY & ~ S Utnr v ~ ti,i,,,x III
t,tliltl1zn s.!eF % ,u, at ""S =, tS ry -, h, w"s
Aghta oset sNsta EMsna. ~ ~ ~ 49,. VIZ ~ ,t, ~ ~,
foteH ~ ha tIe!sMttuiu;1 ~ ~, % sn,S H. ain,.n.r.
esea ~ tnu ~ nxost,iuo i'm nhn,r.1f
| F1t1lGtS I'LL