Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-01-08
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The New York Tribune of Thursday
publishes what it calls "a striking let
ter" written by John Brown in Boston,
in March, 1858, addressed 10 his wife
and children. Ii is as follows:
81 now write to say that success has so
far attended ny efforts that l not only
hope to be able TO go on with my bust
ness (shall dare say my Fathers bust
ness) but to see you again before 4 great
while. Il would praise the Lord for His
goodness, and His wonderful works to
the children OF men, [ have moved
about with the utmost stiffness, but my
purposed measures seem to be most cor
daily approved by almost all earnest
friends Of humanity. For this | would
be very thankful. l feel that the great
harvest day of my life approaches, and
shall not grid up my loins' that. | may
reap? Now, o God, when am old and
gray-headed, foTsake me not till l have
showed Thy strength unto this genera
ton"
John Brown was then preparing for
the work in which be engaged the fol-
lowing year, at Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
1t is we'll known that the money for
arms and equipments, many OF which
were found boxed up in the old build
ing on the Kennedy farm, that be had
occupied for some time previous TO his
toray upon Harper's Ferry, was collect
ed in Massachusetts. Aud this was the
work that be "moved about with the
utmost stiffness" 10 that State TO pre-
pare for, which, he says; my proposed
measures seem TO be most cordially
approved by almost all earnest friends
of humanity" What his then "pro-
posed measures" were, we now know in
the light of history.
We have in our possession one of
the many hundred pixies made in Chic
opee, Mass, which We saw collected at
The Harper's Ferry arsenal, and with
which he proposed TO arm the slaves;
and have also one of his blank commits
sions, that were 10 be issued by "the
secretary of war" of the new govern.
ment that he proposed to set up. And
this is the man, who, according 10 the
New York Times, was "a more honor.
able aud sincere patriot than any OF the
double-dyed traitors" who fought with
Robert 4. Lee! 1t ID this man, whose
memory is embalmed in the breast OF
every Radical at the North, whose
soul" they will keep marching on"
forever, to foster enmity TO the section
that lie would have plunged into all tho
horrors of servile instruction.
Well did the eloquent Hon. Alexan-
der r. Botelor, in a speech delivered
in Congress soon after the occurrence
of the Brown raid, remind his Massa-
chusetts associates of the manner 10
which that State repaid the services rem
dered by the gallant men of Virginia,
who collected at spring near his farm,
where we have often been, aud march
ed from that spot, on foot, TO Boston
to aid in delivering that city from their
British foes. When the rallying cry
passed all over this now despised aud
prosecuted section: ''the cause OF Mas
sachusetts is the cause of the Sosth,
and Morgan and bis rihemen marched
to Join another son of Virginia, George
Washington, to aid in delivering Bos.
ton from the British invader; little did
they dream that in scarcely more than
four score years thereafter, Massachu-
sets would arm John Brown to incite
survile issurrection on the banks OF that
Potomac whore her great deliyerer
sleeps, and in the very county from
which those immortal rifemen of Dan
iel Morgan marched for the doliverancc
of Boston! What Virginia did in the
days of the FIRST great rebellion against
abuse of kingly authority, is now for
gotten by these people; who only
choose TO remember that they sent John
Brown among us, to incite new re-
bellion, and that it was fought by the
posterity of the very men who had aid
ed Thorn when rebelling against the
edict of the British tyraDt. What
strange events happen in this world OF
ours,-Lynehburg Hrginian