New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-12
THE LAST HOURS or JOHN BROgN.

From, ne Hon Thomas RwsseWs address al NE nassa
cLusetis Gibbs Cop'0seD'0rofioH
Nv frat acquaintance was made with Inn IN
November. 1856 III the Republican headquarters,
and in - few days, he was In trouble:
lie learned that warrant was issuea s sa 's,
him. as liz presumed, for high treason. lie ana MOI
know exactly where to 20, and suggested That DC
shonld go to my house. he never went ont except
at night, and then DR.. David lhayer ana otn ni
fighting abolitonists accompanied INN. lie took
out every night before going 70 bed ms reVoiNer ana
repeater and unloaded and reloaded them, saying
that there were eighteen lives. / remember MS
once saying 10 my wife: d" If you hear morse, put
the baby under the pillow. should maze 10 spol
the carpets ; but you know l cannot be taken
lie used to walk the floor with his hands behind
him and occasionally brought oit an idea. ono /
remember very distinctly. - would DC De'l"
that "A whole generation should perish from The
earth. than that one truth IN the sermon on nc
Mount or the Declaration of Independence should
be forgotten among men" =, $500
lie paye AN account one day OF the Death OF ms
son VINO was shot by tue border rullanS-i,y a
MethOdist ministers: for y0n know there are DIaok
sheep in cy ~ fod-and my wlfe broke our ana
said II ] were IN your place, Mr.. Brown, w0nil
Gyht those fellows as long az J lived " Ihat,
said he &" is not Christian slrit. II had one bit
of that spirit, would never lit my hand. DO not
make war on Shareholders but on slavery
lie carried ont TINS ldea IN Missouri. where ne
passed over the border ruGians, and ran OF. tha
i,a,rs of the 0uiet gentlemen 80 that nobody could
fink il was revenge he fighting TOR. lie WIS
battling for a principle md against system.
One sunday morning He0Iee L.. etearnS came INTO
houSa To him with Mrs. StcarllS on tn' way
10 hear Theodore Parker. and gave him SI.5oo 10
orranize and equip = company Tor hansas-and /
remember that Mrs. SteaIns asked 10 sell Dei car
mage and horses that she niGht add S-,VOV more
10 the gift That morning ! received chaiac-
terislic letter from Theodore Parker, Wuch Iai as
follows: ,c ,y..
my DpAR JcpGE: # John Brown falls into
the hands Of the marshal from Kansas, he IS sure
- .hcr of the ealiovs or something yet worse
II | were Ia MS position should shoot Gead any
I., a
crimes, then ! should be tired bY hiASSac!us..t Us
juIY; and be acquii y,i. t.,,.. TIP
"P. ST do net advise John Brown 60 do this
hut 10 is what should do"
John Brown was always very agreeable. tie
uscl TO hold No my little grl. eighteen months OLD,
and say: NOW. " sen / all hung Tor treason YOU
eau SAY that yOu used 10 stand on 90 captain
browns hand " and when lie came 70 BOSTON on
lis way TO NaTEC.s Ferry. he brought 10 hti ana
one or two ~ Mrs. StraInss children two or three
i.tie cakes of maple sugar.
Let me mention the TACT int his ancestor, Peter
Brown, who came over in the Aayiiower. iefi toh
who WIS :aa,le commissioner of the four colonies,
and when something was planned against me IN
dams Of that day-SUme iuierha! schcMe, no uOUot'
ont not half ~ lad as some that nave been con
cGctcd III 0UI daY-ho learned that u ne wcn' 10 Ii
Io.rtinu OF the commissioners he would make n quo
ram, and Be stayed away instead OF gong ana vol
i.1 for them. Aud 50 the Schtnf ial5d.
When john Brown had been taken prisoner, re
wrote to me from j3il asking Tc to come ana Visit
hin. | WIS unable to go a. once not nhn,he any
Andrew Dr. Howe, and others obtalned counsel
young nOyt hurried on, got O. imittrd 10 the Ir-
ciuia bar. stood mp III lawyers once ana S'G.1t
VOLUMES OF practice IN tho Virginia courts unHI hl
tainted away Oh the floor, am then went iu ana
obtained such delay was necessary UNI. CARLISLE
rruiu CO. 1 w4 inst time 10 hear TIE "a Htclor o.
dorth passed upon John Brown, and 70 hear hat
MAGNIFICENT speech WhIcl Ae H.lC when aahco Nhy
sentence # death SHOULD vol be pa- cd upon HIN.
Ils,rad of assuming that they were Chr.al rms AZ
once and arguing on tina. aaai-. Ae said Il nave
OILS, rived q go during THIS trId! witnesses nave 9 u
rc.u ircd to ,i,- the New Ie-tamont, from which !
.n.cr that Chr siiauity is not IA known here
tlcn went with Mrs. Russell 10 see him ~ the
iail and ne WAS IN the best Of spirits. remember
nj Rlying: have ~ Kind OF laGIt 10 hnl apouI
the manner OF ny death The disgrace oI hbnGng
do, not trouble ne III tho least. IN TACT huo"
that the very errors by which ms scheme Was
married were aecrecd before tn" world was maze
n, was % thoroughly Orthodox man. hnd Do
more TO 10 he said with the 'OgI5C pursued than
q shot leaving a cannon has 10 DO with the spot
whore il shall lall.p Whether that DO good the
ololy or not. it is oOot Theology Tor martyr. Ho
gave lis "A ull account OF the affair aud SAID ii Was
through his mercy his prisoners that he bad moi
taken thousands OF mon ont OF bondage but ne
stayed 90 protect them until he was Oyerpowered
CAPTAIN AVIS his iGilOr, who was always his Trend
LETT the cell at once, so that No might nave HIM
alone but one of HIS under5tTppers remained until
Mrs Russe scwed up the hOIos III the Old man
coat " here the sword had cut through 3ua thnn she
asked him 10 brush IT, aud nc went away IN dls,
gust for he could not rcfaSH, because lazy asked
him The old man expressed himself gratihed Mt
what he had done, and the only thought that
tronbeh him was his wife, and what would become
OF her alter he was gone.