The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-05
How the AboIitionists FREQ the
Northern Heart--Tne Truth
at Last.
Rev. David y. Utts-. n tae North American r
vies.)
rcoxrlxuEp FsoM LAST WEEK

VIEW
T~CONTTSUED Ft0M LAST WEEK
At about > O'Clock in the morning the
marty reached Dutch Henry crosby,
and Knocked at the door Of a house Whert
were tour men sleeping aud woman and
| children. The names ~ the men wtTr
James Harris. william sherman. Jcromt
Granville. and job ;. v hlteman he
Northern Army announce! lt~eli "a
u.uai. commanded surrender, inquired
.bput pro slavery men, about arm. sad
dies. horse. and whether the men pre-
enr had ever aided pro slavery men u
coming 10 the Territory or done thr
/ Free State party any harm, or INTENDED
d, do il any harm. Satisfactory answer
we're received tom Harris aud White
man aud they were aliD 'ei T. remlIu
I where the. we're 10 md. William Ster-
man wa killed IN the same manner a
tie ~youn-erI py g anu "ukin>9u. he
.trtblt ra-ht- made by the broad
~ rds o. sabre, II the Browns gave
r.-e to tfts story that the victims w,te
ua Il a -eJ bat there ~a- ID reason 1.
fh.nk mat the bodies R,re hacked 81 cut
after lite VA, extinct The "NoIthcri
Army naE, viz a >Inge prisoner,
Jerome - anvil e Tettacet ifs stems az
the caup ulthe previous evening. wner'
The Wagons aud horses had been iett.
Iuey breakidslcd there, aud remained H.
camp I'LL nearly
A, the early Ii-hr Of that sunday
morning. May Is 1856, came over to,
new land, So lately a " derne>s showing
here and there at wide intervals a cabin
with a lftie field Or planted grounds IL
revealed five CHASTITY esrp>eS lying y the
gra--. Two widows, with their father
.e-s children. were weeping over their
dead. They knew then what the woIlo
does not know even yet, that this wa
the work Of John Brown And the
same morning hight found the stern com
mauder OF the al my Of seven IN catnl
with his men and prisoner. As he NIT
his hand TO heaven to ask a blessing on
he food the dried blood of the we
tim, IS seen upon them by the prisoner
The prisoner was set at liberty during
the morning but was a little too free III
what he said about the Browns and wa
shot not long afterwards near Black JACK
white on his way TO Kansas City IN a
wagon.
The community was at first started and
aud shocked by the reports of these mid
night murderers. Old John Brown and
his company of seven arrived at the
camp they had left on Ottawa Greek
about midnight between Sunday and
Monday after the assasSinat. ons. The
news was known there the next morn
ing, and John Brown. Jr., Immediately
resigned his command of the rifle com
pany, mounted his horse aud rode away
home lie was soon after arrested lon
this crime and severely used, it is said,
being driven, chained, many miles IN the
hot sun, until he became insane. hl-
father used TO show the chain In the East
on his money. alslng excursions, and
showed great emotion in narratIng JOIN
Juniors suffer- and consequent inSan
ity. He may well have shown emotion.
That son suffered for his fathers crime
which at that very time he was hiding
and DENYING. \ : :
The effect Of these murders was very
great upon the community and on the
fortunes OF Kansas; but it was not at al
what the commander OF the Northern
Army anticipated. He expected t.
precipitate a revolution. but lns.ead OF
this the Abolitionists of Lawrence. even.
almost unanimously denounced the deed
Public Resolutions were passed concern
Ing the matter, lamentIug 1t as most un
fortunate The MissourianS, however
came on, infamed with righteous wrath
hunting old John Brown and his boys
ready to shoot them at sight Frederick
they did shoot thus, and they burned the
cabins of all the browns and all their KIN
drove away their stock, and uok ven
geance upon them In whatever ways they
could. Browns resistance. and how b.
fought at Black Jack. are well known
1t is not generally understood, however
that Ill this fighting at Usawatomie ano
ack Jack grew out OF the P~otawatomI,
a>,as-iuauon>. The impression was real
~ made IN the East at the time, and ha,
prevailed since. that the Patawatomie
affair was IN retaliation Tor these abu.es
aud outrage committed upon the Brown
by the border ruff aus. : The effect,
OF this crime upon the character and
career OF old John Brown was pervaSlve
d s%cis.ve, overwhelming. After thai
night he knew that his life was forfeit
aud he fought. ard begged, and planned
with a desperateness born Of his danger
He could not live in Kansas, he could
not live safely or peacefully anywhere.
He must fight on to the end now. TIE
Rubicon was passed He cut off his
.oug beard probably as a disguise. and
sought help in New England, %reciting the
woes of his family, but concealing then
cause. His desperate earnestness WOO
the confidence and tie hearts of some Of
New Engiand's greatest and noblest men.
Had they known fully what be was and
what he had done. or even what he in
tended, they would not have armed and
helped him as they did. y The rea
hero Of Black Jack was Cap. Shore.
Osawatomie was not a victory, but a de-
feat Of the Free Stat party, and no par
tIruIar bravery Was shown by anybody
Old j. hn Brown ran away In time to saw,
his lite. which was all well enough; only
there Is a popular impression that he
dld great things at the battle of GA
watomie That fight, the pillage ami
the burning, were in consequence OF his
crimes, and tor the whole he deserves
censure rather than praise. Al the time
OF Browns execution IN Virginia, which
was called in Boston his public murder.
while the dcluded AbolitioLi>ts were ex
alring to the skies a man the, did Got
know, a Free Sta e paper. the HesaH of
Freedom, of Lawrence, was printing the
plain unvarniShed truth about him, and
begging the Republicans Of Americs
not 10 pake a hero of him. Hi
real object from the fatal night on tn.
Potawatomie till his death was to pro