St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-22
HONOR TO A HERO.
Market Hall Filled Last Night
, at John Brown Meet
ing.
SOME STIRRING ADDRESSES
Made by Colored Men and
Women and 9th
eps.
MARTYRS LIFE REVIEWED.
Meeting to Raise Funds for a
Monument to His Mem
Org.
SOME STIRRING ADDRESSES
MARTYRS LIFE REVIEWED

!
evening with an intelligent assem-
| blage interested in the progress of
! the John Brown Monument associa-
ton movement. Under the auspices
of the local association a most in
teresting entertainment was given.
The purpose of the meeting was to
create an interest in the worthy
movement, the object of which is to
secure sufficient funds to erect a
monument over the practically neg
lected grave of that martyr and hero,
John Brown, at North EIba, Essex
county, N. Y.
Among those who occupied the
stage were Speaker Van SAINT, of the
house of representatives; Sheriff
Chapel, Representative Wright, Hon.
James H. Davidson, J. Frank
Wheaton, Capt. Berkey, Mrs. T. H.
Lyle, president of the John Brown
association. A number of members
Of the city council also put in an
appearance for a few minutes. Over
the stage life-sized portraits of Abra-
ham Lincoln, Fred Douglass and
John Brown were suspended.
After an invocation by Rev. Bur-
leigh, appropriate resolutions on the
recent death of Frederick Douglass
were read and adopted. Excuses for
the unavoidable absence ofGov.Clough
and Senator Nelson were presented.
A feature of the evening was very
intelligent review of the object of the
meeting by Mrs. Lyle, colored lady.
She spoke in substance as follows:
John Browns boldness and willing
ness TO be sacrificed for the delivery of
the oppressed are known to US all.
By inheritance the blood of liberty,
freedom and human brotherhood
coursed in his veins. He was a true
Christian and born lover of freedom,
and hated oppression. He worked
for many years in the underground
railroad work, liberating many slaves,
acres at North Elba, N. Y, where
he established a colony of negroes
rescued from slavery.
r "Chauncey NJ. Depew, in his open
| ing address at the great exposition
/ at Chicago, made this remarkable
statement: God always has under
| draining some unknown genius for
| the control of great crises in the af-
fairs of nations and people, A glance
! over the early years of John Brown
| clearly proves the truth of this oracu-
| lar utterance. inasmuch as God was
preparing him as a deliverer. of cap
ytives and teacher of righteousness TO
la nation. for as far back as 1889 he
Fconceived the idea of becoming lib
orator of the Southern slaves. On the
second day of December, 1889 John
Brown walked through the prison
doors in Charleston, Va like one
| going out of the gates of fame, and
on his march to the scaffold he passed
an old colored woman leading a child.
| The great emancipation stopped low
and kissed the darl<-skined little one.
| That was the farewell benediction
upon race whose feet had trod only
| on the thorny highways in obedience
| to mans inestinate of man.
GAS the golden sun sets in the west
| and leaves a legacy of glory to the
clouds which have obstructed its path
way, so did this great hero, John
| Brown, stand on the gallows, and, the
guardian angel of that celestial city
reckoning him to come, while thou
sand harps kept playing, he left a
| golden legacy to the o-Americans
of this country and paved the way for
! the shackles to fall from the bonds
man. Oh, God, the Creator of the uni
verse, touch the hearts of every Afro
| American in this country and unite
| them by helping to erect a monument
| over the neglected grave of this great
est martyr Of the nineteenth century"
w. r. Morris, a Minneapolis colored
man, spoke briefly. 1t seemed an at
tribute of greatness to be misUnder-
stood, he said, but by the light of rea
son the right conclusion was reached.
John Brown was a hero with the cour-
age Of his convictions. His destation
for slavery became the ruling passion
of his life and made him resolute and
fearless. His honesty, earnestness Md
devotion could never be doubted. IN
account of his hatred for slavery and
his love for humanity he was con-
demned to death. Mr.. Morris con-
cluded his remarks by an earnest ap-
peal for liberal contributions.
'The Virginia Scaffold,' a recitation
which appeared in New York paper
the morning after the execution of
John Brown, was given by N. Russell.
Hon. o. NJ. Knight, who was intro
Aduced as a gentleman who was with
John Brown when he went to Har-
pers Ferry, spoke Of his first meeting
with the sturdy martyr, relating in
/ cidents Of his acquaintance in connec-
/ ton with mutual experiences prior to
the early days of the rebellion.
f. Attorney r. L. McGhee eulogiZed
the old hero in language replete
with admiration and excited the en-
thusiasm of his audience. John
Brown died to free the negroes" he