Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-03-11

Of our fore fathers, and the assistance
OF his Satanic Majesty we had a herm.
aphrOdite government, one half free
and one half slave. Satan, true
TO his historic record, was tue
most vigilant worker, and he
carried off the last remnant of our
free institutions by getting the
Fugitive slave law passed, making
levery Northern man a slave hound
TO catch a run away slave, or pay a
fine of one $1,000 and six months i'm
prisiunment. The very best men in
our land and those most loyal to lib
erty proclaimed that the time had
come to fight. John Brown buckled
on his Colts revOlver'at that time. to
my certain knowledge, and never
laid down until his capture at Har-
pers Ferry. by this fugitive slave
act, slavery became nationaliZed.
What next? To settle forever the
| free and home of the braYe, this
tions, this prO-Slavery government
repealed the Missouri compromise and
opened up free territory to slavery.
The great conflict in Kansas was
brought about by armed hUrdes from
the south, taking possession of the
ballot box and electing men from the
| Southern States to hold Office and
make laws for the bona fide settlers
of Kansas, where the Republican party
was born. AS Republicans, they did
not at first take high ground. They
proposed to submit 10 the enforcement
of tue Fugitive slave law and protect
slavery where it then existed, but
were firm against the extension OF
it in the territories. This plan was
formulated by the great Republican
statesmen of that day.
Subsequent events clearly proved
how short-sighted and profoundly
selfish these men were, to proclaim
their Willingness to help hold their
fellow men in bondage, and still
contend for their own rights
God would not have it so. He put
his radical men TO the front. The
hosts from the pit were arrayed
/ against them. They knocked down
Charles Summer in the United States
senate, and sent their armed hordes
| into Kansas to murder their people
( and burn their towns. The United
States troops were used to enforce the
hell born laws OF the Border Rutfian
| legislature, one of which was to make
it a crime punishable with death to
speak, write, or circulate word
against slavery.
| At this time John Brown had be-
come notorious for always being in
the right place, and ready to go day
or night to defend the people against
the raids of the cut -throats from Mis-
souri,, and had broken up the territor
ial court held on PottowatamieC Creek.
Was it to be wondered at that the
ruff1ans from Missouri should concen-
trate their forces to cut him off
Their plans miscarried and Brown
stole the march on them aud saved
the lives of himself and men, and
| taught the rufiians that they would
receive blow for blow. He followed
up his plan of retaliation and for
nearly every raid made in Kansas he
made one in return in Missouri
and ran off their slayes. l challenge
the world to show one move made in
Kansas by Brown that was not strictly
in defense of the people of that state.
For his heroism and fortitude in
| fighting the battles and keeping up
the courage Of the people in those
dark days, he was made an outlaw
and price put upon his head, by
James Buchanan, the chief executive
of this great prO-slavery government.
Is it any wonder that with his con-
victions Of the great injustice done
him and his family, and the people
of Kansas, and the danger Of the
complete overthrow of our govern
ment, that he should conceive the
| idea of throwing himself headlOng
! against a government that was a
| covenant with death and an agree
ment with He'll" in order to arouse
the people to the enormity of their
position before God and humanity !?
Christ said, Greater love hath no
man than this, that man lay down
his life for his friends. In this re-
spect have often heard my father
| likened TO Christ, but haYe never
before known of his being compared
to such men as Judas Iscariot, Wilkes
Booth and Guiteau. This outrage
was left for the great (2) Mr.. Hawley
to perpetrate. Mr.. Hawley, you have
egregiously diversified yourself in try
| ing TO run your little historical craft
| against the strong current OF public
opinion held by all right-minded,
liberty loving Americans. Think OF
William H. Seward making journey
to far-off Kansas to do honor to such
men as Guiteau, Wilkes Booth and
Benedict Arnold! Yet in this mar
ner did he honor the little band Of
heroes who resisted by force of arms
the aggressIons of the slave power.
John Brown was the acknowledged
leader of this band of patriots. This
great statesman said he got down on
| his knees to them as he had never
done to any other people, to thank
them for making it possible to elect
Abraham Lincoln president of the
! United States.
Senator Lovejoy said in the United
States senate, in 1859, when southern
senators were scoring "Helpers I'M
pending Crisis" and John Brown, that
what ever they might say of John
Brown he lowered head and shoulders
above any man ia the house.
Does Mr.. Hawley mean to reflect on
the intelligence of the Grand Army
men Of this great republic by saying
they did not understand John Brown?
Does this embryo historian known
that the legislature of Kansas ap
propriated money to build the monu-
ment to the memory of John Brown
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