The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1883-12-14

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'onnd. William Sherman was killed in the
same same manner as the younger Doylcs and
| Wilkinson. The horrible gashcs made bv
the broad Sworus or sabres Of the Browns
gave rise to the story hat the victims were
mui'iated =; nut there was no reason to think
tNat the bodies were hacked or cut ultr
lie was extinct. The "Nor,hcrn Army
now, with single prisoner, Jerome Clan
VILE retraccd its steps To the camp of the
previous evening, where the wagons and
ho'ScS mad been left They break lasted
mere ana remained in camp till nearly noon.
As the early light oe that Sunday morn
ing, May 20, 1886, came over the new land,
so 'ateiy wilderness, showing here and
there at wide intervals a cabin with a little
.held otpsPlapted grQupd, ,is,.ievealad fye
ghastly tSfbsessfs fsiisSin Ms sssss fss,
widows, with their iatherlcss children wer.
weeping over their dead. They knew then
what the world does not know even yet.
that this was the work of John Brown. Aud
the same morning light found the stern
commander oftbc army of seven in camp
with MS men and prisoner. As he lifts his
hands to heaven to ask a blessing on the food
the dried blood ofthc victims is seen upun
them by the prisoner The prisoner WAS
set at liberty during the morning, but was n
little too frec in what he said abont the
browns, and was shot not long artcrwntd,
near Black Jack, while on his way to Kan>
sas city in a wagon
Inc community was ut first startled and
shocked by the reports OF these midnight
murders. Old John Brown and his com
pany OF seven arrived at the ca,np thew
had lett on Ottawa Greek about mlnicht
between Sunday aud Monday after the
assassinations. The news was known the
next morning, and john Brown, Jr, i'm
medlately resigned his command of the rifle
company, mounted his horse and rode away
nome. lie vas soon after arrested for this
crime and severely used, it is said being
uriven, chained, many miles in the hot sun
until nc became insane. His father used to
snow the chain in the East on his money
raising excursions, and showed great emo
ton IN narrating John Juniors suffcrirrs
ana consequent insanity. lie may well
have shown emotion. That son suffered
Tor his father's crime, which at that very
hnle he was hiding and DENYING. =
Inc effect OF these murders was very
great upon the community and on the for>
tunes of Kansas but il was not at all what
the commander Of the "Northerr Army"
anticipated He expected to prccIpi;a,e \
revolution. but instead Of this tha AhoE
fionlstS o! Lawrence, even, almost uuoni-
| 'n"nsiy denounced the deed. Public rc,o.
!utlonS were passed concerning the matter.
Iamcnting 1t as most unfortunate. The Miss
Sourians, however, came on. inhamcd with
| righteous wrath, hunting old John Brown
and his boys. ready to shoe. .hcm at siyht.
Frederick they did shoot .hus, and they
burned the cabins of all the Browns
and AL their kin. drove away their stock,
and took vengeance upon them in whatever
way they could. Browns resistance. and
now he fought at Black Jack. are wei!
known. 1t is not generally understood.
however that all this fighting at Osawatomie
ana Black Jack grew out Of the Potawaio-
ME "sSasslnations. The impression was
! really made in the East at the time, and
mas prevailed since, that the Po,awatomiy.
affair was in retaliation f)r these abuses
and outrages committed upon the Browns by
the border rufians. *; The effect
OF this crime upon the character and career
OF old John Blown was pervasive, decisive,
overwhelming. After that night he knew
that his life was forfeit; and he fought, and
begged and planned with dcspcratcncss
born OF his danger lie could not live in
Kansas, he could not live in safety or peace
:u!ly anywhere. He must fight on to the
end now. The Rubicon was passed Uc
cut oft his long beard. probably as disguise.
and sought help in New England, rccitng
the woes Of his family, but conccaing
their cause, His desperate earnestuess won
the confidence and the hearts Of some of
New EnGland's greatest aud mcbest men.
Had they known fully what he was and
what he had done, or even what he inten.
ded they would not have armed and hclpcl
him as they did. :; The real hero
of the Black J"ck was Capt. Shore. Osa-
wotomie was not victory, but defeat of
the Free State party and no particular hra>
very was shown by anybody. Old John
Brown ran away in time to save his life
which was all well enough only there is a
popular impression that he did great
things at the battle Of Osawatomie." That
fight, the pillage and the burning were in
consequence Of his crimes, and for the whole
he deserves cemsurc rather than praise At
the time OF Browns execution in VIRGINIA.
which was called in Boston his public mur
der, while the dcluded Aboiitionists were
cxalting to the skies man they did not
know,a Free State paper, the HeraM of
Freetlom, Of Lawrence, was printing the
plain unvarnished truth about him, and
begging the Republicans of America not to
make hero of him. His real
object, from the fatal night on the Potawato>
mle till bis DEATH was to provoke the South
and to commit the North to violence and
bring on a war. He did not do it and,
dlspassionately weighed after twenty years.
the verdict OF thoughtful men must be that
his irn Q,lnnnr ~. l.:x..: IL =