, 1883-11-17

l 1nsre n II tie oooot thas Jon
Bso.u's body lies mo!dsring IN IN
ground" 4 Unitarian ministsr Of Chi
eaxo, hvsever, seems TO have doubts II
regard to the truth of the sddi,icnsl state
nsat, that ''his soul goes marching on
The csrrsat aumbsr Of T'h, North Amer
! era Renr,s contains .u article on .'ohl
Brown, Ok OsA~asomie, contributed b.
Bsv David \. Utter. of the Church o
the ,sessiah- As tho pulpit deiisl TIN
protector If the attack on HArpers Ferry
i. is eminently proper that ;he 9uipi
should cundeMn hiua. II that aao:heusi,
il to be rsvsrsed The profession that
sst up popular iiol and instructed per
seas to seubip II should destroy il, If II
i. discovered ths, i, 10 fslse god. Few
men not recognized by the church a.
ainse and martyrs have had as msny
complimentary thinss spoken sbcu, them
By ninisten - John Brown one is rv-
ported - aAyirs before his execution that
| ~ would "aaks the ssliows glorious,
like The wsss." Another said .'the blsss-
ing Of sssA . are ready To perish vii
faIl Oh hin, and the sniversd justice OF
the infinitely perfect God will take him
welcome hone That . large proportion
ef the slarss Who becAns free look upon
JeAn Brown in tie light Of = Saviour is
serssin- Ar. Utter says in the introduc-
tion If his article that ~ the commence
nsat Of he war In. people of the north
wanted here. Ths5 thought there Vas
. necessity for one. They stood ready to
worship suy military les.ier who was sue
csssfui, but none Was found. John
Browns iavs.ioa OF Virginia was thought
10 Be hsrois His death wss declared to
b martyrdon- He vas opedisnt to the
"hikher law and accordingly wss onsia-
ersd to b patriot. He furnished Il .
best available nzterial At that time for .
hero. Orators, biogrsphers, and poets
al unitsd to give him \ reputation inf
niteiy higher than he deserved
This rsvisser tninks John Brown has
served his purpose - y popular idol long
enough. The generation that took no
par liz tbs iats e,vii var is ANXIOUS 10
learn the truth ahcu. ii. Brown derived
his Rsms "0saus.oinie' while IN the ter
ritory Of Kansas. IL Is little singular
that the doubts rsrpectins the purity of
his intentions and the benefits ths, he
cunfsrrsd on the snti-slzssry Cause should
commence In tha. stats. Mr.. Utter de-
clares that such IA the case. People are
now aware Of the fact that Brown wen;
to the plains not to sst,i,. but to tight.
The writer says; His voice va. always
for war. and ke probably wss more anK-
ious to tight Missouri than TO make Kan
sas frea. He had no faith III the ballot
box. He showed No dispoaition to ac-
quire home. He was among the leaders
Of the lighting party that lived on money
seat fr.sa the east. He had no plow or
hoe, hut vas veil supplied with rihss and
sabers. 0ther psopls were ready Z" de-
isna their h"i:aes. but he never had one
to offend, tkeu.h land copld be Obtained
'nr the askin. |; u believed that HIS ob.
Ice; III gong ~ Kansas ~as 10 conduct an
Inya.iaa Into Missouri He tried to or
yaRixe an army, bnt succeeded in prccur-
ing OILY serea raen, oil 81 whom We're his
rristir.s Tia ihey killed several per.
sos, generally calling them from their
kous-s aud sho,',ng them, is scknowl-
edged Hi, military 1psoits, il they de-
serve thu, GaGlr, we're never regarded
sith fayur BY tho free-stste party. 1t
VA believed Brosn vas instrumental, in
forming = plot to kill the members If the
Lecss,p,sn eoos'iturionsl convention.
He lei. tho territory because he Was
obliged tn Hs ran away amply TO save
bin life. His csrssr oonsistsd In killing
ssver,i pre- slavery but psscs.bie settlers
sad ruaniDy of soma Missouri slaves
Afraid TO remain longer IN kansas,
Brown vent ls New York and other east
srn states Here he snhated the sympa-
tAics Of s,asy shs neither understood his
character .or enuprehended his purposes.
He belieY ed that ho had accomplished
much :aod in Ksnsas and that he va.
competent 10 be leader in the vsrk Of
general emancipation. rs vas hi, own
b,ccrsphsr and .uingsi People who
heard hia talk thought be bad injured the
admission Of kAnsas as free st,,., and
we're anIions 10 reward hin for biz sery-
ice.. Looking calmly at his career after
the lapse Of treaty years, 1t seelps strange
that SO high an estimate was placed upon
him. He failed in al hn plans. The
idea Of arIning the slaves and allowing
them 10 gain their own liberty Was not
original With him Neither he nor any
of his sdhersn.s had any ASSURANCE thai
ia. blacks would fight against their mas
ten. Subsequent er.nts showed tha.
these pssp.e .ere not TO Be relied upon 20
fight their own battles Brown, theories,
Mr. C,t<r .ay., we're those Of the nih ,lis,s
HIS plan Of vaffa.s WAS borrowed from
the FenianA His rash invasion q Viz
sinia probably hsstoned the contest Le-
tween the north and south. II produced
Al sIcitensn; thai could not he qu'e,ed.
Ii is not unlikely that John Brown Of
Osa~.tenis, like his nasnesake across the
sea, vii srs-dily be permanently retired
- \ hero. F.s sulogiss viii hencsforth
be delivered on him, and fewer poets sill
sins his ptaise. The failure las. summer
&c raise mansy for the support Of his sid
ow sHd to erset . monument to his MEM
ory showed his rapid fail IN the estimation
Of thinking people.