The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-25

Old and young, rich and poor alike, ~
infuriated hordes OF barbartc follower
under his lead and diabolical lDspiEetioh.
IL this inference be correct TX nos
amiss to recall TO the memory Oh inc oi3
people like myself, some facts connectea
with the inception, progress. and end OF
John Browns RAID on Harpers re,iy.
which may awaken reminiscent thoughts
and feelings OF that exciting period, a"u
to the present generation who have s'nss
grown up. may impIrt Information ,la.
Will inspire them 10 resent ond resist
any and every attempt TO dishonor mo
rome ana memory Of their ..ncestorS py
the erection OF "A monument to the honot
OF their would-be midnight murderer;
therefore propose TO wind up TINS
series OF "reminiscences" for The Times,
with two letters covering the main facts
connected with John Browns raid. Ana
II the recital does not inspire the sons OF
the heroes who followed Ice and Jack
son In Virginia from ISL tin 1915, 20 de-
stroy any emblem OF respect for or adj
miration OF the arch criminal OF the nine-
teerth century attempted 10 be erected
within the ancient bounds OF Virginia.
then l trust the attempt will be made
before all the surviving Confederates
have crossed over the river to rest In
the shade and ~ I be then alive. 4 Will
join enough OF "the lame, the halt, and
the blind OF my comrades. and providing
ourselves with dynamite 10 blow the IN
fernal thing IN fragments from IS foun-
dalton at Harpcrs Ferry % the ton OF
Maryland Heights. But / know our sons
Will never devOlve this duty upOn us old
veterans | once, I'm 1853. felt grim sat-
isfactiOn in aiming a rife - FOUNDER.
that stood exactly on the spot where
John Browns galiOws had stood and as
i gave the order fire. into the ranks
OF invaders Of our homes. at short range.
felt that II was the proper reply FOR Nir-
g.n'ans TO give 10 the horle OF fanatics
among which IL exploded. And such to-day
should be the reply 10 any crowd. claiming
10 be our fellOw-cltiZens, who would in tho
face Of the past. with It's bloody history.
OF carnage. suffering, and Death dare
our dead. and mock the living, 90 erect
a memorial shaft OF honor 20 one who
did not know what the word honor
means who was brutal villain, and an
avOwed intending murderer OF innocent
women and children. the incarnation or
all that s detestable in the most degrad-
ed OF mankind. ard whose claim 90 post
numuus honor can only be enterian.i
by his surviving accomplices, n any. or
their descendants. 70 whom the laws
OF heredity have transmitted the daboii-
cal traits Of x criminal ancestry.
II is scarcely necessary 10 add that
these structures do not apply 10 major
ity. on any large proportion or the people
OF the North I have considerable ac-
qGaintancc in that section Of our COM
mon county. and number many OF my
most esteemed friends there. 81 | know
that the existence row. or formerly. or
the fanaticism and crimes | dcnounce. as
the outgfOWtn of a maudlin senfimen-
tallty meets with a kearty. II NOT as uni
vtrsal condemnation there as here II
is a misfortune Of fight-thnkng people
cf the North that such elem snts Of mis-
CHEF and crime have so long ahounded
there for which no enc but fool wollf
hold all resucr slble.
A PANDFAT'I4f,R