Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-08-19
Old John Grown In Marble.

OVumineton -. O. Messcngor)
TIL. New England folks are much dis
nod to cauoulzc old John Brown. tie
Kansas cutlhr,at. who invaded Virginia
and got hanged as an lnsurrcctionist. IL s.
evil spirit is still marching ianaii-
cal. aggressive destructive as Of yo'e.
lie would have made grand companion
Of the Anarchists In our day. If living
ho would, perhaps. be to-day the head az
that order Of scouudrols, dynainlte;s. ana
murdercrs. And get this - Tie frilo"
hands Dripping with the blood Of MUIR
Gered men in Kansas-that "a Moderate
a paper as the Springfield Republican
would honor with q monument. ii say
much and this in part:
Nothing more appropriate Couid De
done than thlA That John Brown. the
Puritan, in whom the very spirit OF
CronWclrs ir0Asides was iDcarnate-the
head a. cnmi'y for slavery OF th- human
race ~ Cromwell was the destroyer OF
divine prcro-ativc-sho be- conWeluo-
rated in this way on the spot where he
attacked slavery in its most venerable
domain, the State Of George Washington
| and Thomas jefferson. botn ~ whom do-
horrcI the Institution and desired Us
d,ath-this is, indeed. most sishincdht
ana important marker ~ tho progress OF
| "a generation. Virginia should welcome IT,
for it indicates cmphaucally her ne"
life Of freedom for all
In 1919 twenty negro slaves were sold IN
! Virginia by a Dutch SLAYER The INST
| protest against the slaye-trade was by
! Pastorius ~ q rmlutoWn, Pa, IN ~
Ia 17i9 Governor Ogle;LOlpe, Of Georgia,
| den andel th2t slavery be don" away
with In ISIS, by act Of Consr"ss. the
importatiou of slaves Wis forbidden II
was introduced into Massachusetts IN
| lelS. into South Carolina By Sir J0hn
ycamaus in 1871. The first slavc-shlp was
| built at MarbcheaI, Mass. In loi'. It's
name was Desire desire for mon y by
| trading for human flesh. slavery was IN
! all the Colonies. but was not regarded
| with favor. The Ncw- Enelanders ANA
| NeW-Yorkers made money By the trdl'lc.
ami as the climate was Thought % be-
| unfayorable the slaves We're sold In the
| south out Of that Cilc. an our woes.
Now this stirrer-up of strife and blood,
after killing a half dozen or more men in
| Kansas. enters Virginia for the purpose Of
| u.urrection-to arouse and iucite the con-
| tented happy slaves - rise up and mas
! sacre their masters. The Atlanta CUnsti-
| tuition says:
Now, IL is admitted even by Ialr-
| minded northern writers that Brown was
| Il robber and a murderer ont in Kansas.
! lie went into Virginia 10 incite an insur-
! rection OF slaves. in which the negroes
/ were expected 10 burn. KILL and rayiSA.
! in plain English, this WAS the old cut
! throars object. and after generation
/ Of peace il is Notifying to think that We
! have any fanatics. North or south. who
/ feel DISPOSED 10 perpetuatc him IN mar
! bic"
How long would a monument to THIS
! old migrate. fanatic, and murderer stahl
! on Virginia sol?
This was prepared days ago. since
writing We see il stated that negroes al
/ Harper's Ferry propose 10 erect $io"f
monument there Old Fred. Douglass
! IS for it, and hatters himself that II VIII
be agreeable 10 the feelings 81 the people
| OF virginia. When this Old deiamer 81
| Horace Greeley. his best friend. write
this. YOU can see the measure of himself
lis own standard OF manhood:
Men nowadays lose sight Of the ap
parent wi.dncss OF the raid of Johr
| Brown upon Harper's Ferry, and thinh
| only Of the heroic character OF the man
John Brown was red-handed muir
! 6erer. as all know who have studied MS
/ Kansas career. His character is that Of
a fanatic. Of a man OF cruel nature. o
! blood-thirstiness. lie got the doom ina
! such a man deserved, and no monument
! Of such a creature are needed III th'
| South.