The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-28
How the AboIitIonists fires the
Northern Heart--The Truth
at Last.
Rev. David y. Utter. in tue North American Re
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There has been a growing impression
that line deeds of Joan Bsown do not
warrant all the e~ulogics that nave been
rrouounced upon hmm. Emerson spoke
,t him IL the saint whose martvrdom
NH make the gallows gloriou, Ike the
.-,-~.' As quoted IN Redpath's life
o. Brown" page t, Til" present writer
wr..li be glad 10 know tat Emerson
d.. not use this ~lau-utge fhOrcnu
.4I. lie could not have been tried by
peers. for his peers did not exist :"
Theodore Parker wrote from Rome.
Brown Will die. | think. Ike a marty
snl also Ike a saint. None oi
ra. CHRISTIAN martyrs led IN vain and
--su stephen. vino was stoned at .Icru-
-.I.u. TO Mary Dye. whom our fathers
l..Hrc 1 on a bough Of the great tree on
Boston Common. | think there nave
lr-u lew spirits more pure and devoted
tg..u .Iohn Browns. and nome that ave
D.. their breath in a uobler cIusc. Let
+.- american state hang his body ami
rh. American Church damn his sou.
SILL the blessing at such as are ready to
r.--.,u will tall on him. and the univer-
81. Justice of the infinitely perfect God
u. take him welcome home. TIE
road to heaven Is rs short from the GAL
Iqv- ~ from a throne; perhaps, also. a.
,-y.' These men were the Radical
&5lUtionists of the time. 10 hc sure. but
r.sr words and sentiments were adout-
cd during the war period by the entire
North. and since then largely bv the
CIVILIZED world.
But To The average citizen Of TO-DAY
III 80 a TN 20 a
Oh srtcter ! d~istaStcful. The mention
g. the name of john Brown no longer
brings down the house. and for two o.
ttsec years u spirit OF doubt has been
slowly spreading eastward from Kansas,
either the man deserves any eulogy
atcler. John Brown was Il disturb
jag influence in Kansas from the first.
H. went To the Territory not a. a sell
tier. but To fight. lis Voice was ALWAYS
tar war. and he probably was more
auNiou, 10 fight Missouri than to make
Kansas Tree. Those who had zone to
Kansas To III IKE homes and build a state
naturally felt veIy differently. Tt,ev
would light If it hecame necessary IN
support pt their principles. or in defence
O.. their rlsnis; but I general war with
Missouri or the South was last aud least
AMONG the things Hesired OF hoped lor.
/ va Toe remembered that IN. first
Tcrritorti Legislature assembled fest at
P.NIcc N Jdly. 1888. but Immediately
moved To Shawnee Mission. near th,
Missouri border, where they completed
their labOTo IN a pro slavery atmosphere
and IN tie most shameless pro-slaver.
fashion establishing the entire eide of
Missouri a. the laws of Kansas, and
aiding Whatever be-id they could think
Of that they believed would ali IN the
e>tahI hment OF slavery ia The Te. ritory,
These VS. were res Sted irJa the fl ST by
the Free State part, bur they rrceI. eli in
due time the approval aud sanction of
President Pierce. Then it became a yer,
seri ,us question VIII II was to be done. \
teT extremists were IN favor of re>i>tIu.
ta.-e AVS to the uTt cr end, even 10 tn
pa.ut of lighting United State troops.
Bu; the wiser and IN IRE moderate policv
v submitting, Tor the prese it, and fight
iu- rur differences at the ballot box final
Ii prevailed, having all along had the
,lp. OFT Of the best best citizens. even
The most earnest Abolitionists. John
Hr8wu was among those who secuted the
voting policy an uryei an armed resis
lance. Not that his voice was heard in
the rJuucIlS of the time, as he Was then
an ulkloTa aud ]u1notIced man. but It
Va utterWaris remembered that he had
aNl.s beea numbered among the res =
l.IulSts The leaders of this fighting
ht.-y. were not CT; ZalS, general y, but
t~.ssezponients OF l>tern newspapers.
al people who, III various ways lived
u..tu money sent by the A~Eolluonists to
help make Kansas a free State.
On the 2ist of May, 1856, occurred
what i knoWn III history as the sacSing
of Lawrence. The tree-State Hotel was
shot through with cannon balls and at
forwards blrned. The two Free-State
p|rinIing offices were destroyed, many
pivate houses plllaged, and that Of DR..
r Robson. then Governor according
ID the Topeka. or Free-State faction,
burned. This Was done by a band of
.aaFiy sight hundred men, partly United
states troops commanded by Federal
s.icerS, but largely a mob of men from
d ariy all the Southern States, who had
come on their W account to wipe out
tine abolition town" There was no re-
distance. and nobody was killed except
is acc,Gepp.
While these events Xere taking place
la Lasrenee, two companies OF r'iiemep
Farr being pr gau.zed IN the adjoining
e|auu,ie, of Franklin and Miami to come
t5 tie defence Of the ii-fated town
Thee were the Osawatomie company,
commanded by a Mr. Dayton, and the
PortSat0mie company. whose captain
va John l;rown. Jr. Both conpaDle-
II, led for Lawrence, and they met on
axe say aud continued their march all
night. On the morning OF the 24d Old
John Brown was with these armed men
bear Palmyra, within twelve miles OF
Lawrence. l. Is not quite certain wheth
II he started with one of the companies,
ID. vhsther he Tact them on the way. On
jL.., Thursday morning they heard that
Lawrence hal fallen on the day BET re
arl were undecided most OF the day
xhether to 70 forward or return. Ii was
iyaard the evening CT Thu day, IN tho
rsaDp ot his sons company on OttaW7
tg..A, that sd John BroEu called tUl
t.u,tc - to begin the J II in earnest.
{ wanted only brave men, al q men whC
90 I'd obey bin implicitly. There was
ia div any respouse 10 this call, perhaps
d = single man answered lie had tive
present and d on in law these a
80. he could command, John. IN.
IHseveF, protected ,sainrt the move
-..I. sayir- Tat the men could uot b.
Jared. a hey were nos near the enemy
5|,u the u her tour IONS, Owen Brown
Watson i; own, Frederick brown an
o. yer Bro W., and me son ln-law, l!elrl
o.apzon. went into camp BY them
lives, with the father and captain. am
IT most OF the next day iFrida, u
..-iu- their sabres. About moo ole
j. Ian Brown went to a man by the nam
90, james rown-ley. who was IN oae 0
Pie uay companies. and who had a way
.. ...i lin. and asked him II he Sould