The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-25
JOHN BuowN's RAID.


But all this f. a dispersion. yet ger
m8ne 10 the object Of this letter to glance
at the events and condition OF the conn
try tending 10 such an outrage as lhe
John Brown raid, and to which i now
AFTER Buchanan's election and the de-
feat of Fremont, the newspapers or me
newly organ zod Republican rarity am
oyer the north teemed with the most
y .fIlruerItive abuse Of the South. 10 pre-
vent Southsrners from getting a ma
iOrity fOOthOld in the Territory or kah-
Sass. funds We're raised By tanatcal al-
reals OF the preachers or New LHs .A
autccedefts and education. headed py
Henry Ward Bccrler OF BroohiNn' 2
brother of the imaginative creator OF
'Tncle Toms Cabin and Of It's mytll-
cal characters, offered 20 the reading
y Orld as tyres Of the population OF tHt
south These funds were used 10 SEN
into Kansas hOrdes Of deprdNed ndnlaN-
H. armed 10 the teeth with reviewers ana
rifles 20 Overawe or Kill OF the bona
hde settlers who had gone there uom tne
South, and 10y all means. fair ot ioul, 10
make OF Kansas a free state.
Irstea1 of the Gospel of Peace on
earth and good Will 20 men,, the New
England type Of preachers, dtrctuucd
from an ancestry INFAMOUS LOT It's PEI
secutiOns and intolerance of free speech
end free thought. and still more ma
nous for its cruei'ics as slave traders lH
capturing African negroes, lOwled from
thousands of pupits for the hlooi vl
slave owners of the South, VINO uaitd Z"
move into Kansas under the 'oils,ittu
ton and laws OF our country lH'5
owned The cut-thr0ats whom they en-
ploycd for this diabolical work, ana I'I-
ed the wrath of Heaven. IN hidlhs tuthl
"God-speed''- the mardsrous OBJ or
their emigration 20 Kansas,
or course they mot with resistance 70
their lawlessness, and bloodshed was H'1
uncommon. mod. ,,,.,. ,,.t.,
the next presidential election came OFT
Ina 1850 il was decided on purely secuoh-
al grounds and Abraham Lincoln was
elected although the popular vote lot
whole vote cast. his ticket running peg
hird 9i41l9 votes; his vote bong 'Nip..- ~
against $50 5Nl votes for Douglas hIe1"-
elridge. and Bell
pending the preparations for that con-
teet the fractional war I'm Kansas was
l,enf az fevor-haat By the D)ltiC. ans ana
n~aachers OF the North 70 iire Lhe punNS
mind one of the most CONS 'l' .''9 ~
their tools was an Old sconnif-i' 4 ma -
live Of Massachusetts. who went, OF was
80 .erIr 10 make war on SOuWeIAefs
in kansas This was John bio"il an
oreat a criminal as ever sprung from
amid civilized surroundings. toi Two or
three wears ne was the heah utFlt ~
critne i'm Kansas ito ire the Notlh"ih
hsart against the SOUTH lie Vas exact
D., tIe demOuiac type OF man Tor sucn
Cork as The fanatical preachers and POLL
tirisns wanted done. and Wee too COW
srilv TO attempt themselves. Ills Sue
go i'm crime was so eminent IN kansas
,baf nv 1S5g he aspirfd 10 occupy larger
deid and found no difficulty IN raising
Funds 10 start srrv.le war In Virginia
49, no ard his cOwarlly hackers int'1i-
od and expected would result in the gene
al murder of men. women, ana cnilifrn
h,, the negroes, FIRST OF Virginia, and then
.; an his fair South land under DIS
command and guidance esslying 10 play
he role of a second Moses Ia leading Il
,ace from bondage 10 freedom, not eN-
ac.iv. il is true. as Moses lii under the
insniraticn and guidance OF Jehovah, but
Win IN. spirit Of Lucifer, when ho -oph
nonmand OF the apOstate angels whose
feilowship IL may well be believed h. mas
found M the end az the road upon Waich
brave ard patriotic old Henry A. Nis''
tben Governor Of Virginia. started him
upon on that memorable ID of De'"al-
Ter. 1853. from q strong and trusty gdI-
lows at Charlestown, Jefferson county
Va.
MOST ArEocIous scoUSDRELs.
The newspapers tell US occasionally Or
late wears that there Is a purpose on tne
mart of some people In the North % raise
y fund for the erection Of a monument 10
I,ror the memory Of this most atroc.Dts
- oil criminal scOundrels who ever "sAuf-